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- From: barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett)
- Subject: Re: Commodore's Second Quarter Results
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- References: <1992Nov6.160131.27783@cs.sandia.gov>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 23:22:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov6.160131.27783@cs.sandia.gov> mjsagar@sandia.gov (Mathias J Sagartz) writes:
- >From the Wall Street Journal 11/6/92
- >
- >Commodore International Ltd. Had Loss of $18.8 Million for Fiscal
- >First Quarter
- >
- > West Chester, Pa. - Commodore International Ltd. reported an
- > $18.8 million loss for the quarter ended Spet. 30, saying it was
- > hurt by softness in its main European markets.
- >
- > The computer maker said the first quarter of fiscal 1993 was hit
- > particularly hard by weak markets in Germany, the biggest market
- > for its consumer-oriented computers. [Shame on you Germans!]
- >
- > For the quarter, Commodore said its loss was equal to 57 cents a
- > share, compared with a profit of $5.3 million, or 16 cents a
- > share, the year earlier. Revenue dropped more than 22% to
- > $158.6 million from 204.1 million.
-
- Strange that this comes only a couple of weeks after Apple announced that
- it had broken IBM's record in the personal computer industry by shipping
- 2 million systems in one year. Why is Commodore getting hit by almost 25%
- reductions in sales, while Apple Computer is reporting record sales?
-
- BTW, if Commodore's sales continue at this pace for the remainder of the
- fiscal year, Commodore will record their lowest sales in eight years for
- FY1993.
-
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- | Marc Barrett -MB- | email: barrett@iastate.edu
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