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Here Comes The Next Fast Food Strike For Higher Wages
Yesterday, the NY Times Editorial Board called for a decrease in military pay. Today, they breathlessly report on a coming low wage worker strike
Seeking to increase pressure on McDonald's, Wendy's and other fast-food restaurants, organizers of a movement demanding a $15-an-hour wage for fast-food workers say they will sponsor one-day strikes in 100 cities on Thursday and protest activities in 100 additional cities.
The movement, which includes the groups Fast Food Forward and Fight for 15, is part of a growing union-backed effort by low-paid workers – including many Walmart workers and workers for federal contractors – that seeks to focus attention on what the groups say are inadequate wages.
The fast-food effort is backed by the Service Employees International Union and is also demanding that restaurants allow workers to unionize without the threat of retaliation.
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The slack-jawed teenager serving french fries and the hipster grad student serving latte at your local Starbucks – we must increase their pay, says the New York Times, whereas the men and women who take an oath to serve their nation . . . "Tough choices."
These jobs were never meant to be ones for employees to make a living wage, to be the primary way of earning a living for adult, unless one becomes management.
Simon Rojas, who earns $8.07 an hour working at a McDonald's in South Central Los Angeles, said he would join Thursday's one-day strike.
"It's very difficult to live off $8.07 an hour," said Mr. Rojas, 23, noting that he is often assigned just 20 or 25 hours of work a week. "I have to live with my parents. I would like to be able to afford a car and an apartment."
Mr. Rojas said he had studied for a pharmacy technician's certificate, but he had been unable to save the $100 needed to apply for a license.
So rather than going out and getting a second job, or looking for a different job that pays well, he suffers working part time (amazing that there are so many part time jobs, eh?) for $8.07 an hour slinging fries. Obviously, we must increase the pay to $40 an hour!!!! Anyhow, R.S. McCain notes how Paul Krugman, who works at the same NY Times company, writes
The last few decades have been tough for many American workers, but especially hard on those employed in retail trade – a category that includes both the sales clerks at your local Walmart and the staff at your local McDonald's. Despite the lingering effects of the financial crisis, America is a much richer country than it was 40 years ago. But the inflation-adjusted wages of nonsupervisory workers in retail trade – who weren't particularly well paid to begin with – have fallen almost 30 percent since 1973.
So can anything be done to help these workers, many of whom depend on food stamps – if they can get them – to feed their families, and who depend on Medicaid – again, if they can get it – to provide essential health care? Yes. We can preserve and expand food stamps, not slash the program the way Republicans want. We can make health reform work, despite right-wing efforts to undermine the program.
And we can raise the minimum wage.
A couple points. First, it was Republicans who raised the wage to what it currently is, adding the increase into a defense spending bill that most Democrats voted against. Second, his paper just called for a decrease in military pay. People who serve, and fight, for America. Who put themselves in harm's way. Who lose limbs and their lives. Krugman feels that people working basic jobs that are suited for teenagers, entry level folks, and seniors looking for something to do, should get big pay raises.
The NY Times Editorial Board also has a piece up today regarding NY City teachers calling for better wages for new teachers. But, hey, let's cut back on military pay. There's also another piece in the Opinionator section calling for an increase in the minimum wage. But not for military folks.
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quote:Sounds like the casino had a faulty machine and this guy took advantage of it. If an ATM is faulty and you knowingly keep taking money out should you get to walk away with the money ?
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quote:Kane began by selecting a game, like Triple Double Bonus Poker, and playing it at the lowest denomination the machine allows, like the $1.00 level. He kept playing, until he won a high payout, like the $820 at the Silverton. Then he'd immediately switch to a different game variation, like straight "Draw Poker." He'd play Draw Poker until he scored a win of any amount at all. The point of this play was to get the machine to offer a "double-up", which lets the player put his winnings up to simple high-card-wins draw. Through whatever twist of code caused the bug, the appearance of the double-up invitation was critical. Machines that didn't have the option enabled were immune. At that point Kane would put more cash, or a voucher, into the machine, then exit the Draw Poker game and switch the denomination to the game maximum — $10 in the Silverton game. Now when Kane returned to Triple Double Bonus Poker, he'd find his previous $820 win was still showing. He could press the cash-out button from this screen, and the machine would re-award the jackpot. Better yet, it would re-calculate the win at the new denomination level, giving him a hand-payout of $8,200
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U.S. Senate Must Reject H.R.1
Bill passed by House of Representatives is an assault on EPA, NIH, CDC and Affordable Care Act
Washington D.C. (February 19, 2011)—
Statement of Charles D. Connor, President and CEO of the American Lung Association
The U.S. House of Representatives failed to protect the public health of all Americans by passing H.R.1. This bill ignores public health and will have dire consequences for all Americans, especially people with lung diseases, including lung cancer, asthma and emphysema. The American Lung Association calls on the Senate to recognize that, as passed by the House, H.R.1 is toxic to public health. The Senate must start from scratch and recognize that tough fiscal choices can be made without jeopardizing public health.
Through massive budget cuts and so-called appropriations "riders," H.R.1 is a severe assault on the health of all Americans. As passed by the House of Representatives, H.R.1 will:
- decimate U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ability to protect the public health from life-threatening air pollution through appropriations "riders" and by slashing EPA's budget by approximately one-third;
- hamstring the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by reducing its budget by 25 percent, limiting its ability to protect children from tobacco and severely hampering its ability to address diseases like asthma; and
- cut $1 billion from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is working to find cures and treatments for diseases such as lung cancer, emphysema and asthma.
The House of Representatives also adopted amendments that would block implementation of the Clean Air Act and its lifesaving protections. These amendments would prevent EPA from updating and enforcing standards for the cleanup of toxic mercury, carbon dioxide and other air pollutants. These provisions and others adopted by the House of Representatives in H.R.1 would result in millions of Americans—including children, seniors, and people with chronic disease such as asthma—being forced to breathe air that is unhealthy. Breathing air pollution can cause asthma attacks, heart attacks, strokes, cancer and shorten lives.
This bill also blocks implementation of the Affordable Care Act, meaning pregnant women enrolled in Medicaid would no longer be guaranteed help in quitting smoking; seniors will once again face the Medicare prescription drug "doughnut hole"; and children with asthma would again be denied coverage because of their pre-existing condition.
The House's actions in passing H.R.1 are not consistent with the public's views. The American Lung Association recently released a bipartisan poll that found 69 percent of likely voters think the EPA should update Clean Air Act standards with stricter limits on air pollution; 68 percent feel that Congress should not stop the EPA from updating Clean Air Act standards; and a bipartisan 69 percent majority believe that EPA scientists, rather than Congress, should set pollution standards.
It is now up to the Senate to succeed where its counterparts in the House failed. The Senate must protect the public health by restoring funding for these critical agencies and eliminating any rider that would hamper EPA from implementing the Clean Air Act, or delay the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
About the American Lung Association
The American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease, through research, education and advocacy. The work of the American Lung Association is focused on four strategic imperatives: to defeat lung cancer; to improve the air we breathe; to reduce the burden of lung disease on individuals and their families; and to eliminate tobacco use and tobacco-related diseases. For more information about the American Lung Association, a holder of the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Guide Seal, or to support the work it does, call 1-800-LUNGUSA (1-800-586-4872) or visit: www.Lung.org.


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Saturday Science Links: January 31, 2015
The pace of scientific discovery can be dizzying, but it always pales in comparison to the dizzying creativity of God that science discovers.
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In both form and content, then, Genesis 1 reveals that its basic purposes are religious and theological, not scientific or historical.
A very important way of avoiding a myopic understanding of our own theories and conclusions is to examine how our forebears in the faith understood things.
As I began to study the dynamic nature of Scripture, I discovered the dynamic nature of God.
All creation is the doings of God's hands, no matter how he did it. When I look at a painting, I can connect somehow with the painter, and the same goes with the universe and God.
I became such an expert in young-earth creationist theology and science that it turned into a wrecking ball for my faith.
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The one thing on which the entire Genesis debate hinges is whether we acknowledge the role played by hermeneutics.
From 2012: The entire BioLogos community would like to thank Dr. Keathley not only for his work in writing his introductory essay, but for his willingness to organize a small collection of essays by other Southern Baptist scholars describing their concerns about the BioLogos perspective. We welcome this opportunity to clarify our positions and remove stumbling blocks where possible.
John Calvin really believed that the sun revolved around the earth, but we shouldn't dismiss the rest of his theology because of this error.
In science news this week, read about magical nose cells, 45,000 year old thigh bones, and the weirdest looking dinosaur ever.
My childhood in the evangelical church gave me the toolkit that led me to eventually accept the evidence for evolution, and marvel at the God who created it all.
Written by BioLogos Fellow of Biology Dennis Venema, this series of posts is intended as a basic introduction to the science of evolution for non-specialists.
BioLogos president Deb Haarsma responds to Ken Ham's recent comments about Hugh Ross, and pleads for a more gracious conversation between Christians on issues of faith and science.
The 1930 showdown between evolutionist Schmucker and creationist Rimmer generated a lot of heat but shed very little light on the real issues behind the debate.
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Hurricane Katrina:
Federal Grants Have Helped Health Care Organizations Provide Primary Care, but Sustaining Services Will Be a Challenge
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The greater New Orleans area--Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, and St. Bernard parishes--continues to face challenges in restoring health care services disrupted by Hurricane Katrina which made landfall in August 2005. In 2007, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded the $100 million Primary Care Access and Stabilization Grant (PCASG) to Louisiana to help restore primary care services to the low-income population. Louisiana gave PCASG funds to 25 outpatient provider organizations in the greater New Orleans area. GAO was asked to testify on (1) how PCASG fund recipients used the PCASG funds, (2) how recipients used and benefited from other federal hurricane relief funds, and (3) challenges recipients faced and recipients' plans for sustaining services after PCASG funds are no longer available. This statement is based on a recent GAO report, Hurricane Katrina: Federal Grants Have Helped Health Care Organizations Provide Primary Care, but Challenges Remain (GAO-09-588), other GAO work, and updated information on services, funding, and sustainability plans, which we shared with HHS officials. For the report, GAO analyzed responses to an October 2008 survey sent to all 25 PCASG fund recipients, to which 23 responded, and analyzed information related to other federal funds received by PCASG fund recipients. GAO also interviewed HHS and Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals officials and other experts.
PCASG fund recipients reported in 2008 that they used PCASG funds to hire or retain health care providers and other staff, add primary care services, and open new sites. For example, 20 of the 23 recipients that responded to the GAO survey reported using PCASG funds to hire health care providers, and 17 reported using PCASG funds to retain health care providers. In addition, most of the recipients reported that they used PCASG funds to add primary care services and to add or renovate sites. Recipients also reported that the grant requirements and funding helped them improve service delivery and expand access to care in underserved neighborhoods. As of September 2009, recipients used PCASG funds to support services for almost 252,000 patients, who had over 1 million interactions with a health care provider. Other federal hurricane relief funds helped PCASG fund recipients pay staff, purchase equipment, and expand mental health services to help restore primary care. According to data from the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, 11 recipients received HHS Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) supplemental funds designated by Louisiana for primary care, and 2 received SSBG supplemental funds designated by Louisiana specifically for mental health care. The funds designated for primary care were used to pay staff and purchase equipment, and the funds designated for mental health care were used to provide a range of services including crisis intervention and substance abuse prevention and treatment. Most of the PCASG fund recipients benefited from the Professional Workforce Supply Grant incentives. These recipients hired or retained 69 health care providers who received incentives totaling over $4 million to work in the greater New Orleans area. PCASG fund recipients face multiple challenges and have various plans for sustainability. Recipients face significant challenges in hiring and retaining staff, as well as in referring patients outside of their organizations, and these challenges have grown since Hurricane Katrina. For example, 20 of 23 recipients that responded to the 2008 GAO survey reported hiring health care providers was a great or moderate challenge, and over three-quarters of these 20 recipients reported that this challenge had grown since Hurricane Katrina. PCASG fund recipients also reported challenges in referring patients outside their organization for mental health, dental, and specialty care services. Although all PCASG fund recipients have completed or planned actions to increase their ability to be sustainable, recipients are concerned about what will happen when PCASG funds are no longer available. Officials of the Louisiana Public Health Institute, which administers the PCASG locally, expect that some recipients might have to close and others could be forced to scale back capacity by as much as 30 or 40 percent. They have suggested strategies to decrease what they estimate would be a $30 million gap in annual revenues when PCASG funds are no longer available. With the availability of PCASG funds scheduled to end in less than 10 months, preventing disruptions in the delivery of primary care services could depend on quickly identifying and implementing workable sustainability strategies.
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Additional Information Needed about Mental Health Provider Staffing NeedsGAO-15-184: Published: Jan 30, 2015. Publicly Released: Jan 30, 2015.
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Geographic Variation in Spending for Certain High-Cost Procedures Driven by Inpatient PricesGAO-15-214: Published: Dec 29, 2014. Publicly Released: Jan 28, 2015.
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Federal Food Service Operations:
Implementation of the HHS/GSA Health and Sustainability GuidelinesGAO-15-262R: Published: Dec 23, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 23, 2014.
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Improvements Needed in Monitoring Antidepressant Use for Major Depressive Disorder and in Increasing Accuracy of Suicide DataGAO-15-55: Published: Nov 12, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 12, 2014.
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Bidding Results from CMS's Durable Medical Equipment Competitive Bidding ProgramGAO-15-63: Published: Nov 7, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 8, 2014.
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Improvements Needed to Manage Higher-Than-Expected Demand for the Family Caregiver ProgramGAO-15-245T: Published: Dec 3, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 3, 2014.
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Concentration of Enrollees among Individual, Small Group, and Large Group Insurers from 2010 through 2013GAO-15-101R: Published: Dec 1, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 1, 2014.
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iGlobal Forum is pleased to present our 2nd Global Hospitality & Lodging Investment Summit to be held on November 14th, 2012 in New York City! This exclusive one-day event will cover all of the critical issues and information investors need to succeed in today's highly competitive hospitality arena. This year is proving to be another banner year for the hotel & lodging business with RevPar rates, ADRs, occupancies, and property values continuing to climb from 2011 levels. But how long will this growth trajectory continue? How will the hospitality sector fare in 2013 and beyond?
Through dynamic discussion and debate, the Summit will examine the global outlook for the hospitality sector along with the most promising opportunities and potential threats. It will also address the sustainability of recent improvements in ADRs, RevPAR and occupancy rates as well as discuss the prospects for new hotel development, techniques for managing and mitigating risk, and how to deal with distressed properties. Last, but not least, our speakers evaluate the likely impact of the 2012 Presidential and Congressional elections on the economy and the hospitality industry.
The event will provide the perfect platform needed by hotel investors, REITs, owners and operators, financiers/lenders, investment bankers, developers, franchisors and asset managers to network and meet face-to-face. Join us in New York City as we unite the leading luminaries in the hospitality industry for this exciting and educational event!
Key topics that will be covered at the upcoming 2nd Global Hospitality & Lodging Investment Summit:
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• Investing in New Hotel Development: Proceed with Caution
• Strategies for Managing and Mitigating Risk in the Hospitality Industry
• Hotel REITs: Still Going Strong
• Tapping the Capital Markets: Availability of Debt Financing for Hotels
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The Bretford MDMLAP20NR-CTAL 20-Unit Laptop / Netbook Storage Cart stores, charges, and updates up to 20 laptops simultaneously, and comes standard with front and rear lockable doors. It comes pre-wired with Ethernet cables, has dedicated space for your network switch, and features superb heat dissipation.
The cart features new and improved Power Manager, which is designed to continuously charge the laptops using only one wall outlet. It comes with four, 6-outlet power strips plugged into the Power Manager which uses a standard 15A wall outlet to regulate power in the cart. The system uses a Round Robin charging cycle that constantly evaluates the demand for power and allows each electrical strip time to cool down. The Power Manager is attached to the upper back left section of the interior cabinet and is accessed through the rear doors. LED indicator lights and one auxiliary outlet are included on the side of the cart. The power management unit is overload protected and includes a 9' (2.74m) power cord.
When the total draw of the devices allows it, the network switch will turn on automatically and receive continuous power until the unit is powered off. Two heat sensors inside the cart communicate the internal temperature to the Power Manager. When it exceeds 77°F (25°C), the fans will turn on and if it gets above 100°F (37.77°C) the system will stop sending power until the cart cools down. This ensures that the internal temperature of the cart does not exceed the recommended levels.
When the Power Manager has moved through all of power modes, the power required for all 6 power strips will be below 10A and the network switch will be powered on. Once on, the network switch will always receive power until the Power Manager is manually turned off.
If the combined draw of the power strips and network switch exceeds 10A, the cart will revert to Smart Charge mode. The network switch will continue to get power but some computers will be running on battery power every three minutes as the Power Manager redistributes the current.
Since computers can receive updates while operating on battery power, the update can now be sent to all 20 of them at once. If the computers are powered on manually, updates can be sent to the entire cart simultaneously.
The Desktop Cord Management system allows you to organize the computer cord sets while seated at a table. The cart comes pre-wired from the factory with 20 network cables secured in the rear cable management compartment. A dedicated space for a 19" (482.6mm) rack-mounted network switch is located in the upper right of the back compartment and an additional network cable is included to connect the user-provided switch to the external network through the Ethernet port located on the side of the cart.
- Ships fully assembled and pre-wired with twenty-one Ethernet cables. Dedicated space for 19" (482.6mm) rack-mounted network switch is located in the upper right of the back compartment.
- Two shelves with 10 compartments per shelf for up to twenty laptops or netbooks. Laser-printed numbers provide identification on every device slot and the plastic shelf dividers may be removed for storing larger items.
- Power Manager that works with a standard 15A electrical circuit and is designed to analyze power requirements. The system constantly evaluates the amount of power that can be drawn, and safely and efficiently distributes current to the devices in a Round Robin cycle. The Power Manager not only prevents circuit tripping but also allows each set of device batteries to cool down between charging cycles, thereby extending their life.
- The Power Manager also features temperature sensors that control 2 fans located on the side of the cart. This ensures that the heat dissipation measures featured in the cart maintain a temperature within the laptops operating limits.
- The Power Manager uses the power from a single wall outlet to charge and update laptops safely and efficiently.
- A full-access door in front for the user and a full access door in rear for the IT administrator.
- Cable management in the front positions power cords and network cables to plug into laptops. Cord management at the back of the cart is provided by removable plates with hook-and-loop straps to secure cords and adapters. The interior divider panel has holes that allow the cables to pass through to the front of the cart.
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The Redmond, Washington-based company said it earned $2.9 billion, or 27 cents per share, on revenue of $9.19 billion for the three months ended September 30. That compares with earnings of $2.6 billion, or 24 cents per share, on revenue of $8.22 billion in the same quarter a year ago.
In July, Microsoft forecast revenue of $8.9 billion to $9 billion, with earnings per share of 25 cents, including about 5 cents per share in stock-based compensation expenses. Microsoft said Thursday that its per-share earnings included 5 cents worth of compensation-related charges.
"We've had a strong beginning to what we expect will be a very good year with continued growth in both our commercial and consumer businesses," Microsoft CFO John Connors said in a statement. "This quarter, we had a very healthy commercial server and desktop business driving double-digit revenue growth, and we expect to continue the trend of growing revenue faster than expenses as we work to make each of our businesses more efficient and profitable."
However, for the current quarter, which ends in December, Microsoft forecast revenue in the range of $10.3 billion to $10.5 billion. That's below the First Call consensus estimate of $10.7 billion. Microsoft said it expects earnings per share to be 28 cents, including stock-based compensation expenses.
The company did raise its expectations for the full fiscal year, which ends in June. Microsoft said it now expects revenue of between $38.9 billion and $39.2 billion, with per-share earnings of $1.07 and $1.09, including compensation charges. In July, Microsoft had predicted revenue of between $38.4 billion and $38.8 billion and earnings per share of between $1.05 and $1.08.
Microsoft ended the quarter with $64.4 billion in cash and short-term investments, compared with $60.6 billion at the end of June. However, the company expects that figure to drop because it has a one-time payout of $3 per share slated for later this year, pending shareholder approval of changes to compensate Microsoft employees for the payout.
The company also expects to boost its stock repurchases in the coming months, though it actually spent less buying back shares last quarter than it did a year ago. The company said it spent $355 million on stock repurchases last quarter, compared with $1.05 billion in the same quarter a year earlier.
The company's balance of unearned revenue--a highly watched indicator for future sales--dropped to $7.78 billon, a slightly larger decline than the company had predicted. The figure was down about $340 million from the $8.18 billion recorded a quarter earlier. Microsoft had predicted a drop of $200 million to $300 million.
On a conference call with analysts, Microsoft executives said the company is seeing customers taking longer to renew software contracts, typically taking more advantage of a 90-day grace period than they have in the past.
"They clearly do use the renewal period to hold out for discounting," Connors said, but he added that the company is not seeing any "unnatural" discounting patterns nor is it giving different guidelines to the sales force than in the past.
While renewals of so-called Enterprise Agreements are taking longer, Microsoft said it is still seeing its typical renewal rates of 65 percent to 70 percent, and the deals typically include more types of software than the agreements they replace.
As we go to renew, we absolutely want to attach a lot more server [and other] software," Connors said. "That absolutely does take longer. We're fine doing that to get [higher] attach rates."
Although most of its contract deals continue to be for two or three years, Connors said the company is seeing some demand for even longer-term deals, especially by governments. Such contracts take longer to iron out but typically involve more Microsoft products.
As it typically does, Microsoft also gave its forecast for the PC market, reiterating its expectation for slower growth in the coming year. The company said it expects 8 percent to 10 percent growth for its fiscal year, which ends in June, with business PC growth continuing to outpace that of consumer machines. On the server side, the company said it also expects things to remain relatively unchanged from July, with an expectation of 13 percent to 15 percent growth.
As in other recent quarters, Microsoft's earnings benefited from a weaker dollar. The company said had it faced the same currency exchange rates as a year ago, its earnings would have been dented by $221 million. The company also had lower payroll costs, primarily due to a $270 million decline in stock-based compensation expenses as it has moved to awarding restricted stock instead of stock options.
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The company's seven business units all posted gains in revenue and either grew their profits or, in the case of Microsoft's unprofitable units, narrowed losses.
The client unit, which oversees desktop and notebook versions of Windows, boosted sales to $2.99 billion, up 7 percent from a year earlier, with operating income rising 6 percent to $2.39 billion.
The server and tools unit grew revenue 19 percent to $2.2 billion, with operating income rising 84 percent to $701 million. The company restated the server unit's year-ago income to reflect the reclassification of the Windows Security unit, which is now considered to be part of Windows Client.
Microsoft's Information Worker unit, which includes the Office productivity suite, saw revenue rise 14 percent to $2.56 billion and income climb 18 percent to $1.89 billion.
Fueled by a continued rise in online advertising, the MSN unit posted a 10 percent gain in revenue to $540 million as income grew 35 percent to $77 million.
The Microsoft Business Solutions unit, which sells business applications for small and midsize companies, saw its sales increase 9 percent to $160 million, with an operating loss of $41 million--40 percent narrower than the $68 million loss posted a year earlier.
The mobile and embedded devices unit, which sells software for handhelds and phones, saw its sales climb 30 percent to $69 million, while its loss narrowed by 41 percent to $20 million.
Finally, the home and entertainment unit, which includes the Xbox game machine, posted quarterly revenue of $632 million, up 9 percent from the prior year, on higher-than-expected sales of Xbox games. The unit had a loss of $142 million, roughly half of the $273 million loss posted in the same quarter a year earlier.
"Xbox continues to be the only platform to show year-over-year growth and has now outsold Sony PlayStation 2 for two months in a row in the United States," Microsoft Senior Vice President Robbie Bach said in a statement, adding that the company has had 1.5 million preorders for Halo 2, which is set to launch November 9.


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