Even though their numbers aren’t even close to Apple or Microsoft, this is still better then expected news coming out of Finland. Nokia just posted their Q3 results and they are much better than anticipated, mainly thanks to mobile device shipments. Nokia shipped 89.9 million “feature phones” in Q3; analysts only expected around 67 million. [...]

Microsoft just announced numbers for its fiscal Q1 2012 earnings and it turned out to be the best first-quarter ever for the company. Revenue for the quarter was $17.37 billion (up 7%) from last year and was above analyst estimates of $17.26 billion. Operating income was $7.2 billion (up 1%) and net income was $5.75 [...]

Telus (TU here in the States, T up north)stock took quite a big 4th quarter hit, reporting a $156 million (45%) drop in profits. But don’t be too worried about the Vancouver-based telecom company, as this loss seems to be the result of them gearing up for the future. In an act similar to Manchester [...]