zigzag3143
Contributor, Sysnative Staff Emeritus
- Mar 27, 2012
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http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2012/07/21/microsoft-records-loss/Earlier on this week the shock news came in that Microsoft had recorded it’s first ever loss in history since it became a public company 26 years ago!
Microsoft recorded a net loss of $492m in the April to June quarter, or 6 cents a share. Compare this with earnings of $5.9bn, or 69 cents, only a year ago. However this extreme sway in earnings didn’t just happen because of poor sales