Lucent issues earnings warning

Lucent, the world's biggest telecommunications equipment company, delivered its second blow to the stock market in six months…

Lucent, the world's biggest telecommunications equipment company, delivered its second blow to the stock market in six months as it warned yesterday that efforts to reinvent its business for the Internet and wireless era would weigh on its earnings for the remainder of this year. The news wiped 15 per cent, or more than $30 billion (€32 billion), from the company's stock market value.

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