To: sandeep who wrote (49475 ) 10/6/2000 12:22:23 PM From: Rusty Johnson Read Replies (3) | Respond to Five Percent Growth Steve Ballmer, meet Jack Welch. Analysts are expecting Microsoft's quarterly revenue to increase a very Old Economy-like 5% or so when it reports its latest financial results later this month. Influential analyst Rick Sherlund, of Goldman Sachs, said in an interview this week he expects earnings to be "in line with low expectations." the stock still may not have reached its bottom , since Microsoft must post improved performance in coming quarters to gain credibility, and the near-term outlook remains sluggish. With its shares still under pressure from its antitrust troubles with the government -- Microsoft is appealing an unfavorable court ruling and recently won a procedural victory in the case -- some analysts say only an uptick in sales of major products like its Windows 2000 operating system and related server software can boost the stock. attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business." You'd think MSFT could afford a Stanford GRADUATE instead of a Stanford DROPOUT.
