vielen Jahren (kam vorhin auf CNN)man sehe sich das mal genauer an,was ist denn da noch gut?:
Big Blue's net earnings in the third quarter dropped 19 percent to $1.6 billion, or 90 cents a share -- down from $2 billion, or $1.08 a share in the same period a hear ago. The company was expected to earn 89 cents a share, on average, according to research firm
IBM's third-quarter 2001 revenues totaled $20.4 billion, down 6 percent from the year-ago quarter.
Sales of the company's hardware products dropped 21 percent to $7.48 billion. Sales were particularly weak, as expected in the company's personal and printing systems business, down 18 percent from year-ago results.
In the Americas, third-quarter revenues dropped 6 percent to $9.1 billion, compared with the year-ago quarter. Revenues from Europe/Middle East/Africa rose 1 percent to $5.7 billion. Asia-Pacific revenue fell 5 percent to $4.1 billion. Sales of IBM's chips and related products to technology companies dropped 28 percent to $1.5 billion.
Total third-quarter expenses rose 5 percent to $5.1 billion, compared with the year-ago quarter.
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und die Rede von Greenspan heute wird auch einen Dämpfer geben:
In a closely watched appearance, the Federal Reserve chairman is scheduled to testify before the congressional Joint Economic Committee at 10 a.m. Eastern.
"Greenspan is apt to provide a cautiously optimistic assessment of the economy, acknowledging the risks of near-term weakness," said Bill Dudley, chief economist at Goldman Sachs.
The nation's central banker will emphasize that many sectors of the economy have almost returned to pre-attack levels and that "substantial monetary easing is already in the pipeline," Dudley said.
If this were then, investors and traders might have listened carefully to every word, reading between the lines for insights into the Federal Reserve chairman's thinking and hints about the course of monetary policy.
Greenspan's slightest utterance has been known to set off a furious rally or sell-off in financial markets.
At the very least, Greenspan could be counted on to provide some calming counsel that things are never quite as good or bad as they seem at the time.