Microsoft Profits Up Despite Xbox Woes
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Microsoft's fiscal fourth-quarter profit edged up 7 percent despite a hefty charge to cover the cost of defective Xbox 360 video game consoles.
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Microsoft said 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's profits for the key Christmas trading quarter soar 79%, driven by strong computer sales.
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The companyâs third-quarter profit beat expectations, lifted by an extra week of holiday shopping and sales of video game consoles and GPS devices.
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A Microsoft Corp. division that competes head-to-head with the open-source Linux operating system posted sharply improved financial results, helping to fuel a strong quarter for the Redmond software company.
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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.
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Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O, the world's  largest software maker, on Thursday said its quarterly profit  climbed as sales rose, but the company's revenue forecast for  the current quarter fell below Wall Street estimates.
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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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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 EPS (earnings per share) that beat analyst expectations.Revenue for the fiscal quarter ended Sept. 30 was up 27 percent at $13.76 billion compared to $10.81 billion a year ago, Microsoft said Thursday. Consensus estimates from Thomson First Call analysts were for the company to generate revenue of $12.57 billion. Microsoft&#39;s EPS for the quarter was $0.45, which also soundly beat Thomson First Call consensus estimate of $0.39. Net income for the quarter was $4.29 billion, a 23 percent increase over the $3.48 billion reported a year ago.At $5.92 billion, operating income for the quarter also had double-digit percentage growth: An increase of more than 25 percent over operating income reported for the same period last year of $4.47 billion.Microsoft&#39;s first quarter was buoyed by the highly anticipated launch of the Xbox 360 game Halo 3 on Sept. 25, just days before the quarter&#39;s close. In its first 24 hours on sale, the game brought in $170 million in sales; it became the fastest selling video game in history after being in the market for just a week and a half, according to the company.Strong performances from Microsoft&#39;s client, business, server and tools, and online divisions also contributed to revenue growth in the quarter. In particular, Microsoft said sales of its Windows Vista OS experienced double-digit growth through multi-year business contracts, and demand for Microsoft Office, Windows Server, and SQL Server was also high.Looking ahead, Microsoft said it expects to report revenue in the range of $15.6 billion to $16.1 billion for its second quarter, which ends Dec. 31. Operating income is expected to be in the range of $5.9 billion to $6.1 billion, while diluted EPS are expected to be between $0.44 to $0.46 for the second quarter, the company said.For its fiscal year 2008, Microsoft expects revenue in the range of $58.8 billion to $59.7 billion and operating income in the range of $23.3 billion to $23.7 billion. Diluted earnings per share are expected to be between $1.78 and $1.81 for the fiscal year, the company said.
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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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Profits got a boost despite sluggish sales from the challenging environment.
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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 said Thursday that its fiscal first-quarter earnings rose 11%, beating analysts' expectations, as the company benefited from stronger-than-expected computer and server shipments.
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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.&#39;s quarterly earnings rose 11 percent over the comparable quarter last year, but projections for the current quarter were mixed.
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Citing continued strength in the PC and server markets, Microsoft on Thursday reported earnings that beat Wall Street expectations and a 12 percent increase in revenue for the first quarter of its 2005 fiscal year.
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U.S. sales of video games and  hardware jumped 46 percent in August from a year earlier, with  Microsoft Corp  seeing sales of its Xbox 360 console  shoot up after a price cut.