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The drop in Microsoft followed an article in business weekly Barron's February 5 issue, which suggested Microsoft is more likely to fall than rise with the release of its Vista operating system, as expectations for Vista's success were already factored into its stock's price.

Microsoft shares fell 1.9 percent, or 58 cents, to $29.61 on the Nasdaq, reversing all the gains of the last month. Monday's slide was Microsoft's largest one-day decline in almost six months.