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Last Updated on Monday, 20 April 2009 02:10
Written by Kris Gochenour
Monday, 20 April 2009 02:10

online pharmacy alt=”apple-iphone1″ title=”apple-iphone1″ width=”362″ height=”340″ class=”alignleft size-full wp-image-246″ />Between now and Thursday’s closing bell, IBM (IBM), Yahoo! (YHOO), Microsoft (MSFT), and Apple (AAPL) will have all released their quarterly earnings.

Just last week, Intel (INTC) and Nokia (NOK) reported steep decreases in their earnings in comparison to last year. Early word says to expect similar results from the four aforementioned companies.

Analysts project IBM to increase their earnings per share by 1%, but to record a 8% decrease in revenue (to $22.5 billion) from last years first quarter results.

Similarly, Wall Street analysts expect search engine giant Yahoo! to see a decrease in their first quarter revenue of over 11%, down to around $1.2 billion.

Microsoft, which will report its third quarter earnings on Thursday, should post modest earnings per share numbers (at around $.39/share). However, it too might see a decrease in it’s quarterly revenue, as analysts pegged the company to see a 2% decrease in revenue (to $14.1 billion).

Perhaps the only company immune from seeing it’s revenue decrease is Apple. Forecasts Cheap Kamagra Levitra Super Active+ say that Apple’s earnings per share will be a robust $1.09/share, with its second Viagra online Drugstore buy cheap online online Kamagra Soft ampicillin acomplia quarter earnings increasing by 6% to $7.9 billion. Brokers believe that deferred revenue on Iphone sales are behind the projected increases.

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