Stocks Daily News Februrary-26 2009

Microsoft, which recently resorted to its first mass layoffs ever, will feel the economic pain most acutely in its businesses that sell the Windows operating system and Office desktop software, Ballmer said. Yet Microsoft plans to spend most heavily on those two segments as the company readies forthcoming versions, Windows 7 and Office 14, and pumps more money into advertising. Microsoft has said it expects to release Windows 7 by January 2010.

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