World Markets Brush Off Soft Microsoft Earnings (ap)

FILE - In this March 4, 2009 file photo, an Apple iPhone equipped with Amazon.com's Kindle for iPhone book reader is shown in New York. Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that its second-quarter earnings fell while sales rose, due to a $51 million payment to settle a long-standing dispute with former partner Toys R Us. The profit still beat Wall Street estimates, though. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP – World stock markets rose again Friday despite some downbeat U.S. earnings news from the likes of Microsoft Corp. and Amazon Inc. ? another sign that risk appetite remains stronger after a two-week rally that has sent many indexes around the world to 2009 highs.

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