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Microsoft Beats Wall Street Targets in the Q4 Report, Cloud Business Booms
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Microsoft Beats Wall Street Targets in the Q4 Report, Cloud Business Booms

The global technology giant Microsoft Corporation has announced its quarterly profit and revenue report which has proved to be better-than-expected, marking a 10% jump in profit and beating analysts’ estimates. The company’s ever-growing Azure cloud computing services and Office 365 productivity suite have played a major role in this profitability. Microsoft reported earnings of $1.13 per share on $30.09 billion in revenue, a 17.5 percent rise over a year ago that beats Wall Street expectations of $29.21 billion. Microsoft marked $110 billion in revenue for the year, increased by 14 percent from the previous year. We had an incredible year, surpassing $100 billion in revenue as a result of our teams’ relentless focus on customer success and the trust customers are placing in Microsoft,...
Microsoft Reported $6.3 Billion Loss in FY17 Quarterly Report
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Microsoft Reported $6.3 Billion Loss in FY17 Quarterly Report

Microsoft reported a hefty loss in the past quarter, as it set aside billions of dollars for taxes on profits it expects to bring back to the United States following passage of a major tax overhaul. The technology giant said its loss for the quarter to December 31 was USD 6.3 billion as it took a charge of USD 13.8 billion to pay its taxes. Revenue for Microsoft's fiscal second quarter rose 12 per cent to USD 28.9 billion as it saw gains in business services and cloud computing. Once the world's largest technology company, Microsoft has been rebooting as consumers shift away from Windows- powered computers to mobile devices. This has pushed Microsoft to focus on the internet cloud, artificial intelligence, and services for connected "internet of things" devices. "This quarter'...