Intel Corp. posted a slight drop in Q4 earnings despite a 9.8% gain in revenue for the period. After the close of Tuesday's market, the chip-making giant reported revenue of $9.6bn with earnings of $2.1bn, or 33 cents per share, compared to revenue of $8.7bn and earnings of $2.2bn, or 33 cents per share, for the same period last year.
My AIM shares aren't doing anything, my FTSE350 shares are mostly showing healthy
profits and in the US my portfolio is still heading northwards. Very little
profit taking, as I don't have time to actively trade daily anymore.
DXNS had a slow christmas - I'm not surprised. I went looking at large widescreen LCD TV's and was not impressed with what they (or anyone else had to offer). Full of cheap goods, nothing special - I hate to say it - I found things better value over the internet!
little woman - I see from your post that you were shopping for a widescreen LCD TV. I hope that you didn't get one yet. There was a report on CNBC Europe (SquawkBox) last week that said that the cost of these lasrge LCD TVs will drop dramatically this year. It transpires that Phillips (and others) expected to be selling tons of these and so built three new factories in China/Taiwan (or somewhere in the east) last summer to cater for the demand. They reported last week that they will be shutting down at least one of these factories since demand for the product was much much lower than they expected. They now have an LCD TV mountain to get rid of. Hence, bargain price later this year.