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To: StanX Long who wrote (63075)	4/23/2002 4:16:36 AM
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Creative Tech Posts 3rd-Quarter Profit of $15.2 Mln (Update7) By Greg Chang quote.bloomberg.com Singapore, April 23 (Bloomberg) -- Creative Technology Ltd., the world's largest maker of sound cards for personal computers, had a better-than-expected fiscal third-quarter profit as it cut costs and focused on selling its Sound Blaster products. The company's stock rose as much as 4.3 percent. Net income was $15.2 million, or 20 cents a share, in the three months ended March 31, compared with a loss of $101 million, or $1.27, in the year-earlier period. Revenue fell 26 percent to $193.4 million from $262.0 million. Creative Technology has been scaling back sales of low-profit product lines such as CD-ROM drives to focus on its computer speakers and Sound Blaster Audigy and Extigy cards, which enhance audio in personal computers. Gross margin, a measure of profitability, rose to 33 percent from 24 percent a year ago. ``They have really focused on their core audio products and it's obviously paying off,'' said Jamie Doyle, who helps manage $1.6 billion at Causeway Capital Management, including Creative shares. ``I am very happy to see revenue decline once you see they've dropped all these products, and they're making up for it on the margins side.''