[Am-info] Microsoft profits push higher

[Erick Andrews]

I wonder if this is just more of MS's "cookie jar" accounting?

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"The world's biggest software maker, Microsoft, has reported a 6% increase
in quarterly profits."

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"But Microsoft stock was sharply down in after-hours trading, as traders 
digested the numbers. 

"Some investors were concerned that the company had signed far fewer 
new contracts with corporate customers than it expected, hitting its 
"unearned revenue" figures."

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3209579.stm

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Erick Andrews