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Kotaku: Xbox 360 Bumps Up Microsoft's $15 Billion Quarter [Big Business]
TechCrunch: Microsoft Chugs Along In The Third Quarter, But Its Online Business Is Still Sucking Wind
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk: Microsoft reports record first quarter on Windows Server and Office success
Xbox 360 Bumps Up Microsoft's $15 Billion Quarter [Big Business]
Kotaku —
... for the second time. The first profitable quarter the E division saw was upon the release of Halo 2 . Here's to hoping all those plucky billionaires and millionaires can keep it up. Microsoft Reports Record First-Quarter Revenue [Microsoft]
Microsoft Chugs Along In The Third Quarter, But Its Online Business Is Still Sucking Wind
TechCrunch —
... Microsoft announced earnings today for the third quarter. Overall revenues for the quarter came in at $15 billion, growing a decent 9 percent annually. But its net profits of $4.37 billion rose only 1.9 percent. As usual, Microsoft’s stability came from is Windows client, server, and Office businesses. ...
Microsoft reports record first quarter on Windows Server and Office success
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk —
... Microsoft has its declared first quarter results and beat expectations by a penny with sales 9% higher at $15.1 billion and profits up just 2% to $4.37 billion. ...
Microsoft closes the quarter with less cash than Apple
VentureBeat —
... Buried in the first quarter earnings report from Microsoft is an astounding fact. For the first time that I can remember, Microsoft closed the quarter with less cash than Apple. Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments for Microsoft add up to $20.7 billion. ...
Microsoft bate expectativas financeiras, mas registra crescimento de apenas 2% nos lucros
BLOG.MACMAGAZINE —
... A Microsoft anunciou ontem seus resultados financeiros para o 3º trimestre fiscal de 2008. O faturamento do período chegou a US$15,06 bilhões, mantendo um crescimento anual de 9%. Os lucros, porém, só subiram 1,9%, para US$4,37 bilhões. Os mercados mais estáveis para a gigante de Redmond foram os clientes/servidores Windows e a suíte Office. ...
Apple (AAPL) Has More Cash Than Microsoft
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... with that money, continues to grow. As Apple CEO Steve Jobs has mentioned, the pile of money is not burning a hole in Apple’s pocket. The current economic situation can prove to be extremely beneficial to those with cash on hand, and enough moxie to make moves during turbulent waters. Rest assured Apple’s money is being managed by some of the best financial advisers in the world. If and when the company wants to make a move with the cash, we will here about it.
Read - Microsoft Revenue Report
[MacDailyNews]
Microsoft Ad Business Strong, But Display Ads Threatened
ClickZ News Blog —
... According to Microsoft's earnings report yesterday, online services revenue grew an impressive 15 percent to $770 million for the quarter just ended. It experienced an overall loss of $267 million, but that's not surprising in light of Microsoft's heavy R&D; investment in search. ...
Apple And Microsoft Earnings Are Near Equal
WebProNews Feed —
... comparing revenue, profit, and cash positions for Microsoft and Apple. I almost fell off my chair when reading this data from Microsoft ...
Layoffs at Microsoft are the last thing the company should be worried about, according to Mitchell Ashley of NetworkWorld.com
Josh Chandler —
... Now I don’t know personally that Microsoft will be looking at this financial period to save costs, and unless I am completely clueless (which is likely!) a $3 billion dollar decline as opposed to a $1.2 billion saving is surely not that logical for Microsoft considering their revenue for the first quarter alone was $15.06 billion, I think Microsoft has a good growth margin that would have to take some beating. ...



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