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» Excessive Salesforcecap [Digital Daily] True HelloWorld Story — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:18:43 +0000

[...] “At a time when capital is precious, big-ticket software purchases just don’t make sense… Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff coughed up that oyster of a sound bite back in February, and judging from the company’s latest financials, it’s at least partly accurate. Salesforce posted a sizable increase in fiscal fourth-quarter profit on sales that rose 34 percent. Net income for the period was $18.4 million, or 15 cents a share, up from $9.6 million, or eight cents a share last year. Revenue rose 23 percent to $304.9 million. Quite a bit better than the 11 cents a share on $304.7 million in revenue analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had predicted. [...]

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Tech Whiz Underground » Excessive Salesforcecap — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:00:09 +0000

[...] Salesforcecap “At a time when capital is precious, big-ticket software purchases just don’t make sense… Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff coughed up that oyster of a sound bite back in February, and [...]

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Thu, 21 May 2009 21:37:19 +0000

[...] “At a time when capital is precious, big-ticket software purchases just don’t make sense.” Salesforce.com’s bloviating CEO Marc Benioff coughed up that oyster of a soundbyte back in February and, judging from the company’s latest financials, it’s at least partially accurate. Salesforce (CRM) posted a sizable increase in fiscal fourth-quarter profit on sales that rose 34 percent. Net income for the period was $18.4 million, or 15 cents a share, up from $9.6 million, or 8 cents a share last year. Revenue rose 23 percent to $304.9 million. Quite a bit better than the 11 cents a share on $304.7 million in revenue analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had predicted. [...]