http://www.newscloud.com/section/msft Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:21:58 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us http://www.newscloud.com/read/Microsoft_stock_at_10year_low Microsoft stock hit a 10-year low this morning after an analyst at Jefferies Group cut her forecasts for the company, citing "downward pressure on PC unit sales." The analyst -- Katherine Egbert -- reduced her fiscal year 2009 revenue forecast to $64.4 billion and her forecast for earnings per share to $2.03.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Yahoos_Yang_Microsoft_deal_best_option Oh bummer for Yahoo stockholders. They made the wrong call financially earlier in the year. And it bit them hard.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Microsoft_reportedly_plans_20_billion_stock_buyback Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, whose failed bid for Yahoo Inc. helped drive the stock down 17 percent since February, is about to make it up to shareholders with a buyback of as much as $20 billion, according to a top-rated software analyst.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/On_The_Hill_Privacy_Behind_Bipartisan_Net_DataCollection_Probe Worried about privacy issues, top House Democrats and Republicans are jointly questioning data collection practices of Internet network operators who tailor Internet advertising based on a consumer's Web surfing activity.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Microsoft_shares_fall_after_earnings_news_analysts_react Microsoft's continued series of dubious acquisitions, sloppy pursuit of google and failed technical execution may finally be catching up to the company. Stock down to $25.00 a share. The stock has failed to show growth from its heights in 99 and 00 (like many other tech boom stocks).

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