Google's Q2 profit quadrupled – Revenue for the period totaled $1.38 billion, nearly doubling from $700.2 million last year – BUT it "may be punished because its second-quarter profit didn't surpass analyst expectations by a wide enough margin." LOL ... in after-hour sales the shares really dropped… short-term traders are suckers…

Microsoft's 4Q Profits Up 37 Percent – strong computer sales, continued strength in the server and tools market, and a big tax benefit helped boost Microsoft Corp.'s fiscal fourth-quarter profits nearly 37 percent.

And then Microsoft sues Google for hiring a search engine research talent to build up the China market… So google has to counter-sue them … OMG - US business only seems to work well with sueing your competitors…