Microsoft posts first ever quarterly loss

John Leonard
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But software giant's share price rises

In its 26 years as a public company, Microsoft had never reported a quarterly loss - until yesterday, when it posted a fourth-quarter loss of $492m (£313m). The software giant took a massive $6....

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