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Autodesk, Salesforce lead tech-sector losses - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 5 days 13 hours 3 minutes ago
Autodesk said its earnings and revenue both fell from the same period a year ago, and the company also gave a fourth-quarter outlook that could miss analysts' current sales forecasts
Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Presents WISE Awards to Six Outstanding Education Innovators [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 5 days 13 hours 2 minutes ago
DOHA, Qatar, November 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Please click on the following link to access the full version of the Digital Press Release:
U.S. stocks open lower amid weak production data - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 6 days 12 hours 49 minutes ago
The Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/comstock/10w!i:dji/delayed (INDU 10,387, -20.40, -0.20%) at last check was off 6 points at 10,401, retreating from the new high for the year it hit Monday.
Panorama Software to Provide Superior In-Memory BI Solution Through Integration With Microsoft's PowerPivot [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 18 days 4 hours 26 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...
photoWALL Launches Globally, Creates New Live Social Network Category [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 14 days 9 hours 12 minutes ago
...empower people through great software - any time, any place and on any device. Microsoft Corporation India Private Ltd is a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation USA. It has had a presence in India since 1990. This release was issued through...
Microsoft Reports First-Quarter Results [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 31 days 10 hours 57 minutes ago
REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced revenue of $12.92 billion for the first quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009, a 14% decline from the same period of the prior year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $4.48 billion, $3.57 billion and $0.40 per share, which represented declines of 25%, 18% and 17%, respectively, when compared with the prior year period.
U.S. stocks start near flat; tech shares rally - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 31 days 14 hours 38 minutes ago
U.S. stocks start near flat; tech shares rally
Will the Supreme Court roil the software industry? - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 14 days 17 hours 16 minutes ago
Oral arguments in the case, "Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw v. David J. Kappos," have been highly anticipated. Often referred to as the "Bilski" case, it was originally brought by an inventor who'd tried to win a business-method patent for a means to hedge against changes in commodity prices.
Google files revised settlement in Books case - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 8 days 9 hours 51 minutes ago
The new agreement was swiftly criticized by the Open Book Alliance, a group of librarians, legal scholars, authors, publishers and other technology companies.
DMTF Identifies Next Steps for Cloud Standards Work [Press Release]
Business Wire | 7 days 15 hours 27 minutes ago
Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), the organization bringing the IT industry together to collaborate on systems management standards development, validation, promotion and adoption, today announced the availability of a new white paper entitled, “Interoperable Clouds – A White Paper from the Open Cloud Standards Incubator.” This white paper summarizes the current work within the DMTF Open Cloud Standards Incubator, including usage scenarios for cloud interoperability, the cloud service...
ZIM Corporation announces investment and licensing agreement with Seregon Solutions Inc. [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 20 days 8 hours 44 minutes ago
OTTAWA, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - ZIM Corporation
Activist investor Icahn resigns from Yahoo board - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 31 days 6 hours 13 minutes ago
"Carol is doing a great job and I believe the Microsoft transaction will provide great long term benefits, the potential of which many still do not understand," Icahn wrote in a letter of resignation.
Stocks in focus for Friday - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 32 days 6 hours 16 minutes ago
Amazon.com Inc.'s stunning third quarter -- with revenue and earnings that blew past Wall Street's estimates -- also contained a surprise with greater-than-expected growth in its core media business in North America.
PC sales expected to get boost from Windows 7 - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 27 days 18 hours 17 minutes ago
The initial reaction among analysts suggests that the release of the new operating system has been stronger than expected and not only has given a boost to Microsoft's fortunes, but may also portend better-than-expected PC sales for the rest of the year -- and beyond.
Olivier Carmona of AwoX Elected to DLNA Board of Directors [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 6 hours 28 minutes ago
...representatives from Broadcom, Intel, Microsoft, Nokia, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung...Intel, JVC Kenwood Holdings, LG, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, NXP, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Rovi Corporation, Samsung, Sharp, Sony and Toshiba...
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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 |