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'Fortunate To Be Vaccinated:' Bill Gates Gets COVID-19

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates has said he's tested positive for COVID-19.

Bill Gates Takes Swipe At Elon Musk Over Twitter Acquisition: 'He Actually Could Make It Worse'

Bill Gates Takes Swipe At Elon Musk Over Twitter Acquisition: 'He Actually Could Make It Worse'

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates on Wednesday took a swipe at Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk’s plan t

Bill Gates Says Shorting Tesla Not A Statement About Climate Change

Bill Gates Says Shorting Tesla Not A Statement About Climate Change

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates on Wednesday indirectly responded to his stand on whether he was half a billion-dollar short on Elon Musk-led electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:

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Wall Street is betting that Microsoft-Activision deal will fail

Activision Blizzard Inc. shareholders approved the company’s $69 billion sale to Microsoft Corp on Thursday, but Wall Street is betting that Biden antitrust enforcers could unravel one of the largest mergers in U.S. history.

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Activision Blizzard Shareholders Approve $68.7 Bln Microsoft Deal

Videogame publisher Activision Blizzard Inc said on Thursday that its shareholders approved Microsoft Corp's $68.7 billion proposal to buy the "Call of Duty" maker. More than 98% of the shares voted at a special meeting held earlier in the day were in favor of the proposed transaction, the Santa Monica,…

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Russia began preparing for cyberattacks on Ukraine in early 2021

Russian-affiliated hackers were positioning themselves for cyberattacks against Ukraine as early as March 2021, according to researchers at Microsoft Corp.

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Phishing Fleets Prowl Cyberspace Pretending To Be LinkedIn Messages: What You Need To Know

More than half of all recorded phishing assaults perpetrated during the first three months of the year involved cybercriminals pretending to send digital messages from LinkedIn, the social media platform division of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT).

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Why Microsoft Shares Are Moving Higher Today

Why Microsoft Shares Are Moving Higher Today

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares are trading higher Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected financial results and issued guidance above analyst estimates.

Analysts Share Their View On Activision Blizzard Post Q1 Performance

Analysts Share Their View On Activision Blizzard Post Q1 Performance

Analysts offered their views on Activision Blizzard, Inc (NASDAQ:ATVI) post Q1 FY22 results. Raymond James saw ATVI's Q1 results significantly below expectations, driven by continued weakness in Call of Duty and a low ebb of content in Blizzard. It continued to see sizable headwinds for Call of Duty through the rest of the year until the anticipated release…

China's Huawei's 2021 R&D Spend Beat America's Big Tech - Read by How Much

China's Huawei's 2021 R&D Spend Beat America's Big Tech - Read by How Much

Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies Co almost doubled its R&D budget over the past half-decade to $22.1 billion in 2021, Bloomberg reports. The R&D budget was equivalent to 22.4% of Huawei's sales in 2021, nearly double Amazon.com Inc's (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Google-owner Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) proportions and more than triple iPhone-maker Apple Inc's (NASDAQ:AAPL). Only Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) came close…

What's Going On With Microsoft Stock Today?

What's Going On With Microsoft Stock Today?

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares are trading lower Tuesday ahead of the company's financial results.

Wolfe Sees Snowflake As 4th Hyperscaler After Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud

Wolfe Sees Snowflake As 4th Hyperscaler After Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud

Wolfe Research analyst Alex Zukin initiated coverage of Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) with an Outperform rating and a $250 price target. The price target implies a 33.8% upside. Zukin saw the potential for Snowflake "to become the 4th hyperscaler" after Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Corp's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Azure, and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google's Cloud. Zukin saw Snowflake growing…

Rosenblatt Held Conviction On Microsoft Ahead Of Q3

Rosenblatt Held Conviction On Microsoft Ahead Of Q3

Rosenblatt analyst Blair Abernethy reiterated a Buy rating on Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) with a price target of $349. The price target implied an upside of 27.7%. Microsoft looks to report its Q3 FY22 results on March 26 after market close. Also Read: Activision Blizzard Registers 22% Revenue Decline In Q1, Ditches Outlook Due To Microsoft Deal…

Activision Blizzard Registers 22% Revenue Decline In Q1, Ditches Outlook Due To Microsoft Deal

Activision Blizzard Registers 22% Revenue Decline In Q1, Ditches Outlook Due To Microsoft Deal

Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ:ATVI) reported a first-quarter FY22 net revenue decline of 22.3% year-on-year to $1.77 billion missing the consensus of $1.80 billion. Q1 Net bookings were $1.48 billion. Product sales declined 42.8% Y/Y to $386 million. In-game, subscription and other revenues decreased 13.6% Y/Y to $1.38 billion. Non-GAAP EPS of $0.64 missed…

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Leaked Texts Show Elon Musk Confronting Bill Gates About Shorting Tesla

A leaked chat exchange between Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk and Microsoft Corp.

Pentagon, US Army Debate Over $22B Budget For Microsoft Combat Goggles

The U.S. Army initially looked to spend ~$22 billion over the next decade on high-tech combat goggles and related services from Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), Bloomberg reports. The initial guidance could be double what the service expects. A Pentagon inspector general saw the contract straining up to $21.9 billion in taxpayers' funds. However, the…

Kraft Heinz Inks Multi-Year Cloud, AI Agreement With Microsoft

Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) has partnered with Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) to develop digital solutions for the supply chain process. The multi-year cloud and AI agreement will focus on joint innovations across Kraft Heinz operations and product portfolios. Kraft Heinz will migrate most of its global data center assets to the Microsoft Azure cloud platform and…

Google Shares Its African Product Development Center Debut Plans

Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google invested in its Africa product development center debut in Nairobi, looking to host 800 million internet users and a third of the world's youth population by 2030. Its peer, Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT), also invested in technology development hubs in Kenya and Nigeria, pumping $100 million and hiring hundreds of engineers…

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Here's Why Analysts Remained Bullish On Microsoft Despite Price Target Cut

Two analysts remained bullish despite slashing their price targets on Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT). Citigroup analyst Tyler Radke maintained Microsoft with a Buy and lowered the price target from $386 to $355 (24.8% upside). Amidst rising investor concerns around the sustainability of robust software demand and valuation multiples, Citi analyst Tyler Radke expects MSFT's results to…

Here's How RBC Capital Viewed Meta

RBC Capital analyst Brad Erickson reiterated Outperform on Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB), but lowered the price target from $245 to $240 (11.3% upside). Another round of SMB ad agency channel checks raised the conviction that FB will likely see another rocky quarter, prompting lower estimates and PT to $240. The beneficiaries from FB erosion…

Why Is Microsoft Stock Off To A Sluggish Start This Week?

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares are down about 10% over a five-day period. The stock continues to slide Tuesday after analysts warned of Office 365 deceleration.

Microsoft Allegedly Exploited Its Influence To Gain Edge Over Amazon, Google, Alibaba: Bloomberg

Some Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) customers and rivals alleged that Microsoft repeatedly used its leverage over one market to hinder competition in another, Bloomberg reports. Microsoft’s practices cut across cloud computing, where it played catch-up, and productivity software, where it dominated. The Windows operating system held a 96% share of the personal-computer market in 2021,…

Entrepreneur Behind Microsoft's Wunderlist Raised $11M - Read Why

German entrepreneur Christian Reber who sold his to-do list app Wunderlist to Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) in 2015, raised funding for a follow-on app called Superlist, CNBC reports. Reber secured €10 million ($11 million) in a seed funding round led by venture capital firm EQT Ventures, reaching a total of €13.5 million. Superlist will…

Here's Why UBS Is Cautious On Microsoft, Alibaba

UBS painted a cautious picture of Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA).

Activision Blizzard Looks To Convert Temporary Staff To Full Time Roles

Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ:ATVI) looks to convert 1,100 U.S.-based temporary and contingent quality assurance workers of some divisions to full-time employees, starting July 1, Reuters reports. Microsoft Corp's (NASDAQ:MSFT) acquisition target looks to raise the minimum hourly wages for the employees from the Activision Publishing and Blizzard divisions to $20 or more and offer them…

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