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Re: [LUG] Microsoft in first loss to date

 

On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 03:04:21PM +0100, Roland Tarver wrote:
> 
> There share price may have gone up - but the simple point was that
> they made a loss for the first time. Even if the loss does not
> reflect the gradual decline of M$ - it's still a decent head line
> lol

Hate to be cynical but have a look at
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2012/jul12/07-19fy12Q4earningsPR.aspx

-   Servers up 12%
-   Business up 7%
-   Windows down 3% for the full year (next version being released Oct)
-   Online business up 10%
-   Entertainment up 8%

Basically they bought a company for too much money. But having said that:

Cash generated from operations was up $26.9bn to $31.6bn
http://www.microsoft.com/global/investor/RenderingAssets/Downloads/FY12/Q4/FinancialStatementFY12Q4.xlsx



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