The downside to being well-known

Autodesk for years has yearned for its name to be as well known as a google or an apple, and today comes the downside to being well-known: bad news.

Its poor Q2 performance led it to being featured on Techmeme. Here, take a look at the headlines being featured late yesterday afternoon:

• Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat: Autodesk down 22% in after-hours trading on disastrous earnings
  
  
• Teresa Rivas / Tech Trader Daily: Autodesk Q2, Guidance Comes In Light
  
  
• Bloomberg: Autodesk Tumbles On Reduced Sales Forecast And Job Cuts
  
  
• Eric Savitz / Forbes: Autodesk Q2 Misses; Guide Light; Cutting 500 Jobs; Shrs Off
  
  
• Business Wire: Autodesk Reports Second Quarter Results
  
  
• Kristin Jones / MarketWatch: Autodesk profit falls 9.3%; shares slide late
  
  
• DailyFinance.com: Autodesk's Black Eye... Misses Earnings, Guides Lower in Q3 and for Fiscal Year

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techmeme.com