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Re:Microsoft's Surface sales figures are in, and they're hid... by jussij on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @09:42PM (#6131345)
But that 9.5 billion investment is yet to return a profit:

Motorola, acquired by Google in 2012, racked up a loss of $218 million before items, more than four times the $49 million it lost a year earlier.

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/07/19/google-earnings-ad-ra...

Re:Microsoft's Surface sales figures are in, and they're hid... by srathi on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @10:01PM (#6131442)
They also recovered $3 billion by selling the set top box business.