Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE:VSH) announced
today that it expects
financial results for the second quarter of
2008 to be impacted by a
material goodwill impairment charge. The
amount of the charge is still
being determined, but is anticipated to be a
substantial portion of the
goodwill recorded on its balance sheet.
Autobytel Inc. (Nasdaq:ABTL), a leading Internet
automotive marketing
services company, today announced that Jim
Riesenbach, President and
Chief Executive Officer, and Monty
Houdeshell, Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer, will present at
the RBC Capital Markets
Technology, Media and Communications
Conference on Thursday, August 7,
2008 at 1:00 p.m. PT. The conference is
taking place at the Four Seasons
Hotel in San Francisco.
RadiSys® Corporation
(Nasdaq:RSYS), a leading global provider of
advanced embedded solutions,
will participate in the 2008 AeA Oregon
Technology Investor Tour that
will be held on August 11-12, 2008. This
tour takes institutional
investors, research analysts, buy-side
analysts, sell-side analysts, key
portfolio managers, and venture capitalists
inside six of Oregon’s
technology companies.
Avocent Corporation (NASDAQ: AVCT) today announced
that Edward
H. Blankenship, Senior Vice President
of Finance and Chief Financial
Officer, and Everett Brooks, Vice President
of Investor Relations, will
present at the RBC Capital Markets
Technology, Media & Communications
Conference on Thursday,
August 7, 2008, at 3:00 p.m.
Pacific Time. The
event is being held at the Four
Seasons Hotel in San Francisco.
RailFood.com, the railroad industry’s
leading
product listing website, today announced
that its rapidly growing
product listing service is now providing a
special benefit to Railway
Supply Institute members who use the
service. Through the arrangement,
RSI members gain an automatic upgrade to
RailFood's Professional Tier
and receive discounts on posting parts or
items to the site.
“DISH Network and DIRECTV applaud Chairwoman
Sanchez and all the members of the House
Judiciary’s
Commercial and Administrative Law
subcommittee who this morning
overwhelmingly approved H.R. 3679, the State
Video Tax Fairness Act.
Power-One, Inc. (NASDAQ:PWER), a leading provider
of power conversion
and power management solutions, today
announced that for the second
quarter ended June 29, 2008, net sales were
$149.3 million, an increase
of 21% from $123.8 million in the second
quarter of 2007. Net loss was
$0.04 per share compared to a net loss of
$0.13 per share for the same
period last year, which included $0.03 of
restructuring and impairment
charges.
Qimonda AG (NYSE: QI) today announced results for
the third quarter of
financial year (FY) 2008, which ended June
30, 2008. Net sales decreased
to Euro 384 million, or 7 percent, from Euro
412 million in the second
quarter of FY 2008. Compared to the third
quarter of FY 2007, sales
declined 48 percent from Euro 740 million.
Ramtron International Corporation (Nasdaq: RMTR),
a leading developer
and supplier of nonvolatile ferroelectric
random access memory (F-RAM)
and integrated semiconductor products, today
reported total revenue of
$15.5 million for the second quarter of
2008, 26% higher than the $12.3
million reported for the same quarter of
2007. Second-quarter product
revenue was $15.1 million, 27% higher than
product revenue of $11.9
million reported for the same quarter last
year.
DDi Corp. (NASDAQ: DDIC), a leading provider of
time-critical,
technologically-advanced printed circuit
board (“PCB”)
engineering and manufacturing services,
today reported financial results
for its second quarter ended June 30, 2008.
AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE:AME) today announced the
appointment of John Wesley
Hardin as President, Electronic Instruments.
Mr. Hardin currently serves
as Senior Vice President - Aerospace and
Defense. Mr. Robert W. Chlebek,
President, Electronic Instruments, has
announced his intention to retire
at the end of 2008 after eleven years of
service in that role.
Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS), one of the
world’s
premier technology licensing companies
specializing in high-speed memory
architectures, today reported financial
results for the second quarter
of 2008.
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESIO),
a leading provider of
world-class photonic and laser
micro-engineering systems, today
announced results for its fiscal 2009 first
quarter, representing the
three-month period ended June 28, 2008.
Financial measures are provided
on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis, which
excludes the impact of purchase
accounting, equity compensation,
restructuring costs, and non-recurring
items.
Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ:EPIC), a
leading provider of
enterprise business software solutions for
the midmarket and divisions
of Global 1000 companies, today reported
financial results for its
second quarter ended June 30, 2008. All
results should be considered
preliminary pending the Company’s
filing of
its quarterly report on Form 10-Q.
Tessera Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:TSRA), a
leading provider of
miniaturization technologies for the
electronics industry, will present
at the 10th Annual Pacific Crest Technology
Leadership Forum at the Sonnenalp Resort in
Vail, CO on Monday, August
4, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time/3:00 p.m.
Pacific Time. Presenting
from management will be Charlie Webster,
chief financial officer.
Ferro Corporation (NYSE: FOE) announced today that
it will conduct a
conference call on Wednesday, August 6, at
10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to
discuss financial results for the period
ended June 30, 2008, and
estimates for third-quarter 2008 results.
Participants from Ferro will
include Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer James Kirsch,
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Sallie Bailey and Director of
Investor Relations David Longfellow.
Kowabunga!® (AMEX:THK), the leading provider
of interactive performance-based advertising
networks and technology
platforms, today announced that the
Company’s
Chief Executive Officer, Stan Antonuk, and
Chief Revenue Officer, Steve
Lerch will be presenting at the Canaccord
Adams 28th
Annual Global Growth Conference to be held
on August 12-14, 2008 at the
InterContinental Boston in Boston,
Massachusetts.
Riverbed Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: RVBD), the
technology and market
leader in wide-area data services (WDS),
today released financial
results for the second fiscal quarter ended
June 30, 2008.
PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI),
a global leader in Health Sciences and
Photonics, today reported
financial results for the second quarter
ended June 29, 2008. The
Company reported GAAP earnings per share
from continuing operations of
$0.27. On a non-GAAP basis, which includes
the adjustments noted in the
attached reconciliation, the Company
announced adjusted earnings per
share of $0.36, which is above the
Company’s
prior guidance of $0.33 to $0.35.
Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PXLW), an innovative
provider of powerful video
and pixel processing technology, today
announced financial results for
the second quarter ended June 30, 2008.
Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR) today
reported financial results
for the three months ended June 30, 2008,
that included strong revenue
and profit growth and improved operating
profit margins.
Open Solutions Inc.®, an industry-leading
innovator and provider of integrated,
enterprise-wide data processing
technologies for banks and credit unions
throughout the United States,
Canada and other international markets,
announced today that it has
partnered with Andera to offer a
fully-integrated online account opening
and funding technologies to Open
Solutions’
client base. Andera is a leading provider of
online account opening and
funding solutions to the financial services
industry.
Intellon Corporation (Nasdaq:ITLN), a leading
provider of HomePlug®-compatible
integrated circuits (ICs) for home
networking, networked entertainment,
Ethernet-over-Coax (EoC) and smart grid
applications, today announced
that Walter Amaral has been elected to the
Board of Directors at today’s
board meeting. Amaral has also been named to
the Audit Committee of the
Board.
Microchip Technology Incorporated (NASDAQ: MCHP),
a leading provider of
microcontroller and analog semiconductors,
today announced that its
Board of Directors has declared a quarterly
cash dividend on its common
stock and increased the dividend to 33.8
cents per share. The dividend
is payable on August 21, 2008, to
stockholders of record on August 7,
2008. Microchip initiated quarterly cash
dividend payments in the third
quarter of fiscal year 2003 and has
increased the cash dividend by 14.6%
from the dividend level one year ago.
AngioDynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANGO), a leading
provider of innovative
medical devices used by interventional
radiologists, and surgeons for
the minimally invasive treatment of cancer
and peripheral vascular
disease, today reported financial results
for the fiscal fourth quarter
and full fiscal year 2008, which ended on
May 31, 2008.
Riverbed Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:RVBD) today
announced that it will
hold its first Analyst Meeting in San
Francisco, CA on Monday, September
15, 2008.
Annual percentage rates for select major credit
card categories fell
this week, as the latest economic data
continues to leave the Federal
Reserve in wait-and-see mode regarding
interest rates. The Fed is
expected to maintain rates at 2 percent when
it next meets on Aug. 5.
FalconStor Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC), the
provider of TOTALLY Open™
data protection solutions, today announced
financial results for its
second quarter ended June 30, 2008.
Learning Tree International (NASDAQ NM:LTRE) has
extended its .NET
Development curriculum with the addition of
a new course entitled, Programming
C# Extended Features: Hands-On. Over 4 days,
attendees will be led
by an expert instructor in exercises using a
progressive case study
designed to provide experience applying C#
extended features.
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: IBKR)
an automated global
electronic market maker and broker, today
reported diluted earnings per
share of $0.44 for the quarter ended June
30, 2008, compared to pro
forma diluted earnings per share of $0.28
for the same period in 2007.
Cymer, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYMI), the world’s
leading supplier of light sources used by
chipmakers to create advanced
semiconductor chips, today announced
operating results for the second
quarter and first six months ended June 30,
2008.
Ibis Technology Corporation (Nasdaq GM: IBIS), a
leading provider of
SIMOX-SOI implantation equipment to the
worldwide semiconductor
industry, today announced that it received
an additional letter from the
Nasdaq Stock Market dated July 23, 2008
notifying the Company that it
has not maintained a minimum market value of
publicly held shares (“MVPHS”)
of the Company’s Common Stock of
$5,000,000 as
required by Nasdaq Marketplace Rule
4450(a)(2).
Cohu, Inc. (NASDAQ:COHU) today announced that net
sales were $51.8
million for the second quarter ended June
28, 2008 compared to $66.4
million for the second quarter ended June
30, 2007 and $58.4 million for
the first quarter ended March 29, 2008. Net
income for the second
quarter of 2008 was $0.2 million, or $0.01
per share compared to $2.0
million or $0.09 per share for the second
quarter of 2007 and $2.0
million or $0.08 per share in the first
quarter of 2008.
LaserCard Corporation (NASDAQ:LCRD), a leading
supplier of secure ID
solutions, today announced the financial
results for its fiscal 2009
first quarter ended June 30, 2008.
After four months of developing a strategy,
Atlantix Global Systems and
Juniper Networks have formed a partnership
that will help each party
achieve their short-term and long-term
goals.