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Steve Ballmer Gets a “B” Grade From Microsoft’s Board

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on October 3, 2011 at 4:45 pm PT

Still, the CEO’s performance was good enough to warrant a bonus equivalent to 100 percent of his base salary. But it could have been higher. If only Windows Phone sales were better.

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.

Mr. Ballmer’s Wild Ride! Microsoft Execs Will Address Wall Street Suits Today.

Kara Swisher in News on September 14, 2011 at 7:17 am PT

Hey, kids, it’s time for the Microsoft Mouse Club at the annual Financial Analysts Meeting in Anaheim today.

Microsoft Opens Colorado Retail Store in Wyoming

John Paczkowski in News on July 13, 2011 at 12:45 pm PT

Lone Tree, Colorado, is not a city in Wyoming, guys.

Microsoft Names Vet Chris Capossela as New Marketing Chief

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 6, 2011 at 9:29 am PT

The appointment of the 20-year Microsoft veteran, who previously ran the Office division, comes six days after the announcement that longtime marketing chief Mich Mathews was leaving.

Still Strong: Microsoft Beat Estimates as Quarterly Sales Neared $20 Billion

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 27, 2011 at 1:07 pm PT

Microsoft on Thursday reported earnings and revenue that topped expectations and rose significantly from a year ago amid strong sales from its Xbox and Office units. However, Microsoft’s outlook was limited, offering specific guidance only for operating expenses.

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 (Afternoon Session): Hey, Steve Ballmer is All In!

Kara Swisher in News on July 29, 2010 at 1:15 pm PT

BoomTown is in Redmond, Wash. today to attend Microsoft’s annual Financial Analyst Meeeting, where top execs from the software giant have been taking the stage to talk about All Things Microsoft. I liveblogged this morning’s sessions here, and now the afternoon confab, which opened with CEO Steve Ballmer, who seemed was confidently strutting around after delivering record results last week for the fourth quarter. But can we turn around its lackluster stock?

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.

Microsoft Muscles Past Expectations

John Paczkowski in News on July 22, 2010 at 1:17 pm PT

Wall Street had high hopes for Microsoft’s latest financials, and the company did not disappoint. Fueled by a strong PC upgrade cycle, it turned in a record fourth quarter. Net income rose to $4.5 billion, or 51 cents a share, from $3 billion, and revenue to $16.04 billion from $13.1 billion. Analysts had been expecting earnings of 46 cents a share on $15.2 billion in revenue.