profits

Microsoft is losing corporate business. The business sector is reluctant to upgrade to the Vista operating system:
“…General Motors may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer operating system from Microsoft. The automaker has encountered so many speed bumps getting Vista to work on its machines that it may just wait for the next […]

Every day the gas prices fluctuate. On occasion the price drops but the usual trend is upwards. For the oil companies, this means huge record profits:
“…Trouncing analysts’ expectations Tuesday, BP and Royal Dutch Shell, Europe’s largest oil companies, delivered record profits for the first quarter of 2008. Anglo-Dutch firm Shell netted $7.78 billion […]