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Microsoft profit up as demand for cloud service soars
January 27, 2017 by creative · Leave a Comment
Microsoft Corp reported a 3.6 percent rise in fiscal second-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by growth in its fast-growing cloud computing business, but it saw a slight decline in margins in the unit that includes its flagship cloud platform Azure. Since taking charge in 2014, Chief Executive Satya Nadella has…
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Exclusive: EU regulators expected to clear $25 billion Abbott, St Jude deal: source
November 15, 2016 by publisher · Leave a Comment
(Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators are expected to give conditional clearance to U.S. medical device maker Abbott Laboratories’ bid for peer St Jude Medical Inc , a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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Elon Musk-backed AI startup and Microsoft sign cloud agreement
November 15, 2016 by elegant · Leave a Comment
(Reuters) – OpenAI, the non-profit artificial intelligence (AI) research firm backed by Tesla Motors Inc’s Elon Musk and other prominent tech executives, has signed an agreement to run most of its large-scale experiments on Microsoft Corp’s flagship cloud service, Azure. OpenAI will use Azure for its experiments in deep learning and AI, and Microsoft will collaborate with the company …
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Full Hanjin ship can not dock because there’s no plan to leave
September 21, 2016 by creative · Leave a Comment
The predicament of the Hanjin Miami, one of 10 U.S.-bound ships stranded by the Hanjin bankruptcy, illustrates one way that disputes over ships, ocean containers and even truck trailers
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Microsoft raises dividend, plans $40 billion share buyback
September 21, 2016 by elegant · Leave a Comment
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp on Tuesday raised its quarterly dividend by 8 percent and said it would buy back up to $40 billion as part of a new share repurchase program. The new buyback program has no expiration date and may
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Microsoft wins landmark appeal over seizure of foreign emails
July 15, 2016 by elegant · Leave a Comment
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday said the U.S. government cannot force Microsoft Corp and other companies to turn over customer emails stored on servers outside the United States. The 3-0 decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan is a defeat for the U.S. Department of Justice and a victory for privacy advocates and for technology companies …
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Microsoft told potential Yahoo bidders it might back bids: report
March 26, 2016 by admin · Leave a Comment
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp executives are in talks with equity firms considering bids for Yahoo Inc! saying that Microsoft might be willing to offer “significant financing” for their efforts, tech news site Recode reported on Thursday. Microsoft's move is an attempt to ensure a good relationship with Yahoo's buyer, the website reported. Yahoo launched an auction of its core
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Privacy groups urge U.S. judge to support Apple in iPhone case
March 3, 2016 by admin · Leave a Comment
(Reuters) – Digital privacy advocates have called on a U.S. federal judge to approve Apple Inc's request not to be compelled to build software to help the FBI unlock an iPhone used by one of the shooters in the …
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