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Technology Stocks
Networking Stocks: Akamai, Level 3, Polycom
I recently put together a list of top 10 networking stocks. Akamai, which was featured on this list, reported its results yesterday. In this post I discuss their results and those of two other networking companies on the list that recently reported, Level 3 and Polycom. >>>
Strong Results From VMW, EMC
Till last quarter, VMware (VMW) was facing trouble. In these times, when most companies are reporting rather depressing results, both VMW and its parent company, EMC’s results were a pleasant surprise. >>>
SAP Tightening Up
SAP’s results reveal that compared with the last quarter, when it seemed to be going strong, the company has become yet another giant to be affected by the global economic crisis. Its shares fell almost 50% in a month as the crisis worsened. Yesterday, SAP reported third quarter results and lowered its profit margin target for fiscal 2008, which led to a 16% slump in the stock. Its shares had slid 16% earlier in the month when the company reported preliminary results that missed estimates. >>>
Outsourcers Cautious
I had covered some of the most well-known Indian IT outsourcers in my list of Top 10 Outsourcing Stocks published in September. A few of these outsourcers recently announced their quarterly results, and in this post I discuss Wipro and Satyam. >>>
Yahoo! Fumbling Away
Yahoo!’s (YHOO) performance does not seem to be improving. Add the current economic conditions to their already worrisome leadership issues and you have a stock that continues to be in free fall. >>>
Microsoft’s View Of Recession
The IT giant Microsoft (MSFT) isn’t safe from the damage caused by worsening economic conditions, as was evident from their Q1 results last week. >>>
Amazon’s International Strategy?
The economic recession is hitting retail stocks worldwide. The recent announcement of Amazon’s (AMZN) results did not bring much cheer to the market either. >>>
Nokia Slows
While Apple had a great quarter, Nokia lost market share and reported a disappointing quarter last week. The loss in market share follows its decision not to match aggressive pricing from its competitors at the cost of profitability. While market share slid to 38% from 40% last quarter and 39% last year, gross margin was 35.6%, up from 34.2% last year. >>>