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Microsoft Stock Marches Higher Over Last Month: What's Going On?

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares are trading slightly lower Friday morning. The stock was up about 7% during the month of March. Here's a look at what happened.

Benzinga · Apr 1, 2022

Read About Apple's Latest Subscription Offering As It Looks To Reduce Dependence On Devices

Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) launched Apple Business Essentials, a new program for businesses to set up, manage and install software on workers' iPhones, iPads, and Macs. The product is aimed at smaller customers, primarily those without dedicated IT departments. It comes at a monthly price of $2.99 to $24.99 per worker. The product enables…

Benzinga · Apr 1, 2022

Global M&A activity hits the skids in Q1

The value of global merger and acquisition (M&A) activity took a 29% hit in the first quarter of 2022 as market volatility fuelled by Russia's invasion of Ukraine pushed the brakes on last year's breakneck pace of dealmaking.

Bangkok Post · Mar 31, 2022

Sony's New Gaming Subscription PlayStation Plus Vs. Microsoft Game Pass - How Analysts View It

Sony Group (NYSE:SONY) bundled its existing PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now services into one single subscription service called PlayStation Plus. Sony's move seems to pit it against Microsoft Corp's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Xbox Game Pass game subscription service, Reuters reports. The revamped Sony service combines the current PlayStation Plus, which has 48 million subscribers, with PlayStation Now, which…

Benzinga · Mar 29, 2022

Microsoft Security Chief Suggests Mandatory Steps To Secure Metaverse

Microsoft Corp's (NASDAQ:MSFT) new security chief, Charlie Bell, strongly urged to build protection from hackers and criminals in the emerging metaverse. Hackers could make genuine-looking avatars making it hard to resist. Bell warned against the possibilities of an avatar of a teller in a virtual bank lobby seeking information or a CEO avatar…

Benzinga · Mar 28, 2022

Microsoft Ex-Employee Raises Corruption Charges In Middle East, Africa

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) fired some employees and terminated partnerships concerning bribery allegations in its sales efforts in the Middle East, the Wall Street Journal reports. A former Microsoft manager Yasser Elabd, who worked throughout the Middle East and Africa from 1998 to 2018, made the allegations public after being fired. Elabd alleged that Microsoft…

Benzinga · Mar 28, 2022

After US, Big Tech Sees More Trouble From EU: Reuters

Strict new rules targeting the U.S. tech giants will likely be effective in October, Reuters reports based on EU antitrust chief. In 2021, Margrethe Vestager proposed a list of dos and don'ts for Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) unit Google and Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) under the Digital Markets Act.   Also Read: US Senate Votes…

Benzinga · Mar 25, 2022

China Orders Temporary Suspension Of Microsoft Search Engine Auto Suggest: Reuters

Chinese regulator ordered Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) search engine Bing to suspend its auto-suggest feature for a week for undisclosed reasons, Reuters reports. It marks Bing's second regulatory suspension since December. "Bing is a global search platform and remains committed to respecting the rule of law and users' right to access information," Bing said. Recently…

Benzinga · Mar 21, 2022

China Requires Microsoft’s Bing to Suspend Auto-Suggest Feature

Microsoft Corp's Bing, the only major foreign search engine available in China, said a "relevant government agency" has required it to suspend its auto-suggest function in China for seven days. The suspension marks the second of its kind for Bing since December, and arrives amid an ongoing crackdown on technology…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 21, 2022

Google Shares Findings On Ransomware Hacker Group

Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google detected a group of ransomware hackers trying to breach companies in 2021, exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Corp’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows. The group sent over 5,000 malicious emails a day to up to 650 global organizations, often leveraging a flaw in MSHTML. Microsoft issued a security fix for the Windows vulnerability…

Benzinga · Mar 17, 2022