Skype buy was a Microsoft tax dodge
Ballmer gets a win win scenario says analyst
A financial analyst has said that Microsoft's $8.5 billion buy of Skype is a tax dodge and the US taxpayer will end up paying for half the bill.
Larry Elkin, of Palisades Hudson, said that Microsoft's...
Microsoft posts 51 percent rise in profits Healthy sales of Windows 7, Office 2010 and Xbox 360 consoles propelled Microsoft to $5.41 billion in net income for its first fiscal quarter of 2011, a 51 percent increase from the same period a year before.
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Microsoft's Windows 7 has sold more than 240 million copies in its first year, the company said on Thursday, making it the fastest-selling operating system, and helping the software giant to record profits despite a recent dip in computer sales growth.
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Microsoft Corp's Windows 7 has sold more than 240-million copies in its first year, the company said on Thursday, making it the fastest-selling operating system, and helping the software giant to record profits
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Apple has pushed past arch-rival Microsoft to become the world's biggest technology company.
Changes in the share price values of the two in Wednesday's choppy trading left the total value of Apple at $222bn (£154bn).
Microsoft is now valued by investors at $219bn.
However, Microsoft still...
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