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Microsoft paid approximately $8.5 million in cash for Skype, which had many media pundits wondering why it would pay so much money for such a company.
thinkstockJune 1, 2015: Markets opened higher on Monday after word (later proved false) that Greece and the ECB had reached an agreement. Stocks dropped sharply when the report proved false, but...
Microsoft has announced that it will ship the next version of its Windows operating system, Windows 10, on Wednesday July 29.
The five most heavily shorted stocks traded on the Nasdaq all saw increases in short interest between the April 30 and May 15 settlement dates.
thinkstockMay 27, 2015: Markets opened higher on Wednesday and traded higher all day long. As the end of the month approaches the DJIA is up about 2% for May and the Nasdaq Composite is inching...
courtesy of Apple Inc.Global smartphone sales are forecast to rise by 11.3% year-over-year in 2015, a nice clip but well below the 27.6% growth in sales during 2014. Sales in China are forecast to...
Cowen points out that in enterprise software, market share is shifting to software as a service (SaaS) and the public cloud.
While most of the brands on the annual BrandZ Top 100 Valuable Global Brands gained value, IBM was a significant exception.
thinkstockMay 22 2015: Markets opened mixed on Friday on a day that was tough on blue chips. The energy sector slipped on a stronger dollar and lower crude oil prices, even though crude posted a...
thinkstockMay 15, 2015: Markets opened higher on Friday but the major indexes slipped into negative territory and all traded lower for most of the day except for occasional forays above the...
thinkstockMay 14, 2015: Markets opened higher on Thursday on strength in the tech sector. Consumer discretionary stocks have overcome some poor earnings reports to post a gain as well today. Shortly...
It turns out that hedge fund Bridgewater Associates and founder Ray Dalio have made some changes since the end of 2014.
Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include American Eagle Outfitters, AOL, Boeing, Lululemon Athletica, Microsoft, ResMed and Vivint Solar.
With AOL being acquired by Verizon, the big question has to be what this means for the likes of Yahoo!
The surge in Apple's stock, its strong earnings and the ongoing success of the iPhone 6 have probably triggered a flight in short sellers from its shares.