Microsoft Earnings, Sales Fall; Shares Rise After Hours- AP

xiaobailong

yahoo财经现在的头条


Microsoft Earnings, Sales Fall; Shares Rise After Hours- AP

Microsoft Corp. says its quarterly revenue fell from the previous year for the first time in its 23-year history as a public company. The world's largest software maker said Thursday its profit dropped 32 percent to $2.98 billion, or 33 cents per share. Sales in the fiscal third quarter slipped 6 percent to $13.65 billion from $14.45 billion last year.

xiaobailong

Amazon 1Q profit, revenue jump on strong sales
Amazon 1st-qtr profit, revenue climb on strong sales, beating analyst expectations

    * Thursday April 23, 2009, 4:27 pm EDT

NEW YORK (AP) -- Amazon.com says first-quarter earnings and revenue climbed thanks to strong sales of products such as books, DVDs and electronics.

The results are higher than analyst expectations and indicate that the online retailer is faring well despite the ongoing recession.

Seattle-based Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that earnings climbed to $177 million, or 41 cents per share, in the first quarter.

That's 24 percent higher than the profit of $143 million, or 34 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter. And it beats the 31 cents per share analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected.

The company says revenue rose 18 percent to $4.89 billion, slightly higher than analysts' expectations of $4.76 billion.

Amazon expects second-quarter sales of $4.3 billion to $4.75 billion. Analysts have predicted $4.6 billion -- within that range.

swimminginstock

明天会很有趣, 拭目以待

zen

thanks

songlijie66

4# zen

francyli

confused