The European Commission has approved Microsoft’s €24.5 billion takeover of LinkedIn after imposing conditions to ensure the deal doesn’t reduce competition. Microsoft must let manufacturers and sellers decide whether they install LinkedIn on Windows computers. […]
Microsoft’s shares climbed 5.4% premarket and topped the stock’s all-time high of $59.56 after its FQ1 earnings exceeded expectations and sales of its cloud platform Azure more than doubled. EPS came in at $0.76 while […]
Antitrust approval has already been granted in the U.S., Canada and Brazil. A November 22 deadline has been set by the European Commission to review the arrangement. If concerns arise, an extended investigation would be […]
Given the rumors that Disney (NYSE:DIS), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) all appear to be interested in a buyout of Twitter (NYSE:TWTR), one would think the sale price would be a bit […]
LinkedIn bought online training course provider Lynda.com for $1.5 billion in April 2015. Microsoft bought LinkedIn for $26.2 billion last June. Microsoft has launched its LinkedIn Learning global-wide online skills training platform. The global business […]
Microsoft has announced plans to buy back up to $40B in stock and boost its dividend by 8% to $0.39, the latest in a series of moves by the software giant to share a steady […]
Microsoft has purchased Genee, an AI-powered scheduling tool, for an undisclosed amount. The deal was likely done in cash – unless the company specifically wanted some stock from Microsoft. The plan is for Genee to shut […]
Microsoft wants you to use its new web browser, Edge. And just like with Bing, it will reward users for doing so. Microsoft Rewards will pay users to use Bing, Edge or the Microsoft Store. […]
Following the acquisition of LinkedIn, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has raised $19.75B in its biggest ever debt sale and the fifth largest corporate bond sale on record. Strong demand helped the company to borrow at lower rates […]
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