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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Amgen Inc., the world's largest biotech company in sales, reported first-quarter profit Thursday that topped Wall Street expectations, though they were nearly flat as sales of Amgen's embattled anemia drugs plunged.

SEATTLE (AP) Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its fiscal third-quarter profit fell 11 percent from a year earlier, when the software maker reported more than $1 billion in deferred revenue tied to delays in the launch of the Windows Vista operating system.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) Fidelity National Information Services Inc.'s first-quarter earnings rose 18 percent, the provider of technology services to financial institutions said Thursday.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Juniper Networks Inc. said Thursday that its first-quarter profits surged 66 percent on robust sales of its network infrastructure products.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Networking technology maker Riverbed Technology Inc. said Thursday its first-quarter profit fell 80.9 percent on higher costs.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) AmeriCredit Corp.'s profit plunged 63 percent in the fiscal third quarter as bad credit continued to eat into the car lender's portfolio of loans, the company said Thursday.