Kara Swisher in News on January 28 at 1:35 pm PT
A little up is better than a little down.
Kara Swisher in News on July 17, 2012 at 2:03 pm PT
Here’s the only news: No new CEO on the call.
Kara Swisher in News on July 29, 2011 at 4:50 am PT
Yahoo, SoftBank and Alibaba have reached an agreement in their contentious dispute around the Alipay payments unit.
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 21, 2011 at 2:29 pm PT
Microsoft has a lot to crow about in its fourth-quarter earnings today, including a 30 percent jump in profits and strong overall growth in its many divisions.
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 2:13 pm PT
Today, after Demand Media beat Wall Street expectations, its cheerful execs got on the horn with investors to explain how it plans to beat the Panda.
That would be the beastly name for Google’s rejiggering of its search algorithm, in order to rid search results of poor quality content.
BoomTown liveblogged the event, of course.
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 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.