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Crave Entertainment and Discovery Communications to Bring Discovery Channel s Man vs. Wild and Deadliest Catch to Video Game Consoles [Press Release]
Business Wire | 26 days 19 hours 6 minutes ago
Crave Entertainment, the full-service publishing division of FillpointSVG, one of the videogame industry’s leading providers of online distribution, fulfillment and e-commerce services for national retailers, today announced it has entered into an agreement with Discovery Communications to develop and produce video games based on two of Discovery Channel’s highest rated television shows. Crave will publish the extremely popular Man vs. Wild and the top ranked Deadliest Catch for all current v...
Haitian Wireless Company Voila Repositions for Future Growth [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 5 days 10 hours 21 minutes ago
...offers an unmatched depth of brand and interactive experience. Clients include T-Mobile, Microsoft, Sherwin-Williams, Babolat, Quantum Corporation, Toyo Tires, and The Boys Scouts of America. CONTACT: Rebecca Lyman of The Garrigan...
John Dvorak's Second Opinion: Antitrust scrutiny in tech will make things worse - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 44 days 14 hours 24 minutes ago
High tech is remarkable for one thing that attracts investors: the potential for hypergrowth unlike any other business, short of wildcat oil drilling. That's it. All high-tech companies aim to go public and grow as much as they can, so they leverage their size and market capitalization to buy their competitors.
HP Delivers Affordable, High-quality Computing with New Compaq Consumer and Commercial PCs [Press Release]
Business Wire | 41 days 4 hours 33 minutes ago
HP (NYSE:HPQ) today unveiled new Compaq PCs that provide families, students and small businesses the computing capabilities they need at a price they desire.
Judge Grants Permanent Injunction against Microsoft in Favour of i4i, Damages now $290 million USD [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 102 days 20 hours 5 minutes ago
TORONTO, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ - Yesterday, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, the Honorable Leonard Davis issued a Final Judgment which upheld the verdict won on May 20, 2009, by i4i, a global technology company headquartered in Toronto, ON, Canada. The Final Judgment is an award in excess of $290 million and includes a Permanent Injunction against Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft") for custom XML in Word 2003 and Word 2007.
CA Records Manager for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Receives the First Paired Certification on U.S. DoD 5015.2 v3 for FOIA and Classified Records [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 68 days 19 hours 33 minutes ago
ISLANDIA, N.Y., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CA, Inc.
CGS Raises the Bar for Enterprise Software with Launch of All New BlueCherry(R) Infinity [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 67 days 22 hours 34 minutes ago
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ --
Philippe Dauman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Viacom Inc., to Address The Executives' Club of Chicago [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 34 days 12 hours 40 minutes ago
...and Foodservice for Sara Lee Corporation; and Adam L. Stanley, Global...Chief Technology Officer of Aon Corporation. The panel will be moderated...Manager, Midwest District, Microsoft Corporation. The Technology Conference...
TerreStar Announces Distribution Agreement with AT&T [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 53 days 21 hours 3 minutes ago
...additional information on TerreStar Corporation, please visit the company...to the strategy of TerreStar Corporation, its plans, and the transactions...is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Bluetooth is a registered...
Google expected to post gains after the bell - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 38 days 16 hours 44 minutes ago
That compares to earnings of $4.92 a share and $4.04 billion in net revenue for the same period last year.
Google seen posting profit, revenue gains - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 44 days 22 hours 25 minutes ago
That compares to earnings excluding items of $4.92 a share, and $4 billion in net revenue in the same period last year.
Video game sales miss expectations for September - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 8 hours 36 minutes ago
According to data from the NPD Group released late Monday, sales of game software in the U.S. totaled $649.3 million during the month of September, up from $617.6 million from the same month last year. Game hardware sales slipped by 6% to $472.3 million for the same period, in part because price reductions on the major consoles resulted in lower revenues.
Video-game sales expected to recover after slump - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 14 hours 53 minutes ago
U.S. game sales in the month of September will be released late in the day Thursday by the NPD Group. On average, analysts are expecting software sales to grow about 15% compared with the same period last year, according to a tally of forecasts by MarketWatch.
Yahoo, SanDisk keep techs in the green - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 32 days 18 hours 20 minutes ago
The double play propelled the Nasdaq Composite Index /quotes/comstock/10y!i:comp (COMP 2,187, +23.33, +1.08%) to early gains, as the tech-heavy benchmark rose 0.7% to 2,178.
Video-game stocks fall on disappointing sales data - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 33 days 15 hours 42 minutes ago
Late Monday, the NPD Group reported that sales of video-game software grew 5% in September to $649.3 million. That gain came after six consecutive months of declines as the industry grappled with the slowing economy and difficult comparisons.
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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 |