CA 2Q profit nearly flat, but outlook lifts sharesISLANDIA, N.Y. — Business management software company CA Inc. said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter profit was nearly flat as revenue edged lower. But the company forecast fiscal 2010 sales at the high end of its prior outlook, sending shares up nearly 5 percent in after-hours trading.

Soft PC sales send Microsoft profit down 29 pctSEATTLE — There isn't much Microsoft Corp. can do to avoid what is shaping up to be a tough rest of 2009.

Ford, Safeway, EMC, Fifth Third are big moversNEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:

Wal-Mart expands PC offeringsNEW YORK — A move by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to offer more and lower-priced laptops could give it an edge over key rival Best Buy Co. in the struggle for back-to-school electronics business.

Microsoft fiscal 4Q profit falls 29 percentSEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its profit in the last quarter plunged 29 percent because of weak computer sales, ending a fiscal year in which the software maker's revenue fell for the first time since the company went public in 1986.