Todd Bishop / GeekWire
Microsoft beats expectations with $51.7B in revenue, $18.8B profit; stock down 5% after hours – Microsoft posted revenue of $51.7 billion in the December quarter, up 20% from the same quarter last year, and profits of $18.8 billion, an increase of 21%, with earnings per share of $2.48, up 22%. The results were fueled by continued adoption of Microsofts Azure cloud computing platform and across-the-board …