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Chinese court finds Microsoft guilty of intellectual-property violation - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 6 days 5 hours 34 minutes ago
(Adds details of court decision, background on case.)


Yahoo's search share slips; Microsoft, Google gain - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 5 days 14 hours 1 minute ago
Citigroup CEO annual salary stays at $1


Microsoft co-founder Allen diagnosed with cancer - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 6 days 11 hours 4 minutes ago
Microsoft co-founder Allen diagnosed with cancer


Microsoft seen posting profit, sales declines - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 33 days 17 hours 57 minutes ago
That compares to earnings of 48 cents a share, and $15 billion in revenue in the same period last year, at a time when Microsoft was giving its first indications it expected a heavy impact on its businesses as a result of the economic downturn.


Microsoft signs deal to boost AdSense rival - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 20 days 22 hours 37 minutes ago
Yahoo Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!yhoo/quotes/nls/yhoo (YHOO 15.90, -0.23, -1.43%) offers its own contextual advertising service through its Yahoo Publisher Network.


Microsoft profit falls 18%, but tops expectations - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 22 hours 34 minutes ago
In the quarter ended Sept. 30, Microsoft said net income slipped to $3.57 billion, or 40 cents a share, from $4.37 billion, or 48 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter. Revenue fell 14% to $12.92 billion.


Microsoft lays off another 800 workers - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 18 days 16 hours 48 minutes ago
"There were certain support areas that were not a part of what was announced in January, but became a part of the program later," Gellos said.


Microsoft wins search deals with Twitter, Facebook - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 32 days 16 hours 19 minutes ago
Microsoft's senior vice president for online audience business, Yusuf Mehdi, said that, under the agreements, the company will include content from the privately-held Internet microblogging service Twitter and social networking service Facebook Inc. in its online search results.


Ad agency group praises Microsoft, Yahoo pact - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 16 hours 30 minutes ago
"We believe that Yahoo and Microsoft's proposal to combine their technologies and search platforms is good for advertisers, marketing services agencies, Web site publishers and consumers," the American Association of Advertising Agencies said in a statement.


Microsoft faces high stakes with Windows 7 - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 32 days 10 hours 54 minutes ago
But collaboration between Toshiba and Microsoft on the newest version of the Redmond, Wash.-based company's flagship Windows software, dubbed Windows 7, was far more involved than it had been in the past - highlighting a need to dull memories of the product's flawed predecessor, and to bolster the fortunes of both Microsoft and the many technology companies that depend on it.


Tech stocks jump as Amazon, Microsoft soar - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 22 hours ago
U.S. stocks start near flat; tech shares rally


Chip downgrades lead broad tech-sector losses - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 3 days 20 hours 15 minutes ago
Dhanda said he made the moves because of "unfavorable indications from our cyclical framework," that suggest semiconductor inventory levels may be about to exceed the market's demand.





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Company Overview


Company: Microsoft Corporation
Industry: Development Tools, Operating Systems & Utilities Software
Website: http://www.microsoft.com

Microsoft's ambitions are anything but small. The world's #1 software company provides a variety of products and services, including its ubiquitous Windows operating systems and Office software suite. Microsoft has expanded into markets such as video game consoles, customer relationship management applications, server and storage software, and digital music players. The company has also used selective acquisitions to bulk up its presence in markets such as online advertising, mobile devices, and enterprise software. In 2008 Microsoft made repeated efforts to acquire Yahoo! but was ultimately rebuffed; the two companies would instead sign a deal in 2009 to combine their search operations.


Key Numbers

Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 58,437 (2009)
One-year % Growth in Sales -3.3 (2009)
Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 14,569 (2009)
One-year % Growth in Net Income -17.6 (2009)
Number of Employees 93,000 (2009)
One-year % Growth in Number of Employees 2.2 (2009)
Fiscal Year-End June