Best-in-class test speeds and enhanced functionality offer low-cost production solutionTOKYO, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857, NYSE: ATE), the world's leading
Joint training and research projects to foster development of new test methodologiesSANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Advantest America, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Advantest
In this time of difficult credit conditions, it could make sense to evaluate companies with plenty of cash. One way to measure cash is to subtract all liabilities and see if there is any cash left (Net Cash).
If a company has Net Cash, they could pay off any and all debts and other reported liabilities, and have money left over.
? Digital Garage Inc., the Web site services provider, said it had a nine-month net loss of 821 million yen (US$7.9 million), dragged down by increased operating costs and devalued stockholdings. Sales in the period ended March 31 climbed to 29.9 billion yen (US$288.6 million) from 11.5 billion yen (US$111 million) a year ago. Media, Entertainment and Gaming
? Capcom, the publisher of ?Resident Evil? video games said net income will rise 10 percent to 8.6 billion yen (US$83 million) this fiscal year, helped by sales of titles for game machines made by Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. Profit...
Asian markets closed strongly higher Thursday. Nikkei +4.27%. Hang Seng +3.68%. Shanghai +1.37%.
European markets were up in midday trading. FTSE +0.38%. CAC +0.68%. DAX +0.59.
U.S. futures are up as of 7:30. Dow +0.25%. S&P +0.29%. Nasdaq +0.44%.
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Bankers turn to Congress. The banking industry is trying to convince the federal government to assume some of the risk of subprime inflicted loans. Proposals include widening the scope of FHA-insured loans and/or making it easier for banks to write off unpaid loans that exceed a property's value without being sued...
Japanese stocks and funds struggled throughout most of 2007. Broadly speaking, ADRs and U.S.-listed ETFs fared modestly better thanks to some yen appreciation, but still, a majority of stocks and all but two funds were negative for the year.
There were some winners, with the top-5 performers all posting double-digit gains, led by Mitsui & Co.'s (MITSY) 42% return. Rounding out the top five were: Makita (MKTAY) +35%, Sony (SNE) +27%, Hitachi (HIT) +17% and Internet Initiative Japan (IIJI) +17%.
Japanese ADRs trading on the NYSE/NASDAQ were further negatively impacted by the weak yen, despite the Nikkei 225 reaching a seven-year high last week and holding 18,000.
Financial stocks came under selling pressure as expected. Millea Holdings (MLEA) in particular fell on profit-taking.
Mega-banks Mitsubishi UFJ FG (MTU) and Mizuho FG (MFG) both lost more than 5% for the week.
Nearly 80% (22 of 28) of Japanese ADRs trading on the NYSE/NASDAQ posted a weekly loss. Earnings season in Japan so far has not been very impressive and guidance continues to be conservative, as widely expected.
On average, the 28 Japanese ADRs lost a combined 1.8% last week. For the year, they are barely in positive territory, up a combined average 0.3%.
To make matters worse, there was a lot of wait-and-see (resulting in lighter volume) and preemptive Golden Week selling.
Surveys of global investors show that the US stock market continues to be the stock market the pros love to hate. Indeed, the disparity between bullish views about Europe and bearish views about the US was the widest ever recorded in the most recent Merrill Survey. Global investor favorites for the next 12 months are now Europe, Japan, Emerging Markets and the US, in that order.
By sector, global investors are still wont to overweight technology, but here we see a disconnect between a professed bullish stance on technology and the earnings weakness being seen in semiconductor stocks, and the bullish...
The Nikkei extended its rally to five days last Monday, but Japanese stocks struggled the rest of the week. ADRs were no exception, as two-thirds of the 28 listed on the NYSE or trading on the Nasdaq finished the week lower.
Japanese ADRs lost a combined average 1.6% last week, which was also the end of the fourth quarter and fiscal year. Two weeks ago, all 28 ADRs were positive for the week.
The quarter end, the recent five day rally and the fact stocks went ex-dividend during the week all resulted in broader weakness. The only real buying was perhaps window...
The two - channel input , time - based analysis and 6GHz tracking generator options for the U3700 spectrum analyser series from Advantest are now available from Rohde and Schwarz.All three options ...
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Tokyo - Advantest Corporation , the world's leading supplier of semiconductor test equipment , recently announced its new memory tester , the T5782.Available this month , the T5782 is designed ...
Advantest Corp has introduced the T5782 , a memory tester designed with pre - site architecture and speeds of 266MHz / 533Mbps.The device is engineered for testing Flash memories , as well as ...
, , ) , the world's leading supplier of semiconductor test equipment , today announced its new memory tester , the T5782.Available this month , the T5782 is designed with per - site architecture ...
, , ) , the world's leading supplier of semiconductor test equipment , announces its sponsorship of the GSA Awards Dinner Celebration to be held on Thursday , December 11 , 2008 at the Santa ...
MetricTest is pleased to announce that Advantest has added several new powerful options to the highly renowned U3700 Portable Spectrum Analyzer series.These new options are 2 channel input , ...
Advantest Corporation ' s ( Advantest ) 2Q 09 net sales and income were above our and market expectations.However , given an anticipated significant reduction in capital spending in CY 2009 we ...
Advantest , Amkor , Infineon , Intel , LTX - Credence , Qualcomm , Roos Instruments , Teradyne , and Verigy have come together under a new organisation to foster pre - competitive collaboration ...
Radio broadcaster Westwood One says that its stock will stop trading on the New York Stock Exchange as of Monday, due to its failure to maintain a minimum market capitalization of $25 million.
Dana Holding Corp. shares tumble more than 10% after the parts supplier hands in a wider third-quarter loss and announces more job cuts, reflecting lower industry demand.
Shares of Sealed Air Corp. fall as much as 18% after the maker of bubble wrap and other plastic packaging products reports sharply lower third-quarter profit and cuts its full-year earnings outlook.
European shares fall on Wednesday, with commodity-sector firms leading decliners as BHP Billiton adds to growing evidence that the global economy continues to deteriorate.
Shares were hammered in London on Wednesday, with miners sliding after a cautious outlook from giant mineral extractor BHP Billiton, while comments from the governor of the Bank of England added to pessimism about growth trends.
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- British drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline on Wednesday reported a 21.5% drop in third-quarter profit, as copycat drugs limited sales growth and cost-cutting moves ate into the bottom line.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. on Tuesday reported a third-quarter profit of $93.6 million, or 54 cents a share, up from $83.7 million, or 48 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue rose to $2.32 billion from $1.87 billion last year. Analysts polled by FactSet Research were looking for a profit, on average, of 53 cents a share on sales of $2.27 billion. The trucking giant said increased demand drove earnings growth, even as fuel prices ate away at gross margins.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Citadel Investment Group said on Monday that it hired Rohit D'Souza from Merrill Lynch to run the hedge fund firm's capital markets business. As Global Head of Equities and Alternative Investments ate Merrill, D'Souza was responsible for all trading and sales-trading activities for cash equities, equity-linked products, strategic trading and all of the global equity financing and services businesses, Citadel noted. Citadel's main hedge fund was down more than 25% this year through Oct. 10, however the firm is expanding its capital markets business. This part of the firm executes and routes more than 30%...
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