Microsoft posts quarterly profit, sales gains

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Microsoft posts quarterly profit, sales gains
By John Letzing
Last update: 4:15 p.m. EDT Oct. 23, 2008
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Microsoft Corp. on Thursday posted a slight fiscal first-quarter profit gain and sales growth that topped Wall Street analysts' estimates. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant (MSFT:
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MSFT 22.32, +0.86, +4.0%) said net income for the quarter ended in September rose to $4.37 billion, or 48 cents a share, from $4.29 billion, or 46 cents a share in the same period a year earlier. Revenue rose 9% to $15.06 billion. Analysts on average had estimated Microsoft would post earnings of 47 cents a share for the quarter, and $14.8 billion in revenue, according to FactSet Research

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