Tag: Losses

  • Microsoft Posts First Ever Quarterly Loss

    The software company, which was launched 26 years ago, had warned two weeks ago that it would take a $6.2bn (£3.9bn) charge in the April to June quarter because its 2007 purchase of online ad service aQuantive had failed to help it compete with Google. Including the big write-down on aQuantive, Microsoft posted a $492m…