Shipments grew only 0.2% for the full year, less than what some analysts had predicted.
Nevertheless, analysts had predicted stronger iPhone sales during that period, causing share prices to fall Wednesday.
Though 60 % higher than the year prior, the figure fell short of what analysts had predicted.
Many analysts had predicted a delay for Victrelis, or that the FDA would saddle it with onerous marketing restrictions.
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Facebook has continued to deliver the sort of growth in advertising revenues that analysts had predicted when it floated.
Aided by strong demand for phones, gross margin held up better than most analysts had predicted as well, coming in at 25.9% from 25.3% last year.
Shares in British Sky Broadcasting , led by James Murdoch, surged on Wednesday after the company showed customer growth had been stronger than analysts had predicted for the third quarter.
According to its recent earnings report, Apple shipped 26 million iPhones from April to June, which was less than the 28 million to 29 million that Wall Street analysts had predicted.
SemiLEDs (LEDS) posted a a second quarter loss that was less than analysts had predicted, but also said that the second quarter results will be weak due to oversupply pressuring margins.
Wall Street started the day with hopes of recovery after the U.S. Commerce Department reported durable goods orders rose by a surprising 1.8% rate in May, doubling the 0.6% jump analysts had predicted.
Yesterday, that possibility got a little more real, as Apple reported a disappointing quarter largely because of a perceived shortfall of iPhone sales and a second fiscal quarter forecast lower than analysts had predicted.
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Many analysts had predicted that the Chinese portals, which had to separate their mainland content from the rest of their business in order to get Beijing's permission to list, would bomb in the new dotcom-unfriendly environment.
There had been speculation that it would put off increasing petrol and diesel prices until after the holiday but on September 2nd pressed ahead with them anyway, though it imposed smaller rises (about 4-5%) than some analysts had predicted.
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Analysts had also recently predicted that a takeover would occur within the next 12 months, and the Wall Street Journal cited anonymous sources as saying that the deal had taken place more rapidly than expected.
This set a new record for the company, but it was well below the expectations of several analysts, who had predicted that Apple would sell as many as 10 million units during the three-day period.
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Analysts polled by Reuters had predicted a figure of 395, 000.
Taking their cue from Netflix's own projections in October, analysts polled by FactSet had predicted the company's would lose 12 cents per share, also because of expenses for expansion and licensing.
Wall Street analysts, on average, had predicted earnings of 16 cents per share.
Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial had predicted Sallie Mae would post a profit of 72 cents per share under this system, so the miss was substantial.
Semiconductor maker Micrel had a mediocre second quarter, missing analysts' predicted earnings by a penny and reporting a 7.3% dip in sales.
Early on, some industry analysts predicted trouble for Nintendo : The Wii had a relatively pokey processor, it lacked a hard drive, its controls were unusual.
Semiconductor maker Micrel (nasdaq: MCRL - news - people ) had a mediocre second quarter, missing analysts' predicted earnings by a penny and reporting a 7.3% dip in sales.
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