... Thursday. Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates has been No. 1 on the Bloomberg index since May 17, 2013. His fortune slipped US$200 million to US$87.1 billion after hours as Microsoft presented mixed ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-28
Indian e-commerce start-up Flipkart Group has raised US$1.4 billion from Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc. and Tencent Holdings Ltd., taking a hit to its valuation to raise the cash it needs to defend its ho ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-11
... Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon took the top four positions, while Facebook was in the sixth place. As of Wednesday, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ranked fifth on the list. The others in the ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-07
... , such as Microsoft Corp.'s LinkedIn unit, already have tiered memberships, with subscription versions that offer greater access and data. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-24
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates topped Forbes magazine's list of the world's super-rich for the fourth straight year, while US President Donald Trump has slipped more than 200 spots on the annual list ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-21
... ations to Microsoft for US$7 billion, leaving it with its network equipment business and a large patent portfolio. But last year, it gave the Nokia brand a fresh start by licensing its devices brand t ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-27
... economy,” Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates said at a New Delhi conference in November. He called it “something that had never been done by any government before, not even in a rich country.” The gov ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-20
Microsoft Corp is proposing a program to US President Donald Trump's administration allowing people from seven predominantly Muslim nations to enter and leave the United States on business or family ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-03
... nies plus Microsoft Corp. said this month they would coordinate more to remove extremist content, sharing digital "fingerprints" with each other. Technology companies are protected from many lawsuits ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-21
Messaging services such as Microsoft's Skype and Facebook's WhatsApp face stricter rules on how they handle customer data under new security laws due to be proposed by the European Union. The EU execu ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-13
Microsoft has won approval from the European Union for its US$26 billion bid for professional social network LinkedIn, its largest ever acquisition. The US giant clinched the deal after agreeing to a ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-07
US tech giants including Facebook, Twitter, Google's YouTube and Microsoft are being asked to act faster to tackle online hate speech or face laws forcing them to do so. The European Commission issued ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-05
Reuters Microsoft is set to gain EU approval for its US$26 billion purchase of professional social network LinkedIn, with changes to concessions aimed at addressing competition concerns. Microsoft la ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-25
... Apple and Microsoft are a key part of the nation’s economy. If Trump successfully grows the economy, they, too, will gain. For instance, when households have more disposable income, people tend to buy ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-17
... ctice put Microsoft in the EU crosshairs, eventually resulting in millions of euros of fines for the US software company. Commission spokesman Ricardo Cardoso confirmed receipt of Google's response. L ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-11
Donald Trump's White House victory moves Apple, Pfizer, Microsoft and other big US corporations much closer than they have been in years to winning a big tax break on US$2.6 trillion in foreign profit ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-11
Microsoft Corp. is accusing a hacking group previously linked to the Russian government and US political hacks of being behind recent cyber attacks that exploited a newly discovered Windows security f ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-02
... rcent and Microsoft up about 125 percent. The beauty of investing in these low-profile but highly-profitable companies is that the investment return is usually less subject to whether you get the timi ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-31
