(CBS/CNN) - Microsoft is in danger of reporting its first quarterly loss in the last 20 years.
The world's largest software company will absorb a $6.2 billion dollar charge stemming from an online advertising service it bought in 2007. Analysts estimate Microsoft earned about $5.3 billion dollars in the quarter that ended in June, so that charge would send the company into the red.
(CBS/CNN) - Microsoft is in danger of reporting its first quarterly loss in the last 20 years.
The world's largest software company will absorb a $6.2 billion dollar charge stemming from an online advertising service it bought in 2007. Analysts estimate Microsoft earned about $5.3 billion dollars in the quarter that ended in June, so that charge would send the company into the red.