23.03.2012 21:29, businessinsider
T-Mobile said Friday it will cut 1,900 call center jobs in an effort to save money. In a memo to employees, CEO Philip Humm explained:
The reality is our cost structure must be better optimized to match our customer base and call volumes.
Fair enough—but thats not the explanation he gave last month on T-Mobiles Q4 2011 earnings. At that time, he said the reason his company Quelle: DAF… [weiterlesen]
29.02.2012 17:21, businessinsider
Smartphones are now the worlds dominant computing device.
In 2011, smartphone sales exceeded PC sales for the first time—and we believe there will be nearly twice as many smartphones as PCs sold next year.
Apple, for example, sold 37 million iPhones in the fourth quarter of last year alone. All told, it sold more iOS devices last year (which includes iPads) than the total Quelle: DAF… [weiterlesen]
Im Laufe des Tages stieg die Apple-Aktie um 9,65 US-Dollar auf einen neuen Kurs in Höhe von 535,41 Dollar – im Vergleich zum Quelle: GIGA… [weiterlesen]
Aktionäre dürfen sich freuen! Weiter auf Erfolgskurs haben die AAPL-Wertpapiere in den vergangenen Tagen die “Schallmauer” von 500 $ pro Aktie durchbrochen. Apple ist damit ca. 460 Milliarden Dollar wert – also doppelt so viel wie die Smartphone-Konkurrenz zusammen. Eine Aktie ist also inzwischen mehr wert als ein iPad 2. Kaum zu glauben, aber wahr: Noch vor 9 Jahren gab es die Aktien zum Spottpreis von 7 $.Essentially, Quelle: iPhone News.Org… [weiterlesen]
10.02.2012 21:22, Forbes.com: News
The stock took a hit as the company posted a net loss of $1.3 billion, its largest quarterly loss in three years, as the iPhone ate away at its margins. mehr » Quelle: DAF… [weiterlesen]
09.02.2012 02:25, NYT > Business
The nation’s No. 3 cellphone carrier reported a fourth-quarter loss of $1.3 billion, or 43 cents a share, on revenue that climbed 5 percent to $8.7 billion.
mehr » Quelle: DAF… [weiterlesen]
26.01.2012 18:20, Reuter-News – News >>Technology
(Reuters) – AT&T Inc posted a $6.7 billion quarterly loss as it was weighed down by a hefty break-up fee for its failed T-Mobile USA merger and other big charges on top of costly subsidies for smartphones such as Apple Incs popular iPhone. mehr » Quelle: DAF… [weiterlesen]
26.01.2012 18:10, Business and financial news – CNNMoney.com
AT&T handily beat Verizon in the battle for iPhone customers last quarter, but the company lost $6.7 billion in large part due to its failed merger with T-Mobile. mehr » Quelle: DAF… [weiterlesen]
26.01.2012 14:37, TheStreet.com
DALLAS (TheStreet) — AT&T beat analysts revenue estimates, boosted by sales of Apples iPhone 4S. Earnings trailed forecasts.
The telecom giant brought in revenue of $32.5 billion, an increase of 3.6% from the same period last year. Analysts had expected $32 billion.
AT&T reported its fourth-quarter results early on Thursday.
AT&T had its best-ever Quelle: DAF… [weiterlesen]
Auch mit dem neuesten Finanzbericht bricht Apple wieder die Firmenrekorde: Während die optimistischen Prognosen mit ca. 30 Millionen verkauften iPhones rechneten, berichtete Apple gestern über 37 Millionen. Über 15 Millionen verkaufte iPads, 5,2 Millionen Macs und 15,4 Millionen rundeten den Finanzbericht ab. Auch iPad und Mac stellten damit neue Rekorde auf. Nur bei den iPods gab es einen Rückgang (20 %), der Quelle: iPhone News.Org… [weiterlesen]
25.01.2012 17:09, TheStreet.com
CUPERTINO, Calif. (TheStreet) — Investors pushed up Apples stock to an all-time high Wednesday after the company said after the market closed yesterday that sales of iPhones and iPads more than doubled in the most recent quarter.
Apples shares surged as much as 8.1%, bringing this years increase to 10%, after the company shredded analysts estimates late on Tuesday. They Quelle: DAF… [weiterlesen]
13.01.2012 16:21, businessinsider
For a long time, Google was boring.
It bought companies and buried them. It released new products, like Buzz and Wave, that nobody cared about.
Larry Page started to change that when he reclaimed control of the company last spring.
He cut a bunch of failures, put new leaders in charge, launched the companys first ever successful social product, Google+, and dropped more than Quelle: DAF… [weiterlesen]
12.01.2012 17:51, businessinsider
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MSFT Up Slightly While Tech FallsThe market is down on bad data including a spike in initial jobless claims and retail sales missing by a mile. Shares of MSFT are up marginally while the rest of tech falls. Upcoming catalysts include second fiscal quarter earnings results on Thursday, January Quelle: DAF… [weiterlesen]