Some good news for Microsoft...

Quoted: Microsoft Corp smashed Wall Street's profit and sales expectations on Friday, sending its shares up 9 percent.

Sad, but sounds to me like a move might actually be a good idea!

Quoted: The owner of Elliott Bay Book Co. said Sunday he's considering moving the landmark Seattle business from its longtime home in Pioneer Square partly because of financial troubles.

Hm, fascinating.

Quoted: Stiff competition from thousands of mom-and-pop marijuana farmers in the United States threatens the bottom line for powerful Mexican drug organizations, according to law enforcement officials.

One of our freelancers did a fantastic interview with Gary Locke for our site!

Quoted: Business on Main sits down for an interview with Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce, for its Voices That Matter series.

Ha, awesome

Quoted: Mc is no longer exclusive to McDonald's (MCD) in Malaysia. The fast-food chain lost an eight-year trademark battle to prevent a Malaysian curry restaurant from using the name "McCurry."

I'm glad that this judge didn't go easy on Madoff. In addition to the sentence, their billions of dollars in assets (including $80mil listed under his wife's name) were seized -- but who knows how much money victims will actually get back? Ruth Madoff will still have $2.5mil to live off of -- I'm sure many of the victims would be thrilled to have that kind of security...

Quoted: Bernard Madoff was sentenced Monday to 150 years in prison after apologizing to victims for a multibillion-dollar fraud scheme that the judge called "extraordinarily evil."

Okay, this airplane is never going to see the light of day.

Quoted: Boeing Co. said Tuesday it has again delayed the first test flight of its long-awaited 787 jetliner, citing a need to reinforce part of the aircraft.

Seriously?! "A spokesman for Morgan Stanley declined to comment to the paper on individual flights, but said its policy was to allow CEO John Mack personal use of corporate jets, with the cost "fully disclosed" in annual proxy filings."

Quoted: Chief executives of some banks that received federal money, including Bank of America Corp. and Morgan Stanley, used company jets for their personal use, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

I certainly hope NYU didn't pay Mayor Bloomberg exorbitant amounts of money to speak at my graduation...

Quoted: $110,000 to hear Katie Couric speak on graduation day? How do colleges snag these celebrity speakers? And, more importantly, how do these cash-strapped universities pay for them?