Sun Microsystems expects fiscal 4th-quarter results below Wall Street estimates

August 20th, 2009 Intuit 1Q loss forecast wider than Street viewMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Personal finance and business software maker Intuit Inc.

August 6th, 2009 ExlService Holdings 2Q profit falls, shares slipNEW YORK — Outsourcing company ExlService Holdings Inc. said Thursday its second-quarter profit dropped more than 50 percent, as revenue fell almost 10 percent, but its results met Wall Street estimates.

July 14th, 2009 Prepping for Oracle, Sun predicts weak resultsNEW YORK — Sun Microsystems Inc. projected quarterly results below Wall Street estimates Tuesday, signaling it will clear some charges off its books ahead of its $7.4 billion acquisition by Oracle Corp.

August 20th, 2009 Synopsys posts better-than-expected 3Q resultsMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Synopsys Inc., which makes software to develop and test chips, said Wednesday its fiscal third-quarter profit declined 18 percent from a year-ago period helped by an income tax gain, but the results still beat Wall Street expectations.

July 14th, 2009 Dell: PC demand stable stabilizingROUND ROCK, Texas — PC maker Dell Inc. said Monday it expects its fiscal second-quarter revenue to be slightly higher than in the first quarter, when sales plunged 23 percent to $12.3 billion.

August 21st, 2009 Mentor Graphics issues strong 3Q outlookWILSONVILLE, Ore. — Software company Mentor Graphics Corp.

June 26th, 2009 Accenture reports better-than-expected 3Q profitNEW YORK — Business consultant and outsourcing company Accenture Ltd. said its fiscal third-quarter profit declined, mainly due to the negative effects of the stronger dollar on international sales, but still topped Wall Street estimates.

July 13th, 2009 Dell: PC demand stable compared with '08 quarterROUND ROCK, Texas — Dell Inc. expects its fiscal second-quarter revenue to be slightly higher than the first quarter, when sales plunged 23 percent to $12.3 billion.

March 26th, 2009 NEW YORK - US computer firm IBM plans to lay off 5,000 workers in its service area in the US, and outsource the majority of them to India, the US business daily Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing an insider. At year's end IBM employed around 400,000 people worldwide, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that the company had laid off around 4,600 workers in areas of software, sales and semiconductors at the start of the 2009.

September 30th, 2009 Lawson Software predicts 2Q profitST. PAUL, Minn. — Lawson Software Inc.

August 27th, 2009 Dell profit down 23 pct but just beats estimateSAN FRANCISCO — Dell Inc. says its second-quarter profit fell 23 percent as the personal-computer industry's slump dragged on this summer.

September 25th, 2009 Tibco Software shares up after 3Q resultsNEW YORK — Shares of Tibco Software Inc. rose Friday after the company's third-quarter earnings topped Wall Street expectations with the help of lower expenses.

August 5th, 2009 Cisco earnings fall 46 pct but beat expectationsNEW YORK — Cisco Systems Inc. said earnings fell 46 percent in its latest quarter, but the profit beat Wall Street expectations and the company said the quarter may have been the bottom of the recession-related downturn.

August 11th, 2009 Quest Software's 2Q results beat expectationsALISO VIEJO, Calif. —Quest Software Inc.

July 31st, 2009 General Electric, Sony, Akamai among big moversNEW YORK — Stocks that were moving substantially or trading heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market. NYSE General Electric Co., up 85 cents at $13.11 Goldman Sachs upgraded the industrial conglomerate to "Buy," saying it won't have to split off its financing arm, GE Capital.