Tagged: Results & News
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Kedington turnover tops €10m News
06.05.2004 Network cable supplier Kedington has announced turnover in excess of €10m in the 12 months following a management buyout of the company in March 2003. This represents a 15pc...Categories: BusinessTags: Results -
Meteor subscriber base nears 200,000 mark News
05.05.2004 Mobile operator Meteor aggressively continued to acquire new customers during the first three months of 2004, according to its owner, Western Wireless Corporation, which last... -
NTL reports first-ever operating profit News
05.05.2004 Cable company NTL has announced a first-quarter operating profit following years of losses, the company reported today. The profit figure excludes interest, currency rates and...Categories: Business -
Sales leads up 15pc in European IT sector News
29.04.2004 Sales leads rates in certain sectors of the European IT have increased 15pc based on an upturn in IT spending, according to Carlow-based technology marketing company Technology...Categories: Business -
Siemens Q2 income doubles on Infineon sale News
28.04.2004 Siemens, one of Europe’s largest traditional technology firms, saw its net income double in the second quarter to €1.2bn, compared with €568m last year, despite sales dropping...Categories: BusinessTags: Results -
Comment: Partying like it's 1999 News
28.04.2004 No one likes to be reminded of being wrong, especially those of us who remember the halcyon days of 1999 — excessive exuberance tinged with gung-ho business tactics and the...Categories: BusinessTags: Results -
Xilinx revenues boosted 21pc News
23.04.2004 Fabless chip maker Xilinx, which employs 400 people in west Dublin, has reported revenues of €1.4bn for its financial year, with a net income of US$303m, up 141pc on the...Categories: Business -
Microsoft earnings drop 38pc News
23.04.2004 Software giant Microsoft has reported a 38pc drop in Q3 earnings as the company took heavy charges related to legal matters and for expenses related to stock-based compensation....Categories: BusinessTags: Results -
SAP profits up 23pc following license revenues boost News
22.04.2004 ERP giant SAP has reported total revenues of €1.6bn, representing a 2pc increase on the same quarter a year ago. The results represent a 23pc increase in profits, or 60 cents...Categories: Business -
Auction portal makes US$200m profits News
22.04.2004 Online auction site eBay reported first quarter earnings of US$200m, or 30 cents per share. The company reported revenues for the first quarter of US$756.2m, up 59pc on the...Categories: Business -
Performix raises US$10m News
20.04.2004 Irish software firm Performix Technologies has secured a further US$10m in venture capital funding. This is additional to the US$25.7m it raised in three previous funding rounds...Categories: Business -
Booming European sales of mobile devices in Q1 News
20.04.2004 Europe’s mobile device market grew by 62pc in the first quarter of the year from the same period in 2003, according to new research estimates from Canalys. A total of 2,470,440... -
Irish PC market growth beats IDC forecast News
20.04.2004 Ireland’s PC market beat expectations by growing 13.3pc year-on-year for the first quarter of 2004, preliminary data from IDC has revealed.Categories: Business -
Nokia sales decline 2pc News
16.04.2004 Just as the company warned two weeks ago, Nokia’s Q1 sales fell 2pc to €6.6bn because the company failed to exploit market opportunities. The company reported a profit of... -
Sun Q3 revenues fall 8.2pc News
16.04.2004 Sun Microsystems, which is in the process of culling 9pc of its workforce or some 3,300 workers, has reported a decline in its third quarter revenues by 8.2pc on the previous...Categories: BusinessTags: Sun Microsystems, Results -
Big blue posts big profits News
16.04.2004 IBM has posted first quarter earnings of US$1.6bn, or 93 cents per share, meeting Wall Street expectations. However, analysts warn that much of the company’s quarterly 11pc...Categories: Business -
PC market grows 17pc in Q1, says Gartner News
16.04.2004 The PC market in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region grew 17pc in the first quarter of this year over the same period last year, according to new research from tech...Categories: Business -
EMC revenues jump 35pc News
15.04.2004 Data storage systems vendor EMC Corporation today reported its highest revenue growth in three years and bumper profits for the first quarter of 2004, providing further evidence... -
Iona profits up, revenues down in Q1 News
15.04.2004 Irish middleware software vendor Iona Technologies has reported a slight decrease in revenues in the first quarter of US$16.8m, down from US$17.0m in the same quarter last year....Categories: BusinessTags: Iona technologies, Results -
iPod 900pc sales increase triples Apple profits News
15.04.2004 Computer giant Apple said that second quarter profits tripled to US$46m, compared with a net profit of US$14m a year ago. The company said that this was helped by sales of...Categories: Business