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Foolish Forecast: Whither Microsoft?
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| "Also, with Bill Gates no longer involved in Microsoft and the more eccentric
| Steve Ballmer running the show on his own, not as many investors will be
| inspired by Steve Ballmer's visions for Microsoft as they were Gates."
|
| [...]
|
| OK, so Microsoft is on sale right now -- but perhaps with good reason. The
| company is facing unprecedented obstacles on every side.
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http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2008/07/17/foolish-forecast-whither-microsoft.aspx
Microsoft Needs New Ideas
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| I wonder why Steve Ballmer freaks out at the thought of losing the search and
| advertising wars to Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), but not at handing the
| game-console crown to Nintendo (OTC BB: NTDOY.PK) or the music market to
| Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL). How is it worth throwing billions after a major rival,
| only to scare away the engineering talent that makes (made?) Yahoo! great? In
| the second case, well, let's just throw more bad money after that Zune
| abomination and hope the Xbox saves the day.
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http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2008/07/18/microsoft-needs-new-ideas.aspx
Bad times for the Vole...
Former manager gets 22 months in prison, fines for embezzling
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| Gudmundson was responsible for managing Microsoft's domain names from 2000 to
| 2004.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/371393_msftcourt19.html
So crooks have been running Microsoft all along. That's truly valuable to know
(and to have the court approve). More examples below.
Related:
Microsoft exec dumped stock prior to Red Ring announcement
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| To make matters more murky, the sales were not registered with the Securities
| and Exchange Commission within the mandatory two days of the transaction, a
| result of an alleged "administrative error." Microsoft has since remedied the
| issue by following the "procedures required of late-filers."
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http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2007/08/14/microsoft-exec-dumped-stocks-prior-to-red-ring-addresment
Microsoft's Bach sold more stock before Xbox news
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| Microsoft Corp. executive Robbie Bach sold $3 million more in company stock
| during the period leading up to an announcement about a costly flaw in its
| Xbox video game console than previously reported, according to a filing
| Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/microsofts-bach-sold-additional-stock/story.aspx?guid=%7BBECA3A50-EF33-4161-A111-A43BDC8B0462%7D&siteid=yhoof
Insider Trading Hasn't Affect Microsoft Stock - Yet
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| MarketWatch.com reports that Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's
| Entertainment and Devices division, sold $6.2 million of Microsoft
| stock just prior to announcing that Microsoft was going to have to
| extend XBox 360 warranties to three years because of extensive
| failures. The filings note that this was not part of any
| scheduled diversification or selling program; this was a
| conscious, unscheduled sale by the guy in charge of releasing
| news that could affect the value of Microsoft stock.
|
| [...]
|
| Insider trading is a very serious violation of the law; just
| ask Martha Stewart, who served five months in prison for
| avoiding losses of $43,000 through trades that just had suspicious
| timing (no insider trading was actually proven). This is $6.3
| million that went straight into Robbie Bach's pocket.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070713/40947_id.html?.v=1
Wis. Bill to Require Tax Loophole Data
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| Wisconsin Bill Would Require More Reporting on Tax Loopholes
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| [...]
|
| A message left with Microsoft was not immediately returned.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071219/wi_corporate_taxes.html?.v=4
Ecuador Tax Agency Closes Microsoft Branch Offices For 7 Days
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| "We have twice requested balances, payment reports and complete tax
| information, but the company hasn't given it to us, so in accordance with our
| laws we have proceeded with the closure," the SRI official in charge of the
| proceeding said.
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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200710041610DOWJONESDJONLINE000810_FORTUNE5.htm
Microsoft Office raid in Hungary
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| "Such behavior could lead to the exclusion of competitive products from
| the market and violate European Union rules, according to the authority
| known as the GVH."
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http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/26/ap3957835.html
Microsoft's past stock options practice poses questions
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| Microsoft in 1999 announced that it would end a policy of awarding
| options at monthly lows and said it would take a $217 million charge,
| though many details of that discontinued practice haven't been widely
| known, The Wall Street Journal said Friday.
|
| Those details raise questions about how Microsoft began the practice,
| what prompted the company to end it and whether the way the options
| were dated--at 30-day lows the month after they were
| granted--influenced other companies, it said.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6084617.html
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