Summary Box: Microsoft 3Q net income up 35 pct (AP)

THE NUMBERS: Microsoft Corp. attained $4.01 billion, or 45 cents per share, on $14.5 1000000000 in revenue. The world’s maximal code concern vex Wall Street’s expectations on both measures.

THE STANDOUT: Windows 7, Microsoft’s newest PC operative system, helped near the Windows division’s income up 28 percent.

THE RESPONSE: Investors hunting for a stronger communication that businesses were outlay on profession again were frustrated in the computer group’s 2 proportionality uprise in revenue, among another things, and dispatched shares downbound after hours.