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...Acer's lowball strategy is not without trade-offs. Despite market-share gains, revenues in the first quarter fell 6.5% from a year earlier to $3.5 billion, while operating income sank 6.1% to $75.8 million. (Wang still expects Acer to match or slightly exceed its 2008 operating profits in 2009.) Bryan Ma, a computer-industry analyst at IDC in Singapore, says Acer risks tarnishing its brand in the long run. But during the recession, Ma says, Acer's product mix will help it outperform. "They're in the right place at the right time," he says...
Netbooks may be puny, but they're getting bigger and more feature-packed - and they're more popular than ever. Last year, global netbook sales exceeded those of the iPhone; despite the recession, demand remains strong. Brian Chen, PC analyst for market research firm Display Search, predicts second quarter sales will exceed 9 million units, a 50% increase over the first quarter. (Global computer sales fell 7% in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2008.) "We've already increased our forecast [for netbook sales] to 30 million this year and they'll probably count...
...Lawyers familiar with the case estimate the legal costs of the Madoff case - which could run on for two years or more - could exceed $30 million. Picard's fees, they say, will likely be less than that, though it's impossible to know precisely how much less. So far, Picard has collected $1.2 billion in recovered funds, so even if his fee were half the normal bankruptcy trustee fee he would still pocket $15 million...
...While [Wells'] management's efforts to 'de-risk' Wachovia's problem loans may help in the near term, we still expect losses to exceed management's expectations," wrote analyst Paul Miller, who follows banks at FBR Capital Markets, in a recent report to clients. Miller, who rates Wells' shares "underperform," expects Wells' stock to fall by half its current price to $12. "Given our macro outlook ... we just can't get comfortable with Wells' balance sheet...
...these hopes float on the audacity of deficit spending. By the time taxpayers are done cleaning up the books of the two companies and refilling their tanks with enough cash to keep them going - along with their finance arm, GMAC, and their key suppliers - the public price tag will exceed $100 billion. Add billions more in subsidies for researching and developing green technology and still more billions in tax credits to motivate buyers to go green. If someday GM and Chrysler become consistently profitable, the government loans will be repaid and both companies restored to total private control. The operative...