Microsoft's Office Still Sells

Release Date 21 Oct, 2011 in Wall Street Journal

 
   

Microsoft Q1 net income up 6 pc to $5.74 bn

Economic Times - 21 Oct, 2011
NEW YORK: Microsoft Corp has reported a six per cent rise in its net income to $ 5.74 billion for the July-September 2011 quarter, mainly on the back of robust sales of its Office suite. The world's largest software maker posted a record first- quarter ...

Microsoft reports record first quarter financials

Inquirer - Dave Neal - 21 Oct, 2011
REDMOND SOFTWARE WAREHOUSE Microsoft has announced record quarterly revenue of $17.37bn for its first fiscal quarter. Revenue is up by seven per cent against the same time last year, and the firm reported moves in the positive direction ...

Feeble Windows holds back Microsoft profit

IBNLive.com - 21 Oct, 2011
Seattle: Microsoft Corp's flagship operating system made only slight gains last quarter, largely due to business and emerging market spending, holding back profit growth for the world's largest software company. Sales of Windows, which still runs more ...

Windows holds back Microsoft profit

Reuters India - Lisa Richwine, Richard Chang - 21 Oct, 2011
Microsoft Corp's flagship operating system made only slight gains last quarter, largely due to business and emerging market spending, holding back profit growth for the world's largest software company. Full Article Franco-German split over bailout ...

Microsoft Sales Exceed Estimates on Strong Corporate Demand

BusinessWeek - Adam Satariano, Dina Bass - 21 Oct, 2011
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp., the largest software maker, reported first-quarter sales that topped analysts' predictions as companies invested in Office and server programs, outweighing poor consumer demand for ...

Microsoft Sales Exceed Estimates on Strong Corporate Demand

San Francisco Chronicle - 21 Oct, 2011
Jobs Threatened 'Thermonuclear War' on Google: AP Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp., the largest software maker, reported first-quarter sales that topped analysts' predictions as companies invested in Office and server programs, outweighing poor ...

Microsoft Posts Gain Despite Soft PC Sales

New York Times - Nick Wingfield - 21 Oct, 2011
To combat the iPad, Microsoft is expected next year to release a version of Windows that has been redesigned for tablet devices. The PC market, especially the part representing the companies using Microsoft's Windows operating system, ...

Microsoft sees strong Office and flat Windows in quarter

ZDNet Asia - Jay Greene - 21 Oct, 2011
The software giant meets analyst expectations for its fiscal first quarter, seeing continued strength in its Office franchise, but only tiny growth in Windows sales. ...

Microsoft earnings match forecasts

The Press Association - 21 Oct, 2011
Microsoft's earnings for the latest quarter edged up 6% to match analyst estimates, new figures show. The results for the July-September period were highlighted by revived growth in the division that includes the software maker's Windows franchise. ...

Summary Box: Microsoft posts solid fiscal 1Q

CBS News - 21 Oct, 2011
(AP) MICROSOFT DELIVERS: The software maker's fiscal first-quarter earnings rose 6 percent to $5.7 billion, or 68 cents per share. That matched analyst estimates. Revenue for the July-September period increased 7 percent to $17.3 billion to exceed the ...

Microsoft's quarterly earnings edge up 6 pct as Windows revenue rises for 1st ...

Washington Post - 21 Oct, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO â€" Microsoft's Windows franchise regained some of its vigor during the company's latest quarter, but that might not be enough to overcome the perception that the world's largest software maker is being outmaneuvered by nimble rivals whose ...

Microsoft betting on ultrabooks to boost Windows growth

Register - 21 Oct, 2011
Microsoft has some interesting areas in which it hopes to profit in the future, and in a call with reporters and analysts after announcing its most recent financial results, Redmondian execs gave strong hints as to what's worrying it now. ...

Microsoft posts strong quarterly earnings

Xinhua - 21 Oct, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The world's largest software maker Microsoft Corp. on Thursday reported its first quarter of fiscal 2012 earnings results that meet expectations from Wall Street analysts. For the quarter ended Sept. ...

Microsoft 1Q Net Up 6.1% On Continued Office Strength

Fox Business - Steven D. Jones - 21 Oct, 2011
(Updates with additional details in first paragraph and paragraphs 8-11 with analysts comments, operating margin analysis.) Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) reported a 6.1% rise in its fiscal first-quarter profit Thursday as its Office suite ...

Microsoft's Office Still Sells

Wall Street Journal - Steven D. Jones - 21 Oct, 2011
Microsoft Corp.'s profit rose 6.1% in the third quarter as the software giant's Office suite continued to sell strongly with corporate customers, even as it struggles with weakness in Windows and works to catch up in the mobile ...

Feeble Windows holds back Microsoft profit, shares dip

Reuters India - Tobias Schwarz, Lisa Richwine - 21 Oct, 2011
A worker prepares the logo on the Microsoft stand on the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover February 26, 2011. By Bill Rigby SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's flagship operating system made only slight gains last quarter, largely due to business and ...

Feeble Windows holds back Microsoft profit

Reuters Canada - Bill Rigby - 21 Oct, 2011
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's flagship operating system made only slight gains last quarter, largely due to business and emerging market spending, holding back profit growth for the world's largest software company. ...

Microsoft posts a profit, but hit by drag on PC sales

TODAYonline - 21 Oct, 2011
by THE NEW YORK TIMES SEATTLE - Microsoft's quarterly profit rose 6 per cent, meeting Wall Street's modest expectations, helped by strong sales of its popular Office applications package, but limited by only slight gains from its flagship Windows ...

Microsoft Hopes Skype Will Continue Business Software's Success

PC Magazine - Mark Hachman - 21 Oct, 2011
Microsoft said Thursday that it is in the process of integrating Skype across many of its business and consumer communications platforms, even as those platforms helped drive record revenues. Microsoft reported $5.74 billion in net ...

Microsoft revenues up but analysts question Windows strength

The Guardian - 21 Oct, 2011
This article was published on guardian.co.uk at 00.03 BST on Friday 21 October 2011 . It was last modified at 00.25 BST on Friday 21 October 2011 . Microsoft Office drove higher revenues and profits at the company in its fiscal first quarter. ...

Microsoft earnings insights: On-premises Office still has a lot of life left

ZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - 21 Oct, 2011
Summary: Both cloud and on-premises versions of its Office products were the star in Microsoft's first fiscal 2012 quarter results. During Microsoft's analyst call about its first fiscal 2012 quarter ...

Microsoft reports modest gains

Financial Times - Joseph Menn - 21 Oct, 2011
The world's largest software company by revenues said sales in the fiscal first quarter rose 7 per cent to $17.37bn, held back by a mere 2 per cent gain on Windows to $4.87bn. The division including Office software grew ...

Microsoft profit rises 6% on Office sales

National Post (registration) - Stuart Isett - 21 Oct, 2011
Microsoft Corp said fiscal first-quarter profit rose 6%, meeting Wall Street's modest expectations, helped by strong sales of its popular Office applications package, but hindered by only slight gains from its flagship Windows operating system. ...

Online boosts Microsoft Q1 profit

The Australian - Nathalie Tadena - 21 Oct, 2011
MICROSOFT'S fiscal first-quarter profit rose 6.1 per cent as the software giant posted broad revenue growth, particularly in its online services segment. The company has been reporting higher sales and profit recently as software companies have been ...

Microsoft Quarter Shows Continued Growth

PCWorld - Joab Jackson - 21 Oct, 2011
Microsoft kicked off its first quarter of fiscal 2012 with solid growth, reporting a seven percent increase in revenue, compared to a year ago, and a six percent increase in net income. ...

Microsoft reports record revenue, lackluster Windows sales

Register - 21 Oct, 2011
Microsoft has released its numbers for its most recent quarter, which show revenue growth of seven per cent over the same period last year. Its strongest growth on the back of sales of its Office suite. Overall revenues rose to $17.37 billion for the ...

Strong Office sales boost Microsoft

CNNMoney - Stacy Cowley - 21 Oct, 2011
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Windows sales have softened, but strong demand for Microsoft's business software drove the company's revenue to a record seasonal high in the just-ended quarter. ...

Here's Where Skype Will Fit Into Microsoft (MSFT)

San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Rosoff - 21 Oct, 2011
Skype will become part of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices segment for financial reporting purposes, putting it alongside the Xbox business and Windows Phone. It's a bit of a surprising choice, given that a lot of the business value of Skype will ...

Microsoft profits rise on Office sales

BBC News - 21 Oct, 2011
The technology company said net income for the three months to the end of September came in at $5.74bn (£3.63bn) compared with $5.41bn in the same period last year. The results were helped by strong sales of its Office software package and a small ...

Microsoft 1Q Revenue Tops Street, EPS In-Line

Fox Business - Kathryn Glass - 21 Oct, 2011
Microsoft (MSFT) delivered fiscal first-quarter earnings results that were in-line with expectations, as the company raised its operating expense forecast for the fiscal year. The tech blue-chip reported profit rose 6% to $5.74 billion ...

 

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