Microsoft guidance for 2009 sees strong worldwide sales (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Fri, 04/25/2008 - 6:49am

Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp., talks to the crowd of scientists as the keynote speaker for the seventh annual Institute for Systems Biology International Symposium in Seattle in this April 21, 2008, file photo.<br /><br />Microsoft Corp. is expected to report fiscal third-quarter earnings, Thursday, April 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevin P.<br /><br />Casey, File)AP - Microsoft Corp. is looking ahead to a strong fiscal 2009, with or without Yahoo.

The software maker gave Wall Street a first peek at guidance for next year indicating that strong worldwide sales would overpower hiccups in the U.S. economy that could depress information technology spending.



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