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Amazon.com Profit Exceeds Estimates as Online Retailer Wins Market Share
Bloomberg | 32 days 16 hours 24 minutes ago
Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc., the world's largest Internet retailer, reported profit that topped analysts' estimates after its broader product selection and discounts lured more buyers to the site. The shares jumped 11 percent.
Amazon.com Profit Beats Analysts' Estimates as Retailer Wins Market Share
Bloomberg | 32 days 16 hours 24 minutes ago
Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc., the world's largest Internet retailer, reported profit that topped analysts' estimates after its broader product selection and discounts lured more buyers to the site. The shares jumped 11 percent.
Amazon.com Shares Set to Break Dot-Com Record as Earnings Beat Estimates
Bloomberg | 32 days 3 hours 27 minutes ago
Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc., cited a decade ago as an example of an overvalued dot-com stock, is poised to rise to a record in Nasdaq trading today after third-quarter earnings trounced analysts' estimates.
EBay's profit off estimates
Oakland Tribune (Calif.), The | 33 days 13 hours 56 minutes ago
By Joseph Galante BLOOMBERG NEWS EBay Inc., the most visited U.S. ecommerce site, forecast fourthquarter profit that missed some analysts' estimates after shifting into fastergrowing but lesslucrative businesses. The shares fell 6.1 percent.
EBay Profit Falls 29% as Growth Plan Squeezes Online Auctioneer's Margins
Bloomberg | 33 days 15 hours 26 minutes ago
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- EBay Inc., the most visited U.S. e-commerce site, forecast fourth-quarter profit that missed some analysts' estimates after shifting into faster-growing but less- lucrative businesses. The shares fell 6.1 percent.
EBay Drops After Growth Plan Takes Toll on Fourth-Quarter Profit Forecast
Bloomberg | 33 days 6 hours 28 minutes ago
Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- EBay Inc., the most visited U.S. e-commerce site, fell as much as 9.3 percent in late trading after a shift to faster-growing yet lower-margin businesses hampered its profit forecast.
EBay Net Income Falls as Growth Plan, Acquisition Squeezes Profit Margins
Bloomberg | 33 days 15 hours 24 minutes ago
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- EBay Inc., the most visited U.S. e-commerce site, forecast fourth-quarter profit that missed some analysts' estimates after shifting into faster-growing but less- lucrative businesses. The shares fell 6.1 percent.
FedEx predicts increase in business in December » The Commercial Appeal
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.), The | 13 days 19 hours 26 minutes ago
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Apple Lurks as Kindle, Nook Squeeze Out Sony: Tech by Rich Jaroslovsky
Bloomberg | 32 days 2 hours 30 minutes ago
Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- As futurist Paul Saffo likes to say, you should never mistake a clear view for a short distance. Case in point: the nascent market for e-readers.
Apple Lurks as Kindle, Nook Squeeze Out Sony: Rich Jaroslovsky
Bloomberg | 32 days 29 minutes ago
Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- As futurist Paul Saffo likes to say, you should never mistake a clear view for a short distance. Case in point: the nascent market for e-readers.
Amazon takes on retail chain rivals with same-day delivery in seven cities | InternetRetailer.com
Internet Retailer | 23 days 8 hours 30 minutes ago
In what some analysts see as a challenge to bricks-and-mortar retailers, Amazon.com Inc. announced last month a new shipping option that offers same-day delivery on items ranging from gourmet foods to hardware in seven major cities Baltimore, Boston, Las Vegas, New York, Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington, D.C. The leading online retailer also said it plans to extend the program to Chicago, Indianapolis and Phoenix in coming months.
Study shows open-source code quality steadily improving
Computerworld | 36 days 3 hours 16 minutes ago
IDG News Service - The overall number of defects in open-source software projects is dropping, according to a new study by San Francisco-based vendor Coverity Inc.
Consumers Online Purchases on the Rise
Hotel News Resource | 39 days 21 hours 12 minutes ago
53% Of British Online Adults Say They Are Transacting More Online in 2009 Due To the Economic Climate, But Many Businesses Still Failing To Meet Expectations
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PRNewswire | 14 days 16 hours 38 minutes ago
ISLANDIA, N.Y., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CA
Web retailers head toward holidays on an upswing | InternetRetailer.com
Internet Retailer | 23 days 8 hours 30 minutes ago
Web retailers head toward holidays on an upswing
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Company Overview
| Company: | Forrester Research, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Market Research Services |
| Website: | http://www.forrester.com |
Can't see the tech forest for the trees? Maybe a Forrester ranger can guide you through the technological timber. One of the leading market research firms focused on the Internet and technology, Forrester Research supplies reports and briefs to more than 2,600 corporate clients, providing insight into market forces, industry trends, and consumer behavior. Forrester also offers custom research and consulting services to give its clients additional understanding of the technology market. In addition, the company produces a number of events where its clients can network with each other as well as with players in the technology industry.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 240.9 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 13.6 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 29.2 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 54.2 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 1,048 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 16.1 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |