Posted AT 7:49 PM EDT on 30/04/06
Gates eyes ad sales
Is Bill Gates, the world's most recognizable technologist, becoming an ad man?
The chairman of Microsoft Corp. C has seen the gargantuan profits rolling in to Google Inc.'s C on-line ad machine and he wants to get in on the action.
Advertising accounts for a small piece of Microsoft's annual $40-billion (U.S.) revenue, but it is the biggest growth opportunity for the company, said Chris Dobson, vice-president of sales and marketing at MSN's international division.
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