While you were sleeping: Microsoft, Caterpillar slump

While you were sleeping: Microsoft, Caterpillar slump
By Margreet Dietz Jan. 28 (BusinessDesk) - Equities on both sides of the Atlantic slumped as disappointing corporate results including from Microsoft, Caterpillar and Siemens stoked concern about equity valuations and the impact of slow global economic growth.  Microsoft’s latest quarterly results failed to meet the mark, particularly in commercial licensing revenue, its historic bellwether business. “Even though they beat on consumer and devices, it was a slight miss on the commercial side,” Daniel Ives, an analyst at FBR Capital Mark...