Still gasping from the resignation of its chief executive in January and an ongoing investigation of its accounting practices, Dell Inc. reported fourth quarter profits of US$673 million, down sharply from the $1 billion it reported for the same period last year.

Google Inc. will provide more data and tools to help its advertisers assess and combat click fraud, a controversial practice that is the biggest enemy of the otherwise highly popular and profitable online advertising model known as pay per click.

Hewlett-Packard Co. topped Wall Street's revenue and earnings expectations in the first quarter of its 2007 fiscal year.

Beset by sinking prices for microprocessors and the cost of acquiring graphics chip company ATI, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter loss of US$574 million, down from a profit of $96 million for the same quarter last year.

Still reeling from the effects of a corporate reorganization that included heavy layoffs, Intel Corp. reported a profit of US$1.5 billion for the fourth quarter, down 39 percent compared to that period last year.

After watching its market share for the North American desktop PC market slip in a soft third quarter, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) will seek greater profits in 2007 through a new family of quad-core server chips and its acquisition of graphics chip maker ATI.

A Megatrend Zrt. idei árbevétele várhatóan 1,5 milliárd forint körül lesz, míg a nyeresége eléri a 100 millió forintot; a jövő évben már 2 milliárd forint forgalmat és 200 millió forint profitot jeleznek előre.

Continuing his quest to stop a slide in profits, Intel Corp. Chief Executive Paul Otellini announced layoffs of about 7,500 more people Tuesday.

Nonprofit environmental organization Greenpeace has rated mobile phone giant Nokia Corp. highly for its eco-friendly policies, but gave low marks to Lenovo Group Ltd., Motorola Inc. and Apple Computer Inc., among others.

Bár a Dell szóvivője nem lát kapcsolatot a profit csökkenése és az AMD-vel való szorosabb együttműködés között, a két bejelentés egy időben történt.

Egy év alatt több mint két és félszeresére, 6,9 millióra nőtt az internet alapú telefonszolgáltatásra előfizető amerikaiak száma.

Microsoft on Thursday reported a year-over-year profit decline of nearly 24 percent in the fiscal fourth quarter of 2006 due partly to a one-time legal charge, and announced a US$40 billion stock repurchase plan.

Sikerei mellett a szoftvergyártó 2006 negyedik pénzügyi negyedévére az előző év megfelelő időszakához képest 24 százalékos profitcsökkenést jelentett be, és ismertette 40 milliárd dolláros részvény-visszavásárlási tervét.

Az Apple a cég történetének második legeredményesebb negyedévében elért 472 millió dolláros profitja meghaladja az elemzők korábbi várakozásait.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. saw profits fall in the second quarter of the year while sales jumped thanks to strong demand for memory chips and flat-panel displays, it said Friday.

In an effort to rebound from disappointing results in its first quarter earnings, Dell Inc. will begin to act more as a bank, lending customers money so they can afford to buy more PCs.

Sun Microsystems Inc., plans to lay off as many as 5,000 employees, sell real estate and "simplify" its product line in an effort to boost profits, its newly appointed CEO Jonathan Schwartz said.

In a surprise move, Dell Inc. on Thursday announced it will use Opteron processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) in its high-end, multiprocessor servers by the end of the year.

Amid product delays, management shake-ups, and continuing European legal troubles, Microsoft on Thursday posted nearly US$3 billion in net income for its fiscal third quarter on revenue of almost $11 billion.

Az Intel 3%-os bevételcsökkenésre számít 2006-ban. Ezt megelőzendő az elkövetkezendő három hónapban átszervezéseket hajtanának végre, ami akár létszámleépítésekkel is járhat.