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Google sales surge 70%, profit up 92%

Google Inc. reported late Thursday third-quarter sales surged 70% and profit rose 92% as online ad revenue surged. Google, of Mountain View, Calif., said profit for the quarter ended September 30 rose to $733 million, or $2.36 a share, from $381 million, or $1.32, a year ago. Sales rose 70% to $2.69 billion as more businesses paid to place ads among the query results of the world's No. 1 Internet-search provider. Excluding payments Google makes to acquire Internet traffic, Google's revenue rose to $1.86 billion. Google doesn't provide financial forecasts, but analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call expected it to report profit of $2.42 a share and sales of $1.82 billion. Google shares rose more than 4% in after-hours trading

SanDisk Corp. profit slips 4% to $103.3 million

SanDisk Corp. on Thursday reported a fiscal third-quarter profit that fell 4% from a year ago to $103.3 million, or 51 cents a share. Excluding charges and one-time items, the maker of flash-memory storage and digital-music players would have earned $124 million, or 61 cents a share, while revenue rose 27% to $751 million, up from $590 million a year ago. By that measure, SanDisk beat the estimates of analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call, who forecast a profit of 57 cents a share on revenue of $737 million.

Broadcom third-quarter sales up 30%

Broadcom Corp. said late Thursday its third-quarter sales rose nearly 30% to $902.6 million from $694.9 million from the last year's same period. Broadcom didn't provide a net income figure due to its review of its stock-option accounting. It sales for the three months ended Sept. 30 topped Wall Street's target of $900 million, according to analysts polled by Thomson First Call. Based in Irvine, Calif., Broadcom designs chips used in Internet cable modems, satellite-TV set-top boxes, high-speed Internet service over phones lines, portable music players and wireless handsets. Its biggest customers are Motorola Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc.

Xilinx profit rises 13% to $93 million

Xilinx Inc. on Thursday reported a fiscal second-quarter profit of $93 million, or 27 cents a share, up from $85.6 million, or 24 cents a share a year ago. The programmable-logic chipmaker's revenue rose 17% to $467.2 million from $399 million in the year-ago period. Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call had forecast Xilinx to earn 23 cents a share on $456 million

Rambus posts quarterly revenue; options review ongoing -

Rambus Inc. after Thursday's closing bell reported third-quarter revenue of $45.9 million, up 28% from the year-ago period. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call had forecast third-quarter revenue of $44 million. The Los Alto, Calif.-based company, which licenses semiconductor technology, said it wasn't releasing full earnings results due to the ongoing internal investigation into its past stock option granting practices. Rambus also said the increase in quarterly sales was driven by new product and patent licensing revenues from agreements announced earlier this year.

Rambus estimates $200M charge from stock-option grant probe -
Rambus Inc. said late Thursday it expects to take a preliminary, non-cash charge worth more than $200 million for mistakes in its accounting for stock option grants. Rambus, which licenses its memory-chip technology to electronics makers, said a vast majority of its stock-option grants handed out between 1998 and 2001 weren't correctly dated or accounted for.

PMC-Sierra posts loss on onetime costs

PMC-Sierra Inc., a maker of chips used to power high-speed Internet gear, said it lost money in the third quarter after deducting acquisition-related expenses, stock-option costs and restructuring charges. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker said it lost $11.5 million, or 5 cents a share, for the quarter ended Oct. 1, compared to net income of $8.7 million, or 3 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose 53% to $116.5 million, boosted by sales from recently acquired assets. Sales fell 2% from the second quarter, however. Excluding onetime costs, PMC said it earned $17.4 million, or 8 cents a share. PMC was expected to earn an adjusted 8 cents a share on revenue of $115 million, according to the consensus of analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call.

Cree profit tumbles 39% as expenses offset slight rise
Cree Inc. , which makes light-emitting diodes, late Thursday said its quarterly profit dropped 39% as expenses climbed to more than offset a slight increase in sales. Cree said its fiscal first-quarter profit fell to $13.3 million, or 17 cents a share, from $21.7 million, or 28 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue for the period, ended Sept. 24, advanced 1% to $103.9 million from $102.9 million in last year's comparable quarter. Cree's profit nudged out analysts' estimates and its revenue was roughly in line with expectations.Cree Inc. said it expects to post a fiscal second-quarter profit of 14 cents to 17 cents a share, excluding acquisition-related costs. The company, which makes light-emitting diodes, anticipates revenue for the current period will range between $105 million and $109 million. The current average expectation on Wall Street is for a fiscal second-quarter profit of 16 cents a share on revenue of $107.2 million, according to Thomson First Call

Freescale Semi profit up 57% on higher chip sales
Freescale Semiconductor Inc. said late Thursday its net income rose 57%, boosted by stronger sales of its chips used in cars and cell phones. Freescale, the No. 3 U.S. chipmaker, reported net income of $257 million, or 61 cents a share, versus net income of $164 million, or 38 cents a share, in last year's period. Sales rose 12% to $1.62 billion. The results topped Wall Street's expectations. Analysts estimated Freescale would post revenue of $1.58 billion and earning of 51 cents a share. On Sept.15, Freescale agreed to sell itself to a private equity consortium for $17.6 billion.

Leggett & Platt lifts profit 56%
Leggett & Platt Inc. reported late Thursday third-quarter net income of $84 million, or 45 cents a share, up from $54 million, or 28 cents, a year ago. Revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 30 rose to $1.41 billion from $1.35 billion. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call expected the enginered parts maker to post per-share earnings of 44 cents on $1.43 billion in revenue. Leggett & Platt shares closed at $24.73 ahead of the report, a 3-cent loss for the day.

VeriSign: Revenue little changed; no net profit data given
VeriSign Inc. late Thursday said its third-quarter revenue came in essentially unchanged from a year ago, with its Internet business seeing growth and sales at its mobile-related business falling. The company, which helps secure online and mobile-commerce transactions, didn't provide profit details as it continues to review its past stock-option grants. The Mountain View, Calif., company expects the review to be completed by the end of the year. Revenue for the period, ended Sept. 30, inched up to $399.8 million from $399.7 million a year earlier. Wall Street analysts, on average, were looking for revenue of $401.2 million, according to Thomson First Call.

Redback quarterly loss narrows
Redback Networks Inc. after Thursday's closing bell said its third-quarter net loss narrowed to $2.39 million from $8.25 million in the same period last year, as sales almost doubled. Net loss attributable to shareholders was $2.39 million, or 3 cents a share, compared with $8.4 million, or 15 cents a share, last year. The San Jose, Calif.-based provider of telecommunications networking equipment said revenue rose to $70.9 million from $36.4 million.

Google revenues from outside U.S. on the rise
Revenue that Google Inc. generates outside the United States made up 44% of its overall sales in the third-quarter, which is in line with the company's effort to expand overseas, said Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt. He said revenue growth was particularly strong in the U.K., the Netherlands, Spain, France, Italy and Australia. He also noted that India and Brazil, which he considers emerging markets, were growing at "high rates." Absent from Schmidt's run down was China, where Google's had trouble finding an audience, and has been losing market share to Baidu.com , the nation's number one Internet search engine.

Google's PayPal competitor gaining ground
Google Inc. co-founder Sergey Brin said late Thursday that Google Checkout, Google's new online payment feature, has been showing "strong growth" in the last three months, especially among the nation's top 500 retailers. Brinn's comments seek to bolster the view on Checkout, which is seen as a competitor to eBay Inc.'s ubiquitous PayPal online payments feature. Introduced earlier this year, analysts say Checkout has been having trouble gaining traction.

Broadcom lowers Q4 sales target -
Broadcom Corp. late Thursday forecasted a lower sales target for the fourth quarter than it had previously estimated. The Irvine, Calif.-based communications chipmaker said fourth-quarter sales will be about $911.6 million, up 1% from the three months ended Sept. 30. In mid-July, Broadcom said it expected fourth-quarter sales of at least $941 million.

California Micro Devices quarterly profit falls 32%
California Micro Devices Corp. after Thursday's closing bell reported second-quarter net earnings of $1.38 million, or 6 cents a share, down 32% from $2.04 million, or 9 cents a share, during the year-ago period. The Milpitas, Calif.-based supplier of analog semiconductor products posted revenue of $18.7 million vs. $18.5 million. Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call had forecast second-quarter earnings of 4 cents a share on revenue of $18 million. Additionally, California Micro said it expects third-quarter results to range from a loss of 2 cents to breakeven on a per-share basis on revenue of $16.5 million to $18.5 million. The company said it sees pro forma per-share earnings of 3 cents to 6 cents for the quarter.

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Starlight TBB Family Registriert seit: May 2002 Beiträge: 33.345	Teil 2 AFTER THE CLOSE Google sales surge 70%, profit up 92% Google Inc. reported late Thursday third-quarter sales surged 70% and profit rose 92% as online ad revenue surged. Google, of Mountain View, Calif., said profit for the quarter ended September 30 rose to $733 million, or $2.36 a share, from $381 million, or $1.32, a year ago. Sales rose 70% to $2.69 billion as more businesses paid to place ads among the query results of the world's No. 1 Internet-search provider. Excluding payments Google makes to acquire Internet traffic, Google's revenue rose to $1.86 billion. Google doesn't provide financial forecasts, but analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call expected it to report profit of $2.42 a share and sales of $1.82 billion. Google shares rose more than 4% in after-hours trading SanDisk Corp. profit slips 4% to $103.3 million SanDisk Corp. on Thursday reported a fiscal third-quarter profit that fell 4% from a year ago to $103.3 million, or 51 cents a share. Excluding charges and one-time items, the maker of flash-memory storage and digital-music players would have earned $124 million, or 61 cents a share, while revenue rose 27% to $751 million, up from $590 million a year ago. By that measure, SanDisk beat the estimates of analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call, who forecast a profit of 57 cents a share on revenue of $737 million. Broadcom third-quarter sales up 30% Broadcom Corp. said late Thursday its third-quarter sales rose nearly 30% to $902.6 million from $694.9 million from the last year's same period. Broadcom didn't provide a net income figure due to its review of its stock-option accounting. It sales for the three months ended Sept. 30 topped Wall Street's target of $900 million, according to analysts polled by Thomson First Call. Based in Irvine, Calif., Broadcom designs chips used in Internet cable modems, satellite-TV set-top boxes, high-speed Internet service over phones lines, portable music players and wireless handsets. Its biggest customers are Motorola Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. Xilinx profit rises 13% to $93 million Xilinx Inc. on Thursday reported a fiscal second-quarter profit of $93 million, or 27 cents a share, up from $85.6 million, or 24 cents a share a year ago. The programmable-logic chipmaker's revenue rose 17% to $467.2 million from $399 million in the year-ago period. Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call had forecast Xilinx to earn 23 cents a share on $456 million Rambus posts quarterly revenue; options review ongoing - Rambus Inc. after Thursday's closing bell reported third-quarter revenue of $45.9 million, up 28% from the year-ago period. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call had forecast third-quarter revenue of $44 million. The Los Alto, Calif.-based company, which licenses semiconductor technology, said it wasn't releasing full earnings results due to the ongoing internal investigation into its past stock option granting practices. Rambus also said the increase in quarterly sales was driven by new product and patent licensing revenues from agreements announced earlier this year. Rambus estimates $200M charge from stock-option grant probe - Rambus Inc. said late Thursday it expects to take a preliminary, non-cash charge worth more than $200 million for mistakes in its accounting for stock option grants. Rambus, which licenses its memory-chip technology to electronics makers, said a vast majority of its stock-option grants handed out between 1998 and 2001 weren't correctly dated or accounted for. PMC-Sierra posts loss on onetime costs PMC-Sierra Inc., a maker of chips used to power high-speed Internet gear, said it lost money in the third quarter after deducting acquisition-related expenses, stock-option costs and restructuring charges. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker said it lost $11.5 million, or 5 cents a share, for the quarter ended Oct. 1, compared to net income of $8.7 million, or 3 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose 53% to $116.5 million, boosted by sales from recently acquired assets. Sales fell 2% from the second quarter, however. Excluding onetime costs, PMC said it earned $17.4 million, or 8 cents a share. PMC was expected to earn an adjusted 8 cents a share on revenue of $115 million, according to the consensus of analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call. Cree profit tumbles 39% as expenses offset slight rise Cree Inc. , which makes light-emitting diodes, late Thursday said its quarterly profit dropped 39% as expenses climbed to more than offset a slight increase in sales. Cree said its fiscal first-quarter profit fell to $13.3 million, or 17 cents a share, from $21.7 million, or 28 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue for the period, ended Sept. 24, advanced 1% to $103.9 million from $102.9 million in last year's comparable quarter. Cree's profit nudged out analysts' estimates and its revenue was roughly in line with expectations.Cree Inc. said it expects to post a fiscal second-quarter profit of 14 cents to 17 cents a share, excluding acquisition-related costs. The company, which makes light-emitting diodes, anticipates revenue for the current period will range between $105 million and $109 million. The current average expectation on Wall Street is for a fiscal second-quarter profit of 16 cents a share on revenue of $107.2 million, according to Thomson First Call Freescale Semi profit up 57% on higher chip sales Freescale Semiconductor Inc. said late Thursday its net income rose 57%, boosted by stronger sales of its chips used in cars and cell phones. Freescale, the No. 3 U.S. chipmaker, reported net income of $257 million, or 61 cents a share, versus net income of $164 million, or 38 cents a share, in last year's period. Sales rose 12% to $1.62 billion. The results topped Wall Street's expectations. Analysts estimated Freescale would post revenue of $1.58 billion and earning of 51 cents a share. On Sept.15, Freescale agreed to sell itself to a private equity consortium for $17.6 billion. Leggett & Platt lifts profit 56% Leggett & Platt Inc. reported late Thursday third-quarter net income of $84 million, or 45 cents a share, up from $54 million, or 28 cents, a year ago. Revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 30 rose to $1.41 billion from $1.35 billion. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call expected the enginered parts maker to post per-share earnings of 44 cents on $1.43 billion in revenue. Leggett & Platt shares closed at $24.73 ahead of the report, a 3-cent loss for the day. VeriSign: Revenue little changed; no net profit data given VeriSign Inc. late Thursday said its third-quarter revenue came in essentially unchanged from a year ago, with its Internet business seeing growth and sales at its mobile-related business falling. The company, which helps secure online and mobile-commerce transactions, didn't provide profit details as it continues to review its past stock-option grants. The Mountain View, Calif., company expects the review to be completed by the end of the year. Revenue for the period, ended Sept. 30, inched up to $399.8 million from $399.7 million a year earlier. Wall Street analysts, on average, were looking for revenue of $401.2 million, according to Thomson First Call. Redback quarterly loss narrows Redback Networks Inc. after Thursday's closing bell said its third-quarter net loss narrowed to $2.39 million from $8.25 million in the same period last year, as sales almost doubled. Net loss attributable to shareholders was $2.39 million, or 3 cents a share, compared with $8.4 million, or 15 cents a share, last year. The San Jose, Calif.-based provider of telecommunications networking equipment said revenue rose to $70.9 million from $36.4 million. Google revenues from outside U.S. on the rise Revenue that Google Inc. generates outside the United States made up 44% of its overall sales in the third-quarter, which is in line with the company's effort to expand overseas, said Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt. He said revenue growth was particularly strong in the U.K., the Netherlands, Spain, France, Italy and Australia. He also noted that India and Brazil, which he considers emerging markets, were growing at "high rates." Absent from Schmidt's run down was China, where Google's had trouble finding an audience, and has been losing market share to Baidu.com , the nation's number one Internet search engine. Google's PayPal competitor gaining ground Google Inc. co-founder Sergey Brin said late Thursday that Google Checkout, Google's new online payment feature, has been showing "strong growth" in the last three months, especially among the nation's top 500 retailers. Brinn's comments seek to bolster the view on Checkout, which is seen as a competitor to eBay Inc.'s ubiquitous PayPal online payments feature. Introduced earlier this year, analysts say Checkout has been having trouble gaining traction. Broadcom lowers Q4 sales target - Broadcom Corp. late Thursday forecasted a lower sales target for the fourth quarter than it had previously estimated. The Irvine, Calif.-based communications chipmaker said fourth-quarter sales will be about $911.6 million, up 1% from the three months ended Sept. 30. In mid-July, Broadcom said it expected fourth-quarter sales of at least $941 million. California Micro Devices quarterly profit falls 32% California Micro Devices Corp. after Thursday's closing bell reported second-quarter net earnings of $1.38 million, or 6 cents a share, down 32% from $2.04 million, or 9 cents a share, during the year-ago period. The Milpitas, Calif.-based supplier of analog semiconductor products posted revenue of $18.7 million vs. $18.5 million. Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call had forecast second-quarter earnings of 4 cents a share on revenue of $18 million. Additionally, California Micro said it expects third-quarter results to range from a loss of 2 cents to breakeven on a per-share basis on revenue of $16.5 million to $18.5 million. The company said it sees pro forma per-share earnings of 3 cents to 6 cents for the quarter. Earnings Calendar : Today after the close look for the following companies to report: AH, BRCM (revs only), CAMD, CLDN, CERN, CREE, FSL.B, GOOG, HYSL, INFA, LAUR, MOLX, OO, OMCL, RMBS, RBAK, RHI, SNDK, SIRF, STMP, SYNA, TPX, VRSN, XLNX, ZL and ZHNE. Tomorrow before the open look for the following companies to report: MMM, ACMR, ACI, CAT, ECL, EVVV, HCA, IUSA, MRK, SAY, SGP, SLB, VFC, VMSI and WL. • NASDAQ After Hours Most Active • US-Earnings Kalender für Oktober • Inside Wall Street -- Hintergründe und Analysen _____________________________________________ Nasdaq 100 Future Nasdaq 100 After Hours Indicator S&P500 Future ©Charts powered by Dresdner Bank Crude Oil (light, NYMEX) Freitag, 20.10.2006 • - ! Kleiner Verfallstag • - ! DE PK Bundesregierung zur Wachstumsprognose • 01:50 - JP All-Industry-Index August • 12:00 - ! DE Verfall Optionen der STOXX-Familie (Eurex) • 13:00 - ! 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