http://www.marketwatch.com/story/microsoft-performance-expected-to-be-strong-2012-07-18 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/microsoft-performance-expec... Analy

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/microsoft-performance-expected-to-be-strong-2012-07-18 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/microsoft-performance-expec... Analysts surveyed by FactSet Research estimate Microsoft MSFT +0.91% will earn 62 cents a share on $18.2 billion in revenue, compared with a profit of 69 cents a share, on sales of $17.37 billion, in the same period a year ago. [...] At Citigroup, analyst Walter Pritchard said that even with the huge writedown, he expects Microsoft to report results in line with expectations. Still, Pritchard said, in a research note, that there are “many moving pieces in the numbers” from Microsoft, and that the prospects for Windows 8 will be a big driver of how investors treat Microsoft over the next year. Microsoft shares rose 64 cents, or more than 2%, to $30.32 Wednesday, and the stock is up by almost 17% since the start of the year. I can't comment myself, due to lack of information. We'll all see in four hours.