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alfredlester on Saturday, April 30, 2011 1:30:42 PM
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. shares Their MOST Fell in Almost Two Years on Friday, a day after The software company has Reported dip in icts Windows operating system sales.
The world&&9;s second-largest tech company behind Apple Inc. puts Wall Street&&9;s profit estimate and beat it in icts dirty list overall earnings report is Thursday.
Aim investors Were Concerned With lower personal computer sales nagging at Windows, Xbox sales profit margins and Bringing Down Loss in icts online business.
Microsoft shares down 4.8 percent at Were $ 25.41 in afternoon Nasdaq trading, The Biggest one-day fall Percentage Since July 2009.
The shares are back to the level They Were did on Sunday, Before a run-up Leading into quarterly earnings best payday advance.The stock HAD Risen sharply after chip maker Intel Corp. forecast revenue Above Wall Street Estimates, feeding Optimism That a dip in PC sales last quarter Did Not indicato long-term trend.
"Everyone, Including Myself, the Table Pounded On The Intel trade," BGC Partners analyst Colin Said Gillis. "And it just didn&&9;t Happen."
The stock is down 18 percent in The Last 12 Months, Compared to a 16 percent gain in Nasdaq.
(Reporting by Bill Rigby. Editing by Robert MacMillan)
Microsoft stock in Biggest One-Day Fall Since 2009