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Microsoft quietly prepares to avoid spotlight under Biden
World

Microsoft quietly prepares to avoid spotlight under Biden

  • The Redmond, Washington-based software company is the fourth largest contributor to Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden's candidate campaign committee.
  • Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott and his wife have contributed over $50,000 supporting committees helping Biden win.
Published 26 Oct, 2020 05:17pm
Wall Street surges on Apple, Microsoft, Amazon
Markets

Wall Street surges on Apple, Microsoft, Amazon

  • Apple jumps ahead of Tuesday event.
  • Twitter rises after Deutsche Bank upgrades to "buy".
  • White House calls for limited COVID-19 relief bill.
  • Indexes: Dow +1.13%, S&P 500 +2.01%, Nasdaq +3.16.
Published 12 Oct, 2020 11:57pm
GameStop signs multi-year cloud, hardware deal with Microsoft
Technology

GameStop signs multi-year cloud, hardware deal with Microsoft

  • Gamestop's shares surged about 20% in afternoon trading after it said it would move its back-end and in-store operations to Microsoft's Dynamics 365 platform.
  • This would allow Gamestop's store associates access to omni-channel insights including customer preferences.
Published 09 Oct, 2020 01:44am
Microsoft takes aim at Sony with cloud gaming service
Technology

Microsoft takes aim at Sony with cloud gaming service

  • Subscribers to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, priced at $14.99 monthly, will be able to play more than 150 games via the cloud on Xbox consoles, Android devices and PCs.
  • We built this experience so that it requires as little bandwidth as possible.
  • The Xbox Game Pass service has more than 10 million members.
Published 11 Sep, 2020 05:41pm
Nvidia, Microsoft power gains for S&P 500
Markets

Nvidia, Microsoft power gains for S&P 500

  • Private payrolls increase by 428,000 in August.
  • Nvidia climbs as analysts cheer new gaming chip.
  • Macy's gains on smaller quarterly loss.
  • Indexes up: Dow 0.80%, S&P 0.63%, Nasdaq 0.22%.
Published 02 Sep, 2020 08:21pm