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Liveblogging the Microsoft First-Quarter Earnings Call: Look, Wall Street–Jazz Hands!

Kara Swisher in News on October 23, 2009 at 7:42 am PT

Well, well, well, that financial imp at Microsoft–CFO Chris Liddell–pulled a fast one on Wall Street and turned in first-quarter earnings that blew away all estimates and even whisper numbers. BoomTown liveblogged the morning conference call, which took place at 7:30 am PT–thanks for the Kiwi-laced wake-up call, Chris! While revenue and net income in Q1 were down significantly from the same period a year ago, they were not as bad as investors expected. Which apparently passes for terrific these days!