Microsoft Q1 profit reaches $2.9 billion
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Microsoft said Thursday that its fiscal first-quarter net income rose 11 percent from a year earlier as client software sales, server revenue and Xbox sales all rose.
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Microsoft Corp  posted a 7 percent gain in net profit as demand for its Office software and improved results from its online arm more than compensated for a $1.1 billion charge to repair Xbox video game consoles.
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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. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit topped analysts' expectations and climbed 79 percent, buoyed by rising sales of Windows-based personal computers.
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Microsoft Corp. has announced revenue of $9.19 billion for the quarter, a 12% increase over revenue of $8.22 billion for the same period in the prior year.
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Microsoft Corp. on 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 Corp. said its fiscal first-quarter earnings rose 11 percent, beating analysts' expectations, as the company benefited from stronger-than-expected computer and server shipments.
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Microsoft today reported first quarter 2005 revenue of $9.19 billion and net income of $2.9 billion, figures that exceeded the company's guidance from July.
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Microsoft Corp.'s quarterly earnings rose 11 percent over the comparable quarter last year, with strongest growth in sales of server software.
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Amid strong quarterly earnings, Microsoft said it is seeing signs of strength in enterprise spending, particularly in software.
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IBM , the world's largest technology services company, on Wednesday posted a higher quarterly profit as revenue rose 9 percent, helped by software-company acquisitions and growth in computer services.
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Microsoft Corp.  said on  Thursday it eked out a gain in net profit despite taking a $1  billion charge to pay for repairs to its Xbox 360 game  consoles.
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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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Blog: Net income for the second quarter was $925 million, or $2.93 a share, up from $721 million, or $2.33 a share, a year earlier.
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Microsoft  is expected to  report a sharp rise in quarterly profit this week, boosted by  surging revenue as strong computer sales drive demand for its  Windows operating system and Office software.
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Take that, Apple Microsoft reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that surpassed Wall Street's already lofty expectations, as sales of PCs and Xboxes soared. The company also forecast future results that met or beat analysts' outlook.â¦
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Microsoft  signaled confidence to a rattled stock market by raising its full-year earnings outlook above Wall Street targets and reporting a 79 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday.