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For the first time in Microsoft’s history, the software company has reported a year-over-year decline in its sales for fiscal year 2009 (FY2009).  Sales fell by 3.2% from 2008, which translates to a $1.98 billion difference.  Net profits for FY2009 dropped 17% or $3.11 billion.  Microsoft is pointing to the… Continue Reading »

If you don’t have the money to hire a financial adviser for investment advice, you may turn to the internet to find information on stocks.  Wikinvest hopes that their site will be the one that you use. Wikinvest works in the same way as Wikipedia: anonymous users provide information in… Continue Reading »

Sun Microsystems announced a horrific quarter yesterday—a loss for what is now the third quarter in a row.  This past quarter resulted in a net loss of $1.68 billion, with a revenue of $2.99 billion.  The same quarter last year had a net income of $89 million, and a $3.22… Continue Reading »

Sony has posted a small rise in quarterly profits recently, but are being cautious about painting too rosy a picture. Sony’s Cybershot series of cameras and Handycam camcorders had a strong fourth quarter which helped to bolster the Japanese giants overall numbers. Sony even managed to get better numbers out… Continue Reading »

AOL purchased Weblogs Inc. a while back, and is expanding their blogs to include stock blogs that will be focused on eight of the top companies in the USA.  The eight companies include Time Warner (AOL’s parent company), Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Apple, eBay, Wal-Mart and General Electric. According to AOL’s… Continue Reading »