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RE[4]: "It costs $450 in marketing ..."
by tylerdurden on Fri 20th Jul 2012 04:07
in reply to "RE[3]: "It costs $450 in marketing ...""
Yet that is not what I asked.
ci·ta·tion /sīˈtāSHən/ Noun:
A quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, esp. in a scholarly work.
co·in·ci·dence /kōˈinsədəns/ Noun:
A remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection.
(in case the difference wasn't obvious)
RE[5]: "It costs $450 in marketing ..."
by B. Janssen on Sun 22nd Jul 2012 12:41
in reply to "RE[4]: "It costs $450 in marketing ...""
Yet that is not what I asked.
ci·ta·tion /sīˈtāSHən/ Noun:
A quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, esp. in a scholarly work.
co·in·ci·dence /kōˈinsədəns/ Noun:
A remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection.
(in case the difference wasn't obvious)
ci·ta·tion /sīˈtāSHən/ Noun:
A quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, esp. in a scholarly work.
co·in·ci·dence /kōˈinsədəns/ Noun:
A remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection.
(in case the difference wasn't obvious)
You must have missed the part of the initial announcement of the Nokia-MS deal which said that MS will pay Nokia billions of $ over the next few years for development and marketing. Just search the internet for the Nokia-MS deal and you will have plenty of citations.
RE[4]: "It costs $450 in marketing ..."
by lucas_maximus on Fri 20th Jul 2012 07:49
in reply to "RE[3]: "It costs $450 in marketing ...""
Excluding the adjustment for the asset write-down, and the holding back of some income related to the launch of its Windows 8 system, Microsoft profits beat those expected by investors.
Shares were up 1.6% after the results were announced.
Shares were up 1.6% after the results were announced.
It ultimately depends how you calculate profit. It is not simply money made - money lost.
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2009-06-20
Hey, strange coincidence: "Microsoft posts net loss of $492 million for Q4 2012 despite record revenue".
http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/19/3170390/microsoft-posts-net-incom...