International Business News - TRMB 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 Thursday, Oct. 23, from AP Financial News: SEATTLE (AP)--Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter profit edged up 2 percent, buoyed through economic uncertainty by corporate customers that renewed licenses for servers and other business programs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081023/earnings-roundup-microsoft-burlington-northern.htm Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:29:07 EDT Navigation and surveying device maker Trimble Navigation Ltd. said Thursday it expects fourth-quarter earnings in line with analysts' estimates, but predicted revenue below Wall Street expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081023/trimble-4q-sales-forecast-falls-short.htm Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:14:03 EDT Navigation and surveying device maker Trimble Navigation Ltd. said Thursday its third-quarter profit grew rose 43 percent as revenue climbed. The company earned $39.1 million, or 31 cents per share, up from a profit of $27.4 million, or 22 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081023/trimble-navigation-posts-higher-3q-profit-sales.htm Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:26:32 EDT Among the premarket stories for Friday, Oct. 3, from AP Financial News: SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP)--A JPMorgan analyst on Friday upgraded his rating on salt and fertilizer producer Compass Minerals International Inc., noting improvements in the company's salt profitability. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/premarket-roundup-compass-minerals-costco.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:16:42 EDT An Oppenheimer analyst downgraded shares of Trimble Navigation Ltd. to "Perform" Friday, predicting credit market strain will result in challenges for the navigation and surveying device maker's engineering and construction unit. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/ahead-of-the-bell-trimble-navigation.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:57:39 EDT Navigation and surveying device maker Trimble Navigation Ltd. said Friday that it agreed to acquire TopoSys GmbH, a German provider of aerial data collection systems, in an all-cash deal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/trimble-to-acquire-toposys-for-undisclosed-sum.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:46:33 EDT Marvell Technology Group Ltd. said Monday it will license global positioning software from Trimble Navigation Ltd. to help it make better GPS chips. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/marvell-tech-licenses-trimbles-gps-software.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:01:54 EDT Among the premarket stories for Wednesday, June 4, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Shares of drug maker Eli Lilly & Co. edged up in premarket trading Wednesday and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. stock fell after a Cowen & Co. analyst upgraded Lilly and downgraded its rival. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080604/premarket-roundup-eli-lilly-morgan-stanley.htm Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:37:44 EDT Shares of navigation and surveying device maker Trimble Navigation Ltd. have nearly doubled in the last four months, and a JPMorgan analyst downgraded the stock Wednesday due to those gains. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080604/ahead-of-the-bell-trimble-navigation-downgraded.htm Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:17:40 EDT A director of navigation systems and software maker Trimble Navigation Ltd. exercised options for 15,000 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080529/trimble-navigation-director-exercises-options.htm Thu, 29 May 2008 15:15:33 EDT A vice president of Trimble Navigation Ltd., which makes navigation systems and software, exercised options for 19,000 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080527/trimble-navigation-vp-exercises-options.htm Tue, 27 May 2008 16:00:36 EDT Shares of surveying equipment maker Trimble Navigation climbed in Friday morning trading after Trimble reported a better-than-expected first quarter, and predicted strong results for the rest of the year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/out-of-the-gate-trimble-jumps-on-1q-earnings-and-outlook.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:09:27 EDT