Holiday Sales Help Push Profit Up at Microsoft
By NICK WINGFIELDJAN. 23, 2014
SEATTLE ? Microsoft on Thursday said its profit rose 3 percent as its new Xbox game console and Surface tablet lifted sales during the holiday season.
The company reported net income in the last quarter of $6.56 billion, or 78 cents a share, up from $6.38 billion, or 76 cents a share a year ago. Microsoft?s revenue jumped 14 percent, to $24.52 billion from $21.46 billion a year ago.
Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters on average expected the company to report earnings of 68 cents a share and revenue of $23.68 billion.
?Our commercial segment continues to outpace the overall market, and our devices and consumer segment had a great holiday quarter,? said Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft?s chief executive officer. ?The investments we are making in devices and services that deliver high-value experiences to our customers, and the work we are doing with our partners, are driving strong results and positioning us well for long-term growth.?
Microsoft said revenue from its Surface tablets more than doubled from the previous quarter, rising to $893 million from $400 million.
Sep 6, 2013 at 11:13am ET by Greg Sterling
Yesterday Microsoft and Local Corporation announced a deal in which the latter?s Krillion local product database will be provided to Bing for display in search results. Local Corp. will supply in-stock product data from a range of mostly national-local retailers.
The list of participating retailers includes BestBuy, Costco, Express, Fry?s, Home Depot, Kmart, Lowe?s, Nordstrom, Orchard Supply, Office Depot, Radio Shack, Rite Aid, Sears, Staples, Target, True Value and Wal-Mart.
Source: Read the complete article on SearchEngineLand Sep 6, 2013 at 11:13am ET by Greg Sterling
Yesterday Microsoft and Local Corporation announced a deal in which the latter?s Krillion local product database will be provided to Bing for display in search results. Local Corp. will supply in-stock product data from a range of mostly national-local retailers.
The list of participating retailers includes BestBuy, Costco, Express, Fry?s, Home Depot, Kmart, Lowe?s, Nordstrom, Orchard Supply, Office Depot, Radio Shack, Rite Aid, Sears, Staples, Target, True Value and Wal-Mart.
Source: Read the complete article on SearchEngineLand
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