Microsoft tops its earnings expectations
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The Redmond, Wash.-based company said it earned $2.9 billion, or 27 cents per share, on revenue of $9.19 billion for the three months ended Sept.
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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 EPS (earnings per share) that beat analyst expectations.
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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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The company's fourth-quarter earnings beat analyst expectations.
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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., 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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MICROSOFT said first revenues were up by 12 per cent as the software 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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Personal income, boosted by a large dividend payment from computer software giant Microsoft Corp., shot up by a record 3.7 percent in December.
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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  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.
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Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O 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 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.
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Microsoft reported Thursday that first-quarter net income rose 11% and revenue 12%, due to strong server-software demand and steady sales of PCs that run its products.
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Microsoft sees quarterly profits, rise 23% following demand for its Halo 3 video game and Windows operating system.
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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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Software maker Computer  Associates  International Ltd. CA.N, on Wednesday posted  better-than-expected quarterly results and said full-year  earnings will exceed Wall Street estimates, aided by  cost-cutting.