Microsoft to report lowest earnings in 5 years

Mary Bruno

Mary Bruno Jun 29, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Microsoft to report lowest earnings in 5 years</h1>
                <h2><p>Reeling from the one-two punch of weak PC sales and a strong dollar, Microsoft is expected to report its lowest quarterly profit in five years this week — and no improvement in market or monetary conditions is in sight this year. “The PC environment continued to be tough, and the currency</p></h2>
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            <p>Reeling from the one-two punch of weak PC sales and a strong dollar, Microsoft is expected to report its lowest quarterly profit in five years this week — and no improvement in market or monetary conditions is in sight this year. “The PC environment continued to be tough, and the currency has moved against them," Walter Pritchard, a software analyst with Citigroup in San Francisco, told <a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/investors-brace-for-banged-up-microsoft/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">The Seattle Times</a>. “Right now, the question is ‘How low do the numbers go?’ ”</p>
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Reeling from the one-two punch of weak PC sales and a strong dollar, Microsoft is expected to report its lowest quarterly profit in five years this week — and no improvement in market or monetary conditions is in sight this year. “The PC environment continued to be tough, and the currency has moved against them," Walter Pritchard, a software analyst with Citigroup in San Francisco, told The Seattle Times. “Right now, the question is ‘How low do the numbers go?’ ”

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By Mary Bruno

Mary was Crosscut's Editor-in-Chief and Interim Publisher. In more than 25 years as a journalist, she has worked as a writer, editor and editorial director for a variety of print and web publications,