THE NEWS WRAP: Microsoft third quarter earnings beat analyst expectations

Microsoft has announced its third quarter financial year results, with revenues growing to $US21.7 billion and earnings per share of $0.61.   That beat analysts’ expectations of earnings of $0.51 per share and revenue of $US21.06 billion, TechCrunch reports.   Microsoft chief executive officer Satya Nadella says the company saw incredible growth across its cloud services in the quarter.   Th...