If you've watched much television lately, perhaps you've seen the Gateway
Last night after the market's close, Gateway raised its low-end Q4 revenue estimate from $975 million to $1 billion. (The high-end estimate stays at $1.025 billion.) That's not massive news -- though it's worth noting that by boosting its operating EPS projections to $0.03 or $0.04 from old numbers at break-even or $0.01, and without markedly changing sales estimates, the company may soothe some of the investor concerns about margin pressure it invited in its Q3 financial results announcement, which was covered by fellow Fool Phil Wohl.
Gateway will enter 2005 in an interesting position. For one, it's a decidedly different company than it was at the end of 2003: It's let workers go, closed on the purchase of value PC maker eMachines, ended a go-nowhere deal with Time Warner's
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Fool contributor Dave Marino-Nachison doesn't own any of the companies in this story.