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…
Sony, desperate for any success to help turn around its faltering prospects, announced some good news: sales of its PlayStation 4 have topped 7 million. It reached the milestone on April 6.
thinkstockApril 15, 2014: Markets opened slightly higher on Tuesday with shares moving up before bouncing down after headlines related to confrontations in Ukraine. By afternoon markets had recovered somewhat to trade at…
ThinkstockWhen Automatic Data Processing Inc. (NYSE: ADP) announced on Thursday that it would spin off its dealer services business, it didn’t take long for the credit ratings agencies to swing into action.…
ThinkstockPC sales may still be dropping, but that has not stopped China-based manufacturer Lenovo from increasing sales and stealing market share from competitors. Lenovo shipped 12.9 million PCs in the first quarter,…
Nokia announced Tuesday morning that the sale of virtually all the company's devices and services business to Microsoft had received approval from China's Ministry of Commerce.
ThinkstockThe more the market gets hit, the more people stare at their portfolios and wonder what would be the best additions. We frequently update the UBS Dividend Ruler stocks list, and now…
Healthcare.govIt’s probably no surprise that millions of Americans visited HealthCare.gov — the website where Americans can sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. However, while it was among the…
Paul Ausick courtesy of MicrosoftMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has entered into a new era. With Satya Nadella in charge as Chief Executive Officer, Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates are out as far as running the daily operations.…
