What we do in 18 days takes Google 3 months ... and other stats
Yahoo finance has a story "10 reinvigorating facts about Microsoft's profits.": The writer opens "I have written extensively about Microsoft's problems" ... and goes on " Microsoft last week announced quarterly revenue of $14.4 billion and net income of $4.93 billion... Do some quick math and you'll learn it takes Microsoft only about... 10 hours or so (yes, hours!) to exceed Red Hat's quarterly net income of $20.5 million. four days to exceed Research In Motion's quarterly net income of $187.9 million. four days to exceed Starbucks' quarterly net income of $205 million. one week to exceed Nike's quarterly net income of $350.8 million. two weeks to exceed McDonalds' quarterly net income of $762 million. two weeks to exceed Apple's quarterly net income of $770 million. 18 days to exceed Google's quarterly net income of $1 billion. 23 days to exceed Coca-Cola's quarterly net income of $1.26 billion. five weeks to exceed IBM's quarterly net income of $1.85 billion. 10 weeks to exceed Wal-Mart's quarterly net income of $3.9 billion.He concludes for a dead company, Microsoft's profits certainly look lively. Dead ? I think I've covered that before. |
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