Update: Microsoft beats Street, reports strongest Q1 in seven years
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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  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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Lonmin led the way as the FTSE 100 powered to its highest close in almost seven years on Friday.
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Windows, Office software lead Microsoft to record stronger-than-expected sales, as online rival Google stumbles.
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Microsoft tops the charts as the industry's most innovative company, at least on paper.
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The Internet search giant posted profit of $1.07 billion, fueled by strong performance in its search and advertising business.
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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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According to a recent report by Gartner, Microsoft has taken the top spot for the first time in handheld shipments. Microsoft&#39;s Windows CE has had a long lasting
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Microsoft Corp. on Thursday said its first quarter profit climbed as personal computer sales and business demand fueled higher sales.
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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.'s quarterly earnings rose 11 percent over the comparable quarter last year, with strongest growth in sales of server software.
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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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Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday posted higher quarterly earnings as revenue rose 12 percent, but its shares fell after the world&#39;s largest
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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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NEW YORK -- The Dow Jones industrial average reached a milestone Thursday in Wall Street's nearly seven-year recovery from corporate upheaval, economic recession and terrorism, briefly trading above its record high close of 11,722.98 set on Jan. 14, 2000.
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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 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.