Five steps to re-invent your social media business networking

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By?Srinivas?Rao, Contributing {grow} Columnist

Chances are you?ve never heard of Oliver Starr. But you?ve probably heard of many of the people below:

This may seem odd to you, but Oliver, a successful blogger and Michael Arrington?s first employee at Tech Crunch, had never heard of these people when I mentioned their names. ?The only reason I learned who he was is because he?s the product evangelist for Pearltrees, a tool for organizing information that I really love.?My interaction with Oliver was eye-opening because I just assumed that if you?re in ?the biz? you would have heard of most of these folks.

It made me realize just how narrow our view of the web is.

A few weeks ago Mark Schaefer wrote about his observation that there is nothing new in blogging. I?m willing to bet if most of Mark?s readers put the names of the blogs they read on a regular basis into a hat, they would all have a very similar list. Our natural tendency is to gravitate towards people?similar?to us, and the result is a self-imposed lens through which we view the social web. ?Maybe it isn?t that there?s nothing new in blogging, but that we?ve been stuck in an incestuous circle of social media marketers, lifestyle designers, and personals development bloggers. Just so we?re clear, I?m not pointing fingers. I fall into those same incestuous circles!

Innovation and new ideas can?t diffuse throughout the social web when experts spend all their time talking to experts. That?s why I believe it?s important we not only embrace new and emerging talent, but also take steps to get outside of our comfort zone and expand our horizons. ?Here are five ideas on how to do that ?

1. Purge your blog reader and start from scratch

Every few months I literally unsubscribe from nearly every blog I read. This enables me to accomplish a few things.? First I?m able to prioritize which blogs have become the most important to me. ?Second, it forces me to look for new blogs and creates an opportunity to connect with new people. ?As a result my network continually expands.??Subscribe to a few blogs that have nothing to do with your industry but that you just find interesting.

2. Pick 5 new people to follow on Twitter and build a relationship with them

I?ve never particularly cared too much about the number of followers I have on Twitter which might seem sacrilegious, but it?s been a big part of my philosophy on building relationships. What I?m more interested in is who is actually following me.? Every few days I read the bios of my new followers and pick a few to engage with. ?The amazing people I?ve found by doing this include successful entrepreneurs, artists, published authors, literary agents, and many other people who are doing amazing things online. This has been a great way to broaden my own horizons and connect with exciting new people.

3. Attend a conference outside your industry

One of the best pieces of advice I ever received about leveraging public speaking was from Michael Port. He said that rather than speaking at a social media conference go speak to an association of dentists because in that environment you?ll be the go-to person on your subject matter. This could lead to additional speaking engagements and consulting opportunities. ?By attending or speaking conferences outside your industry, you not only have an opportunity to grow your network substantially, but you could also tap into a significant source of opportunities. Additionally you may find that you?ll be exposed to? a wide variety of new ideas.

4. Go to smaller conferences

Our general tendency is to attend the biggest industry conferences each year so we can see as many people as possible.? This creates a highly competitive environment for people?s attention and limits what we can get out of the conference.? I think conferences like Social Slam, which is devoted to opening up speaking and networking opportunities for diverse new talent, drives opportunities to meet thought leaders outside the echo chamber.?One additional suggestion I have for conferences ?? don?t hang out with the people you already know. ?Seems obvious, but not always easy to do.

5. Don?t go to conferences. Attend a retreat instead

A 5-minute conversation and business card exchange during happy hour at a conference has its limits in terms of building long-term relationships. This is why I think a 5-6 person retreat of some sort that involves more than just talking about business could be much more powerful than a typical conference. ?Imagine how well you?d get to know each other if a small group of people spent three or four days together.

If we?re going to discover what?s new in blogging and social media marketing, then we have to keep opening up ourselves to new people and new experiences by trying things we?ve never tried.

Please leave your ideas in the comment section about how you are energizing your network and feel free to leave the names of a few non-social media experts you enjoy learning from!

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Srinivas?Rao?writes about?the things you should have learned in school, but never did?and his the host-co founder of?BlogcastFM. ?You can follow him on twitter @skooloflife

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Colombia's Santos plans to shuffle cabinet ministers

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's 16 cabinet members resigned on Wednesday at President Juan Manuel Santos' request, setting the stage for him to shuffle his cabinet in an attempt to shore up his approval ratings.

At the midpoint of his four-year term, Santos has been under pressure from a constant stream of criticism from former President Alvaro Uribe and a growing number of attacks by leftist rebels, denting his once commanding popularity.

"Upon considering that it is the right time to make changes within the government team, the ministers signed a protocol resignation letter of their posts after the request by President Juan Manuel Santos," his office said in a statement.

The communiqu? did not say which of the ministers could move posts or be dismissed.

Some analysts say Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon could be on the list of those leaving the cabinet since a rise in guerrillas assaults, coupled with the perception that security was getting worse, has cut into Santos' popularity and opened him up to political attacks.

Santos - credited with some of the biggest blows to the rebels - accuses foes of using attacks by rebels as a "political weapon" and dismisses claims by Uribe and his followers that he is failing on security.

Once an investment pariah as drug-trafficking insurgents kidnapped, killed and attacked rural areas with bombs, Colombia, Latin America's No. 4 economy, has seen a dramatic turnaround in the last decade, attracting record foreign investment. (Reporting by Jack Kimball and Monica Garcia; editing by Mohammad Zargham)

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BP Recalls Gasoline That May Cause Car Problems

BP has announced that it's recalling thousands of gallons of gasoline. The oil giant says fuel that was stored in a tank in northwest Indiana could cause car problems.

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Time now for a story on the latest recall. It's not food or an appliance. It's gasoline. BP has recalled gasoline that was stored at a facility in northwest Indiana, near Chicago. But tens of thousands of gallons of that gas have already been sold and pumped into gas tanks.

As NPR's Jeff Brady reports, local mechanics are fielding lots of calls from concerned drivers.

JEFF BRADY, BYLINE: At a Toyota dealership in Merrillville, Indiana, service manager Rick Shaver says there's a steady stream of customers experiencing problems because of BP's gasoline recall.

RICK SHAVER: Every day, all day, from the time we open the doors, 7:30, and it goes through all day.

BRADY: Shaver says repairs cost up to $550.

SHAVER: We are dropping and draining gas tanks. We are doing fuel system cleanings, changing the oil, putting new gas in it, of course.

BRADY: In a written statement, BP says it believes more than 2 million gallons of regular gasoline blended at its storage facility last week contained higher than normal levels of polymeric residue. BP says this can cause hard-starting and other issues.

Pat Cappo of Munster, Indiana, knows this.

PAT CAPPO: Starting it, it was really rough. It was like it was choking on itself.

BRADY: Last Thursday, Cappo says she filled her 2005 Suburban with gas. She says once the SUV warms up, it runs fine. Five days later, she's burned most of that tank of gas, and she thinks the problem may have passed. But when she heard BP was recalling gas sold locally, she called the company early this morning to find a really long wait time.

CAPPO: I don't have time to wait on the phone 100 minutes.

(LAUGHTER)

BRADY: So Cappo did what BP is suggesting to customers who call: emailing the details of their experience to the company instead. BP says it's working with customers whose cars required repairs associated with the recalled gasoline.

Jeff Brady, NPR News.

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What Can Entrepreneurs Learn From Seth Godin's LINCHPIN ...

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I just came from the gym. At the gym, I was listening to the audio book: LINCHPIN by Seth Godin. The book had very interesting lessons for us entrepreneurs. There is no way I can do justice to the book with this single article therefor I will admonish you to read it, if you have not done so yet, it would help you in your business.
There are two specific subjects from the book that I would like to address in this article:
? Becoming an artist
? Shipping

Becoming an artist

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Usain Bolt the biggest LINCHPIN of London 2012 Olympics

In the book Seth Godin described an artist or a LINCHPIN as someone who brings humanity or uniqueness to their work. A LINCHPIN is someone who do not need a map or instructional manual to operate. Someone with the ability to use their own judgement when the situation demands it.
A LINCHPIN is also someone who is different or unique. As entrepreneurs, we are taught about the concept of USP. However, when it really comes down to it, either the large majority of businesses find it difficult to differentiate their businesses from other businesses or what they consider USP is nothing more than a fluke.
A very important point he made about indispensability which is very important for entrepreneurs is for us as individuals to be indispensable. Most entrepreneurs are stuck with 19th century entrepreneur skills.
I just completed SEO training yesterday. I did not do SEO training because I want to become an SEO expert, I did it because I am in the information product creation business. Many people produce very good information products but struggle to sell them because they lack the ability to sell and they do not understand SEO.
Traditional advertising is expensive and ineffective. The likes of Google and Facebook became multibillion pound businesses without any form of traditional advertising. Being well aware of this, I realised that if I needed to succeed in the information product creation business, it is essential that I know how to sell and how to effectively use the internet.
Many entrepreneurs open businesses and depend on others to do the most critical aspects of their businesses for them. This is especially true for professional entrepreneurs. Many professional entrepreneurs such as doctors, lawyers, accountants, dentist, consultant etc. do not have a single idea of how to market their services.
In their mind, they feel all they have to do is provide the expertise. The reality is this: if you are only an expert in your field, even if you own your business, you are only self-employed. You are not an entrepreneur. To be an entrepreneur you must know how to sell, that is a prerequisite.
And as Mr. Godin put it, if you want to be successful in this century, you need to be indispensable. This means that your business has to offer more than just what customers expect it to offer.

Shipping
Shipping according to Seth Godin is completing task and getting it out to the marketplace. Like me completing this article and placing it on the blog, you completing whatever project you are working on and get it out to the marketplace.
Most entrepreneurs never ship because they never finish. Even those who finish, sometimes just have the products lying about in their offices.
There are two reasons for this.
Reason number one is: most entrepreneurs never complete a project. In their minds, a piece of art is never complete. It is never good enough to go out. They still need to do some type of tweak on it. Twenty committees need to sit and decide when to ship or decide whether it is good enough to be shipped.
And the committee never find the time to have that meeting because everyone is busy on other projects, someone is off sick and someone is on holiday and the list goes on. But to succeed means we need to set a shipping deadline and stick to it no matter the circumstance.
Another very important point that he made was that we need to consider everything a draft. This means that it can be improved upon on a later date.
I have just completed nine books to be published next week:
How To Market And Manage A Professional Firm
How To Market And Manage A Private Security Firm
How To Market and Manage A Corporate Training Firm
How to Market And Manage A Dental Practice
How To Market And Manage A Private Medical Practice
How To Market And Manage A Consulting Firm
How To Market And Manage An Accounting Firm
How To Market And Manage A Law Firm
How To Market And Manage A Coaching Firm
After completing the books, I read Peter Drukker?s: Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The book is like a gold mine that contains lots of really good information for entrepreneurs that I would have loved to include in my book. The dilemma I had was should I include this information in the book knowing fully well doing so will cause me to miss my shipping date? I decided against it. In my mind the first sets of books are draft I can always come up with second editions.
That is how entrepreneurs are supposed to think. When we have a shipping date, we stick to it.
The next reason entrepreneurs don?t ship is that they do not have a clear vision of the final objective. Why are you doing that project? For whom are you doing it? What is your final outcome?

Richard Branson the master entrepreneur LINCHPIN

Sir. Richard Branson the master entrepreneur LINCHPIN

As an entrepreneur when you lack clarity, it becomes difficult to make decisive decisions. Clarity of purpose is what makes taking certain decisions easy. If you are doing a project, you need to have a reason for the project.
From the onset, you need to be clear about: who, what, how and when. You cannot succeed as an entrepreneur in the 21st century business environment if you are not a LINCHPIN. Being a LINCHPIN means you need to become an artist and you need to ship.

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  4. How To Market And Manage A Business Coaching Firm

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In the case of particular watercraft, a boat owner may need to choose a independent boat insurance motor plan, the particular premium for which may boost from month to month and even next, specialists discover that paying this kind of tiny added past the original top quality amount is worth the value one saves on exchanging the particular ruined bit with an all new engine.

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AP source: GOP platform draft at odds with Romney

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ? Republicans on Tuesday will adopt a party platform calling for a constitutional amendment outlawing abortion without specific exceptions for rape or incest, a position at odds with GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

Republican Party leaders decided to include that position during a party meeting Tuesday, two GOP officials confirmed to The Associated Press. The language is the same as it's been since 1984. But this year, it comes as GOP officials are calling on Missouri Rep. Todd Akin to quit his Senate bid after he made inflammatory comments about rape. Akin, asked in a local TV interview aired Sunday if he opposes abortion in cases of rape, said a woman's body is able to prevent pregnancy in what he called "a legitimate rape."

In a Sunday statement condemning Akin's remarks, Romney said his administration would not oppose abortion in cases of rape. That puts him at odds with his party's official line.

Romney is set to be nominated for president at the Republican National Convention that kicks off Aug. 27.

"The details of some of these things, like an exception for rape or life of the mother, these are not uncommon differences that candidates have and don't share some of the detail on those exceptions," RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said Tuesday on MSNBC. "But as far as our platform is concerned, I mean, this is the platform of the Republican Party. It is not the platform of Mitt Romney."

The party's platform says members of the GOP "assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life amendment to the Constitution."

Romney's position on the question is also at odds with his running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, who opposes abortion only in instances where the life of the mother is at risk. That's closer in line with the Republican Party's official position.

A Ryan aide downplayed the difference. "He knows he is joining the Romney ticket and the Romney administration will reflect the views of the nominee," Ryan spokesman Michael Steel told reporters traveling with Romney's no. 2 from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia.

Ryan has voted for legislation that has included exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother, another spokesman said.

The decision might have passed with little notice if not for Akin, whose weekend comments drew intense criticism and quick calls for him to step aside.

"It seems to me, from what I understand from doctors, that's really rare," Akin said when asked about abortion in cases of rape. "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."

Romney did not call for Akin to leave the race until about two hours before a state-imposed deadline for him to drop out without going to court. Akin was still in the race at 6 p.m. EDT Tuesday, and now has until Sept. 25 to seek a court order to take his name off the ballot. After that date, there is no way for Akin to leave the race.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, who RNC's Platform Committee, called it a "document that transcends time."

"Current events regarding who said what at any given time don't affect this document," McDonnell said.

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Associated Press writer Kasie Hunt in Washington contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ap-source-gop-platform-draft-odds-romney-202758925.html

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Phyllis Diller in Stop-Motion, Singing "You're ... - Tv Food and Drink

When I pre-interviewed Phyllis Diller over the phone for her appearance later in the week on GSN Live, I told her that I knew all the lyrics to her song, ?You?re Different,? from the 1967 stop-motion animated film Mad Monster Party. She laughed and said, ?Well, you?ll have to sing it for me.? Though that may have just been a polite remark on her end, I took it far more seriously. When Phyllis Diller asks you to sing for her, you do it.

So in between segments, I ran over to where she was seated on the set, leaned down, cupped my hand against her ear and sang her the first two verses as quietly and as quickly as I could. I was met with a giant trademark Phyllis cackle, and when I finished she placed my hands between hers and said, ?Thanks for the memory.? One of my favorite television producer moments, and one I intend to share with everyone willing to lesson until my dying day.

Check out the song below. Then be sure to go sing it to someone you love and admire.

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Total Vibration ? Blog Archive ? Recommendations On Retaining ...

Home remodeling is simply tough should you be not equipped with the right information. As in all things in daily life, home improvement is easier with all the right tools and information. If you are looking for home improvement ideas, this post can be of help.

The kitchen is an excellent place to begin a whole new home improvement undertaking. Start out with the walls if there are grease spots, combine up a 2 to 1 solution of TSP and water. The grease spots, and frequently painting, will be taken out. Add more new color in shades of suntan and you may be astounded at simply how much greater your kitchen seems after conclusion.

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One of many quickest, most economical approaches to enhance an area is usually to painting your wall surfaces. Visit your nearby hardware store and check out painting chips. Opt for those who appeal to you and have fun. Should you don?t adore it, you are able to color around it.

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Woman found murdered two days after calling 911

Police in Dallas are conducting an internal investigation after discovering that a 32-year-old woman who was found murdered on Sunday had called 911 two days before.

The woman, Deanna (Cook) Patrick, was "found deceased in the bathtub of her residence," police said. Delvecchio Patrick, her 35-year-old ex-husband, was arrested and charged with murder.

The department "is currently conducting a comprehensive review of an August 17, 2012 911 call from the victim," the Dallas Police Department wrote on its Facebook page on Monday:

The Department's preliminary review has determined that the 911 call originated from a cell phone. As a result, the 911 call-taker did not know the exact address of the caller. The 911 call taker attempted to obtain the address from the caller, while simultaneously conducting a search of previous calls from the same cell phone number to determine an associated address. The call taker also notified the 911 on-duty supervisor of the ongoing issue. The call was forwarded to the dispatcher but could not be dispatched to field officers until an address was determined. Once the address was confirmed, the 911 call taker updated the call information so the call could be dispatched. The process of obtaining the address and updating the call information took approximately 9 minutes.

Once obtaining an address, the dispatcher gave the call to the first available police field element. The officers that received the call arrived at the location and knocked at the door. When no one answered, they requested a call-back of the caller which went to voicemail. They also checked the perimeter windows of the home and spoke with neighbors who reported that they had not heard any disturbance.

The Department is seeking to determine if the nature of the call was sufficiently communicated through each step of the process to the responding officers and the appropriateness of their response based on the information provided.

Dallas police did not release the contents of the 911 call, saying?it could interfere with the ongoing investigation. But according to The Dallas Morning News' crime blog, Patrick called 911 to report her husband was attacking her:

According to police records, Deanna Cook called 911 about 10:54 a.m. Friday. She could be heard screaming for her ex-husband to stop attacking her. "Delvecchio, why are you doing this?" Cook yelled, according to police records.

"Red, please stop, I didn't do anything to you," she said, referring to him by his nickname. ...

Two days later, as Cook's family grew concerned about her well-being, they went to the home and found her dead.

Delvecchio Patrick, the blog noted, "has a history of alleged domestic violence against his wife, Dallas County court records show."

Patrick's bail was set at $500,000. He is currently being held in the Dallas County Jail.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/woman-murder-911-dallas-police-two-days-151010771.html

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How chips, PCs, services companies are faring

This week, Dell and Hewlett-Packard will report quarterly earnings. They will offer a peek into whether global economic worries have affected their businesses.

Already, economic conditions in Europe have been blamed for weak quarterly results or outlook at several tech companies. Apple also reported that growth in revenue and net income had slowed, largely because average selling prices were down. Here's a look at how selected companies providing computers, components, services and related software are faring:

? July 5: Seagate Technology PLC warns that its quarterly revenue will fall below expectations, after shipping fewer hard drives than expected partly because of a quality issue with a supplier for its business product lines. The company also said its rivals recovered faster than expected from disruptions caused by last fall's heavy flooding in Thailand. That meant Seagate had to cut back on shipments.

? July 9: Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. says it's lowering its guidance because of weaker-than-expected sales in China and Europe and lackluster demand overall from consumers.

? July 11: Gartner and IDC issue separate reports showing that personal computer sales sagged during the spring as shifting technology trends, upcoming product releases and a shaky economy dampened demand for the machines currently on the market. The second-quarter decline in the U.S. ranged from 6 percent to 11 percent compared with the same time last year. Worldwide PC shipments held up better during the quarter, dipping by just 0.1 percent from last year.

? July 12: Printer maker Lexmark International Inc. says it fared worse during the second quarter than management anticipated, providing the latest evidence of a weakening economy.

? July 17: Intel Corp., the world's largest chipmaker, says the weak global economy is slowing its growth, and revenue for the current quarter is likely to come in below Wall Street forecasts. Intel says consumer demand in North America and Western Europe is not recovering as fast as expected, while growth in emerging markets such as China and Brazil is slowing.

? July 18: IBM Corp. says its quarterly earnings rose 6 percent despite a 3 percent decline in revenue amid Europe's economic jitters. IBM has been able to boost its earnings even when revenue is weak by focusing more on businesses with higher profitability ? software and technology services ? rather than machines. Software was the only part of IBM's business that didn't register a decline from last year, with revenue remaining level. The turmoil in Europe hurt IBM's results as currencies there weakened, translating into fewer U.S. dollars.

Qualcomm Inc. says it had higher profit and revenue in the latest quarter, but it offers a weaker forecast for the current quarter because of supply issues. The company previously disclosed it has some limitations in getting chips made in the right size by outside suppliers. The mobile phone chip company insisted demand for its products remains high and earnings will improve by the end of 2012.

? July 19: Microsoft Corp. says a flat market for personal computers put a damper on Windows sales, though sales of business software and servers were strong. Investors are now looking to the Oct. 26 release of Windows 8, which could boost sales and help Microsoft mount a challenge to Apple's iPad, as the new operating software is designed for touch-based computers as well as traditional, mouse-controlled ones. Microsoft says it expects Windows revenue to remain roughly in line with the PC market, which is expected to stay flat through the current quarter.

Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. says trouble in the global economy dragged net income down 40 percent. AMD says it is taking steps to improve its performance, but "headwinds" will continue into the third quarter.

SanDisk Corp. says net income plunged as the company sold fewer memory chips to mobile device makers. But the results exceeded analyst expectations. SanDisk says there was "short-term weakness" in sales to mobile device makers. The company says retail sales were strong, and SanDisk saw more demand from businesses and companies for solid-state drives that are increasingly popular in home and office computers.

? July 20: Xerox Corp. says earnings fell 3.1 percent, as continued weak economic conditions, especially in Europe, reduced revenue at its technology business. Xerox says that in light of the continued economic uncertainty, it expects technology revenue, which includes the sales of document systems, supplies, technical services and the financing of products, to continue to be weak. It issues lower-than-expected third-quarter profit guidance and cuts its earnings prediction for the full year.

? July 23: Texas Instruments Inc. says sluggish demand amid the weak global economy slashed profit by one-third in the second quarter, and the chip maker warned that its customers are becoming "increasingly cautious" about placing new orders.

? July 24: Apple Inc. reveals that its growth slowed in the most recent quarter. In both revenue and net income, the company posted the smallest increases in years and failed to meet analyst expectations. Apple is still selling a lot of iPad, iPhone and Mac devices, but the average selling prices are down.

EMC Corp. says its second-quarter earnings climbed 19 percent as its data storage products fed a voracious appetite for equipment to manage the barrage of information unleashed by Internet-connected computers and smartphones. Results mirrored preliminary figures released a week earlier.

SAP AG says fewer but bigger software deals and increased sales to financial and retail companies helped the company post a 12 percent increase in earnings in the second quarter.

Broadcom Corp., a maker of communications chips, says net income fell 9 percent as its expenses rose, but the results beat Wall Street's expectations.

Chipmaker Altera Corp. says net income fell 24 percent as revenue declined, but the results beat expectations.

? July 25: Hard drive maker Western Digital Corp. says net income jumped nearly five-fold in the quarter through June, beating analyst expectations, as it reaped the benefits of its $3.9 billion acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies.

? July 30: Hard disk drive maker Seagate Technology PLC says its quarterly earnings and revenue jumped. But they still missed Wall Street expectations. Seagate blamed the shortfall on supplier problems. The report follows a warning issued weeks earlier.

? Aug. 8: Hewlett Packard Co. says it will take a massive charge against its earnings for the quarter through July, reflecting that the company overpaid for its purchase of Electronic Data Systems in 2008. The services business provides information technology and outsourcing services to corporations. It has seen flat revenue for the last two years, and its operating profit has declined.

? Aug. 9: Nvidia Corp., which makes graphics chips and processors for PCs, tablet computers and other devices, reported second-quarter results that beat Wall Street expectations. It also issued a strong third-quarter revenue forecast. The company says it was helped by sales of products for tablets and it made strong gains in its graphics processing business, despite a weak market.

? Aug. 16: Lenovo Group Ltd. says PC shipments grew 24 percent in the latest quarter. Shipments in the Asia-Pacific region and Latin America rose 59 percent while those to Europe, the Middle East and Africa were up 62 percent. In North America, it grew nearly 9 percent ? strong for the market.

? Tuesday: Dell Inc.

Coming up:

? Wednesday: Hewlett Packard Co.

? Thursday: Salesforce.com Inc.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/chips-pcs-services-companies-faring-001157826.html

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