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

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.

That included CEO Steve Ballmer, who talked about how a tablet device to compete with the Apple (AAPL) iPad was coming from Microsoft “soon” and also the company’s efforts in its eight “core” businesses.

And, because it is Microsoft (MSFT), there were lots and lots of slides to look at, which are all below from its panoply of execs on everything from finances to robotics to Facebook on the Windows Phone 7.

Here they all are for your data-crunching pleasure (and you can also read transcripts of the day’s events on Microsoft’s newly refreshed investor site.

CEO Steve Ballmer:


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COO Kevin Turner:


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CFO Peter Klein:


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Bill Koefoed, General Manager, Investor Relations:


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Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer:


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