Microsoft posts record revenue

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Microsoft posts record revenue

Microsoft Corp has reported record fourth-quarter revenue, helped by strong sales of its Office software suite. Investors still seem concerned about the Company's growth prospects, however, as consumers buy fewer computers that run its Windows software. While all of the company's other business units posted growth in the April-June period, revenue from the division that includes Microsoft's Windows operating system fell 1 percent from the same time last year - its third-straight quarter of decline.

Besides indicating that consumers are buying fewer computers that use Windows, it may signify that more consumers are moving to tablet computers instead of upgrading their existing laptop and desktop computers. Microsoft's stock slipped in extended trading. Total revenue for the fiscal fourth quarter rose 8 percent from last year to $17.4 billion, higher than the $17.2 billion.

Growing Office sales helped revenue from the company's largest division climb nearly 8 percent to $5.78 billion. Microsoft said its results were also aided by higher software and server sales to businesses and the popularity of its Xbox 360 video game console and Kinect motion-sensing game control device.

However, sales in the company's Windows and Windows Live division were soft, dipping to $4.74 billion from $4.78 billion. Microsoft said it would have grown were it not for the launch of Windows 7 a year ago, which made comparisons more difficult this year. Investors have been focused on this segment of the business amid concern that the increasing popularity of tablets like Apple Inc.'s iPad are cutting into sales of computers that use Microsoft's operating software.

And since this unit already declined in the previous two quarters, pressure had intensified on Microsoft to show growth during the three-month period that ended in June- especially since worldwide PC shipments rose in the range of 2.3 percent to 2.6 percent during the quarter, according to reports from research firms IDC and Gartner.


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