Cisco Posts Results In Line With Street Expectations

Investors don’t like it one bit.
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Apple to Samsung: Your Market Share Is Strong, but My Margins Are Unstoppable

Samsung is selling more smartphones than Apple, but Apple’s making more money.
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IBM’s Net Rises 7.1 Percent on Slight Revenue Growth

International Business Machines Corp.’s IBM first-quarter earnings rose 7.1 percent as the technology heavyweight reported higher revenue from its software and services business and improved margins, though hardware sales slipped.

Is RIM’s Hardware Division in the Red?

Jefferies analyst Peter Misek says RIM’s hardware business is losing money.
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Apple’s Size Clouds Market

In analyzing U.S. corporate earnings and stock-market trends, apples-to-apples comparisons may now require tossing out the Apple.

Amazon Sees No Reason to Slow Its Spending

Amazon defended its free-spending habits yesterday in a call with analysts, arguing that it continues to see new opportunities and will invest accordingly.
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Amazon Makes More Than $100 Off Each Kindle Fire

Each Kindle Fire generates a lifetime operating income of $136, says RBC.
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Liveblogging the New Yahoo CEO Call: You Might Want to Refrain From Cussing, Scott!

Mind your P’s and Q’s and Y’s too!
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Why Amazon Is Happy to Burn Money on the Kindle Fire

The company won’t ever talk numbers, but it made it quite clear: It’s going to sell its new tablet at a loss so it can sell more stuff in the long run.
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An Accountant’s Soul Presides Over the P&L at Apple

Steve Jobs was a true visionary, but he was also a savvy businessman.
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IBM Beats Street