What are the dates for the fiscal calendar year and fiscal quarter for
the following corporations:
SONY
HEWLETT PACKARD  
DELL COMPUTER CORP  
SUN MICROSYSTEMS  
CISCO
ARROW ELECTRONICS  
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY  
SAMSUNG  
Q LOGIC CORP  
COMPAQ COMPUTER  
ECHOSTAR  
IBM  
EMC  
BROCADE COMMUNI SYS INC  
NORTHERN TELECOM  
CANON  
AVNET 
Arris Corporation   
CORRELANT   
THOMSON MULTIMEDIA

Hello.

Except where indicated, Yahoo Finance [ http://finance.yahoo.com ] is
the source for the following data:

SONY 
Fiscal year ends: Mar 31
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/s/sne.html
Quarter 1: Apr 1 - Jun 30
Quarter 2: Jul 1 - Sep 30
Quarter 3: Oct 1 - Dec 31
Quarter 4: Jan 1 - Mar 31

HEWLETT PACKARD 
Fiscal year ends: Oct 31
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/h/hpq.html
Q1 Nov 1 - Jan 31
Q2 Feb 1 - Apr 30
Q3 May 1 - Jul 31
Q4 Aug 1 - Oct 31
http://biz.yahoo.com/fin/l/h/hpq.html
  

DELL COMPUTER CORP
Fiscal year ends: Feb 1
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/d/dell.html
Q1 Feb 2 - May 3
Q2 May 4 - Aug 2
Q3 Aug 3 - Nov 2
Q4 Nov 3 - Feb 1
http://biz.yahoo.com/fin/l/d/dell.html

   
SUN MICROSYSTEMS
Fiscal year ends: June 30
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/s/sunw.html
Q1 Jul 1 - Sep 30
Q2 Oct 1 - Dec 31
Q3 Jan 1 - Mar 31
Q4 Apr 1 - Jun 30
http://biz.yahoo.com/fin/l/s/sunw.html


CISCO 
Fiscal year ends: Jul 27
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/c/csco.html
Q1 Jul 28 - Oct 27
Q2 Oct 28 - Jan 26
Q3 Jan 27 - Apr 27
Q4 Apr 28 - Jul 27
http://biz.yahoo.com/fin/l/c/csco.html


ARROW ELECTRONICS
Fiscal year ends: Dec 31
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/a/arw.html
Q1 Jan 1 - Mar 31
Q2 Apr 1 - Jun 30
Q3 Jul 1 - Sep 30
Q4 Oct 1 - Dec 31
http://biz.yahoo.com/fin/l/a/arw.html
   
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   
Fiscal year ends: Jun 28
http://www.seagate.com/cda/newsinfo/newsroom/releases/financial/0,4717,1,00.html
Q1 Jun 29 - Sep 27 
Q2 Sep 28 - Dec 29
Q3 Dec 30 - Mar 29
Q4 Mar 30 - Jun 28

SAMSUNG
Fiscal year ends: Dec 31
Q1 Jan 1 - Mar 31
Q2 Apr 1 - Jun 30
Q3 Jul 1 - Sep 30
Q4 Oct 1 - Dec 31
source: Samsung Electronics annual report
http://www.samsungelectronics.com/investor_relations/annual_report/2000/2000_index.html

   
Q LOGIC CORP
Fiscal year ends: Mar 31
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/q/qlgc.html
Q1 Apr 1 - Jun 30
Q2 Jul 1 - Sep 30
Q3 Oct 1 - Dec 31
Q4 Jan 1 - Mar 31
http://biz.yahoo.com/fin/l/q/qlgc.html

   
COMPAQ COMPUTER
Merged with Hewlett-Packard.
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/03may02a.htm
Results are now included with HP's. See Hewlett-Packard above.
   
ECHOSTAR 
Fiscal year ends: Dec 31
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/d/dish.html
Q1 Jan 1 - Mar 31
Q2 Apr 1 - Jun 30
Q3 Jul 1 - Sep 30
Q4 Oct 1 - Dec 31
http://biz.yahoo.com/fin/l/d/dish.html
  
IBM 
Fiscal year ends: Dec 31
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/i/ibm.html
Q1 Jan 1 - Mar 31
Q2 Apr 1 - Jun 30
Q3 Jul 1 - Sep 30
Q4 Oct 1 - Dec 31
http://biz.yahoo.com/fin/l/i/ibm.html

  
EMC
Fiscal year ends: Dec 31
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/e/emc.html
Q1 Jan 1 - Mar 31
Q2 Apr 1 - Jun 30
Q3 Jul 1 - Sep 30
Q4 Oct 1 - Dec 31
http://biz.yahoo.com/fin/l/e/emc.html


BROCADE COMMUNI SYS INC 
Fiscal year ends: Oct 27
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/b/brcd.html
Q1 Oct 28 - Jan 26
Q2 Jan 27 - Apr 27
Q3 Apr 28 - Jul 27
Q4 Jul 28 - Oct 27
http://biz.yahoo.com/fin/l/b/brcd.html
  
NORTHERN TELECOM (Nortel)  
Fiscal year ends: Dec 31
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/n/nt.html
Q1 Jan 1 - Mar 31
Q2 Apr 1 - Jun 30
Q3 Jul 1 - Sep 30
Q4 Oct 1 - Dec 31
http://biz.yahoo.com/fin/l/n/nt.html

CANON
Fiscal year ends: Dec 31
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/c/caj.html
Q1 Jan 1 - Mar 31
Q2 Apr 1 - Jun 30
Q3 Jul 1 - Sep 30
Q4 Oct 1 - Dec 31

   
AVNET
Fiscal year ends: Jun 28
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/a/avt.html
Q1 Jun 29 - Sep 28
Q2 Sep 29 - Dec 28
Q3 Dec 29 - Mar 29
Q4 Mar 30 - Jun 28
http://biz.yahoo.com/fin/l/a/avt.html
  
Arris Corporation 
Fiscal year ends: Dec 31
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/a/arrs.html
Q1 Jan 1 - Mar 31
Q2 Apr 1 - Jun 30
Q3 Jul 1 - Sep 30
Q4 Oct 1 - Dec 31
http://biz.yahoo.com/fin/l/a/arrs.html
   
CORRELANT which is owned by LOTUS-PACIFIC:
Fiscal year ends: Jun 30
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/l/lpfce.ob.html
Q1 Jul 1 - Sep 30
Q2 Oct 1 - Dec 31
Q3 Jan 1 - Mar 31
Q4 Apr 1 - Jun 30
http://biz.yahoo.com/fin/l/l/lpfce.ob.html


THOMSON MULTIMEDIA
Fiscal year ends: Dec 31
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/t/tms.html
Q1 Jan 1 - Mar 31
Q2 Apr 1 - Jun 30
Q3 Jul 1 - Sep 30
Q4 Oct 1 - Dec 31


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