MSNBC.com, a joint venture of Microsoft Corp. and GE Co.'s NBC News, has posted its first profitable quarter eight years after its launch in 1996. Microsoft said MSNBC.com posted record revenue of
more than $45 million in the past year. The software maker as a whole, is expected to post more than $9 billion in revenue for the quarter ending June 30, according to analysts' forecasts. Microsoft
reports its earnings on July 22.