... billion. Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates remains the world’s richest, with a net worth of US$85 billion. Last month, Bezos surpassed brothers Charles and David Koch to become the the third richest ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-11
... g Google, Microsoft and Facebook, said the proposals were a concern. "The bill is a setback for privacy rights and part of a worrisome trend toward more governmental surveillance in Europe while the U ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-05
Steve Ballmer, the former chief executive of Microsoft, has revealed that he holds 4 percent stake in Twitter Inc, making him the third-biggest individual shareholder in the microblogging service oper ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-19
... Band from Microsoft and the Apple Watch all gave results that varied less than 5 percent from the readings given by professional medical equipment. However, Asus’ Zenwatch, which can measure only rest ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-16
... e US like Microsoft and Yahoo have been overtaken by nimbler rivals such as Apple. The same thing would apply to firms in this part of the world. If Hong Kong thinks it will continue to have a lead ov ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-14
... , IBM and Microsoft Corp., has resisted any moves by the government to weaken increasingly sophisticated encryption systems designed to protect consumers' privacy. The decision to back away from a law ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-12
... ware firm Microsoft is holding US$108.3 billion in five tax haven subsidiaries, and drug company Pfizer is holding US$74 billion in 151 subsidiaries, the study said. "Congress can and should take stro ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-07
Microsoft Corp. and Chinese search giant Baidu Inc. have signed a deal to make Baidu.com the default search engine and home page for users of Microsoft’s Edge browser in China, Bloomberg reported. The ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-24
... ompany of Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates, the chief executives of Boeing and Starbucks Corp. and other local luminaries. The Chinese leader's visit to Seattle, which he called "America's gatewa ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-23
... owned by Microsoft Inc., flooded Twitter and Facebook from around 2 a.m. Eastern Time, The Wall Street Journal reported. Some users said the outage affected Skype services across the world, including ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-22
Microsoft Corp. has been sued for allegedly discriminating against women in pay and promotions. The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday in a federal court in Seattle, Washington by former technician Kather ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-17
... including Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and Virgin Group chief executive Richard Branson. Like Branson's Virgin Galactic, one of Blue Origin's goals is to fly tourists into suborbital, and ultimatel ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-16
... Siri and Microsoft's Cortana. In 2012, the social network hit more than one billion users. "A more open and connected world is a better world," Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post quoted by news we ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-28
... e Now and Microsoft Corp.'s Cortana rely entirely on technology to answer questions. M is a hybrid backed by a team of Facebook employees with customer service backgrounds, called M trainers, who can ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
... ssion and Microsoft Corp. are sponsoring the program. Selected teams will receive a monthly grant of HK$9,000, mentorship support, office facilities, field trips to successful technology companies in ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-20
... rberg and Microsoft's Bill Gates were some of the most famous participants, took Hong Kong and the world by storm with people dumping buckets of ice water on themselves and posting their videos on soc ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-12
... ffett and Microsoft founder Bill Gates did not donate as much in their home turfs. Chan said it was shameful that the pair came to China in 2010 and lectured on mainland businessmen about philanthropy ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-29
... Corp. and Microsoft Corp. to expand in one of the world’s largest videogame markets, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing a statement from the Ministry of Culture. Previously, regulators limited fo ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-27
... Inc. and Microsoft Corp. The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to issue final rules cutting carbon emissions from US power plants as soon as next week. These regulations are the biggest dr ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-27
Microsoft Corp. reported Tuesday a US$3.2 billion loss for the three months to June due to huge writedowns related to the purchase of Nokia's handset business. It marked the company's largest-ever qua ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-22
