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IRVINE, Calif., July 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) today reported financial results for its fiscal year 2011 and fourth quarter ended Jul. 1, 2011. For the quarter, revenue totaled $2.4 billion, net income was $158 million, or $0.67 per share, and hard-drive unit shipments were 54 million. The quarterly results included total expenses of $35 million associated with the planned acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) announced Mar. 7,...
IRVINE, Calif., July 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) today announced that the company will release its financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter ending July 1, 2011 after the close of market on the NYSE on Thursday, July 21, 2011. The investment community conference call to discuss these results will be broadcast live over the Internet that day at 2 p.m. Pacific/5 p.m. Eastern. The live and archived conference call webcast can be accessed online at...
IRVINE, Calif., July 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) today announced that the company will release its financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter ending July 1, 2011 after the close of market on the NYSE on Thursday, July 21, 2011. The investment community conference call to discuss these results will be broadcast live over the Internet that day at 2 p.m. Pacific/5 p.m. Eastern. The live and archived conference call webcast can be accessed online at...
IRVINE, Calif., May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Digital® (NYSE: WDC) today announced that it will participate in the following investor event: Robert W. Baird & Co. 2011 Growth Stock Event: Conference Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Presentation: 12PM Pacific/3PM Eastern The live and archived webcast of this event will be available on the Presentations page in the Investor Relations section of WD's Website at...
IRVINE, Calif., April 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) today reported revenue of $2.25 billion, hard-drive unit shipments of 50 million and net income of $146 million, or $0.62 per share, for its third fiscal quarter ended Apr. 1, 2011. The company's results include expenses of $10 million associated with the planned acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies announced Mar. 7, 2011. Excluding the acquisition-related expenses, non-GAAP net income was $156...
IRVINE, Calif., April 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) today announced that the company will release its financial results for the third fiscal quarter ending April 1, 2011, after the close of market on the NYSE on Wednesday, April 20, 2011. The investment community conference call to discuss these results will be broadcast live over the Internet that day at 3 p.m. Pacific/6 p.m. Eastern. The call will be accessible live and on an archived basis via the link below:...
Seagate Technology's $1.4 billion acquisition of Samsung Electronics Co.'s hard disk drive (HDD) business pits it head-to-head with Western Digital Corp. in an industry that has been dogged by price wars. Samsung's HDD division faces a longer-term threat from wireless tablet devices like Apple's iPad, which uses solid-state drives (SSD). Seagate and Western Digital have been struggling to adapt to a future where fewer consumers have laptops and use devices that are equipped with SSD drives...
IRVINE, Calif., April 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) today announced that the company will release its financial results for the third fiscal quarter ending April 1, 2011, after the close of market on the NYSE on Wednesday, April 20, 2011. The investment community conference call to discuss these results will be broadcast live over the Internet that day at 3 p.m. Pacific/6 p.m. Eastern. The call will be accessible live and on an archived basis via the link below:...
CHICAGO, March 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Research issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for MA, WDC, RHT, BWA, and HK. To see what our analysts have discovered about these stocks read the Seven Summits Strategic Investments' PriceWatch Alerts at http://www.iotogo.com/s/032811B (Note: You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the [ENTER] key.) Today's PriceWatch Alerts cover the following stocks: MasterCard Incorporated (NYSE: MA), Western Digital Corp. (NYSE:...
Western Digital Corp. announced on Monday that it is paying $4.3 billion in cash and stock to acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. The deal is one of the largest in an industry that has been consolidating for decades. The deal gives the combined companies about half of the worldwide hard drive market. Western Digital is giving itself a foothold in the market for drives that go into servers and corporate-level storage arrays. It is the number 1 hard drive maker, ahead of Seagate...
