The miss on earnings is mostly because of margin compression and increased costs. They run this company really fat to begin with, and if they are getting even fatter, it's absurd.

We estimate that organic growth of this company is about 10% (annually) and they've targeted 20% annual growth over the next five years. There are a lot of acquisitions built into that.

December's usual inventory write-offs and increased marketing costs led the operating profit margin to fall to 8 pct from 11 pct a quarter earlier.

We expect some investors to look for clarity on what Microsoft's dividend plan looks like going forward.

You would be telling my neighbors they would have to load their horses in trailers, bring them around on Georgetown Pike, and into your parking lot to unload their horses.

What's clear is that the annual numbers are fine for the Xbox,