Entertainment and devices help Microsoft post more stellar gains
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Despite widespread complaints about Windows Vista's performance, it finally turned out to be one of the main drivers behind a stellar quarter for Microsoft. Entertainment turned a page too, but MSN remains the wayward child.
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Blog: Though the devices still seem hard to spot in the wild, Microsoft says its market share is holding steady and reiterates its plans to sell 1 million of the devices by June.
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It was indeed an astounding quarter for Microsoft, with operating income having grown last quarter at an annual rate of 32%. A big part of that growth is attributable to Windows Vista. But does the fact that customers are adopting it truly signal that customers are embracing it? Yesterday, the company's chief financial executives offered some very revealing data.
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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 game consoles.
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By Benjamin J. Romano, Seattle Times  Dec. 11--As Microsoft revs up the Windows Vista marketing engine, it's touting the economic boon the software is expected to bring to the rest of the technology industry.
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Microsoft sees strong quarterly profits, following demand for its Halo 3 video game and computers using Windows.
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Microsoft  reported a rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, boosted by strong sales of its Windows operating system, and the company raised its full-year profit outlook, sending its shares up 4 percent.
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The stock market rebounded, with Microsoft shares rising to their highest level in six years after the companyâs profit exceeded Wall Street expectations.
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Microsoft posted solid growth in quarterly sales and profit on Thursday, buoyed by strong holiday sales of personal computers and video games.
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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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Amid strong quarterly earnings, Microsoft said it is seeing signs of strength in enterprise spending, particularly in software.
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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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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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Buoyed by continued strong worldwide sales of personal computers, Microsoft reported strong growth even as it faces the challenges of being a mature technology company.
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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 (Nasdaq: MSFT) is waking up to the music. In the latest attempt to capture the fast-growing market of online music the big M is fighting to break the hold Apple&#39;s (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPod has on the market.