Neowin News Feed for: Finance

Microsoft collects almost $3 billion in bond sales

Ben Buffone — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:09:19 +0100

Microsoft have sold off almost $3 billion in debt today, in both U.S. and European markets. The deal comes as the first in the company's history to involve the European market. Read more...

Fidelity Investments app for Windows Phone 8 lands

Ben Buffone — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:23:32 +0100

Fidelity Investments have released their own app for Windows Phone 8, offering an easy way to check up on your investments and quotations. The app itself also acts as a great standalone finances tool. Read more...

Morgan Stanley analyst: Microsoft losing out on billions by not bringing Office to iPad

Anthony Tosie — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:49:10 +0000

A Morgan Stanley analyst claims Microsoft may be losing out on up to $2.5 billion in revenue a year by not bringing a version of Office to Apple's iPad tablets. Read more...

Dell nearing $23 billion privatization deal

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 03:53:02 +0000

Dell is reportedly nearing a $23 billion deal to buy back shares from shareholders, making the company a private entity. Microsoft is said to be contributing a $2 billion investment to see it happen. Read more...

Microsoft updates News and Finance Windows 8 apps

John Callaham — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:07:01 +0000

Microsoft has released new updates to its in-house developed News and Finance apps for Windows 8, but it is currently unclear exactly what has been changed and improved since the last updates. Read more...

Microsoft updates News and Finance Windows 8 apps

John Callaham — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:51:35 +0000

Microsoft has released new updates to its in-house developed News and Finance apps for Windows 8, with both adding new sources for content, performance improvements and more. Read more...

Microsoft updates News, Finance, Travel and more for Windows 8

John Callaham — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:23:08 +0000

A number of the in-house Bing apps for Windows 8 have received some major updates today via the Windows Store, including the News, Weather, Finance, Sports and Travel apps. Read more...

Nokia to raise cash by selling its headquarters

Rob Schorman — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:12:09 +0000

Nokia's financial problems continue, as the company will sell its main headquarters in Finland. According to Nokia, the sale is in line to shed non-core activities, but also yields 170 million euros. Read more...

Nokia continues to bleed money in Q2 2012

Anthony Tosie — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:45:27 +0100

Nokia's Q2 2012 Interim Report revealed the company is continuing to lose money at an alarming pace. Despite a quarterly increase in net sales, the company posted a roughly $1 billion operating loss. Read more...

GitHub gains $100 million in funding

Paul Ferson — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 04:48:40 +0100

GitHub has made the decision to switch to outside funding, gaining a cool hundred million dollars from investors to get it started on its new path. Read more...

Nokia announces 10,000 job cuts, sale of Vertu and change in strategy

Anthony Tosie — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:35:58 +0100

In a stock exchange release, Nokia announced it will eliminate 10,000 positions and make several key changes to its overall strategy, including an emphasis on location-based services. Read more...

Intel reports solid financial results

John Callaham — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:07:07 +0100

PC processor maker Intel reported solid earnings today in its latest financial results. For the quarter that ended on June 30, the company stated in a press release that it brought in $13.1 billion in... Read more...

Google Updates Mobile Finance Search

Steven Parker — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:18:18 +0100

Google has introduced a new stock market search webapp for iPhone users and Android users with Android 2.1 Eclair or higher. The search result page will show users the current price, as well as the day’s... Read more...

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer had his bonus dumbed down for Kin failure

Tom Warren — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:54:19 +0100

Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer, did not receive his maximum bonus for the last fiscal year, despite a record year with the company's highest ever sales. 54 year old Ballmer took a bonus hit due to the... Read more...

Google earnings for Q2 2010 less than expected

Tom Warren — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:08:30 +0100

Google announced its second quarter results on Thursday and failed to meet analysts expectations. Wall Street analysts forecast earnings per share of $6.52 but in reality the earnings were $6.45 per share. However, Google's second-quarter revenue... Read more...

In Apple's market cap success, beating Microsoft means nothing

Tzvi Friedman — Sun, 30 May 2010 10:57:44 +0100

It would seem that May 26, 2010 will be forever considered a day of joy for Apple fans. Many see this day as the time when Apple was able to overtake Microsoft, when the underdog... Read more...

Facebook revenues estimated at $1 billion for 2010

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:52:01 +0000

Facebook’s revenues could be up to an estimated $1.1 billion in 2010, according to insidefacebook. Facebook is very tight-lipped about how much income the website generates, from advertising, gifts and other third-party deals, when... Read more...

New eBay site lets people finance the world's poor

Amin N.Karimi — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:03:35 +0100

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EBay Inc, the world's largest online auctioneer and payments company, launched on Wednesday a Web site allowing ordinary investors to buy securities aimed at improving conditions in the world's poorest countries. MicroPlace, located at http://www.microplace.com,... Read more...

Microsoft to finance 'Halo' movie

dw2003 — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 09:07:08 +0100

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United Press International is reporting that Microsoft plans to finance a movie based on its popular video game "Halo" after Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox backed out of the project. The two studios... Read more...

Google Finance Launched

Tom Warren — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:12:23 +0000

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Googled has launched their long awaited financial news site. Google Finance will compete directly with Yahoo and MSN for the grip hold on the financial news market. ... Read more...