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Updated: 2005-04-29 09:02
 
Microsoft quarterly profits jump
周四收盤後,軟體業(yè)巨子微軟(MSFT)宣布,第三財(cái)季凈盈利較上年同期增長(zhǎng)近一倍,營(yíng)收增長(zhǎng)4.9%。微軟營(yíng)收的漲幅不及華爾街的普遍預(yù)期。  

Microsoft quarterly profits jump
Software giant Microsoft is upbeat about its financial prospects

Microsoft has seen its quarterly profits almost double, boosted by strong demand for its server software and Xbox computer games console.

The world's biggest software company reported third-quarter net profits of $2.56bn (£1.3bn), up from $1.32bn at the same time last year.

However, Microsoft's sales during the three months to March did not fully match market expectations.

Revenue rose to $9.6bn - below analysts' forecasts for $9.8bn.

"Given our optimism about the future with our strong product pipeline and the growth opportunities from our investments in innovative products and services, we expect increased revenue growth in fiscal 2006," said Scott Di Valerio, Microsoft's corporate vice-president and controller.

Microsoft forecast fourth-quarter revenue of $10.1bn to $10.2bn, compared with Wall Street's target of $10.1bn.

The company's robust profits followed a warning from a European Union (EU) spokesman on Wednesday that Microsoft could incur additional fines unless it did more to stop abusing its dominant market position.

In March 2004, the EU found Microsoft guilty of preventing competition and fined the company 497m euros ($640m; £343m), ordering it to open up its core software systems to rivals.

The EU spokesman's comments came after a meeting between EU competition commissioner Neelie Kroes and Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer.

(BBC)

 

Vocabulary:
 

optimism: the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well(樂(lè)觀)

incur : make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself(招致;惹起)

 

 
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