Microsoft's Office Still Sells

Release Date ‎Oct 20, 2011‎ in Wall Street Journal

 
   

Microsoft's quarterly gain matches analyst predictions

New Zealand Herald - ‎Oct 21, 2011‎
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Photo / AP The results for the July-September period were highlighted by revived growth in the division that includes the software maker's Windows franchise. It is the first time Microsoft has posted a year-over-year gain ...

Feeble Windows holds back Microsoft profit

Stuff.co.nz - ‎Oct 21, 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. Sales of Windows, which still runs more than 90 ...

Feeble Windows holds back Microsoft profit, shares dip

Reuters India - Lisa Richwine, Richard Chang - ‎Oct 21, 2011‎
Get the latest news on the go. Visit Reuters India on your mobile device. Full Coverage A selection of the best photos from the past seven days from India. Slideshow A sign hangs at the Microsoft booth at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in ...

MSFT: 'Uneventful' Q3; All Eyes On Win 8

Barron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - ‎Oct 21, 2011‎
Shares of Microsoft (MSFT) are up 15 cents, or half a percent, at $27.19 after the company last night beat analysts' revenue estimates in its fiscal Q1 report and reported EPS in line with consensus. The quarter was marked by ...

Microsoft fiscal 1Q earnings match analyst views

BusinessWeek - ‎Oct 21, 2011‎
The results for the July-September period were highlighted by revived growth in the division that includes software maker's Windows franchise. It's the first time that Microsoft has posted a year-over-year gain in Windows revenue since the end of 2010. ...

Office and Server Products Drive Microsoft's 1Q

Toronto Star - Sunit Gogia - ‎Oct 21, 2011‎
Robust sales of Office and server products drove a 7% year-over-year increase in Microsoft's MSFT first-quarter revenue. The firm's overall performance was in line with our expectations, and we are maintaining our fair value ...

Good news for Microsoft; beats the street again

Computerworld (blog) - Richi Jennings - ‎Oct 21, 2011‎
'Stodgy old' Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced its first-quarter earnings, and it's making more money than analysts expected. Again. In Q1, revenue up 7%, net income up 6%, and EPS up 10%. ...

Microsoft Q1 net income up 6 pc to $5.74 bn

Economic Times - ‎Oct 21, 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 - ‎Oct 21, 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 ...

Microsoft Sales Exceed Estimates on Strong Corporate Demand

BusinessWeek - Adam Satariano, Dina Bass - ‎Oct 20, 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 Posts Gain Despite Soft PC Sales

New York Times - Nick Wingfield - ‎Oct 20, 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 - ‎Oct 20, 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. ...

Summary Box: Microsoft posts solid fiscal 1Q

CBS News - ‎Oct 20, 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 - ‎Oct 20, 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 - ‎Oct 20, 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 - ‎Oct 20, 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 - ‎Oct 20, 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 - ‎Oct 20, 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 - ‎Oct 20, 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 - ‎Oct 20, 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 - ‎Oct 20, 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 - ‎Oct 20, 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 - ‎Oct 20, 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 - ‎Oct 20, 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 - ‎Oct 20, 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 - ‎Oct 20, 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. ...

Microsoft Sales Exceed Estimates on Strong Corporate Demand

San Francisco Chronicle - ‎Oct 20, 2011‎
AP Interview: Bell seeks to channel Tintin 10.21.11 Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, reported first-quarter sales that topped analysts' predictions as companies invested in Office and server programs, ...

Online boosts Microsoft Q1 profit

The Australian - Nathalie Tadena - ‎Oct 20, 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 - ‎Oct 20, 2011‎
Microsoft kicked off its first quarter of fiscal 2012 with solid growth, reporting a 7 percent increase in revenue compared to a year ago, and a 6 percent increase in net income. Overall, Microsoft reported first-quarter ...

Microsoft reports record revenue, lackluster Windows sales

Register - ‎Oct 20, 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 ...

 

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