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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Accenture hits a bogie]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/03/27/accenture-hits-a-bogie/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/03/27/accenture-hits-a-bogie/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/03/27/accenture-hits-a-bogie/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/earnings-reports/" rel="tag">Earnings Reports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/recession/" rel="tag">Recession</a></p><p><img alt="" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2009/03/acn.jpg" align="right" vspace="4" border="1" />For the most part, it looked like <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/accenture-ltd-bermuda/acn/nys">Accenture</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/accenture-ltd-bermuda/acn/nys">ACN</a>) was weathering the economic storm. But according to the consulting firm's recent quarterly conference call, things drastically changed from December to January. </p>
<p>Just look at the <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=ah_g4xMx.JoM&amp;refer=home">results</a>: Revenues fell 6.6% to $5.66 billion. However, the major flash point was bookings. That is, total bookings dropped 7.1% to $5.98 billion and consulting bookings were down 17% to $3.14 billion.</p><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/03/27/accenture-hits-a-bogie/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Accenture hits a bogie</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/03/27/accenture-hits-a-bogie/">Accenture hits a bogie</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/03/27/accenture-hits-a-bogie/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1499775/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/03/27/accenture-hits-a-bogie/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Accenture</category><category>acn</category><category>consulting firm</category><category>ConsultingFirm</category><category>inthenews</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Taulli]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
