Microsoft Corporation
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Microsoft lays off another 800 workers - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 3 days 14 hours 36 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 seen posting profit, sales declines - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 18 days 15 hours 45 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 | 5 days 20 hours 25 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 | 15 days 20 hours 22 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 wins search deals with Twitter, Facebook - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 17 days 14 hours 7 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.
Microsoft faces high stakes with Windows 7 - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 17 days 8 hours 42 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.
Ad agency group praises Microsoft, Yahoo pact - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 19 days 14 hours 18 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.
Redmond Magazine Honors ScriptLogic with Multiple 2009 Reader s Choice Awards [Press Release]
Business Wire | 4 days 19 hours 27 minutes ago
ScriptLogic® Corporation (www.scriptlogic.com), a leading provider of systems lifecycle management solutions for Microsoft® Windows®-based networks, today announced that the readers of Redmond magazine have selected various ScriptLogic products as Winners or Preferred Products in seven categories as part of the 2009 Redmond Reader’s Choice Awards. Year after year, Redmond readers have consistently showered ScriptLogic products with praise; as an example ScriptLogic’s Desktop Authority owns th...
Announcing GoSpeak! Pro Ultra-Portable Amplification System [Press Release]
Business Wire | 2 days 20 hours 37 minutes ago
SMK-Link Electronics Corporation, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation accessories, and a subsidiary of SMK Electronics, today announced the availability of the new GoSpeak! Pro Ultra-Portable Amplification System. Powerful enough to address audiences of as many as 200 people, GoSpeak! Pro’s flat-panel NXT® technology speakers provide room-filling audio amplification for crowded presentations, corporate gatherings, sales meetings speeches, seminars, ...
Tech stocks jump as Amazon, Microsoft soar - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 15 days 19 hours 48 minutes ago
U.S. stocks start near flat; tech shares rally
Microsoft profit declines 18% but tops estimates - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 15 days 20 hours 39 minutes ago
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Soaring Amazon and Microsoft boost tech sector - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 15 days 19 hours 15 minutes ago
The Morgan Stanley High Tech 35 Index /quotes/comstock/10t!msh.x (MSH 547.81, +3.72, +0.68%) also was up 1%.
Panorama Software to Provide Superior In-Memory BI Solution Through Integration With Microsoft's PowerPivot [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 2 days 9 hours 36 minutes ago
...Solution Through Integration With Microsoft's PowerPivot Next Version of...leading data platforms, SAP and Microsoft. Panorama's solution for...Panorama sold its OLAP technology to Microsoft Corporation in 1996; the technology was...
Microsoft, Honeywell, Whirlpool in focus Friday - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 15 days 20 hours 39 minutes ago
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Microsoft to fit Facebook, Twitter feeds to Bing - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 17 days 14 hours 43 minutes ago
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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 |