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Huawei – Halves and thirds

Reply to this post           Market share gains only tell half the story. Huawei’s consumer business has had an excellent Q4 14A as far as market...

Lenovo Q3 14A – The executioner

Reply to this post           Results augur well for acquisition turnarounds. Lenovo reported excellent Q3 14A results despite the first time inclusion of two loss making...

Amazon Q4 14A – The EBIT question

Reply to this post           Q4 14A margins may not be sustained into 2015E. Amazon reported good results as management seems to have finally decided that...

Samsung Q4 14A – Storm rigged.

Reply to this post           Steady results show better weathering of the handset storm. Samsung reported reasonable Q4 14A results and some signs have emerged that...

Apple and Yahoo! – Chalk and cheese.

Reply to this post           Results highlight the differences between these two players. Investors greeted the results announcements of both companies with enthusiasm but for very...

Microsoft Q2 15A – Honeymoon ending.

          Honeymoon end obscures long term upside. Microsoft reported in-line Q2 15A results but guided weakly as the corporate upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7...

Google – Control freak.

          Google’s move to be an MVNO is all about control. It looks very likely that Google will launch its own branded MVNO during 2015 using...

Microsoft – The price is right.

          Free upgrade is excellent news for the Microsoft ecosystem. Microsoft’s ambition to become an ecosystem company have crystalised further as upgrades to Windows 10 from...

Xiaomi – Circumnavigation.

          Xiaomi must have exclusive services to succeed. Xiaomi is following in the footsteps of its rivals in building an ecosystem via purchasing small shareholdings but...

BlackBerry – Roller-coaster.

          There is no reason why Samsung would want BlackBerry. BlackBerry has had a wild couple of days as rumours surfaced that Samsung was willing to...