Microsoft reports 7% fall in second quarter profitJuly 23, 2014 - 14:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Technology giant Microsoft reported a 7% fall in profit during the second quarter, according to BBC News. The company said profit during the March to June period was $4.6bn compared with $4.97bn during the same period last year. Microsoft said its Nokia division, which it acquired in April, lost $692m. Last week, Microsoft announced it would cut 18,000 jobs - the biggest round of job cuts in the company's 39-year history. Around 12,500 of those positions will be eliminated in the Nokia phone business. "We are driving growth with disciplined decisions, bold innovation, and focused execution," said chief executive Satya Nadella in a statement, choosing to focus on revenues from Microsoft's cloud division, which he said were set to double to $4.4bn this year. Shares in Microsoft were mostly flat in trading after stock market hours, although they are up more than 20% for the year as investors hope Nadella's vision for change will lead to a boost in the bottom line. Last week, Nadella said that he was cutting positions partly as a result of incorporating Nokia's thousands of workers into Microsoft but also in an effort to move the company away from its core software operations towards its cloud computing business. Cloud computing allows companies to rent computer services including software and storage, in flexible bundles, rather than investing in expensive equipment themselves. Microsoft's job cuts total more than 14% of the firm's 127,000 workforce - which is nearly 50% bigger than that of rival Apple. Related links: Related issues: Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |