Microsoft Profit, Sales Rise
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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 posted a rise in quarterly profit 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  lifted its full-year estimates on Thursday after posting a 23 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by strong demand for "Halo 3" and computers running its operating system, sending its shares up 12 percent.
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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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Diversified health-care company Johnson &amp; Johnson on Tuesday said its quarterly profit rose on higher sales of prescription drugs and medical devices.
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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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(MENAFN) The world&#39;s biggest software company, Microsoft Corp, said that its first quarter profits grew to $2.9 billion as consumers and businesses boosted demand for new computers, AFP reported.
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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 Corp. MSFT.O, 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 said its fiscal second-quarter profit topped analystsâ expectations and climbed 79 percent, buoyed by rising sales of Windows-based personal computers.
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Windows, Office software lead Microsoft to record stronger-than-expected sales, as online rival Google stumbles.
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Buoyed by continued strong worldwide sales of personal computers, the Microsoft Corporation yesterday reported strong growth in profits and sales even as it faces the challenges of being a mature technology company.
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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 said last week that its first-quarter net income rose 11% and revenue 12% because of strong server-software demand and steady sales of PCs that run its products.
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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 Corp.  eked out a gain in quarterly net profit despite a $1 billion charge to pay for repairs to its Xbox 360 game consoles, and the company slightly raised full-year earnings and revenue forecasts.
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Stocks rallied on Friday after a higher profit forecast by Microsoft Corp.  lifted all three major indexes and an upbeat outlook by lender Countrywide Financial Corp.  stemmed fears of financial-sector losses.