Xbox boosts Microsoft

Microsoft's first-quarter results have exceeded expectations.

Net profit, operating income and revenue was up 11% from a year ago. The software maker said its profit for its fiscal second quarter was $3.48bn (€2.7bn), or 35c a share, compared to $3.14bn (€2.5bn), or 29c a share, a year earlier, when earnings were hurt by a legal charge of 2c a share.