Let's Face The Music And Dance

Finnish network equipment maker Nokia did better in its quarterly profits than many expected, thanks mostly to a deal it signed with the fruity tax-dodging cargo-cult Apple.

Mobile losses climb

LG Electronics  - formerly known as Lucky Goldstar -said continued losses in its mobile unit limited growth in second-quarter profit to 13.6 percent, as the firm prepares to release a handset in the third quarter which will sort out the mess.

Bog standard profits at last

The former maker of the Wii, Nintendo, said it swung to a profit in the first quarter, beating analyst estimates thanks to strong demand for the Switch.

Thanks for the memories

Samsung Electronics has said its second-quarter operating profit rose 72 percent from a year earlier to a new record.

PC is strong and stable 

The world's largest PC maker, Lenovo has returned to profit in a year when its PC shipments fell at a slower rate than everyone else.

Will fire more workers and not those who got it in this mess

Cisco has widely missed what industry experts were expecting for its revenue and rather than sacking senior managers who have been leading the company down the toilet, it has decided to sack 1,100 more workers.

Makes more cash than expected

Fitbit surprised the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street by reporting a quarterly revenue above its own forecast.

Margins still a little low

AMD reported an 18.3 percent jump in quarterly revenue but the chipmaker's second quarter gross margins forecast raised some concerns.

But Intel fails in data centre sales

Intel reported better first quarter earnings and sales thanks mostly to its push into more memory products and areas such as self-driving automobiles.

Who wants chips these days?

Texas Instruments results have got the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street to take another look at their confident predictions for Intel.