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		purephase on July 19, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft reports first quarterly loss ever It was intentional. They used a good quarter to shoulder the write down of a acquisition. The accountant/lawyers know what they're doing.

PufferBuffer on July 20, 2012 [–]

Just because you know you're going to suffer a huge loss doesn't justify the loss itself.

purephase on July 20, 2012 | [–]

I didn't qualify it as I'm not a MS investor. I'll leave it up to the shareholders to read into it what they will.

This is fairly standard practice. Just much more noticeable when it is MS and it is such a large purchase price.

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