Gustav Brock
gustav at cactus.dk
Fri Jul 20 07:10:54 CDT 2012
Hi Mark > 3) This says it all: 1st loss since 1986. Ominous (remember RIMM ?). No it doesn't. Please read in full: <quote> Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) popped 2.49 percent in late afternoon hours. However, the company reported a net loss of $492 million (6 cents per share), compared to a net gain of $5.87 billion (69 cents per share) a year earlier. It was the first net loss the Windows-maker since going public in 1986. Excluding the massive write down for aQuantive, the company earned 67 cents per share, topping analyst estimates of 62 cents per share. </quote> The write down of aQuantive is truly massive: USD 6.2 billion. /gustav