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[News] [Rival] Microsoft-associated Site: Whither Microsoft?

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Foolish Forecast: Whither Microsoft?

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| "Also, with Bill Gates no longer involved in Microsoft and the more eccentric 
| Steve Ballmer running the show on his own, not as many investors will be 
| inspired by Steve Ballmer's visions for Microsoft as they were Gates."  
| 
| [...]
| 
| OK, so Microsoft is on sale right now -- but perhaps with good reason. The 
| company is facing unprecedented obstacles on every side. 
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http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2008/07/17/foolish-forecast-whither-microsoft.aspx

Microsoft Needs New Ideas

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| I wonder why Steve Ballmer freaks out at the thought of losing the search and 
| advertising wars to Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), but not at handing the 
| game-console crown to Nintendo (OTC BB: NTDOY.PK) or the music market to 
| Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL). How is it worth throwing billions after a major rival, 
| only to scare away the engineering talent that makes (made?) Yahoo! great? In 
| the second case, well, let's just throw more bad money after that Zune 
| abomination and hope the Xbox saves the day.      
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http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2008/07/18/microsoft-needs-new-ideas.aspx

Bad times for the Vole...

Former manager gets 22 months in prison, fines for embezzling

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| Gudmundson was responsible for managing Microsoft's domain names from 2000 to 
| 2004. 
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/371393_msftcourt19.html

So crooks have been running Microsoft all along. That's truly valuable to know
(and to have the court approve). More examples below.


Related:

Microsoft exec dumped stock prior to Red Ring announcement

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| To make matters more murky, the sales were not registered with the Securities 
| and Exchange Commission within the mandatory two days of the transaction, a 
| result of an alleged "administrative error." Microsoft has since remedied the 
| issue by following the "procedures required of late-filers."   
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http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2007/08/14/microsoft-exec-dumped-stocks-prior-to-red-ring-addresment


Microsoft's Bach sold more stock before Xbox news

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| Microsoft Corp. executive Robbie Bach sold $3 million more in company stock 
| during the period leading up to an announcement about a costly flaw in its 
| Xbox video game console than previously reported, according to a filing 
| Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.   
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/microsofts-bach-sold-additional-stock/story.aspx?guid=%7BBECA3A50-EF33-4161-A111-A43BDC8B0462%7D&siteid=yhoof


Insider Trading Hasn't Affect Microsoft Stock - Yet

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| MarketWatch.com reports that Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's
| Entertainment and Devices division, sold $6.2 million of Microsoft
| stock just prior to announcing that Microsoft was going to have to 
| extend XBox 360 warranties to three years because of extensive 
| failures. The filings note that this was not part of any 
| scheduled diversification or selling program; this was a 
| conscious, unscheduled sale by the guy in charge of releasing 
| news that could affect the value of Microsoft stock.
| 
| [...]
| 
| Insider trading is a very serious violation of the law; just 
| ask Martha Stewart, who served five months in prison for 
| avoiding losses of $43,000 through trades that just had suspicious 
| timing (no insider trading was actually proven). This is $6.3 
| million that went straight into Robbie Bach's pocket.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070713/40947_id.html?.v=1


Wis. Bill to Require Tax Loophole Data

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| Wisconsin Bill Would Require More Reporting on Tax Loopholes
| 
| [...]
| 
| A message left with Microsoft was not immediately returned.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071219/wi_corporate_taxes.html?.v=4


Ecuador Tax Agency Closes Microsoft Branch Offices For 7 Days

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| "We have twice requested balances, payment reports and complete tax 
| information, but the company hasn't given it to us, so in accordance with our 
| laws we have proceeded with the closure," the SRI official in charge of the 
| proceeding said.   
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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200710041610DOWJONESDJONLINE000810_FORTUNE5.htm


Microsoft Office raid in Hungary

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| "Such behavior could lead to the exclusion of competitive products from 
| the market and violate European Union rules, according to the authority 
| known as the GVH."
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http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/26/ap3957835.html


Microsoft's past stock options practice poses questions

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| Microsoft in 1999 announced that it would end a policy of awarding
| options at monthly lows and said it would take a $217 million charge,
| though many details of that discontinued practice haven't been widely
| known, The Wall Street Journal said Friday.
|
| Those details raise questions about how Microsoft began the practice,
| what prompted the company to end it and whether the way the options
| were dated--at 30-day lows the month after they were
| granted--influenced other companies, it said.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6084617.html
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