It's not "one little blip", Tom, it's their half year figures. And it's nice to see them beating a forecast, even if they had earlier downgraded it. But you, I suppose, would prefer them not to beat it.
Sales increased by 7.7% over the same period last year, mainly due to digital camera sales in North America and Europe. Digital camera sales increased by over 10% (despite lower prices) and the Imaging Division made a profit of 229 million yen compared to a loss of 1,569 million yen a year earlier. Cash and near-cash increased by 51%, to US$ 186 million, which means that they are not about to go bust. What, pray tell, is wrong with saving money by cost-cutting measures? Do you think they should waste money? You can read it all on the web-site. Then confer with Herb, and come back and tell us what is so bad. If you can find Herb, that is. If his prognostications about Pentax were as accurate as the "analyses" that earned him a living, he may be sweeping the streets. John On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:56:41 -0000, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He probably can. This report is one little blip on the radar that > contains > little information with regard to WHY. > > They beat their forecasts. Forecasts that they had earlier revised > downwards. > > They had a return to profitability. That's good. Because of camera > sales > alone, or because of a number of factors including internal cost-cutting > measures? > > > > Tom C. > > >> From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Bad news >> Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:43:00 -0500 >> >> On 11/8/06, John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I am sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings: >> > >> > >> http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aj9runQF0f_4&refer=japan >> > >> > http://tinyurl.com/wpvss >> > >> > If Pentax keeps going like this, we'll have to go back to discussing >> > pictures. >> > >> > John >> >> We need Herb Chong to tell us what this ~really~ means... >> >> <LOL> >> >> cheers, >> frank >> >> >> -- >> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
