Palm expects 1Q profit drop
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Treo smart-phone maker Palm Inc., which is facing increasing competition and recently pulled a major new product just before its scheduled launch, said Wednesday it expects its profit to fall in its fiscal first quarter.
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Handheld computer maker Palm Inc.   PALM.O on Thursday posted lower first quarter net income as   costs rose and the company began expensing stock options, but   the results topped Wall Street forecasts.
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PalmSource cuts its losses in the first quarter, but lost business from Sony leaves the outlook uncertain.
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Flextronics International Ltd.,  the No. 1 contract electronics manufacturer, on Monday posted a  quarterly profit versus a year earlier loss but a weak forecast  due to weakening consumer and communications demand sent shares  down nearly 8 percent.
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PeopleSoft&#39;s profit may drop &quot;significantly&quot; this year and may have trouble surviving on its own, according to testimony Monday by an Oracle executive.
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PalmOne Inc. PLMO.O on Monday swung  to a quarterly profit from a year-earlier loss on a 62 percent  jump in revenue, spurred by solid sales of its Treo 600 mobile  phone and other handheld digital devices.
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Nokia Oyj, the world&#39;s largest mobile- phone maker, said profit may drop for a second straight quarter. Earnings fell 20 percent in the three months ended in September because the company cut prices to regain market share.
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Colgate-Palmolive Co. CL.N on Monday  issued its first formal profit warning in almost a decade,  citing higher marketing spending and raw-material costs,  sending its shares down 11 percent to a four-year low.
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Stocks dropped yesterday as Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever cut profit forecasts, fueling concern that earnings growth is slowing at a time when borrowing costs are headed higher.
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PalmSource Inc. shares slipped more than 9 percent in Monday trading after an analyst downgraded the company on concerns that its future sales could be decimated if sister firm palmOne Inc.
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Palm Inc , the maker of Treo cell phones, forecast lower-than-expected revenue amid tough competition from Research in Motion Ltd's  Blackberry and Apple Inc's  iPhone, sending its shares tumbling 12 percent on Tuesday.
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palmOne is at the head of a downward spiral of the PDA market according to research group IDC. IDC&#39;s figures showed a 8.7 per cent slump year on year for the third quarter of 2004 - the third successive quarter of year on year decline.
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The Nikkei lost 1 percent on Thursday as  stocks such as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. fell after  downbeat earnings at U.S. firms, while a profit warning from  Sony Corp. looked set to push the market lower.
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Palm's troubles continued on Thursday as the company posted a profit of $15.4 million for the fourth quarter, a 44 percent drop from its $27.2 million mark one year earlier, despite strong sales of its Treo smartphone.
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Palm Inc., whose Treo smart phone is facing increasing competition from Apple Inc., Nokia Corp. and other offerings, said Wednesday it may see a small loss or break even in its fiscal first quarter.
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U.S. stocks were set to open lower on  Thursday, weighed down by disappointing earnings from eBay Inc.  and a lower-than-expected profit forecast from Qualcomm Inc. .
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