Autonomy avoids gloom thanks to banking deals July 22, 2008 Software firm Autonomy yesterday reported expectation-busting figures for its second quarter and was bullish about the second half of the year, sending its shares soaring to an eight-month high. The Cambridge-based company, which develops software for tracking email and phone conversations, said pre-tax profits rose by 85 per cent to £25.4m, exceeding analysts’ expectations of [...]
American technology giants post mixed earnings figures July 18, 2008 In a busy day in the American technology sector yesterday computer business IBM surged ahead of market expectations, while software maker Microsoft and internet firm Google failed to beat forecasts. IBM said its second-quarter profit leaped 22 per cent to $2.8bn (£1.4bn). It soared past Wall Street’s estimates as its core services division continued to [...]
CSR profits soar on Bluetooth November 3, 2005 Bluetooth wireless communications specialists CSR has rung up a 151 per cent growth in third quarter profits and the company has hired more staff to meet demand for its technology. CSR said pre-tax profits were $45.5m (£25.8m) in the period compared with $18.1m in the same quarter of 2003. The Cambridge-based firm also announced that [...]