While the server giant did beat lowered analyst earnings expectations by a penny , it warned of a sharp growth slowdown for next year. Sun CEO Scott McNealy addressed the unwelcome news with a typically humorous eye. That's the only sure bottom I know .
Economists have nary a clue, and they are trained in it.
Microsoft investors weren't the only ones celebrating Thursday. Anyone with equity in eBay was likely smirking jubilantly into their beer after the online auction venture said it had bested first-quarter earnings estimates and that its revenue for the next two quarters will be above earlier projections. AOL Time Warner reportedly plans to announce its purchase of long-suffering business and technology publication Business 2.0 today. The oligopoly intends to fold Business 2.0 into its eCompany Now magazine. There is absolutely no credible evidence of any health risks associated with the use of wireless phones.