Earnings alert: Write-downs widen DirecTV's loss
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Plus: Time Warner net income slips...Cell phone unit shores up Verizon...Gateway trims loss in third quarter...EDS delays earnings.
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H&R Block Inc. , the nation's largest tax preparer, on Wednesday said its decision to write down the value of its Option One Mortgage unit, a subprime lender that is up for sale, increased the company's third-quarter net loss by $15.5 million.
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NEW YORK  -   TiVo shares fell 5.7% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the DVR pioneer reported revenue short of its forecast for the quarter that ended in October. It also said that holiday season marketing costs, including DVR rebates of as much as 100%, will push the current quarter's net loss to as much as $38 million.
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At first blush, CNBC's report that Citigroup could announce up to $24 billion in write-downs Tuesday because of credit-related losses sounds like disastrous news. That figure is much higher than what sell-side analysts were expecting, and more than twice the high end of Citi's previous estimate in early November, which put the losses at $8 [...].
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Viacom Inc. (VIAb.N: Quote, Profile, Research) (VIA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday posted a quarterly loss on charges from spinning off the Blockbuster Inc.
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The electronics company posts a big loss amid a variety of problems the company says are "self-induced." It also warns it expects an operating loss for the current quarter, which includes the rest of the holiday selling season.
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Plus: Take-Two loss shrinks, but outlook falls short...Adobe profit up 21 percent...Dell income up 27 percent.
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Viacom Inc. (VIAb.N) on Thursday posted a third-quarter loss as a result of charges from discontinued operations and a writedown of its assets, but revenue rose on advertising sales growth at MTV and Nickelodeon cable networks and the CBS television network.
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Sprint Corp. FON.N on Tuesday  reported a wider third-quarter loss due to a $3.5 billion  writedown in the value of its long-distance business.
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Circuit City Stores Inc. (CC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday reported a narrower quarterly loss as it kept a tight rein on expenses and sales of digital televisions
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Satellite television provider DirecTV Group Inc. said Tuesday that charges for the revaluation of certain satellites led to a sharply widened third-quarter loss.
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MCI Inc.&#39;s (MCIP.O: Quote, Profile, Research) quarterly loss ballooned to $3.4 billion as the No. 2 US long-distance company wrote down the value of its assets due to
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WASHINGTON  - AT&T Corp. on Thursday reported a $7.1 billion third-quarter loss due to an $11.4 billion writedown of its assets after its retreat from consumer services and other restructuring charges.
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TiVo Inc.TIVO.O, maker of  digital television recorders, on Monday said its quarterly net  loss widened as it boosted spending to acquire customers, but  subscribers to its fee-based TV service rose sharply.
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Sprint Corp.  on Tuesday reported a wider third-quarter loss due to a writedown in the value of its long-distance business.
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Plus: Salesforce quarterly revenue rises...Write-downs widen DirecTV's loss...Time Warner net income slips...Cell phone unit shores up Verizon.
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TiVo said on Monday that its quarterly loss widened, citing increased marketing costs, but the maker of digital video-recording technology said it expects to have 3 million subscriptions by the end of the year.