Microsoft Gets No Credit for Gains Amid Windows Miss
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Microsoft Corp. fell after a report showing a shortfall in Windows revenue raised concerns about demand for the operating system and outshined better-than-predicted second-quarter sales and profit.
Windows sales of $5.05 billion missed the $5.2 billion average of analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg. That differed from the 55 percent gain in the Xbox unit, and numbers showing Microsoft’s Office and Server businesses topped projections.