Intel Q4 2018 results — announces CEO appointment

Intel has reported its results for calendar Q4 2018. Revenues were up 9.3% year-over-year showing strength across the businesses. The company is expressing optimism even as it searches for a new CEO and was forced to present a low-key keynote for CES this year.   “A number of geopolitical dynamics are going to weigh on ultimate consumers and enterprise desires to buy,” said Bob Swan, Intel’s new CEO. “This was the best year in the company’s fifty-one-year history.” In the fourth quarter, Intel achieved revenue growth in nearly every business segment, and in 2018 every segment of the business set new