after-hours

Yahoo Stock Gets Gaslit by Bidders Dangling Phantom $20-a-Share Bid

Kara Swisher in News on November 30, 2011 at 10:03 pm PT

There is no $20 bid for Yahoo today. So why was it suddenly news? Time to blame Wall Street again.

Tick, Tick, Tick, HP Board: The Time to Act Is Today

Kara Swisher in News on September 22, 2011 at 3:15 am PT

As Hewlett-Packard CEO Léo Apotheker twists painfully in the wind, it’s up to its directors to move quickly to end the latest crisis at the Silicon Valley tech giant.

Wall Street Likes Bartz’s Firing — Yahoo Stock Spikes on News

Kara Swisher in News on September 6, 2011 at 5:38 pm PT

Investors cheered Yahoo’s move to fire CEO Carol Bartz.

Yahoo Addresses Alipay Mess: Forget It, Shareholders–It's China.

Kara Swisher in News on May 13, 2011 at 12:03 am PT

You’re a very annoying partner for Alibaba, Yahoo. Huh? You know what happens to annoying partners in China? Huh? No? Wanna guess? Huh? No? Okay. They lose their Alipays.

Thanks, Kinect! Microsoft Q3 Earnings Soundly Beat the Street, So Will a Stock Rise Finally Follow?

Kara Swisher in News on April 28, 2011 at 1:13 pm PT

Software giant Microsoft soundly beat Wall Street expectations in its third-quarter earnings released after the markets closed today. Microsoft said it had revenue of $16.43 billion for the quarter ended Mar. 31, 2011, which was up 13 percent from a year ago. Net income was $5.23 billion, or 61 cents per share, a rise of 36 percent.

Cisco Earnings Beat Estimates, but Only by a Little

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 9, 2011 at 1:15 pm PT

Air pockets have been transformed into “a period of transition” for CEO John Chambers.

IBM Results Beat Expectations on Strong Hardware Sales

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 18, 2011 at 1:29 pm PT

Strong hardware sales, led by the System Z mainframe business, boosted the quarter.

Conference Call: RIM Talks to the Street (But Plans to Say Less)

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 16, 2010 at 1:50 pm PT

There wasn’t a lot new on RIM’s conference call, but we did learn that the company isn’t expecting tablet revenue anytime during the quarter, which runs through the end of February. Looks like if you had March in the PlayBook launch pool, you are a winner.

Oracle Beats Q2 Earnings Forecasts

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 16, 2010 at 1:10 pm PT

Oracle’s earnings are in. Both revenue and profits beat the expectations of analysts. Shares are up more than 3 percent after hours.

News Byte

Priceline Q3 Greeted With Unreserved Enthusiasm

Voices in News on November 8, 2010 at 3:16 pm PT

Fresh on the heels of positive earnings reports from rivals Orbitz and Expedia, online travel agency Priceline posted Q3 results today that, excluding one-time items, handily topped analysts’ forecasts. Revenue jumped 37 percent to $1 billion, and gross bookings climbed 47 percent, largely on the strength of its hotel business. The company’s Q4 outlook was also better than expected, and the stock–which has been on a nice run since July–jumped almost 6 percent in after-hours trading.

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