From USA Today:
Microsoft registered a sharp rise in financial results Thursday, propelled by brisk sales of its Vista operating system, Office 2007 software suite and Halo 3 video game.
The software giant said earnings increased 23% in its fiscal first quarter, to $4.3 billion, or 45 cents a share. Revenue climbed 27% to $13.8 billion.
In the year-ago quarter, Microsoft earned $3.5 billion, or 35 cents a share. The results beat analyst forecasts of 39 cents per share on sales of $12.6 billion, according to a poll by Thomson Financial.
It was Microsoft's best first quarter since 1999, when Microsoft's Windows 98 operating system was launched in Japan and several European countries. The news sent Microsoft soaring 11%, to $35.53, in after-hours trading Thursday.
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