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Cirrus Logic 1st Quarter Net Down 49%; Revenue Down 9%


Cirrus Logic Inc.'s first-quarter net income fell 49% to $3.99 million, or 4 cents a share, from $7.82 million, or 9 cents a share, a year earlier, as revenue dropped 9%. The Austin, Texas, signal processing components company's revenue for the quarter ended June 30 sank to $41.1 million from $45.2 million in the year-ago period. On average, analysts expected per-share earnings of 7 cents on revenue of $42.4 million, according to a poll by Thomson Financial. The company expects second-quarter revenue of $46 million to $51 million, compared with Wall Street's estimate of $47.6 million.


LSI swings to $378M loss, unveils more cost cuts

LSI Corp. late Wednesday said it swung to a second-quarter loss, hurt by acquisition-related charges, and unveiled more cost-cutting measures. LSI reported a net loss of $378 million, or 50 cents a share. In the same period last year, the storage chipmaker earned $30 million, or 7 cents a share. Sales rose to $670 million from $490 million, helped by its acquisition of Agere Systems. In addition, LSI plans to sell its assembly and test operations in Thailand to STATS ChipPAC Ltd. for $100 million and transition similiar functions at facilities in Singapore and Wichita, Kansas to current manufacturing partners. The actions will result in 2,100 job cuts and reduce annual costs by $20 million to $25 million by 2008, LSI said. (Corrects net income figure for second quarter of 2006).


Varian quarterly earnings rise slightly; boosts outlook

Varian Inc. late Wednesday reported third-quarter net earnings of $14.6 million, or 47 cents a share, up slightly from $14.5 million, or 46 cents a share, during the year-ago period. Adjusted earnings were $19 million, or 61 cents a share, compared with $17.7 million, or 57 cents a share, last year. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based maker of scientific instruments and vacuum products said revenue rose to $227.1 million from $209.7 million. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial had forecast, on average, a per-share profit of 55 cents on revenue of $220 million. Additionally, Varian said it now expects fiscal 2007 per-share earnings of $1.92 to $2.03, up from its previous outlook of $1.88 to $2.01. On an adjusted basis, the company said it now sees per-share earnings of $2.44 to $2.52 for the year, up from its prior forecast of $2.40 to $2.50


Applied Micro's first-quarter loss widens

Applied Micro Circuits Corp. late Wednesday reported that its fiscal first-quarter loss widened to $16.4 million, or 6 cents a share, from $817,000, or breakeven a share, in the year-ago period. Excluding items, the company lost 3 cents a share. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Applied Micro said revenue for the quarter ended June 30 fell 28% to $50.1 million from $69.7 million a year ago. "I am confident that we will return to solid revenue growth for the September quarter and optimistic that this will continue for the remainder of this fiscal year," said Kambiz Hooshmand, president and chief executive, in a statement.


Amerigroup quarterly profit surges; boosts 2007 outlook

Amerigroup Corp. late Wednesday reported second-quarter net earnings of $32.8 million, or 61 cents a share, up from $15.3 million, or 29 cents a share, in the year-ago period. The Virginia Beach, Va.-based managed health-care company said revenue in the three months ended June 30 rose to $1 billion from $642.4 million in the same period last year. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial were expecting, on average, a per-share profit of 46 cents on revenue of $926 million. Additionally, Amerigroup said it now expects 2007 per-share earnings of $2 to $2.10, up from its previous outlook of $1.81 to $1.96.


Airgas quarterly profit rises 34%; raises full-year outlook

Varian Medical Systems 3rd Quarter EPS 39c Versus 49c

Fiserv Inc 2nd Quarter Net Down 8% On Unit Sale Costs, Insurance Charge

Memc Elec Materials 2nd Quarter Net Rises On 28% Higher Sale

Express Scripts grows earnings 41.7%, beats forecasts

Plexus 3rd Quarter Profit Falls 38%; Sales Down 4.5%

Micrel 2nd Quarter Net Down 3.9%; Revenue Falls 7.3%