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McNealy on message

June 24, 2005 Despite Sun's continued troubles, CEO Scott McNealy says the company is well positioned for the "participation age." TAGS: GAAP, Scott McNealy, participation, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Red Hat Inc., ISV, AMD Opteron, AMD, IM, software company, operating system, server, CEO, Microsoft Windows

Goals led Dell to cook the books

August 17, 2007 An internal probe finds the PC maker fudged the timing of expenses and payments on its balance sheets. So where does it go from here? TAGS: accounting, GAAP, CFO, financial analyst, investigation, investor, payment, finance

Symantec lowers earnings forecast

May 31, 2006 Change in 2006 bookkeeping related to Veritas business will push the recognition of $100 million in revenue to future periods. TAGS: earnings forecast, Symantec Corp., GAAP, VERITAS Software Corp.

Apple's 802.11n accounting conundrum

January 20, 2007 Company didn't have to charge for upgrade, but it would have had to defer revenue from notebooks sold with the chip if it didn't. TAGS: IEEE 802.11n, GAAP, accounting, Apple MacBook, Intel Core 2 Duo, Apple Computer, Apple MacBook Pro, fee, specification, Apple Macintosh, Wi-Fi, notebook computer, Intel, e-mail

Apple to charge for faster Wi-Fi

January 18, 2007 Users of some laptops will have to pay $2 to activate onboard 802.11n chips; Apple says accounting rules require it to charge for upgrade. TAGS: IEEE 802.11n, Apple MacBook, GAAP, Macworld, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple Computer, Intel Core 2 Duo, Wi-Fi, Intel Xeon

RIM reports profit, soaring sales

June 29, 2004 BlackBerry maker's in the black for the fourth quarter in a row as revenue from its paging device and wireless service doubles. TAGS: Research In Motion Ltd., GAAP, RIM BlackBerry, earnings, wireless service

How serious was the fraud at Computer Associates?

October 13, 2004 Knowledge@Wharton examines whether the software maker's offense really constituted a crime or should it fall under the heading of no-harm, no-foul? TAGS: Computer Associates International Inc., fraud, GAAP, top executive, firm, Wall Street, practice

PeopleSoft exceeds earnings targets

October 21, 2004 The software company reports a 12 percent surge in sales fed by a jump in maintenance revenue. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., Craig Conway, takeover, GAAP, trial, antitrust, software company, CEO

CA foresees no revenue surprises

May 6, 2004 But the company delays its final report by two weeks because of a recent management shake-up related to its accounting troubles. TAGS: Computer Associates International Inc., Jeff Clarke, guidance, GAAP, accounting, estimate, earnings, adjustment, software company

Research In Motion climbs after earnings report

December 23, 2003 The wireless handheld maker's stock is up more than 40 percent in trading after the company blew past Wall Street expectations. TAGS: Research In Motion Ltd., net loss, Palm Inc., GAAP, handheld company, expectation, earnings report, earnings, Wall Street, handheld

HP revenue up despite fall in services revenue

February 15, 2006 The company meets analyst expectations as its CEO talks about the company's renewed emphasis on profitability. TAGS: Mark Hurd, HP, GAAP, operating profit, margin, printer, notebook computer, AMD, CEO, server, U.S., PC

Gateway trims loss in third quarter

October 28, 2004 PC maker sees potential profit at the end of the tunnel, boosted by new sales strategy. TAGS: Gateway Inc., Gateway PC, GAAP, eMachines Inc., profit, PC company, Japan, manufacturing, retailer, PC

DoubleClick jumps into search

May 17, 2004 The online ad company buys search-engine marketing specialist Performics in a bid to profit from the fast-growing sector. TAGS: Performics, DoubleClick Inc., online advertising company, GAAP, online advertising, financial analyst, search engine, agency, Google Inc., acquisition

Fraud and its discontents

June 21, 2003 Financial and accounting experts examine how recent corporate scandals and federal legislation have put additional pressures on boards and audit committees. TAGS: audit committee, board member, accounting, GAAP, financial statement, audit, finance, shareholder, professor, CEO

Yahoo accounting change in earnings spotlight

January 14, 2004 In a break from standard accounting practices, the company lobbies analysts to consider excluding from its revenue the costs of acquiring search traffic from portal partners such as MSN. TAGS: traffic acquisition cost, Overture Services Inc., Yahoo! Inc., accounting, net profit, GAAP, DSL, SBC Communications Inc., recovery, Thomson First Call, earnings, online advertising, subscriber, portal, payment, MSN
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