online.wsj.com - 10/23/2009
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BY NICK WINGFIELD Microsoft Corp. benefited from increased consumer demand for personal computers and videogames in the September quarter, helping offset weak business spending that pulled its quarterly profit down 18%. The software giant's results provided some additional optimism that a ...
news.cnet.com - 10/22/2009
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(Credit: CNET News) NEW YORK--In a surprise move,
Microsoft has started selling computers and third-party software via...
its online store. It's part of a broader push to try to give Windows the kind of lift that Apple has gotten from its ...
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microsoft.com - 10/23/2009
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XBRLVersion XBRL Microsoft Reports First-Quarter Results Windows and Xbox...
exceed expectations due to strong consumer demand; cost discipline drives earnings per share growth REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. ...
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Microsoft revenue down 14%, profit plummets 18%
MacDailyNews —
... billion." "Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected earnings of 32 cents on revenue of $12.37 billion," DiColo reports. "The company's server and tools was the only one to post revenue growth, albeit 0.5% growth, while sales at the business division fell 11%. In online services, a small but important division, revenue decreased 5.8%... Meanwhile, Microsoft reduced its full-year operating expense guidance by $400 million to between $26.2 billion and $26.5 billion." Full article here . MacDailyNews Take: Declined, decreased, fell, reduced, down, weakened, and battered. Any ...
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... Microsoft’s results add to continuing hopes for a tech-sector recovery – Microsoft is the General Motors of the tech sector, so today’s report of an 18% drop in quarterly results from last year could likely have triggered a selloff. Instead, investors bid Microsoft shares up 5.4% to $28.03 today. The Journal attributes it to consumer demand that offsets weak business spending. ...
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