“Technology stocks tried to cut their losses in late trading Tuesday, with Apple Inc. getting back into positive territory, while Adobe Systems Inc. remained in the red,” Rex Crum reports for MarketWatch. “The Nasdaq Composite Index came back from its session low point, yet was still down by 7 points at 3,071, while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index and the Morgan Stanley High Tech 35 Index were each off by about 0.5%.”
“The broader stock market declined following mixed housing data. The Commerce Department said new home construction fell by 1.1% in February, but that permits for future work rose,” Crum reports. “In the technology sector, Apple shares got back into positive territory, and were up 0.71% one day after the company announced a $10 billion stock buyback plan and its first dividend payments since 1995.”
Crum reports, “On the downside, shares of Adobe gave up 4% to trade at $33.11 following the software company’s quarterly results, which came out late Monday. The maker of Photoshop software reported a rise in its fiscal first-quarter sales, but writedowns and other matters caused Adobe’s earnings to drop by 21% from a year ago. Pacific Crest analyst Brendan Barnicle cut his rating on Adobe to sector perform, or neutral, from outperform calling the company’s earnings results ‘underwhelming.'”
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Adobe is getting hammered because there new way of renting software will not work. Users need to have the flexibility to skip a version and not be penalized. There exorbitant upgrade pricing and there expectation of having every user upgrade is what has them in the toilet. Adobe is not only lazy, they are greedy too.
They have always been greedy.
In your comment that they’re lazy and greedy for renting their software, there was no their there.
Writedowns on what? Their Flash stuff?
And, speaking of stock market movers, why was Amazon up 4% today?
Amazon has a hand in online retail as a very trusted site. That’s what’s keeping them alive.
Adobe signed its death warrant with its rental scheme. Sure, companies will pay, but today there are more freelancers than companies in the design business. They won’t upgrade, ever.
National Debt has increased more under Obama than under Bush – CBS News
“The National Debt has now increased more during President Obama’s three years and two months in office than it did during 8 years of the George W. Bush presidency.”
Hey, F10T12…cut the polititrolling and quit repeating your posts on every article on MDN. I am glad that you found something to wet your pants. Move on.
@Romney-Rubio 2012
What difference does that make? Apple increased more under in 3.5 years than under 8 years under either George Bush. What about the Dow? Which statistics do you pick and choose to make your point(s)?
When you’re dealing with large numbers, one percent of a million is more than 10 percent of a thousand.
Let’s ask the question of percentage of increase under Obama vs. Bush. Then you’ll have my ear.