Dell Computer Corp, Austin, warns that net for its fiscal fourth quarter will be down at between $14.2m and $14.8m – 15 cents to 18 cents a share against the 21 cents recorded a year ago: it puts the slippage down to the price of memory chips and other parts, and the cost of building […]
Dell Computer Corp, Austin, warns that net for its fiscal fourth quarter will be down at between $14.2m and $14.8m – 15 cents to 18 cents a share against the 21 cents recorded a year ago: it puts the slippage down to the price of memory chips and other parts, and the cost of building its inventories to improve lead times for its customers – inventories stood at $100m or so at the end of the fourth quarter, but Dell is hoping to bring them down over the next two quarters – if the market is still there.
