Microsoft To Cut Costs by $1 Billion

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Phishing Costs Nearly $1 Billion

Phishing Costs Nearly $1 Billion 06/24/2005 09:28 PM
Information Week Jun 25 2005 1:16AM GMT

Stress Costs U.S. $300 Billion a Year

Stress Costs U.S. $300 Billion a Year 09/04/2004 11:12 PM

U.S. Underestimated War Costs by
$12.3 Billion -GAO (Reuters)

U.S. Underestimated War Costs by
$12.3 Billion -GAO (Reuters) 07/21/2004 04:26 PM
Reuters - The Bush administration underestimated the 2004 cost of U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan by $12.3 billion, a report released on Wednesday found, fueling criticism that the war was badly planned.

U.S. Costs in Iraq Surpass $100
Billion (AP)

U.S. Costs in Iraq Surpass $100
Billion (AP) 07/23/2004 04:35 AM
AP - As the costs of fighting and rebuilding in Iraq keep mounting by the billions, lawmakers and policy makers are debating how much more will be needed and whether money used so far was well spent.

Back pain costs $90 billion/year

Back pain costs $90 billion/year 01/02/2004 07:13 AM
A Duke University study has concluded that back pain costs the US economy $90 billion a year.

"To put these expenses in perspective, the total $90 billion spent in 1998 represented 1 percent of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and the $26 billion in direct back pain costs accounted for 2.5 percent of all health care expenditures for that year," said lead researcher Xuemei Luo, Ph.D., who published the results of the Duke study today (Jan. 1, 2004) in the journal Spine.

OK, here's a thing: from the age of 17, right up until September 2002, I suffered from really bad back pain. I would spend a couple days a month laid up on the sofa, unable to move, and I'd go through a couple bottles of over-the-counter pain meds a month. I developed chemical burns on my back from overuse of "deep heat" patches and Tiger Balm. I saw a doctor who told me that I would likely need to have my spine fused.

Then I read this really weird, hippy-trippy book by Richard Sarno, a guy who appears to be to back pain what Atkins was to dieting a couple years back, a fringe researcher with no independent verification of his results and a slightly suspect, "They laughed at me in Vienna, I'll show them all" affect that makes it hard to take his stuff seriously.

Sarno advocates a kind of self-hypnosis or self-interrogation to relieve the mental causes of back pain, and states that it works even if you don't believe in it. Well, I tried it. 24h later, I began the single longest period of pain-free living in my adult life. I haven't been laid up in over a year now, and I take painkillers for headaches, not back-aches.

Your mileage may vary, but after more than a year of this, I'm ready to start talking about it. Like Atkins for weight loss and hypnosis for smoking cessation, Sarnoid back-therapy feels something like getting root on my body, like being able to move into user-controlled space stuff that the OS was badly mismanaging in the background. L ink

Identity fraud costs Australia AU$1
billion a year

Identity fraud costs Australia AU$1
billion a year 11/11/2003 10:17 PM
ZDNet Australia Nov 11 2003 9:28PM ET

Microsoft 'to cut costs by $1bn'

Microsoft 'to cut costs by $1bn' 07/07/2004 07:45 AM
Microsoft is to slash costs by $1bn a year after a sharp rise in spending over the past three years, reports say.

Microsoft CFO reduces costs

Microsoft CFO reduces costs 04/29/2004 09:17 AM
Microsoft Corp. Chief Financial Officer John Connors is scaling back employee business trips as part of a 13-point plan to slice costs. "We've just got to hunker down," Connors said in a March interview at his office in Redmond, Wash. Connors said he's telling workers to eliminate one in five trips, forcing them to cancel meetings or hold teleconferences. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, 48, and Connors, 45, have stepped up efforts to reduce expenses so Microsoft can boost profit as sales growth slows. Sales grew 17 percent to $9.18 billion in the third quarter ended March 31, and profit declined because of legal costs, the company said Wednesday in a statement distributed by PR Newswire. Revenue beat the $8.66 billion average estimate of 28 investors polled by Thomson Financial.

NHS may ditch Microsoft on costs

NHS may ditch Microsoft on costs 12/06/2003 09:04 PM
Observer Dec 6 2003 8:11PM ET

Legal Costs Cut Into Microsoft Net

Legal Costs Cut Into Microsoft Net 04/23/2004 02:41 AM
Los Angeles Times Apr 23 2004 7:12AM GMT

Microsoft aims to cut $1bn costs a year

Microsoft aims to cut $1bn costs a year 07/08/2004 12:14 AM
The Scotsman Jul 8 2004 3:53AM GMT

Legal costs hit Microsoft profits

Legal costs hit Microsoft profits 04/23/2004 02:41 AM
BBC Apr 23 2004 7:23AM GMT

Geographic ignorance costs Microsoft

Geographic ignorance costs Microsoft 08/20/2004 12:25 AM
Insensitive computer programmers with little knowledge of geography have cost the giant Microsoft company hundreds of millions of dollars in lost business and led hapless company employees to be arrested by offended governments. The problem has damaged the company's reputation and the "trust rating," which is seen as key to keeping the company competitive, has dropped, a senior Microsoft executive revealed on Wednesday at the International Geographers Conference in Glasgow.

Legal costs force down Microsoft profit

Legal costs force down Microsoft profit 04/23/2004 05:34 AM
IHT Apr 23 2004 8:56AM GMT

Legal costs dent Microsoft earnings

Legal costs dent Microsoft earnings 04/22/2004 06:43 PM
ZDNet Apr 22 2004 10:15PM GMT

Linux and Microsoft costs 'neck and
neck'

Linux and Microsoft costs 'neck and
neck' 04/05/2005 04:12 AM
silicon.com Apr 5 2005 9:00AM GMT

Microsoft plan raises software costs

Microsoft plan raises software costs 03/20/2003 06:43 PM

Microsoft profits fall on legal costs
and fine

Microsoft profits fall on legal costs
and fine 04/23/2004 04:04 AM
Irish Examiner Apr 23 2004 8:15AM GMT

Microsoft Angers Developers By Boosting
Support Costs For VB6

Microsoft Angers Developers By Boosting
Support Costs For VB6 04/02/2005 10:39 PM
Information Week Apr 3 2005 1:13AM GMT

Microsoft Will Pay Legal Costs if
Technology Partners Are Sued

Microsoft Will Pay Legal Costs if
Technology Partners Are Sued 06/24/2005 03:02 PM
Microsoft plans to announce that it will pay the legal costs for any computer maker or software company that may be sued over patents based on claims against it.

Microsoft beats forecasts, but legal
costs hurt

Microsoft beats forecasts, but legal
costs hurt 04/22/2004 04:02 PM
The software behemoth posts fiscal third-quarter revenue that's above expectations, but earnings are dented by the cost of a fine by the European Union and a settlement with Sun.

RealNetworks Loses President, Microsoft
Suit Costs Hurt

RealNetworks Loses President, Microsoft
Suit Costs Hurt 04/29/2004 09:05 AM

Microsoft to pay out $75-billion

Microsoft to pay out $75-billion 07/21/2004 02:29 AM
CFCN Plus Jul 21 2004 6:36AM GMT

Microsoft gives shareholders 75 Billion

Microsoft gives shareholders 75 Billion 07/21/2004 04:20 PM

Wow imagine sitting around the board room and yawning and suggesting to throw 75 billion dollars back to the investors. That would wake you up but heck if they have so much money they ought to give me a call. I have a couple of ideas, just need someone smarter than I am to get it rolling. The bad thing about the really good ideas is that you have to be careful in who you tell or the next thing you know your idea is launched by the person you talked to. I guess that's why I have to sign Non Disclosure agreements all the time. Anyway congrats to the stock holders now if only Intel could afford to do something like that I would be a happy man. [www. siliconvalley.com]

Microsoft To Pay $75 Billion To
Shareholders

Microsoft To Pay $75 Billion To
Shareholders 07/21/2004 09:34 PM
PBS Jul 22 2004 1:42AM GMT

Microsoft profits up by a billion

Microsoft profits up by a billion 07/23/2004 04:40 AM
Ireland On-Line Jul 23 2004 8:30AM GMT

Microsoft Tries to Cache $1 Billion

Microsoft Tries to Cache $1 Billion 07/07/2004 01:11 PM
Even companies with $56 billion in the bank have to do some belt tightening. The company in question is Microsoft, whose chief executive, Steve Ballmer, outlined the company's plans to cut $1 billion in costs in his annual e-mail message to employees.

Microsoft Q2 sales top $10 billion

Microsoft Q2 sales top $10 billion 01/23/2004 03:48 AM
OnBusiness Jan 23 2004 7:51AM GMT

Microsoft Shareholders to Get $75
Billion

Microsoft Shareholders to Get $75
Billion 07/21/2004 09:15 AM
eWeek Jul 21 2004 1:01PM GMT

Microsoft faces possible $3 billion fine

Microsoft faces possible $3 billion fine 11/11/2003 11:39 AM
CNN Nov 11 2003 10:52AM ET

Microsoft to offer $32 billion dividend

Microsoft to offer $32 billion dividend 07/21/2004 10:59 AM
IHT Jul 21 2004 3:44PM GMT

Microsoft returning $75 billion to
shareholders

Microsoft returning $75 billion to
shareholders 07/21/2004 12:47 PM
Miami Herald Jul 21 2004 5:13PM GMT

Microsoft: Why Is It Sitting on $52
Billion in Cash?

Microsoft: Why Is It Sitting on $52
Billion in Cash? 04/27/2004 10:22 AM
Fortune Apr 27 2004 1:47PM GMT

Microsoft: 1 Billion Windows PCs by 2010

Microsoft: 1 Billion Windows PCs by 2010 07/13/2004 07:15 AM
Microsoft expects over 1 billion PCs running Windows by 2010, with the number currently eclipsing 600 million, according to Microsoft Watch. Will Poole, head of the Windows client group, made the remarks at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference, citing enterprise demand for upgrades. Poole also demonstrated a "Zero Touch" deployment tool for Windows XP and the upcoming Windows Marketplace offering drivers, software and peripherals.

Microsoft to Invest $1 Billion in Egypt,
Others

Microsoft to Invest $1 Billion in Egypt,
Others 01/28/2004 04:42 AM
A $1 billion package of investments may soon be injected by Microsoft into the information technology (IT) sectors of three African countries, Egypt, Morocco and Mozambique.

Microsoft posts $10 billion quarter

Microsoft posts $10 billion quarter 01/23/2004 02:25 PM
The Register Jan 23 2004 11:09AM GMT

Microsoft Issues $32 Billion in
Dividends

Microsoft Issues $32 Billion in
Dividends 07/20/2004 10:59 PM
Los Angeles Times Jul 21 2004 3:19AM GMT

Microsoft to pay US$75 billion to
shareholders over 4 years

Microsoft to pay US$75 billion to
shareholders over 4 years 07/21/2004 12:57 AM
EastDay Jul 21 2004 5:11AM GMT

Microsoft Aims to Save $1 Billion
(PC World)

Microsoft Aims to Save $1 Billion
(PC World) 07/07/2004 01:13 PM
PC World - Software giant cuts employee benefits, hopes to sell you more software.
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