Kara Swisher in News on February 1 at 4:26 am PT
At AOL, down is the new up. No.
Really.
Kara Swisher in Media on November 7, 2011 at 1:43 pm PT
The online social content company did better than expected in the recent quarter, but it still has to prove its model has more lucrative legs.
Kara Swisher in News on August 9, 2011 at 2:20 pm PT
Rachael Ray might dole out spam recipes on Demand Media, but the company said on its Q2 conference call that its business was not hurt by the spam-killers of Google.
Kara Swisher in News on July 21, 2011 at 2:49 pm PT
Microsoft had a solid fourth quarter, which is why the conference call with Wall Street analysts should be relatively short and sweet.
Or sweet, at least.
Kara Swisher in News on July 19, 2011 at 1:19 pm PT
Yahoo turned in another flat performance in the second quarter, with $1.08 billion in revenue, which was slightly below Wall Street expectations.
Earnings per share were right on target, though, at 18 cents each, an increase of 18 percent.
Kara Swisher in Media on May 5, 2011 at 1:39 pm PT
Demand Media handily beat Wall Street expectations in its first quarter results today, released after the market closed.
The company reported revenue of $79.5 million and six cents a share in adjusted net income.
Investors were expecting the company to report about $69.6 million in revenue for the three months, with four cents a share in profits.
On a GAAP basis, net loss per share was 13 cents compared to 94 cents a year ago.
Kara Swisher in News on April 29, 2011 at 2:57 am PT
Yesterday, Microsoft reported third-quarter earnings, which beat expectations, but still had some warnings signs (PC non-growth!).
Here the the software giant’s results, all duded up with pretty charts and bullet points to pencil out.
Kara Swisher in News on April 28, 2011 at 2:48 pm PT
You’d think there would be a party in Redmond, Wash. today, as software giant Microsoft soundly beat Wall Street expectations in its third-quarter earnings released today.
But there are shadows too, as results were dragged down by weaker revenues for its flagship Windows unit.
The report comes as Microsoft’s stock continues to lag, declining 14 percent for the year.
Buzz kill!
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.
Kara Swisher in News on April 19, 2011 at 2:21 pm PT
MicroHoo is
funky!
At least according to Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz on the Silicon Valley search giant’s first-quarter earnings conference call about its recent financial performance.
Yahoo’s results showed a continued worrisome revenue growth stall, due in large part to a search advertising fall-off, and a still-turning turnaround.
