Microsoft's Q3 profit dips despite stronger Windows sales

Microsoft has published its Q3 2014 earnings report, and the company has made $5.66 billion in net income on $20.4 billion in revenue. The revenue amount this quarter has declined by 0.4 percent from the same period last year, and net income decreased by 6.6 percent.

Microsoft’s core consumer-focused businesses are good indicators for the health of a number of the company’s products, including Windows, Windows Phone, Office consumer subscriptions, Surface, and Xbox. A decline in PC sales continues to impact Windows, but OEM revenue for Windows increased this quarter by 4 percent thanks to what Microsoft describes as strong growth in Windows OEM pro revenue. The Windows boost is likely related to businesses increasingly moving away from...

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