Alisha Slaughter goes onto Pinterest at least once a week in order to organize different pieces of her life. She “pins” Web images with information on gardening, interior design ideas, holiday crafts, recipes, patterns for her family’s clothes, and search engine optimization strategies to help with her marketing business. “It’s kind of like what you would do with magazines in the olden days,” said Slaughter, an Aptos, Calif.,
Cisco Systems, about to end an era when its longtime CEO John Chambers steps down, continues to show some resilience. The No. 1 maker of computer networking equipment late Wednesday reported fiscal Q3 earnings and revenue that edged analyst estimates, and gave guidance for the current quarter that was basically in line with views. Cisco’s (CSCO) prior earnings report in February also beat views. Cisco stock fell a fraction in after-hours trading.
Zillow Group late Tuesday posted a Q1 earnings beat, but the No. 1 real estate website’s revenue fell shy of Wall Street expectations. Its Q2 revenue guidance was roughly in line with analyst estimates, but Zillow (Z) stock was down a fraction in after-hours trading, after the firm released its results. Zillow had warned last month that the long federal review of its purchase of top rival Trulia — announced in July 2014 but not completed until