Ericsson Gewinnwarnung (Kurzartikel)

verfasst von Sascha, 12.03.2001, 19:01

Bevor's untergeht. Ericsson kam heute gegen 16 Uhr mit einer Gewinnwarnung.

[i]Ericsson sinks into loss [/b]
[i]Swedish telecom firm blames slumping U.S. economy for loss
March 12, 2001: 10:37 a.m. ET

LONDON (CNN) - <font color="#FF0000">Ericsson warned on Monday the deteriorating U.S. economy would push the company deep into the red </font>in the current quarter.

The Swedish firm, the world's largest telecom equipment maker, said it would make a loss of up to 5 billion crowns ($510 million) in the first quarter of 2001, versus an earlier forecast of roughly breakeven.

<font color="#FF0000">The announcement shocked investors, who drove the firm's price down more than 14 percent to 70 Swedish crowns in afternoon Stockholm trading. </font>The shares were briefly suspended by the Stockholm exchange.

<font color="#FF0000">Only a few weeks ago the company had predicted its revenues in the period would grow by some 15 percent, although that number was revised down to zero in Monday's statement.</font>

<font color="#FF0000">Ericsson warned the U.S. slowdown was affecting"all operations", though its mobile-phone handset business was particularly hard hit.</font>

The handset unit has proved a major burden to Ericsson, and lost more than $1 billion in the final quarter of 2000. Ericsson plans to exit the manufacturing business, using lower-cost producers to build its products. The company reiterated on Monday its commitment to stick with the handset business, however.

In a conference call Ericsson executives said the company was facing <font color="#FF0000">slower sales across all its regions and across its whole range of handsets. </font>

Quelle: http://www.cnnfn.com

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