Microsoft gives 37 million shares in stock bonuses
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No. 1 software maker Microsoft Corp.   on Thursday awarded restricted stock worth $951  million, based on its current share price, as performance  bonuses to some 900 executives and managers.
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Rapidly rising Internet star Facebook Inc. has sold a 1.6 percent stake to Microsoft Corp. for $240 million, spurning a competing offer from online search leader Google Inc.
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Strong sales of new and old products alike led Microsoft to its fastest first-quarter growth in eight years, with the company reporting growth in all five business segments and both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) that beat analyst expectations.
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FOR Microsoft shareholders, Christmas may come early this year in the form of a one-off $US2.35 ($3) dividend that&#39;s part of the company&#39;s plan to return some of its $US50.
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Billionaire investor and Berkshire  Hathaway Chief Executive Warren Buffett is donating about &#36;30  billion in stock to a charitable foundation started by  Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates, the firm said on Sunday.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Rapidly rising Internet star Facebook Inc. has sold a 1.6 percent stake to Microsoft Corp. for $240 million, spurning a competing offer from online search leader Google Inc.
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Microsoft reported surprising strong quarterly sales and profit growth, well ahead of Wall Streetâs expectations, which sent its stock up 12 percent in after-hours trading.
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Microsoft details the compensation paid to its top executives.
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On Wednesday, the company&#39;s shares (NYSE: DWA) were priced at $28, according to media reports. That was above the $23 to $25 range predicted.
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Microsoft reported surprisingly strong quarterly profits and sales growth in its core software products, sending its stock up 12 percent in after-hours trading.
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InfoWorld - Facebook will sell a $240 million minority stake to Microsoft, which as part of the deal will also expand the advertising services it provides to the social networking phenom, the companies said Wednesday in a statement.
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Shares in Swiss-based computer peripherals maker gained up to 12 percent amid speculation Microsoft would launch a takeover bid, traders said.
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Microsoft will take a 240-million-dollar stake in the wildly popular social-networking website Facebook as part of an expansion of the strategic alliance of the two firms, the companies said Wednesday.
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Microsoft Corp. shareholders on Tuesday approved changes to the company's stock compensation plans, clearing the way for the software giant to award a one-time, &#36;3-per-share dividend that will cost the company an estimated &#36;32 billion.
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Strong sales of new and old products alike led Microsoft to its fastest first-quarter growth in seven years, with the company reporting growth in all five business segments and both revenue and earnings per share (EPS) that beat analyst expectations.
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Description: As it settles antitrust complaints and approves the largest dividend payout ever, Microsoft has become more cooperative in the last four years.
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Microsoft beat Wall Street expectations for both revenue and EPS (earnings per share) for its fiscal 2008 second quarter, attributing its strong quarter to sales of core client products, such as Windows Vista and Office 2007, as well as Exchange and SharePoint server software.