International Business News - SYNA http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Among the earnings stories for Friday, Oct. 24, from AP Financial News: SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP)--Computer components maker Synaptics Inc. said Friday its first-quarter profit rose 24 percent as a surge in revenue offset higher expenses. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081024/earnings-roundup-synaptics-horizon-lines.htm Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:36:37 EDT Among the earnings projection stories for Friday, Oct. 24, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--The nation's largest trucking company, YRC Worldwide Inc., said Friday it is taking steps to pay down debt and preserve liquidity as pricing competition is increasing and demand is slowing in the fourth quarter. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081024/outlook-roundup-yrc-worldwide-fortune-brands.htm Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:32:44 EDT Computer components maker Synaptics Inc. said Friday the strength of its orders led it to forecast better-than-expected revenue in the second quarter, and hike its fiscal 2009 guidance above Wall Street expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081024/synaptics-raises-fiscal-09-revenue-guidance.htm Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:31:16 EDT Among the earnings stories for Friday, Oct. 24, from AP Financial News: SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP)--Networking products maker Foundry Networks Inc. said third-quarter profit declined 35 percent as big expenses weighed down results in the most recent quarter. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081024/earnings-roundup-foundry-networks-synaptics.htm Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:57:06 EDT Computer components maker Synaptics Inc. said Friday its first-quarter profit rose 24 percent as a surge in revenue offset higher expenses. For the three months ended Sept. 30, net income climbed to nearly $14 million, or 39 cents per share, compared with $11.3 million, or 27 cents per share, in the year-earlier period. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081024/synaptics-profit-rises-24-pct-in-3q.htm Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:35:14 EDT In a July 10 story about touch screens, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Synaptics Inc. supplies touchpads for Apple's laptops. Synaptics supplies components to Apple, but not laptop touchpads. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/correction-touch-screens-story.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:50:13 EDT It's been a good year for touch screens. The launch of the first iPhone model a year ago boosted interest in the technology tremendously, and the updated model available Friday likely will stoke enthusiasm further. Now touch-screen manufacturers are going flat out, and more devices will soon be controlled by the tip of your finger. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/89267-touch-screens.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/apple-iphone-asia-demand-create-touch-screen-boom.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/apple-iphone-asia-demand-create-touch-screen-boom.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:49:06 EDT Among the stock activity stories for Thursday, June 19, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Gaylord Entertainment Co.'s shares fell Thursday following a meeting with investors, although analysts were generally optimistic about the lodging company's prospects. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/movers-roundup-gaylord-entertainment-cost-plus.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:38:25 EDT Shares of Synaptics Inc., which makes input and control devices for computers and consumer electronics, fell on Thursday after an Oppenheimer & Co. analyst downgraded the company, citing competitive pricing for Apple Inc.'s upcoming new iPhone. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/synaptics-shares-fall-as-analyst-downgrades.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:24:44 EDT The chip sector outpaced the wider technology market Monday, helped by a bullish Goldman Sachs report on the global chip market. The chip sector, as measured by the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, rose 6.6 points or 1.57 percent to 428.30 in midday trading. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080519/sector-snap-semiconductors-move-higher.htm Mon, 19 May 2008 13:05:39 EDT Shares of Synaptics Inc. dropped Friday morning after the computer components manufacturer said fiscal third-quarter earnings tumbled nearly 47 percent and it took a charge related to auction-rate securities. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/shares-of-synaptics-drop-after-fiscal-3q-profit-slides.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:53:39 EDT