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Stock Price on the Rise in Redmond

After a long, hot summer of pressure from investors, Steve Ballmer has to enjoy the cool, soothing sensation of a rebounding stock price, which appears to have the potential to keep rising.

Not to be left out, Apple, stock-backdating scandal and all, racked up the numbers in its fiscal Q1.

Posted by Lee Pender on January 18, 2007


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