| Sun 2Q Earnings Nearly Double
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Sun Microsystems Inc. said Thursday that its fiscal 2008 second-quarter earnings nearly doubled as services revenue increased and its gross margin improved. For the quarter that ended Dec. 30, the server and software maker earned $260 million, or 31 cents per share, compared with $133 million, or 15 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter. Sun's revenue rose to $3.62 billion from $3.57 billion in the same quarter last year. Analysts polled by Thomson financial expected quarterly earnings of 30 cents per share on $3.59 billion in revenue. Analysts typically exclude one-time items from their estimates. Sun said services revenue rose to $1.37 billion from $1.31 billion, while products revenue declined a bit to $2.25 billion from $2.26 billion.
76ers rally to beat Rockets 111-107
Andre Miller scored 26 points, Samuel Dalembert added 19 points and blocked a shot in the final seconds, and Philadelphia rallied from 16 points down to beat the Houston Rockets 111-107 on Tuesday night. Louis Williams scored 18 and Andre Iguodala had 17 for the Sixers, who snapped a seven-game losing streak and a five-game road skid. The Rockets led 83-67 in the third quarter and still seemed in control when they led by 89-77 with 10 minutes left in the game. But Houston committed nine turnovers and went five minutes without a field goal in the fourth quarter to fuel Philadelphia's comeback. Rafer Alston's running one-hander put Houston up 101-98 with 3:43 left, but Miller sank two free throws and Dalembert hit one to tie the game. Alston made a bad pass and Dalembert dunked at the other end to put the Sixers ahead 103-101 with 2:24 remaining.
EDITOR'S CHOICE
The international defender, who had been with Championship outfit Wolves before suffering with injury problems has been on trial with the Cobblers. And after impressing in their reserve match on Monday, Gyepes has been locked in contract talks with manager Stuart Gray ever since. But it is highly unlikely that he will have joined in time to face the O's. "He's shown to me that he can still perform to a very high standard," Gray told the Northampton Evening Telegraph."Hopefully we can speak to him and get his stay extended here until the can speak to him and get his stay extended here until the end of the season. "He's got 17 international caps and he's a quality player but it works both ways. We've given him the chance to put himself in the window and get in our team and earn himself a contract so it's working well for both parties." .
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