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Microsoft Sales Top Estimates as Cloud Growth Recovers
Microsoft Corp. shares are up in extended trading after the company posted stronger-than-expected first-quarter sales. Its cloud-computing growth recovered amid demand for new artificial intelligence products that are prompting corporate...
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Motley Fool AM's McFaddin on US Markets
Shelby McFaddin, Investment Analyst at Motley Fool Asset Management, discusses her outlook and investment strategies for US Markets. She speaks with Shery Ahn and Paul Allen on "Daybreak Australia".
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Microsoft to Invest $3.2 Billion to Boost Cloud, AI in Australia
Microsoft Corp. will invest $3.2 billion in Australia to expand its cloud computing and AI infrastructure over the next two years. Ben Westcott reports on Bloomberg Television.
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Top Calls: Piper Picks Microsoft as Top Megacap Stock
Brent Bracelin, Piper Sandler Co-Head of Technology Research, joins Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld to discuss the big movers on the back of analyst recommendations on Bloomberg Markets: The Close.
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Tech Giants Expected to Show Huge Profit Growth
With the list of stock-market worries growing seemingly by the day, investors looking to earnings season for a dose of good news are hanging their hopes on a familiar group: Big Tech. Boldface names including Amazon, Google and Microsoft...
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Top Calls: UiPath's Unique Approach to AI
Gil Luria, D.A. Davidson Senior Software Analyst, joins Scarlet Fu and Vonnie Quinn to discuss the big movers on the back of analyst recommendations on Bloomberg Markets: The Close.
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CMA CEO Cardell on Microsoft's Activision Deal
UK Competition and Markets Authority CEO Sarah Cardell discusses Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. She speaks with Bloomberg's Kriti Gupta on "The Pulse With Francine Lacqua." (This interview aired on October...
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Activision CEO: Microsoft Deal Is Perfect Combination
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick talks about Microsoft buying his company for $69 billion dollars. He says it is a "perfect combination" because of Microsoft's long history in the gaming industry. He speaks on "Bloomberg Technology."
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Microsoft's $69 Billion Activision Deal Gets UK Clearance
Microsoft Corp. has received approval from the UK competition watchdog for its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. "This new restructured deal is clear to proceed today," says UK Competition & Markets Authority CEO Sarah...
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Top Calls: IT Spending to Grow with Israel-Hamas War
Dan Ives, Wedbush Senior Equity Analyst, joins Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld to discuss the big movers on the back of analyst recommendations on Bloomberg Markets: The Close.
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Microsoft-Google Peace Deal Broke Down Over Search on Duo
A five-year truce between rivals Alphabet and Microsoft came crashing down in 2020 when the tech giants found themselves at odds over their competing web-search businesses, according to testimony at the US government's antitrust trial...
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Microsoft Tried to Sell Bing to Apple Around 2020
Microsoft Corp. discussed selling its Bing search engine to Apple Inc. around 2020, a deal that would have replaced Google as the default option on the iPhone maker's devices, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The Justice...
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Former FTC Attorney: Stopping Amazon's Conduct a First Step
Public Knowledge Competition Policy Director and former FTC attorney Charlotte Slaiman weighs in on the future of antitrust and big tech after the FTC's moves against Amazon and the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal. She joins Caroline...
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The Future of Big Tech Antitrust
The FTC has sued Amazon in a long-anticipated antitrust case, accusing the e-commerce giant of monopolizing online marketplace services by degrading quality for shoppers and overcharging sellers. Meanwhile, Google is at the center of an...
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OpenAI Seeks Valuation of Up to $90 Billion: WSJ
OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is talking to investors about a potential share sale that would value the startup at $80 billion to $90 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported. Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow has more.
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Ubisoft 'Independence' Key to Microsoft's UK Approval, CMA Says
The head of the UK's competition authority says allowing the French gaming publisher Ubisoft to make "independent" decisions from Microsoft about its content distribution was a key concession in clearing its acquisition of Activision...
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CMA Sees Ubisoft Independence as Key to Microsoft Approval
Microsoft is on the verge of clearing the final regulatory hurdle to its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard as the UK competition authorities signaled they will accept the latest concessions. Sarah Cardell, CEO of the...
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Microsoft's Activision Deal Moves Closer to UK Approval
Microsoft Corp.'s attempt to clear the final global regulatory hurdle for its $69 billion Activision Blizzard Inc. acquisition got a huge boost after the UK's antitrust watchdog said the revised deal offer appeared to address its...
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Microsoft Mistakenly Posts Secret Game Plans
Microsoft mistakenly uploaded confidential information about its video-game operations to a federal court website. Bloomberg's Cecilia D'Anastasio breaks it all down with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Technology."
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US Court Clears Way for Microsoft to Buy Activision
Microsoft Corp. won a court's okay to move forward with its $69 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard Inc., defeating an effort by the US Federal Trade Commission to block the largest ever gaming deal. Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow has the...
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LSE CEO Is Confident About Business in the EU, Despite Brexit Waiver Expiring
LSE CEO David Schwimmer says he is still confident about the LSE's clearing house doing business within the European Union. "We are well past the point" of LCH Ltd. losing access, he said, even with a temporary post-Brexit waiver set to...
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Work Shifting: GitHub's AI Coding Assistant
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke joins Ed Ludlow and Caroline Hyde to discuss the productivity gains seen by the use of GitHub's AI coding assistant, Copilot. He speaks on "Bloomberg Technology."
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What to Expect from Oracle's Report
Brent Thill, Jefferies Equity Research Analyst, joins Romaine Bostick and Scarlet Fu to discuss the big movers on the back of analyst recommendations on Bloomberg Markets: The Close.
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Microsoft Asia's Mazhari on AI Outlook in Asia
Ahmed Mazhari, President of Microsoft Asia, discusses the future of AI usage in Asia, and how the company is navigating risks and regulations. He speaks with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts on "Daybreak Asia".