Ad Sales, Pay Walls, and Absolutely Nothing About iPads at the New York Times Earnings Call

The New York Times said things got better–or, if you like, no worse–during the last quarter of 2009. But investors are disappointed that the publisher isn’t more optimistic about 2010, and they’re pushing shares down this morning. Let’s see if the paper’s executives can turn that around during their earnings call.

Apple iPad Event Liveblog

After months of feverish speculation and as many years of wishful thinking, Apple uncrated its tablet computer–the iPad–at an invitation-only event in San Francisco this morning. We’re covering it live with photos and text.

Palm Disappoints

The second-quarter loss Palm reported Thursday afternoon was narrower than the one it reported last year, but still fell far short of what Wall Street had been expecting. The company did manage to ship a total of 783,000 smartphone units during the quarter, though, a five percent decrease from last quarter but a year-over-year increase of 41 percent.
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Oracle Tops Estimates, Expects European Union to Clear Sun Deal in January

Oracle shares are gaining in after-hours trading after the company reported second-quarter results that beat expectations. Earnings for the period were 39 cents a share, excluding special items, on revenue of $5.9 billion. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had estimated Oracle would post earnings, excluding special items, of 36 cents a share on $5.7 billion in revenue.
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Intel Profit, Sales Beat Street

Posting third-quarter results Tuesday, Intel (INTC) said it earned 35 cents a share on revenue of $9.39 billion. That’s not quite what the company reported during the same period last year, when it saw earnings of 35 cents a share on revenue of $10.2 billion. But it’s much better than investors had been hoping for. [...]