- Faber: Govts Are Obsessed with Deficit Spending
- US Wants Free-Floating Yuan: Commerce's Locke
- Roubini: Views on Economy Unchanged Despite Reports
- CIT Rushes to Secure Lending, Bankruptcy Feared
- IBM Easily Beats Earnings Forecasts, Boosts Outlook
- Google Profit Beats Forecasts, but Sales Don't Impress
- Rio Tinto Says China Steel Bribe Claims Unfounded
- Kudlow: Bravo for Paulson and Fall in Jobless Claims
- June Video Game Sales Are the Worst in Nine Years
- Faber: Govts Are Obsessed with Deficit Spending
- IBM Blows the Street Away
- Google Beats, and Big
- Art Cashin: Stock Market is 'Now Overbought'
- A Tysabri Turnaround Or A Head Fake?
- What's Next For MGM?
- 'More Dangerous to be Short Than Long': Strategist
- Will CIT Take Retail With It?
- Maslansky: CEO Lessons From a 'Wise Latina Woman'
- Warren Buffett Was Mystery Bidder for Bermuda-Based Reinsurer - Bloomberg
- House panel passes tax increase for health plan
- 2Q profits drop 0.7 percent at Mexico's Televisa
- Storm halts trading at Philippine stock exchange
- US Military, Congress square off over jet fighters
- Calif. tax panel avoids partisan fight
- Venezuela aluminum firms struggle with debt
- KC Southern to open distribution center for Nissan
- Va. wants ability to commercialize rest areas
- JLG plant in small southeast ND town to stay open
Text Size 
SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp.'s chief operating officer says the software maker is planning to open retail stores "right next door to Apple" in the fall.
The executive, Kevin Turner, also says Microsoft is "in the game for the long-term" and has hired a retail team.
Microsoft brought on a 25-year Wal-Mart veteran in February to lead the effort, but has said little since. Turner was speaking to a gathering of technology partner companies in New Orleans.
Microsoft and Apple have been sparring for years. Microsoft's Windows runs on most of the world's PCs. Apple, which operates 250 stores worldwide, is venerated for its design sense.
Apple's popular Mac vs. PC ads depict Windows as a self-righteous nerd; Microsoft has struck back with ads that push PCs' lower prices.
Print
Email
Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes