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Finance, Leasing & Rental stories - Page 9

Budgeting can be tricky, and in the tech and consumer space, many items are often incredibly expensive at full price.

Finance, Leasing & Rental are options that allow consumers to have access to goods and services for a fixed term period at a fraction of the cost. Financing can also include slowly paying off an expensive item or service.

Many major companies in the tech space offer Finance, Leasing & Rental services so that users can access their products to suit their financial and business needs.
Financials

Sony NZ profit up despite revenue drop and Vaio exit

Wed, 16th Sep 2015
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Sony NZ reported an improved profit for the year ending 31 March 2015, despite reduced sales revenue as it removed its Vaio PC brand from the market.
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TeamTalk annual earnings slump 53% in 'tough year'

Thu, 27th Aug 2015
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In a challenging year, TeamTalk's annual profits plummet 53% amid falling sales despite their optimistic outlook for the future.
Money

Revenue decline for HP as PC, printing and enterprise services slump

Mon, 24th Aug 2015
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HP has reported an 8% drop in revenue for Q3 as its legacy PC and printing businesses sagged and commercial business tightened.
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Profit soars for Data#3 following move to service centric model

Thu, 20th Aug 2015
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A transition to a more service-centric model and public cloud is paying dividends for Data#3, with the company posting a 40% jump in profit.
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'Healthy' 6% Australian revenue increase for Datacom

Wed, 19th Aug 2015
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Datacom celebrates a robust 6% uptick in Aussie revenues, underpinned by a significant $242m health sector deal.
Money

Restructure; declining Kiwi sales drag Dick Smith profit down

Tue, 18th Aug 2015
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Restructuring costs of $5.5 million have hit Dick Smith's FY2015 profits, with results also dragged down by declining New Zealand sales.
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AudioCodes financial results 'disappoint'

Wed, 29th Jul 2015
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AudioCodes reports 13.7% decrease in revenue for Q2 2015, with net loss of $1.9m. Company initiates cost reduction plan.
Cloud money

AWS pulls in US$1.8 billion revenue for Amazon

Tue, 28th Jul 2015
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Amazon Web Services generated US$1.8 billion last quarter – up 81% on the US$1 billion reported for the same period a year ago.
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Huawei revenue skyrockets as company hones in on IoT strategy

Fri, 24th Jul 2015
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For the first half of 2015, Huawei Consumer Business Group continued to experience significant business growth.
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Infor revenue climbs, thanks to SaaS success

Fri, 24th Jul 2015
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Infor's revenue from licence fees and subscriptions up 12% in fiscal 2015, with SaaS revenue rising more than 60%.
Accounts

Going up: Data#3 expecting 35%-45% profit increase

Fri, 24th Jul 2015
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Data#3 sees expected net profit after tax climb to $10 million-$11 million, up between 35% and 45% on last year's $7.5 million.
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Qualcomm to cut spending by billions, staff by thousands

Thu, 23rd Jul 2015
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Qualcomm plans to cut approximately $1.4 billion in spending to 'aggressively right-size cost structure', cut staff, and split its business into two.
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Intel revenues down in lead up to Windows 10 launch

Thu, 16th Jul 2015
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Intel's 2015 second quarter profit fell 3.2% as a result of the slump in PC sales that is impacting the majority of the chip sector.
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Bulletproof reaches for the clouds with new record revenue

Wed, 8th Jul 2015
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Bulletproof is on track for FY15 revenue in excess of $28 million – a significant jump from FY14's $18.3 million revenue.
Profit

Imation's ANZ profit doubles

Tue, 7th Jul 2015
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Imation, the global scalable storage and data security company, experienced a decrease in revenue for the year ended December 31 2014.
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Lower PC pricing and Chromebooks bite into Acer NZ revenue

Tue, 7th Jul 2015
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Acer New Zealand sees declining revenue - but a reduced loss - as entry level PC and Chromebook popularity bites.
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Red Hat's hybrid cloud offerings in high demand

Mon, 22nd Jun 2015
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Red Hat's financial results for the quarter ended May 31 reveals strong revenue growth driven by demand for the vendor's hybrid cloud technologies.
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Oracle says cloud is great as earnings plummet

Fri, 19th Jun 2015
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Oracle talks up its cloud business as it reports weaker revenue and earnings. But how much is cloud really contributing to the vendor's bottom line?.
Money

IBM NZ takes a financial tumble but holds on to profit

Fri, 12th Jun 2015
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IBM New Zealand took a hit in both revenue and profit last year, despite the financial benefits of the sale of the x86 business to Lenovo.
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NetSuite appointment to drive channel activity

Tue, 2nd Jun 2015
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NetSuite has appointed Graeme Burt as channel sales director as it looks to drive increased channel activity across the Asia Pacific and Japan.