Performance and Safety Materials Gross Margin: The performance and safety materials division has a current gross margin of 27%.

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In July, Apple cut its gross margin forecast for its current fiscal quarter to 31.4% from 34.2% during the third quarter, as it hinted at new, lower-priced products to come (see "Apple Makes No Promises").

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In addition, the current ratio is up, shares outstanding are down and the gross margin has increased.

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In a PC industry racked by deflation, Nvidia has managed to increase its gross margin from 29% in 2004 to a current 46%.

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Current conditions also led Intel to knock a point off its gross margin expectations for the quarter, now at 62%, plus or minus one percentage point.

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Evercore Partners analyst Kirk Materne this afternoon trimmed his EPS estimates for Microsoft for the next couple of quarters to reflect the current shortage of hard-disk drives that has resulted from the recent Thai floods, plus lower gross margin assumptions to reflect increased investment in services and online and a greater revenue contribution from the entertainment and devices segment.

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