Microsoft Dividend Boosts Personal Income
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The &#36;32 billion special dividend Microsoft Corp.  paid to shareholders last month boosted U.S. personal income in the fourth quarter, but had no effect on gross domestic product data released on Friday, the Commerce Department said.
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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.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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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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Walt Disney, the US media and entertainment group, yesterday announced its first dividend increase in six years following sharply improved earnings.
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Stocks were set to open higher on Friday as strong earnings from companies, including Microsoft Corp, and a speedy agreement on a U.S. economic stimulus package helped lift investor confidence.
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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, the world's largest maker of computer software, reports a doubling of quarterly profits.
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Microsoft raised the dividend it pays out to shareholders by a penny per quarter to $0.10 on Wednesday, the same dividend as for chip giant Intel.
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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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Men's Wearhouse Inc. on Wednesday raised its quarterly dividend by a penny to 6 cents per share and posted higher quarterly net income thanks to an extra week in the quarter, compared with a year earlier and a tax-related gain.
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Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O, the world's  largest software maker, on Thursday reported that its quarterly  profit doubled on stronger demand for personal computers and  video games as well as lower costs.
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Microsoft reported its profits surged 81 percent on record-high revenues of 16.37 billion dollars in the last three months of 2007 due to intense demand for computer software.
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TechWeb - The combined revenue of Microsoft's client, business, and server and tools divisions grew by more than 20%, the company said.
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These stocks pay dividends and deliver earnings growth.
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For Microsoft Corp. shareholders, the holidays will likely come early this year in the form of a one-time $3 dividend that&#39;s part of the company&#39;s plan to return some of its $64.
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Microsoft Corp shareholders cleared the way for the world&#39;s largest software maker to pay out the largest corporate dividend ever next month and welcomed news of a blockbuster first day of sales for its video game Halo 2.