Microsoft Raises Questions with Earnings Announcement

The New York Times’ newly revamped Dealbook blog takes a closer look at Microsoft’s decision to release its earnings recently on its website. The press release that Microsoft issued went up about 30 minutes after the earnings were made public and only directed people to their site.

“In an age of high-frequency trading when every millisecond counts — even in after-hours trading — the move toward companies’ distributing earnings and other market-moving information via their Web sites rather than through wider distribution channels raises some serious questions about transparency,” Dealbook reads, an issue that newswires have also voiced.

Cathy Baron Tamraz, CEO of Business Wire, took to the company’s

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