Lenovo revenue grows, but problems persist
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China's largest PC maker sees surge in profits but loses market share to multinational companies.
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High growth persists, but temperamental suppliers could still cause problems.
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Lenovo Group, the world's No. 4 personal computer maker, said Thursday that profit in its third fiscal quarter rose 198 percent and forecast strong sales this year despite a possible U.S. economic slowdown.
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InfoWorld - Lenovo Group said its net income almost tripled during its third fiscal quarter, thanks to strong demand for its computers and a weak U.S. dollar.
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AMD appears to be headed in the right direction with improvements in both revenue and gross margin during the fourth quarter, but that still wasn't enough to generate a profit, even excluding the effects of a hefty one-time charge.
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The Lenovo Group, the personal computer maker, said its profit rose more than 600 percent in its latest fiscal year as it increased sales and restructured after its acquisition of I.B.M.âs PC unit. Profits were $161 million for the year, up from $22 million in the prior year. The Americas operations returned to profitability in the fourth quarter, meaning that all the global regions were profitable for the first time, the chief executive, William J. Amelio, said. Sales for the year, which ended March 31, rose 9.9 percent, to $14.6 billion, helped by strong sales of laptop and desktop computers in its home China market, Lenovo said. The company said its worldwide market share rose 0.2 percentage points, to 7.4 percent.
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By Laurie J. Flynn  Advanced Micro Devices has said it is unlikely that the company will meet its target of $1.6 billion to $1.7 billion in revenue for the first quarter, providing evidence that the chip maker's price war with Intel was continuing to take its toll.
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Sales rise, but earnings and margins are on the fritz.
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U.S. computer firm IBM  raised US$123 million by selling about 3.5 percent of number three global PC maker Lenovo Group Ltd. , a term sheet showed, triggering a 7 percent share slide before a suspension kicked in.
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Lenovo Group Ltd.&#39;s purchase of IBM Corp.&#39;s PC business solves problems for both companies, but it also could benefit their rivals, at least in the short term.
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Intel&#39;s revenue increase for the fourth quarter fell short of analysts&#39; estimates in part because of weak prices for memory chips.The company recorded revenue of $10.7 billion, up 10.5 percent year over year, missing the $10.8 billion estimated by analysts polled by Thomson Financial.Though revenue from computing-related products was as expected, NAND memory revenue was lower than expected, Intel said in a news release.The company reported net income of $2.27 billion, below analysts&#39; estimates of $2.38 billion. Earnings per share were $0.38.Intel in November rolled out its next-generation Penryn processors,&#160;which the company claims provide better power efficiency and graphics performance than its earlier chips. Manufactured using the 45-nanometer process, the company first launched Penryn chips for workstations and in early January rolled out 45-nm chips for servers, laptops, and desktops.Intel is expected to launch processors for its Montevina platform, an upgrade to its mobile Centrino platform, later this year. It will also roll out Menlow, a platform for ultramobile computers, later this year. Intel is also working on a new chip architecture code-named Nehalem, which will appear in late 2008.
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The computer maker's earnings hit estimates, but investors hoped for more.
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Microsoft Corp. reported healthy earnings and revenue growth for its fiscal first quarter, but investors instead focused on concerns about prospects for long-term corporate contracts and the long wait for a new version of the company's dominant Windows operating system.
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The network equipment maker reported that its quarterly net income grew 7.2 percent amid growing concern that economic weakness could affect technology spending this year.
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I.B.M. said that the personal computer business it was selling to the Lenovo Group of China had not made a profit for three and a half years.
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The tech giant's stock languishes, even as the company delivers solid growth.
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Asian computer makers including  Lenovo Group Ltd  and Asustek Computer are finding  growth prospects in an unlikely place: the United States, a  mature, slowing market compared to other regions.