Microsoft beats Street profit view, shares up
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp beat Wall Street’s profit forecast as personal computer sales held up better than expected, lifting its shares 2. 5 percent after hours. The results buoyed optimism around the world’s largest software maker, which is lining up a new tablet-friendly version of Windows for later this year and is looking to make a dent into Apple Inc and Google Inc’s domination of the mobile market this holiday shopping season. “The results were a fair amount better than we were looking for,” said Rick Sherlund, an analyst at Nomura Securities. . . .
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