The News Review:
- Western Union Reports Third Quarter Results
- Equifax Reports Revenue of $484.1 Million and Net Income of $72.3 …
- UAL Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
- Virgin Games Moves Affiliate Business into dgm
- SearchMe Adds Music Search With Unlimited Streaming Via Imeem Widgets
- Programmers Looking Abroad For Growth
Western Union Reports Third Quarter Results
MarketWatch
Highlights for the third quarter include:
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Revenue of $1. 38 billion, up 10%
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EPS of $0. 33, up 18%; or up 10% excluding $3 million of restructuring
expenses in the quarter and the $22 million accelerated stock
compensation charge in 2007
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Operating income margin of 27% compared to 26% (28% excluding the
accelerated stock compensation charge) in last year’s
third quarter
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Net income was $241 million, up 11%; or up 5% excluding this quarter’s
restructuring expenses and last year’s stock
compensation charge
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Year-to-date cash provided by operating activities of $925 million
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Consumer-to-consumer (C2C) revenue increased 12% on 13% transaction
growth
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Consumer-to-business (C2B) revenue down 2% on 2% transaction growth
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Quarter closed with 365,000 agent locations
“We were pleased with our third quarter
results with revenue growth of 10% and earnings per share of $0. The
continued execution of our strategy and geographically diverse portfolio
kept our business growing profitably in the quarter in what became a
more challenging macro economic environment. In the third quarter our
international C2C business, which was 69% of total revenue, continued to
drive growth with revenue and transactions growing 15% and 19%,
respectively,” said Western Union President
and Chief Executive Officer Christina Gold. Third Quarter Results
Revenue was $1.
Equifax Reports Revenue of $484.1 Million and Net Income of $72.3 …
MarketWatch
The company reported revenue of $484. 1 million, a 2 percent decrease from the
third quarter of 2007, and net income of $72. 3 million, a 6 percent increase
over the same period. On a non-GAAP basis, excluding the impact of
restructuring and asset write-down charges, net of tax, and an income tax
benefit, net income was flat compared to the third quarter of 2007. Diluted
earnings per share (“EPS”) was $0.
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UAL Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
SYS-CON Brasil (Assinatura), NJ
Consequently, the forward-looking statements should not be regarded asrepresentations or warranties by the company that such matters will berealized. The company disclaims any intent or obligation to update or reviseany of the forward-looking statements, whether in response to new information,unforeseen events, changed circumstances or otherwise. 3 Passenger – Regional Affiliates 834 819 1. 8 Cargo 219 198 10. 6 Special operating items (Note 5) – 45 (100. 0) Other operating revenues 232 240 (3.
Virgin Games Moves Affiliate Business into dgm
PR Web (press release), WA
It was dgm's consultative approach and the designation of dedicated account team to coordinate activity across the three Virgin brands that secured the win. Pierrick Leveque, Head of Affiliates at Virgin Games, said "We are looking forward to a rewarding 3-ways partnership between Virgin Games, the dgm affiliate network and their publishers. Virgin Games' CPA offer on dgm will be the ideal network complement to our award winning in-house revenue-share affiliate programme. Affiliates have been instrumental to our growth in the past year, and we strongly believe that our partnership with dgm will help maintain this momentum in the coming years. "Carl Davis, dgm's Chief Executive Officer commented, "dgm have worked hard to develop our consultative approach and keep our customers needs at the forefront of our development. The Virgin Games win is testament to how far we have come this year. We are thrilled that Virgin Games recognised this and have given dgm the opportunity to work with them.
SearchMe Adds Music Search With Unlimited Streaming Via Imeem Widgets
Washington Post, United States
SearchMe is essentially grabbing the imeem widget for each song search result. As with all imeem music widgets, there are buttons on the bottom that will let anyone buy the song from iTunes, Amazon, or eBay. SearchMe won’t see any of that affiliate revenue, but if music search gets more people to actually use SearchMe it will worthwhile. The search engine is still tiny, but is gaining some traction (see.
Programmers Looking Abroad For Growth
Multichannel News, NY
75 billion in domestic revenue — it is growing at a faster pace (31% in the quarter versus 8% for domestic revenue). Second-quarter international advertising revenue grew 10% at Viacom, while domestic ad revenue grew a paltry 1% in the period. The international market also appears to be a strong and growing source of affiliate-fee revenue. Worldwide, affiliate revenue was up 12% in the second quarter, to $650 million. Domestic affiliate fees grew by 11% in the period, while international affiliate fees were up 13% in that time frame. Despite the softness in the global economy, Joyce believes non-U.