Microsoft’s earnings don’t look rosy: Revenue’s down 14 per cent from last year, at $US12.92 billion, and net income’s down 18 per cent, to $US3.57 billion. But, that’s way better than anybody was estimating, which sent their stock up. Until CNBC screwed up the numbers, and immediately tanked the stock, costing people a lot of money. Fun time! [Microsoft, Alley Insider]