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16:12 ET Microsoft beats by $0.02, guides (MSFT) 24.53 -0.22: Reports Q3 (Mar) earnings of $0.26 per share, $0.02 better than the Multex consensus of $0.24; revenues rose 8.1% year/year to $7.84 bln vs the $7.73 bln consensus. Company Q4 sees EPS of $0.23-0.24 vs Multex consensus of $0.24, revs of $7.8-7.9 vs consensus of $7.96 bln; Y04 EPS of $1.04-1.06, consensus of $1.08, revenues of $33.1-33.8 bln vs consensus of $34.9 bln