On 26 Oct 2006 13:39:21 -0700, Larry Qualig wrote:
> I would have posted this as "OT" but given the usual high amount of MS
> chatter in COLA this is as on-topic as half the stuff being posted. I'm
> also fairly certain that if the number had been terrible that the usual
> COLA news-hound would have posted this news a dozen times over.
>
> This is a nice profit and all but it pales by comparison to Exxon-Mobil
> which just announced that it made a *profit* in excess of $10 billion
> dollars in the last quarter.
>
>
> <quote>
> Microsoft profit, revenue both rise 11% to top expectations
>
> MSFT, the world's largest software company, late Thursday said both its
> quarterly profit and revenue rose 11% to top expectations. Microsoft's
> fiscal first-quarter profit increased to $3.48 billion, or 35 cents a
> share, from $3.14 billion, or 29 cents a share. Revenue for the period,
> ended Sept. 30, increased to $10.81 billion from $9.74 billion. Wall
> Street analysts, on average, expected a profit of 31 cents a share on
> revenue of $10.75 billion, according to Thomson First Call.
> </quote>
>
> http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7b81549415-77BB-42F6-AC3B-B3F2108A8B1E%7d&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo
Lol, That didn't stop Roy from posting articles predicting "lackluster"
results. And Mark Kent from "me too"ing him.
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