Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Earnings Beat Estimates, Shares Up
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) released its earnings report for the three months through September this afternoon after the market closed. The company showed earnings of 62 cents per share for the three month period. Revenue for the third quarter came in at $18.53 billion. On today's market, shares in the software company rose by a fraction to finish trading at $33.73. Shares jumped more than 5 percent after the numbers were released.