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| Last: 24.83 | Chg: -0.05 | %Chg: -0.20% | Open: 24.79 | Vol: 9.5 M | |
| Bid: 24.83 | Ask: 24.84 | Size: 46 | High: 25.02 | Low: 24.73 | Avg Vol: 21.7 M |

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| Industry | Software |
| Shares Outstanding | 5 B |
| 52 Wk Performance Price | 79.6% |
| Dividend | 0.20 2010/01/14 |
| Today's High 25.02 | P/E 21.8 |
| Today's Low 24.73 | EPS 1.14 |
| Open 24.79 | Price to Book 5.5 |
| Prev Close 24.88 | |
| 52 Wk high 25.64 | Moving Averages: |
| 52 Wk Low 14.00 | 21 Day 24.29 |
| Market Cap 124.6 B | 50 Day 24.35 |
| Yield 0.804 | 200 Day 22.27 |
| Bid $ | Ask $ | Chg $ | Vol | Opn Int | Series | Bid $ | Ask $ | Chg $ | Vol | Opn Int |
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| 12.25 | 12.55 | 0.05 | 0 | 60 | Mar 10 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 144 |
| 9.75 | 10.05 | 0.00 | 0 | 50 | Mar 10 15.0 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 2155 |
| 8.75 | 9.05 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | Mar 10 16.0 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 66 |
| 7.75 | 8.05 | -0.03 | 0 | 14 | Mar 10 17.0 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 534 |
| 6.75 | 7.05 | -0.03 | 0 | 76 | Mar 10 18.0 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 4613 |
| 5.75 | 6.05 | 0.00 | 0 | 438 | Mar 10 19.0 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 8599 |
| 4.75 | 5.00 | -0.03 | 0 | 5440 | Mar 10 20.0 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 11879 |
| 3.75 | 4.05 | 0.00 | 0 | 2963 | Mar 10 21.0 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 9583 |
| 2.83 | 2.86 | -0.05 | 108 | 8133 | Mar 10 22.0 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | 12223 |
| 1.85 | 1.88 | -0.05 | 0 | 10113 | Mar 10 23.0 | 0.02 | 0.03 | -0.01 | 2 | 13882 |
| 0.91 | 0.93 | -0.05 | 549 | 26051 | Mar 10 24.0 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 17 | 27282 |
| 0.24 | 0.25 | -0.03 | 2,864 | 27805 | Mar 10 25.0 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.03 | 1,414 | 12319 |
| 0.02 | 0.03 | -0.01 | 48 | 16724 | Mar 10 26.0 | 1.18 | 1.21 | 0.04 | 67 | 2717 |
| 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 11842 | Mar 10 27.0 | 2.16 | 2.19 | 0.05 | 95 | 1766 |
| 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 4947 | Mar 10 28.0 | 3.15 | 3.20 | 0.05 | 0 | 696 |
| 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 634 | Mar 10 29.0 | 3.95 | 4.25 | 0.00 | 0 | 57 |
| 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 2333 | Mar 10 30.0 | 4.95 | 5.25 | 0.00 | 0 | 95 |
| 4.85 | 4.90 | -0.07 | 0 | 184 | Apr 10 20.0 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0 | 143 |
| 3.85 | 3.95 | -0.05 | 0 | 33 | Apr 10 21.0 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0 | 435 |
| 2.95 | 2.99 | -0.06 | 22 | 334 | Apr 10 22.0 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.02 | 0 | 2257 |
| 2.09 | 2.11 | -0.04 | 273 | 1522 | Apr 10 23.0 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.02 | 3,116 | 9085 |
| 1.34 | 1.36 | -0.02 | 114 | 2740 | Apr 10 24.0 | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.03 | 2,968 | 9100 |
| 0.75 | 0.77 | -0.02 | 868 | 13428 | Apr 10 25.0 | 0.96 | 0.98 | 0.03 | 73 | 3169 |
| 0.37 | 0.38 | -0.01 | 62 | 4905 | Apr 10 26.0 | 1.58 | 1.60 | 0.04 | 68 | 1618 |
| 0.15 | 0.17 | -0.01 | 12 | 3272 | Apr 10 27.0 | 2.37 | 2.40 | 0.05 | 21 | 654 |
| 0.05 | 0.07 | -0.01 | 0 | 741 | Apr 10 28.0 | 3.25 | 3.30 | 0.03 | 0 | 99 |
| 12.25 | 12.50 | -0.02 | 0 | 44 | Jun 10 12.5 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.75 | 9.90 | -0.07 | 0 | 30 | Jun 10 15.0 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0 | 984 |
| 7.75 | 7.90 | -0.08 | 0 | 289 | Jun 10 17.0 | 0.04 | 0.06 | -0.01 | 0 | 4216 |
| 6.85 | 6.90 | -0.05 | 0 | 90 | Jun 10 18.0 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0 | 3604 |
| 5.85 | 5.95 | -0.05 | 0 | 294 | Jun 10 19.0 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0 | 6336 |
| 4.95 | 5.00 | -0.05 | 0 | 1331 | Jun 10 20.0 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0 | 7488 |
| 4.00 | 4.10 | -0.05 | 0 | 873 | Jun 10 21.0 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.01 | 0 | 4817 |
| 3.15 | 3.25 | -0.05 | 0 | 7348 | Jun 10 22.0 | 0.41 | 0.43 | 0.01 | 0 | 8374 |
| 2.41 | 2.44 | -0.03 | 20 | 7590 | Jun 10 23.0 | 0.63 | 0.65 | 0.01 | 51 | 20819 |
| 1.73 | 1.76 | -0.03 | 246 | 17109 | Jun 10 24.0 | 0.94 | 0.96 | 0.01 | 258 | 5585 |
| 1.17 | 1.19 | -0.03 | 109 | 13985 | Jun 10 25.0 | 1.38 | 1.40 | 0.01 | 152 | 4371 |
| 0.74 | 0.76 | -0.02 | 123 | 13589 | Jun 10 26.0 | 1.95 | 1.98 | 0.03 | 0 | 897 |
| 0.43 | 0.45 | -0.02 | 234 | 5183 | Jun 10 27.0 | 2.64 | 2.67 | 0.03 | 0 | 599 |
| 0.23 | 0.25 | -0.01 | 8 | 2543 | Jun 10 28.0 | 3.45 | 3.50 | 0.05 | 24 | 418 |
| 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0 | 4623 | Jun 10 29.0 | 4.30 | 4.40 | 0.05 | 0 | 188 |
| 0.05 | 0.07 | -0.01 | 0 | 1804 | Jun 10 30.0 | 5.25 | 5.30 | 0.05 | 0 | 162 |
| 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | Jun 10 35.0 | 10.10 | 10.30 | 0.05 | 0 | 5 |
| 12.25 | 12.55 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | Sep 10 12.5 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0 | 22 |
| 9.75 | 9.90 | -0.07 | 0 | 10 | Sep 10 15.0 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0 | 313 |
| 5.15 | 5.25 | -0.05 | 0 | 158 | Sep 10 20.0 | 0.43 | 0.46 | 0.00 | 0 | 3906 |
| 4.30 | 4.40 | -0.07 | 0 | 403 | Sep 10 21.0 | 0.61 | 0.62 | 0.00 | 0 | 3224 |
| 3.55 | 3.65 | -0.05 | 0 | 394 | Sep 10 22.0 | 0.83 | 0.86 | 0.01 | 0 | 1602 |
| 2.86 | 2.90 | -0.04 | 0 | 360 | Sep 10 23.0 | 1.12 | 1.15 | 0.00 | 0 | 1282 |
| 2.23 | 2.26 | -0.05 | 0 | 1107 | Sep 10 24.0 | 1.49 | 1.52 | 0.01 | 0 | 2732 |
| 1.69 | 1.72 | -0.04 | 0 | 1980 | Sep 10 25.0 | 1.95 | 1.98 | 0.01 | 5 | 2127 |
| 1.24 | 1.27 | -0.03 | 0 | 1714 | Sep 10 26.0 | 2.49 | 2.53 | 0.02 | 0 | 414 |
| 0.88 | 0.91 | -0.03 | 0 | 1274 | Sep 10 27.0 | 3.10 | 3.20 | 0.03 | 25 | 727 |
| 0.60 | 0.63 | -0.01 | 0 | 909 | Sep 10 28.0 | 3.85 | 3.90 | 0.05 | 0 | 759 |
| 0.40 | 0.42 | -0.02 | 0 | 485 | Sep 10 29.0 | 4.65 | 4.70 | 0.05 | 0 | 72 |
| 0.26 | 0.27 | -0.01 | 2 | 728 | Sep 10 30.0 | 5.50 | 5.55 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0 | 88 | Sep 10 35.0 | 10.25 | 10.30 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 |
| 22.20 | 22.55 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | Jan 11 2.5 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | 220 |
| 19.70 | 20.05 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | Jan 11 5.0 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | 6407 |
| 17.20 | 17.55 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | Jan 11 7.5 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0 | 5540 |
| 14.75 | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 131 | Jan 11 10.0 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0 | 10873 |
| 12.25 | 12.50 | -0.05 | 0 | 209 | Jan 11 12.5 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0 | 49410 |
| 9.85 | 10.10 | -0.02 | 0 | 4625 | Jan 11 15.0 | 0.19 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0 | 11873 |
| 7.60 | 7.70 | -0.03 | 0 | 1782 | Jan 11 17.5 | 0.41 | 0.44 | 0.00 | 0 | 20096 |
| 5.50 | 5.55 | -0.03 | 10 | 11678 | Jan 11 20.0 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.00 | 0 | 54620 |
| 3.65 | 3.75 | -0.05 | 0 | 18476 | Jan 11 22.5 | 1.51 | 1.53 | 0.01 | 0 | 21617 |
| 2.25 | 2.27 | -0.04 | 12 | 33127 | Jan 11 25.0 | 2.57 | 2.59 | 0.01 | 0 | 17304 |
| 0.59 | 0.61 | -0.02 | 70 | 30626 | Jan 11 30.0 | 5.90 | 5.95 | 0.03 | 0 | 1564 |
| 0.10 | 0.12 | -0.01 | 0 | 3335 | Jan 11 35.0 | 10.35 | 10.45 | 0.00 | 0 | 2062 |
| 10.15 | 10.35 | -0.05 | 0 | 141 | Jan 12 15.0 | 0.57 | 0.63 | 0.00 | 0 | 1347 |
| 6.30 | 6.45 | -0.07 | 0 | 590 | Jan 12 20.0 | 1.65 | 1.73 | 0.01 | 0 | 2214 |
| 4.75 | 4.90 | -0.05 | 0 | 122 | Jan 12 22.5 | 2.53 | 2.62 | 0.00 | 0 | 1066 |
| 3.50 | 3.55 | -0.02 | 1 | 3006 | Jan 12 25.0 | 3.65 | 3.80 | 0.00 | 10 | 560 |
| 1.60 | 1.68 | -0.01 | 0 | 1415 | Jan 12 30.0 | 6.75 | 6.90 | 0.05 | 0 | 251 |
| 0.63 | 0.69 | -- | 0 | 0 | Jan 12 35.0 | 10.75 | 10.90 | -- | 0 | 0 |