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Microsoft in deal with Equinor for Norway CO2 storage project

Our goal is not only to contribute our technology and know-how, but explore how new solutions like the Northern Lights project can help us meet our own carbon negative goals by 2030.
The Northern Lights project is a partnership with Shell and Total.

Published 15 Oct, 2020 12:42am

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

Technology

Microsoft to let employees work from home permanently

WASHINGTON: Software giant Microsoft will let employees work from home permanently if they choose to, US media...

Published 10 Oct, 2020 03:02am

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

Technology

Microsoft says investigating accessibility issues with 365 services

Users may see impact to Microsoft Teams, Outlook, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Outlook.com.
Outage tracking website Downdetector.com showed more than 19,000 users were facing issues with Office 365.

Published 08 Oct, 2020 02:17am

Technology

Greece, Microsoft announce 1 billion euro cloud investment

ATHENS: Greece and Microsoft on Monday announced an investment deal worth up to a billion euros ($1.2 billion) to...

Published 06 Oct, 2020 03:00am

Business & Finance

Microsoft to build hub for cloud services in Greece

Speaking at a virtual event in Athens on Monday, Microsoft President Brad Smith said the new data centre would be beneficial to business, consumers and banks.

Published 05 Oct, 2020 04:15pm

Business & Finance

Microsoft 365 outage affects multiple services

The developer of Windows and Office software said it did not “observe an increase in successful connections” even after it rolled back the change to mitigate the impact.

Published 29 Sep, 2020 10:24am

World

Microsoft supports commission calling for re-establishment of US cyber czar

The commission has called for the establishment of a single individual responsible for leading national cybersecurity strategy.
In current practice, the lack of US leadership in key dialogues at the United Nations and multi-stakeholder convenings.

Published 25 Sep, 2020 01:37am

Business & Finance

Microsoft buys gaming firm ZeniMax Media for $7.5bn

The company will pay for the acquisition in cash with the deal expected to close by the mid-2021.

Published 22 Sep, 2020 02:53am

Technology

Microsoft buys gaming firm ZeniMax Media for $7.5bn

WASHINGTON: Software giant Microsoft on Monday announced would acquire ZeniMax Media for $7.5 billion, marking a...

Published 22 Sep, 2020 02:39am

World

Russia, China hackers targeting US vote, warns Microsoft

WASHINGTON: Microsoft said Thursday it thwarted recent cyberattacks from China, Russia and Iran targeting both...

Published 12 Sep, 2020 02:43am

World

Russia and China dismiss Microsoft allegations of bids to hack Biden and Trump camps

Russia has not interfered, is not interfering and does not intend to interfere in anyone's internal affairs, or electoral processes.
The announcement by Microsoft's vice president for customer security, Tom Burt, said the group accused of breaching Hillary Clinton's campaign emails in 2016.

Published 11 Sep, 2020 06:35pm

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

Technology

Microsoft's new Xbox Series X set for November launch, from $499

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft said Wednesday its next-generation Xbox game console will launch on November 10, with an...

Published 10 Sep, 2020 02:29am

US military sticks with Microsoft for $10bn cloud contract

SAN FRANCISCO: The US Department of Defense said Friday it is sticking with its decision to award a $10 billion ...

Published 06 Sep, 2020 02:18am

US military sticks with Microsoft for $10bn cloud contract

"And then he ends up doubling down on the egregious act anyway."

Published 05 Sep, 2020 03:39am

Markets

Wednesday's early trade: Nvidia, Microsoft power S&P advance

NEW YORK: The S&P 500 rose on Wednesday for the ninth time in the past ten sessions on a boost from Nvidia and...

Published 03 Sep, 2020 02:42am

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

Technology

Walmart joins Microsoft bid for TikTok as CEO of social media app quits

CEO Kevin Mayer, a high-profile former Disney executive, is leaving three months after joining TikTok, in the middle of negotiations to sell the Chinese-owned short-form video app’s U.S. operations to Microsoft Corp or Oracle Corp.

Published 28 Aug, 2020 11:26am

World

Microsoft says Apple's move against 'Fortnite' creator would hurt its games

NEW YORK: Microsoft Corp on Sunday said in a court filing that Apple Inc's threat to cut off the creator of...

Published 24 Aug, 2020 02:42am

Technology

TikTok's journey from global sensation to Trump target

With TikTok, owner ByteDance became the first Chinese company to achieve global success with a consumer app.
US President Donald Trump has now given ByteDance and Microsoft until Sept. 15 to reach a deal.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 10:25pm

Technology

Microsoft back in phone business with folding Android device

WASHINGTON: Microsoft is back in the smartphone business - sort of - with a new Android-powered folding device it...

Published 13 Aug, 2020 02:31am

Technology

Microsoft faces complex technical challenges in TikTok carveout

Trump has given Microsoft until Sept. 15 to put together a blueprint for an acquisition that safeguards the personal data of Americans stored on the short-video app, and he has issued an order to ban it if there is no deal by then.

Published 11 Aug, 2020 10:26am

Technology

Facebook, Microsoft gripes with Apple's App Store on EU's antitrust radar

The European Commission in June opened four probes into Apple, three of which are into its App Store and its restrictive rules.
The Commission is aware of these concerns regarding Apple's App Store rules.

Published 10 Aug, 2020 11:40pm

Business & Finance

Microsoft eyes entire operations of TikTok in talks: report

TikTok operates in some 150 countries and has an estimated billion users.

Published 07 Aug, 2020 02:20am

Technology

Trump's bid for a piece of Microsoft-TikTok deal could spur legal action

Microsoft has said it is seeking to buy the assets of TikTok in North America, Australia and New Zealand. It has not disclosed how much it is willing to pay, though sources previously told Reuters that ByteDance executives value all of TikTok at more than $50 billion.

Published 05 Aug, 2020 10:32am

Markets

Monday's early trade: Microsoft, Apple lift Wall Street

NEW YORK: Wall Street's main indexes rose early on Monday as a rebound in multi-billion dollar deals, including...

Published 04 Aug, 2020 02:47am

Trump gives Microsoft 45 days to clinch TikTok deal

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump only agreed to allow Microsoft Corp to negotiate the acquisition of...

Updated 04 Aug, 2020 03:28am

World

White House adviser Navarro questions Microsoft's China ties amid TikTok discussions

Asked on Fox News about Microsoft's comments that it was seeking to acquire the company.

Published 03 Aug, 2020 07:01pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 10 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.70 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 10 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	462.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 10 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 10 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 10 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 10 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	67 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 10 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	392.95 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 10 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 10 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	6.44 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Jun 10 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	81.08 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 10 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.70 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 10 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	462.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 10 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 10 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 10 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 10 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	67 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 10 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	392.95 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 10 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 10 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	6.44 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Jun 10 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	81.08 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
TPL Properties / Jun 10 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	19,508,636 ▲ 0.00
Unity Foods Ltd / Jun 10 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	13,968,605 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 10 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,368,418 ▲ 0.00
Faysal Bank / Jun 10 Faysal Bank Limited(FABL)	10,591,954 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Jun 10 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	9,824,500 ▲ 0.00
Sui North Gas / Jun 10 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	4,738,000 ▲ 0.00
Oil & Gas Dev. / Jun 10 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	4,140,321 ▲ 0.00
Loads Limited / Jun 10 Loads Limited(LOADS)	3,872,000 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jun 10 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	3,751,614 ▲ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / Jun 10 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	3,391,687 ▲ 0.00

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 9	286.95
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 9	286.80
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 9	139.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 9	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 9	1.26
Euro to USD / Jun 9	1.07
UK LIBOR % / Jun 9	5.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 9	4298.86
India Sensex / Jun 9	62625.63
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 9	32265.17
Nasdaq / Jun 9	13259.14
Hang Seng / Jun 9	19389.95
FTSE 100 / Jun 9	7562.36
Dow Jones / Jun 9	33876.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 9	15949.84
France CAC40 / Jun 9	7213.14

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 9	70.17
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 9	20235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 9	196588
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 9	1961.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 9	81.82

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