Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Earnings: EPS $0.59, Revenue $19.9B

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) released its earnings report for the three months ending June 30 this afternoon after the bell rang on Wall Street. The software firm showed earnings of $0.59 per share for the period on revenue of $19.9 billion. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock closed today at $35.44 per share.

Analysts studying the Windows maker were looking for earnings per share of 75 cents per share in this earnings report on revenues of $20.7 billion. In the same three months of 2012, Microsoft earned 73 cents per...