Microsoft: Just Another Company
baselinescenario.com 5/17/2009 — Earlier this week, Microsoft issued long-term debt for the first time in its history, selling $3.75 billion of 5-, 10-, and 30-year bonds. From a corporate finance perspective, I guess this makes sense, since it got to lock in historically low borrowing rates. Treasuries are low, and ...

More Active Antitrust Policy
gregmankiw.blogspot.com 5/11/2009 — In an old post, How do the right and left differ? , I wrote, "The right sees competition as a pervasive feature of the economy and market power as typically limited both in magnitude and duration. The left sees large corporations with substantial ...

★ Microsoft’s Long, Slow Decline
daringfireball.net 7/31/2009 — Microsoft is increasingly left only with customers whose priority is price.

Microsoft Money Home
microsoft.com 6/10/2009 — Important notice: Microsoft Money Plus will not be available for purchase after June 30, 2009. All purchased Money Plus products must be activated prior to Jan. 31, 2011. With banks, brokerage firms and Web sites now providing a range of options for ...

What should Microsoft Money users do?
canadiancapitalist.com 9/10/2009 — I use Microsoft Money to track our personal finances — everything from income and spending to tracking our portfolios. Money has its quirks but I’ve been using it for years and it gets the job done. Unfortunately, facing competition from ...

Stock Analysis: Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) A 4-Star Buy On Dips
dividends4life.com 11/18/2008 — This article originally appeared on The DIV-Net November 3, 2008. Linked here is a PDF copy of my detailed analysis of Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) ( alt.1 , alt.2 ). Below are some highlights from the above linked analysis: Company ...

Microsoft (MSFT) Makes It Official: Cuts Xbox By $100
247wallst.com 8/28/2009 — What had been rumored is now true. Microsoft (MSFT) will cut the price of its Xbox 360 Elite by $100 to $299, the same price as the Sony (SNE) PS3. Microsoft and Sony are still chasing industry leader Nintendo and its remarkable successful Wii. ...

Decline of PC Sales Hurts Microsoft Again
nytimes.com 4/23/2009 — Fresh off one of the worst quarters in company history, Microsoft offered investors little evidence that a beleaguered personal computer market would recover anytime soon. On Thursday, Microsoft set the wrong kind of record, as it reported the first ...

Microsoft Announces Retirement and Transition Plan for Jeff Raikes, President of the Microsoft Business Division: Company announces it has hired Stephen Elop from Juniper Networks; Raikes will continue at Microsoft through September 2008.
microsoft.com 9/21/2009 — REDMOND, Wash. — Jan. 10, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that, effective September 2008, Jeff Raikes, president of the Microsoft Business Division (MBD), will retire from the company following a nine-month transition to ensure a smooth ...

Microsoft (MSFT): Real Value For The Brave Buying Stocks
collegeanalysts.com 11/24/2008 — This from Toro points out the selling that is taking place in a number of well capitalized tech companies without regard to valuation. In particular, he points out Microsoft (MSFT) and its 10% free cash flow yield as something “nobody cares” ...

Microsoft: Ballmer Still Skeptical On IT Spend Rebound — BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily 11/2/2009
Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer has resumed casting doubts on the prospects for a quick recovery in IT spending. “The economy went through a set of changes on a global basis over the course of the last year which are, I think is ...

Microsoft: More Layoffs This Week? — BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily 11/4/2009
Microsoft (MSFT) is planning to make more layoffs this week, according to TechFlash.com , with employees expected to be notified as early as this morning. The report says the number of job cuts will be “in the hundreds,” but less ...

Microsoft: Win 7 Sales So Far “Fantastic,” Ballmer Says — BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily 11/5/2009
Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer today said sales of Windows 7 so far have been “fantastic,” with revenue from the first 10 days higher than in any previous version of Windows, according to Bloomberg . Ballmer made the remark ...

Research In Motion: Potential M&A Target? — BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily 11/5/2009
Could the 30% slide in Research In Motion (RIMM) shares put the company in play? TheDeal.com’s DealScape blog raised that question today. The piece notes that the company remains dominant in the enterprise market, though it clearly face ...