The Redmond, Wash.-based company reported net earnings Thursday of $2.73 billion, or 50 cents a share for the quarter, ended Sept. 30, compared with $1.28 billion, or 23 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue grew 26 percent to $7.75 billion, from $6.13 billion in the same period last year. Sequentially, sales jumped from $7.25 billion in the fourth fiscal quarter.

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