... AAA-rated Microsoft has a 0% risk weight, meaning that it is virtually risk-free. A loan to the Indian government will have a risk weight of 50%, and one to a riskier Argentina will be weighted at 150 ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-15
Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen, through his charitable foundation, is donating US$9 million to support US efforts to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Reuters reported on Friday, citing ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-12
A new Microsoft Corp. product that allows website publishers to use digital photographs on their sites is a "massive infringement" of copyrighted images, Getty Images Inc. claimed in a lawsuit filed i ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-05
Microsoft Corp. chief executive Satya Nadella will visit China in late September even as the Chinese government is conducting an antitrust investigation into the world's largest software company, Reut ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-28
China's anti-monopoly regulator wants to set the record straight: Reports that Microsoft (MSFT.US) is being probed for monopolistic behavior related to its Windows operating system and Office suite of ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-27
Microsoft's web browser and media player are being targeted in a Chinese anti-trust probe as Beijing steps up scrutiny on multinational firms operating in the country, China News reported. The US tech ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-26
... ings from Microsoft, Google and Apple, and would be available to China's consumers and government personnel alike as soon as October, said state-controlled Xinhua news agency on Sunday. Xinhua positio ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-26
Former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has left the company's board to spend more time on his newly acquired Los Angeles Clippers basketball team, but said he will keep his 4 percent stake in ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-20
... hose from Microsoft Corp.’s Bill Gates, American actor Chris Pratt, talk show host Oprah Winfrey, actor Ben Affleck and Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, who have joined the social media craze ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-19
... ckerberg, Microsoft's Bill Gates and Tesla's Elon Mush have all participated. Interestingly, after Ethel Kennedy, the 86-year-old widow of Robert Kennedy, took the challenge, she nominated President B ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-19
... cted were Microsoft Corp., chip maker Qualcomm Inc. as well as car giants Audi AG, Daimler AG and Chrysler. Critics have charged that regulators are singling out foreign companies, and that the probes ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-18
An ice bucket challenge has been issued to Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos: Will they take it? Business leaders from Mark Zuckerberg to Microsoft Corp’s Satya Nadella have joined the social ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-15
... lcomm and Microsoft have also confirmed that they are the subject of competition investigations by Chinese authorities. -- Contact us at [email protected] RA/JL ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-14
... also uses Microsoft's Windows operating system on its computers. There is no ground for Beijing to impose a ban on foreign tech products, given the fact that many Chinese firms and consumers are relyi ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-07
... rsky Lab. Microsoft Corp. was excluded from a government procurement list for energy-efficient computers. -- Contact us at [email protected] RA ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-06
A Chinese antitrust regulator conducted new raids on Microsoft Corp and its partner in China Accenture, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing the agency website. The State Administration for Industry and ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-06
... he use of Microsoft's operating system Windows 8 on new computers procured by the government. Foreign antivirus companies have their servers overseas, which means information is sent back and forth to ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-06
... are giant Microsoft (MSFT.US) revealed it is being probed for monopolistic business practices. Other major western multinationals have been probed for similar anti-competitive behavior in the latest y ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-06
... eloped by Microsoft’s Bing team in Beijing. The US tech giant places high hopes on her to revive Bing, its search engine service that has been a non-starter since it entered China two years ago, South ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-04
Microsoft Corp. is cranking up its anti-piracy effort in the mainland, this time targeting Chinese internet start-ups. One such company in Shanghai paid 60,000 yuan (US$9,710) to settle piracy claims ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-01
