4 posts and columns on Thomson Financial

Cisco Earnings Beat Estimates, but Only by a Little

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.

Has Cisco Escaped the Air Pockets?

in Enterprise on February 9, 2011 at 7:35 am PT

Cisco Systems hit unexpected “air pockets” last quarter, but today we’ll see how well the networking giant is navigating the turbulence.

Q3 Apple Earnings: Hold and Wait for the Boom

in News on July 20, 2009 at 3:23 pm PT

Well, nobody is buying Apple’s conservative estimates for this quarter. Certainly not after the release of the latest Mac sales data from NPD Group this morning. Analysts had been calling for Apple to sell 2.45 million Macs in its third quarter. Instead, NPD says the company sold approximately 2.6 million.
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Every Start-Up Is Somebody in New Mexico

in News on March 12, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Finding it difficult to land VC money for your new start-up? Here’s a bit of advice: Move to New Mexico or Pittsburgh, where venture funding is just surging. According to data released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Financial, VC investment in New Mexico is up an astonishing 375% from a decade ago, the number of start-ups up 600 percent. Equally as impressive is Pittsburgh, where VC investment is up 513 percent and the number of start-ups is up 267 percent.