Struggling software firm Microsoft posted its financial results for the second quarter of its 2014 financial year. Revenue was up 14 percent to $24.5 billion, operating income was up 2.5 percent to $8.0 billion, and earnings per share was up four percent to $0.79. All comparisons are with the same quarter of the 2013 financial year.
The results used the new reporting scheme
first introduced last quarter, splitting the company between "Devices and Consumer" (D&C) and "Commercial," with further subdivisions within each unit.
