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Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting 2011: It’s a Windows World After All!

Kara Swisher in News on September 14, 2011 at 1:10 pm PT

AllThingsD‘s Ina Fried and I are being held hostage by nefarious Microsoft PR chieftain Frank Shaw in a soul-sapping ballroom in Anaheim, Calif. — within spitting distance of Disneyland’s “It’s a Small World” ride — for the software giant’s annual meeting with Wall Street peeps.

Liveblogging Microsoft Q4 Earnings: I’m So Excited and I Just Can’t Hide It

Kara Swisher in News on July 21, 2011 at 2:49 pm PT

Microsoft had a solid fourth quarter, which is why the conference call with Wall Street analysts should be relatively short and sweet. Or sweet, at least.

Liveblogging Microsoft 3Q Earnings: Office-Tastic and Kinect-Able (But PC-Frown)

Kara Swisher in News on April 28, 2011 at 2:48 pm PT

You’d think there would be a party in Redmond, Wash. today, as software giant Microsoft soundly beat Wall Street expectations in its third-quarter earnings released today. But there are shadows too, as results were dragged down by weaker revenues for its flagship Windows unit. The report comes as Microsoft’s stock continues to lag, declining 14 percent for the year. Buzz kill!

Slip ‘N Slide Time: All the Presentations From Microsoft's Financial Analyst Meeting

Kara Swisher in News on July 30, 2010 at 8:47 am PT

Microsoft had its annual Financial Analyst Meeting at its Redmond, Wash. campus yesterday, where BoomTown liveblogged the morning and afternoon sessions with the software giant’s top execs. And, because it is Microsoft, there were lots and lots of slides to look at, which are all after the jump.

Liveblogging Microsoft's Financial Analyst Meeting (Morning Session): It's a Beautiful Day?

Kara Swisher in News on July 29, 2010 at 8:24 am PT

BoomTown took the corporate All Things Digital jet–aka Virgin America, seat 10A–up to Redmond, Wash., today to attend Microsoft’s annual Financial Analyst Meeting, which also includes a passel of media drones like me. I liveblogged the event all day, which was essentially a cavalcade of top execs from the software giant taking the stage and showing off their wares. Before it started, U2′s “Beautiful Day” was playing over the sound system, which it was not up here in the Pacific Northwest this morning–it was kind of cold and gloomy, a la “Twilight”–but hopefully sparkly for Microsoft execs.

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Liveblogging Microsoft’s Earnings Call

John Kell, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 22, 2010 at 3:12 pm PT

Driven by strong sales of its flagship Windows operating system, Microsoft’s profit rose 35 percent in the fiscal third quarter, surpassing analysts’ estimates. Clearly, the company is seeing a nice bit of uplift from a recovering PC market. After the jump, excerpts from The Wall Street Journal Digits liveblog of Microsoft’s earnings call.

Microsoft Second-Quarter Earnings Call: Put on a Happy Face?

Kara Swisher in News on January 28, 2010 at 2:40 pm PT

It was back to normal for Microsoft, at least if you looked at its stellar results in the second quarter, which the software giant reported earlier today. BoomTown liveblogged the company’s call with Wall Street analysts, which began at 2:30 pm PT today. It was hard to tell if Microsoft–which has been one of the grumpier tech companies publicly, due to its weaker results over the last year–would start to put on a happy face or not.

Graphilicious: The Microsoft 2010 Q1 Slides!

Kara Swisher in News on October 23, 2009 at 8:55 am PT

Microsoft announced much better than expected results–led by strong Windows and Xbox demand and cost discipline. Here are Microsoft’s slides on the financial results, which you can enjoy all weekend long (if you have no life, it goes without saying).

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!

Live From Redmond: Kiwi-Cute Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell, Plus Ray Ozzie Apperates

Kara Swisher in News on July 30, 2009 at 5:42 pm PT

As the wind-up act for the Financial Analyst Day at Microsoft today, its CFO, Chris Liddell, took the stage to try to put a shine on weak financial results that the software giant recently reported. “So, what genetic disposition do you need to be a CFO? Essentially, you need to be miserable, you need to be the sort of person who takes drinks away from people at the end of a party,” said Liddell, in his jaunty New Zealand-Hobbit accent. “So, you know, my colleagues who have been giving you drinks all day, have told me to come out here and take most of them away from you.” Which was ironic, since the all-day event for media and Wall Street analysts ended with cocktails.