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Technology Stocks : Broadcom (BRCM) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Paul Viapiano who wrote (6225)	4/9/2002 11:01:03 AM
From: Cary Salsberg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6531

RE: "Wireless, high-speed internet is the future..." CORRECT! The question is, will anyone make a reliable profit from it? Part of this future will be huge storage requirements for photos, music, video, but does anyone think the hard drive makers will ever be reliably and consistently profitable?

To: Paul Viapiano who wrote (6225)	4/17/2002 10:43:39 PM
From: Stoctrash	Respond to of 6531

Paul, no back and forth here...just those who know a little economics and can add the factual numbers....and then those who HOPE the numbers get 3x better very very fast. <GG> Wireless high speed...yeah...maybe...in time, lots of time... on that note...cable modems, did you all see ADLAC blow up? 5th Largest Cable company doing the Enron shuffle. Back to Broad-Con: "On a pro forma basis, the company reported a loss of $21.9 million, or eight cents a share, compared with earnings of $18.1 million, or six cents a share, a year earlier. Analysts were looking for a pro forma loss of 10 cents a share, according to a survey by Thomson Financial/First Call. Broadcom defines pro forma results as excluding the effects of certain acquisition-related expenses; payroll taxes on certain stock option exercises; certain nonrecurring charges, such as goodwill impairment, restructuring costs and loss on strategic investments; nonoperating gains; and related income tax effects. Revenue, meanwhile, fell to $238.8 million from the $310.5 million a year earlier, but rose 5.3% from the $226.8 million Broadcom reported in the fourth quarter. "Broadcom has continued to deliver strong quarterly results, with revenue, gross margin and Proforma....Broad-Con LIVES!!!