Revenues from Windows in the January-to-March quarter were flat when adjusted for upgrade offers.
Economic activity in the fourth quarter was flat, as overall GDP contracted at a teeny tiny 0.1% annual rate.
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Sales grew by only 2% last quarter with flat volumes.
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Additionally in the March quarter U.S. cash was essentially flat quarter over quarter.
Landec (LNDC), a food packaging supplier, announced that third quarter earnings were flat and expected revenue to fall during the quarter quarter.
And not without reason: Corporate profits before taxes during the second quarter were pretty flat.
Churn was 3.1%, down from 3.7% in the fourth quarter, and flat with the year ago period.
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And in the US, imports were flat quarter over quarter, but still looking better than they did a year ago.
While the company managed to grow its Q3 revenues by 4% sequentially, its guidance for Q4 implies a roughly flat quarter y-o-y at the midpoint.
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Cisco (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) also forecast lower than expected revenue for its first quarter, predicting flat to 2% growth sequentially.
In an interview with Forbes this morning, Seagate CEO Steve Luczo said the company is expecting the total addressable market for the disk-drive sector in the June quarter to be flat to down slightly from the March period, which he says is typical for the period.
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Volpon said he is maintaining his first quarter GDP growth forecast of 2.4% on the year, which is almost flat in quarter-on-quarter terms.
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First-quarter revenues were essentially flat, declining 1.2 percent year-over-year to KRW 1.2 trillion (USD 1.1 billion).
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Chemical maker DuPont was the Dow's biggest loser, as it said that second-quarter profit growth was flat.
Yet he thinks that this quarter it will be flat or even negative.
But despite a flat fourth quarter, in which he shot 0-for-6, Anthony said he didn't want to use the heavy minutes as an excuse.
Total worldwide shipments declined by more than 8 percent in either estimate -- enough to make a flat second quarter seem rosy by comparison.
But the Ospreys, with Ryan Jones and Marty Holah tackling effectively, were able to soak up the pressure and O'Gara's 11th-minute penalty was the only score of a flat first quarter.
Both Dell and HP have downbeat expectations for the quarter, and disk-drive maker Seagate has projected flat sequential growth for the quarter.
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Monsanto's agricultural productivity sales, which include sales of its Roundup product, were flat for the quarter.
Gucci, which nearly doubled its profits in the year to January 31st, blamed Asia when it announced flat third-quarter profits on December 3rd.
In the second quarter, market growth for flat panel TVs in the mid-single digits is expected on rising demand in emerging markets and increased sales of LED TVs which are forecast to account for over 60 percent of the TV market in the quarter.
Barbie sales in the U.S. rose 16% in the third quarter, while her revenue was flat overseas.
While search ad revenues were flat from the second quarter, spending was up 13% from a year ago.
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The company does offer guidance on its gross margins and some expenses, which were nearly flat in the third quarter.
Pepsi Bottling Group was fairly flat in the third quarter despite its efforts to shake things up in the down economy.
Top line sales did decline slightly, 4.9%, while comparable store sales were essential flat for both the quarter and the year.
Another click fraud auditing firm, Anchor Intelligence, reports that click fraud has remained mostly flat over the last quarter, by contrast.
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Earlier, research firms RP Data and Rismark reported house prices in capital cities rose 0.2% in March, but were flat over the first quarter.
And, with economic growth flat in the second quarter, and an austerity drive under way, many voters seem to think that there is little to thank Mr Sarkozy for.
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