Microsoft Posts Quarterly Loss But Beats Wall Street

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Thu, 07/19/2012 - 2:46pm

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp reported its first quarterly loss as a public company on Thursday as it took a previously announced hit for writing down the value of its ailing online unit, but held up better than expected in the face of stagnant computer sales.

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