Posts tagged “Cree”

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Red Hat's new Fedora lead; Cree LED breakthrough; Google, Cisco top 'green' list; Oracle rejects SAP settlement; Yahoo board shakeup

Bulldog Inside the Bulldog blog: Red Hat's new Fedora project lead focusing on 'cloud;' Cree claims bid advance on LEDs in price, performance; Greenpeace lists Google, Cisco as top "Cool IT" firms; Oracle says no to $272M settlement in SAP lawsuit; Yahoo's chairman is out.

February 1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 'life' extension; GSK eyes Turkish firm; a Cree downgrade; Amazon misses; LightSquared deadline; Samsung-Apple fight; Sony's new CEO

Bulldog Inside the Bulldog blog: Red Hat is extending the life space on its Enterprise Linux; GSK, Pfizer may buy Turkish drug maker; Cree stock is cut; Amazon misses by $1 billion; Sprint gives LightSquared extension for satellite service; Samsung setbacks in Apple patent fight; Sony names a new CEO.

January 20

Cree moves work; Motricity restructures; Nortel fraud case 'baseless;' AT&T gouging?; debating Internet law

Bulldog In the Bulldog: Cree shifts work from Triangle to Wisconsin; Motricity abandons Asia, Triangale impact unclear; Nortel charges 'baseless;' are AT&T data price hike justified?; Internet piracy law 'dangerous.

January 17

Cree misses Street on revenues, earnings; shares tumble 7 percent

Earnings The Durham-based light emitting diodes and chip technology firm reports revenues under analysts' expectations. Earnings miss by a penny. CEO says "business environment remains challenging."

Updated December 9, 2011

Chip demand woes, not just LEDs, trigger Cree stock downgrade

Cree's LED prototype 60-watt bulb replacement Morgan Stanley analyst Joshua Paradise reduced his rating for the stock to "Equal Weight" from "Overweight," saying the weak economy may slow adoption of pricier LED lights. He's alson concerned about falling chip sales.

Updated November 18, 2011

Cree shares jump on Goldman Sachs 'buy' rating

Cree's LED prototype 60-watt bulb replacement After taking a pounding on Thursday from investors, Cree shares jump more than 5 percent before the market open Friday after Goldman Sachs report.

November 15, 2011

Cree adding 469 jobs at expansion of Wisconsin plant

A sample of Ruud outdoor lighting A 208,000 square foot addition to the Ruud Lighting subsidiary facility costs $24.5 million. The company will receive some $8 million in incentives.

October 26, 2011

Apple eyes solar in NC; Cree did 'quite well;' Nokia goes Windows; Amazon stock dives; Groupon's pricy IPO

Bulldog Bulletin Bulldog blog headlines: Apple plans solar farm at NC data center; Cree CEO talks positively at annual meeting; Nokia launches new Windows phones; Amazon stock dives on earnings report; Groupon sets lofty valuation.

Updated October 20, 2011

'It's a sell, sell, sell' for Cree shares - Stock dives 12%

Shares in the light emitting diode and semiconductor technology company fall 12 percent - the most in nine months - after Cree said earnings and gross margin this quarter will be below analysts' estimates.

Cree's LED prototype 60-watt bulb replacement Cree's LED prototype 60-watt bulb replacement

Updated October 18, 2011

Cree quarterly revenues up slightly but profits fall sharply

The light emitting and semiconductor technology firm reports revenues of $269 and earnings of 25 cents per share after one-time expenses and other items.

Cree's latest LED light bulb Cree's latest LED light bulb

October 14, 2011

1,000 jobs to NC?; 1M Cree LED highway; Google music store; Sony Ericsson smartphones only; mobile data doubles

Bulldog The Bulldog blog headlines: Life science firm eyes NC for new plant; Cree LEDs light a highway in China; Google could build online music store; Sony Ericsson to make smartphones only; mobile data traffic is exploding.

October 7, 2011

Durham-based biotech startup Novan raises $6M in new capital

Novan The UNC-CH spinout is backed by well-known Triangle executives Robert Ingram, Neal Hunter and John Palmour.

October 6, 2011

Fed Reserve exec to brief RTP group on state of capital

ACG The Richmond Federal reserve Bank's research chief headlines the Association for Capital Growth's annual look at the regional and national economic scene on Oct. 6.