von GoldenSnuff » Donnerstag 23. Juli 2009, 21:29
BRIEF-Amazon reports Q2 results
July 23 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc :
* Announces second quarter financial results; free cash flow exceeds $1.5 billion
* Q2 earnings per share $0.32
* Q2 sales rose 14 percent to $4.65 billion
* Sees Q3 sales $4.75 billion to $5.25 billion
* Sees Q3 sales up 11 to 23 percent
* Says net sales increased 14% to $4.65 billion in the second quarter
* Says North America segment sales, were $2.45 billion, up 13% from second quarter 2008
* Says international segment sales,were $2.20 billion, up 16% from second quarter 2008
* Says Amazon.com reduced the price of kindle to $299
* Reuters Estimates Q2 earnings per share view $0.31, revenue view $4,687.92 million
* Reuters Estimates Q3 revenue view $4,918.06 million
BRIEF-American Express reports Q2 results
July 23 (Reuters) - American Express Co :
* Reports earnings from continuing operations of $342 million; EPS of $0.09includes $0.18 reduction from repurchase of preferred shares
* Q2 revenue $2.8 billion
* Qtrly consolidated provisions for losses totaled $1.6 billion
* Qtrly consolidated expenses totaled $4.1 billion
* Qtrly the company's return on average equity (roe) was 13.2 percent
* Q2 adjusted diluted earnings per share from continuing operations $0.27
* Says U.S. card services reported a second-quarter loss of $200 million
* Says Q2 consolidated total revenues net of interest expense declined 18 percent to $6.1 billion
* Reuters Estimates Q2 earnings per share view $0.27, revenue view $6,355.85 million
* Says at end of quarter, tier-one risk based capital ratio was 9.6 percent
* Sees U.S. lending write-off rates on a managed basis to be below 10 percent for second half of the year
* Reuters Estimates q2 earnings per share view $0.27, rev view $6,355.85 mln
* Says no. of cardmembers falling behind payments, level of loan write-offs better than expected
BRIEF-Microsoft reports fourth-quarter results
July 23 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp :
* Reports fourth-quarter results
* Q4 earnings per share $0.34
* Q4 revenue fell 17 percent to $13.1 billion
* Says cutting 5000 jobs
* Says providing operating expense guidance of $26.6 billion to $26.9 billion, for the full year ending June 30
* Says business continued to be negatively impacted by weakness in the global pc and server markets
* Says Q4 included deferral of $276 million of revenue related to the windows 7 upgrade option program
* Says revenue from windows operating systems declined reflecting pc market weakness
* Reuters Estimates Q4 earnings per share view $0.36, revenue view $14,482.30 million
* Says revenue deferral reduced Q4 earnings per share by $0.02
* Says repurchased 318 million shares during the twelve months ended June 30, 2009
