By Don Clark

Intel Corp. posted a 12% drop in first-quarter profit, but indicated that healthy demand for its widely used microprocessors is offsetting recent problems in memory chips.

The Wall Street Journal

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By Jennifer Pittman

SCOTTS VALLEY - Seagate Technology executives said Tuesday that they misjudged product demand in some key areas and third quarter sales were lower than expected, but they still hailed a 62 percent jump in quarterly profit.

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By Rex Crum

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Seagate Technology shares fell almost 4% Wednesday after the No. 1 maker of computer hard-disk drives gave a fourth-quarter forecast that fell short of analysts’ estimates.

MarketWatch

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A look at the tech company’s earnings and outlook, with William Watkins, Seagate Technology president/CEO and CNBC’s Mark Haines

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William Watkins, chief executive officer at Seagate Technology, talks with Bloomberg’s Monica Bertran in New York about third-quarter earnings. The biggest maker of hard-disk drives said profit jumped 62 percent on rising sales to bigger businesses and consumers.

Bloomberg

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By Michael Kanellos

Business is slowing a bit in the drive industry.

The Scotts Valley, Calif.-based company said it pulled in $3.1 billion in revenue for its third fiscal quarter, which ran from January through March, and $344 million in net income. Net income per share came to 65 cents.

CNET

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Seagate CEO Bill Watkins stopped by the Wired offices to chat with EPICENTER author Bryan Gardiner.

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Bill Watkins puts acquisition rumors to rest and opines on the state of the data storage industry in the U.S.

BusinessWeek.com

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