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Microsoft Income Jumps 79%

Office, Vista, and Xbox behind $4.7B in quarterly revenue

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 24, 2008 5:21 PM CST

(Newser) – Microsoft topped estimates today, revealing a 79% jump in quarterly profits over the same period last year—and raising targets for the year. On Xbox 360 and Windows sales, the world's largest software maker boasted net income of $4.71 billion for the period ending... Read full story »

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