Roomba Goes Kaboomba: iRobot Cuts ‘08 Guidance; Says Retailers Getting Cautious; Replaces CFO; Stock Slides

Shares of Roomba-vacuum cleaner maker iRobot (IRBT) are headed south this afternoon, after the company provided a highly cautious view on the outlook for the rest of 2008. The company also announced that it has replaced its CFO. For Q1, the company reported revenues of $57.3 million, with a net loss of 16 cents a share; the Street had expected $55 million and a loss of 16 cents. So no trouble there. But in a statement, CEO Colin Agile notes that “over the past two months, the overall retail en
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