Microsoft revenues rise 15 percent
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Microsoft on Thursday reported a 15 percent rise in revenue to $9.29 billion for the last quarter of its fiscal year, which ended June 30, compared with the same quarter a year ago. But the company again failed to match the new record it posted in the last quarter of 2003, where quarterly revenue rose 19 percent to breach the $10 billion mark.
Operating income for the quarter under review came in at $3.13 billion, including a pretax, stock-based compensation expense of $739 million. This was more than double the $1.54 billion posted in the last quarter of the previous fiscal year, but included a pretax, stock-based compensation expense of $665 million and pretax charges of $796 million, primarily related to the settlement of the AOL-Time Warner lawsuit.