Microsoft Profit, Revenue Rises
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Microsoft Corp. , 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 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 Corp. MSFT.O on Thursday  posted higher quarterly earnings as revenue rose 12 percent,  but its shares fell after the world's largest software market  said current quarter sales would fall below Wall Street  expectations.
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Oracle Corp. , the world&#39;s  third-largest software maker, reported on Tuesday higher  quarterly profit as sales of products it acquired over the past  year helped boost earnings.
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The open-source software provider said that its third quarter profit rose as a surge in subscriptions helped offset increased spending on marketing and research.
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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 Thursday that it had surpassed $50 billion in annual revenue, while saying quarterly profits were up seven percent on brisk Vista sales.
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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. 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 Corp  lifted its full-year forecasts and posted 23 percent quarterly profit growth on Thursday, topping analysts' estimates on strong sales of "Halo 3" and Vista, and sending its shares up 11 percent.
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Microsoft Corp. MSFT.Oon Thursday  said its quarterly profit climbed as revenue rose 12 percent,  but its shares fell as investors failed to account for the  effect of the expensing of stock-based compensation in  assessing the earnings.
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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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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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Oracle Corp. , the world's third-largest software maker, reported on Tuesday higher quarterly profit as sales of products it acquired over the past year helped boost earnings.
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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 Thursday that its fiscal second-quarter earnings rose sharply, beating Wall Street estimates, amid strong demand for the company's server products and heavy holiday sales of its Halo 2 video game.
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Microsoft reported surprising strong quarterly sales and profit growth, well ahead of Wall Streetâs expectations, which sent its stock up 12 percent in after-hours trading.