Ericsson is plunging by 15% in pre-market trading after shocking investors with a major margin squeeze.
FORBES: Ericsson in a Chinese Squeeze - Beware the Swedish Hockey Stick
All eyes would now be fixed on whether this margin squeeze can be justified in Q4 2011.
FORBES: Amazon Opens Fire With New Kindle, Stock Going To $233
It also has reduced operating and maintenance expenses, which will help minimize the profit margin squeeze in the wholesale business.
FORBES: Public Service Enterprise: A Little Darkness Before The Dawn
Verizon is expected to suffer a margin squeeze in the second half of the year with the new iPhone 5 as well.
FORBES: Verizon And AT&T In 'Battle-iPhone' As Sprint Languishes
Despite the margin squeeze in the third quarter of 2011, Amazon is continuing to pursue e-content growth at an aggressive pace.
FORBES: Amazon Stock Primed For Climb To $230 Through The (Kindle) Cloud
Any serious profit margin squeeze takes the market down 100 points.
We share disappointment at the slightly lower than expected margins, but we believe the rest of the quarter was far more impressive and more than cancels out the margin squeeze.
Will Margin Squeeze be Justified?
FORBES: Amazon Opens Fire With New Kindle, Stock Going To $233
An increase in rental expense will squeeze the margin by approximately 50-100bps per year for the next 5 years.
To protect the company from the danger that cheap new computers will squeeze the margin on refurbished ones, Mr McKie is developing direct sales of more powerful second-hand machines to non-profit bodies, such as charities and schools, and to individuals.
And if the economy grows vigorously from now through the rest of the 1980s -- a fiscal event every few economists are predicting -- the funds will barely squeeze by, with no margin to guard against a temporary downturn.
It looks inward for ways to squeeze costs through purchasing or rents, to ensure a minimal 10% profit margin.
FORBES: Taiwan's Wowprime Attracts Eaters and Eager Employees
应用推荐