Microsoft profit rises on PC demand
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Microsoft Corp  posted a rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, boosted by healthy demand for personal computers loaded with its Windows operating system and strong sales of its "Halo 3" video game.
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Microsoft Corp. MSFT.Oon Thursday  said its quarterly profit climbed as revenue rose 12 percent,  driven by demand for the company's core software products from  businesses and higher sales of personal computers and servers.
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Microsoft, the world's largest maker of computer software,  reports an 11% rise in  quarterly profit but says sales may disappoint in the current period.
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Microsoft Corp.  on Thursday  posted a 23.5 percent drop in quarterly net profit, but raised  its outlook for the current fiscal year as orders for upcoming  products exceed expectations, lifting its shares by 6 percent.
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Microsoft Corp  signaled confidence to a rattled stock market by raising its full-year profit outlook above Wall Street targets and reporting a 79 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday.
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Microsoft Corp  lifted its full-year forecasts and posted 23 percent quarterly profit growth on Thursday, topping analysts' estimates on strong sales of "Halo 3" and Vista, and sending its shares up 11 percent.
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Microsoft Corp. , the world's largest software maker, on Thursday said its first quarter profit climbed as personal computer sales and business demand fueled higher sales.
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Microsoft Corp. is expected to report a sharp rise in quarterly profit Thursday, boosted by surging revenue as strong computer sales drive demand for its Windows operating system and Office software.
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Microsoft said Thursday its profit for the just-ended quarter rose 11 percent from a year ago to 3.03 billion dollars, boosted by the new Windows Vista operating system and the new Office software suite.
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Microsoft Corp lifted its full-year estimates on Thursday after posting a 23 percent rise in quarterly profit on strong demand for both computers running its operating system and "Halo 3," sending its shares up 12 percent.
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Microsoft Corp.  on Thursday  lifted its full-year earnings outlook on strong demand for its  new Windows operating system and announced plans to buy back as  much as $40 billion of its stock, boosting its share price by 5  percent.
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Microsoft Corp., the world&#39;s largest software maker, said first-quarter profit rose 11 percent as sales of Windows corporate network software increased.
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Third-quarter profit jumped 77 percent, driven by growing sales of data storage software and hardware as well as a hefty gain from the sale of an ownership stake in VMware.
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Microsoft Corp. said its fiscal first-quarter earnings rose 11 percent, beating analysts&#39; expectations, as the company benefited from stronger-than-expected computer and server shipments.
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Microsoft Corp  lifted its full-year estimates and posted a 23 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, topping investor expectations on strong demand for "Halo 3" and Windows Vista, and sending its shares up 11 percent.
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Microsoft Corp.  on Thursday posted higher quarterly earnings as revenue rose 12 percent, but its shares fell after the world's largest software maker said current quarter sales would fall below Wall Street expectations.
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Microsoft  reported a rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, boosted by strong sales of its Windows operating system, and the company raised its full-year profit outlook, sending its shares up 4 percent.