ThinkstockAmerican consumers have a higher opinion of Amazon.com than any other company. For the second year in a row, the online retailer held the top slot, beating out popular brands like Apple,…
Jon OggEvery year there is a general pre-summer saying from investors: Sell in May, and go away! The idea is to miss the summer doldrums and lack of investor interest. One small…
Microsoft gets market its Xbox One in the world's most populous nation, which should be the best news its game console business has gotten since its latest version was launched last November.
courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanyThe American companies with the best reputations do not have a great deal of common on the surface. They run from Coca-Cola to Amazon.com to Whole Foods. However,…
thinkstockApril 28, 2014: Markets opened higher on Monday with little economic data to drive the market either up or down. Consequently shares fell then rose and look to be headed for small…
courtesy of MicrosoftIn an announcement that should surprise no one, Stephen Elop, former CEO of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) and now executive vice-president of the devices division of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT),…
Microsoft has released a warning about vulnerabilities in its Internet Explorer that create security flaws that it deems as a "danger" for people who use Windows XP.
Douglas A. McIntyre bfishshadow via Wikimedia CommonsShort sellers continue to hold huge positions not only in troubled companies like BlackBerry and Staples, but also in blue chips like Microsoft. As of April 15, the most…
Now that Nokia has unloaded its unprofitable mobile handset business on Microsoft the question is how does Microsoft make it profitable? What did Microsoft get for its $7.52 billion?
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street for Friday, April 25, 2014. They include Accenture, Amazon, Bank of America, Broadcom and SunPower.
courtesy of MicrosoftMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported third fiscal quarter 2014 results after markets closed Thursday. The software behemoth reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.68 on revenues of $20.4 billion.…
Paul Ausick Microsoft is set to report earnings after the close of trading on Thursday. This could be the most widely followed Microsoft report in years because Satya Nadella will be leading the call…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released on Wednesday its list of the top 100 organizations in the county that “are choosing to use electricity from clean, renewable sources like wind and…
In a new research report, UBS analysts say that now is the time for investors to start scaling in to select high-growth software names. Here are some of the top names to…
Following Thursday's announcement from Sony that it had sold 7 million units of its PlayStation 4 video game console, Microsoft said that it had sold 5 million units of the Xbox One…
