Thursday sees a raft of important companies reporting their earnings for the fourth quarter 2012. Firms reporting include luminaries from the tech industry, the financial industry, the defense industry and many others. Here's our rundown of what to expect from five of the biggest reports.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT): The fourth quarter of 2012 was one of the most eventful that almost any in the history of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). The period saw the release of the company's new Windows 8 platform, along with new tablets and PCs running the operating system. Just as important was...


