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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/microsoft-performance-expec...

  Analysts surveyed by FactSet Research estimate Microsoft MSFT +0.91%  will 
  earn 62 cents a share on $18.2 billion in revenue, compared with a profit of 
  69 cents a share, on sales of $17.37 billion, in the same period a year ago. 
  
  [...]
  
  At Citigroup, analyst Walter Pritchard said that even with the huge 
  writedown, he expects Microsoft to report results in line with expectations. 
  Still, Pritchard said, in a research note, that there are “many moving pieces 
  in the numbers” from Microsoft, and that the prospects for Windows 8 will be 
  a big driver of how investors treat Microsoft over the next year.
  
  Microsoft shares rose 64 cents, or more than 2%, to $30.32 Wednesday, and the 
  stock is up by almost 17% since the start of the year. 

I can't comment myself, due to lack of information. We'll all see in four hours.

[brudgers]

>"Microsoft shares rose 64 cents"

Thus, Ballmer became $213,281,913.60 richer.

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And then...

  For the quarter ended June 30, Microsoft reported a loss 
  of $492 million, or six cents a share, compared with a 
  year-earlier profit of $5.87 billion, or 69 cents a share. 

Whelp, there you go.