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Grim economic news round-up

by Scott Bicheno on 23 January 2009, 13:05

Tags: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), Qimonda

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The BBC breathlessly announced today that we're officially in a recession now in the UK, having confirmed two consecutive quarters of a fall in GDP.

Meanwhile quarterly earnings season has revealed a succession of ‘shocking' results, although most people's ability to be shocked by economic news must be somewhat dulled by now.

In a bid to draw a line under the news, for this week at least, we decided to give you a summary of it all in one bite-sized chunk.

The table below shows technology companies that have announced their quarterly earnings this week, including year-on-year change where we've been able to access the information. Note it's not all bad news, with Apple, Google and IBM all exceeding expectations.

Before you get too chirpy, however, we also had the news that DRAM maker Qimonda has opened insolvency proceedings and consumer electronics giant Sony has warned it expects to announce a considerable loss for 2008.

 

Company Q4 revenue YOY change Q4 net income YOY change
AMD $1.162 bn -33% -$1.424 bn 19.6%
Apple $10.17 bn 5.9% $1.61 bn 1.9%
Avnet $4.27 bn -10.2% $112.3 m -21%
Google $5.7 bn 18% $382 m  
IBM $27 bn -6% $4.4 bn 12%
Microsoft $16.63 bn 1.6% $4.17 bn -11.3%
Nokia €12.67 bn
-19.5%
Samsung KW18.45 trn -KW20 bn
Seagate $2.3 bn -$4.96 m
TSMC Tw$64.6 bn -31% Tw$12.6 bn -64%


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how long will it last? people say over a year it will last from now
Yes probably.

What I don't get is why the UK market is falling less than the european and american markets?
j.o.s.h.1408;1618507
how long will it last? people say over a year it will last from now

Now there's a question. And the answer is: nobody's got a Scooby Doo.:surprised:
kalniel
Yes probably.

What I don't get is why the UK market is falling less than the european and american markets?

yea thats a strange one. what about asia? are they in recession or is it just uk, USA and germany?
Maybe it's something to do with the FTSE 100 being more heavily influenced by banking shares, which did a lot (although not all) of their plunging last year.