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Nvidia soars past Microsoft to become the world's second most valuable company, again

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:52:01 +0000

Nvidia's stock has soared past Microsoft to make it the world's second most valuable company, reaching a market capitalization of approximately $3.26 trillion. Read more...

Microsoft increases quarterly dividend and announces a $60 billion share repurchase program

Pradeep Viswanathan — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 07:38:01 +0000

Microsoft announced an increased quarterly dividend, a new share repurchase program, and the date for its 2024 Annual Shareholders Meeting. Read more...

US Appeals Court rules that Elon Musk broke federal labour laws

Steve Bennett — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 22:46:01 +0000

In 2018, Elon Musk tweeted that he would strip workers of their stock options if they unionised. This has now been ruled to be in breach of federal labour laws by the US Appeals Court. Read more...

AMD RX 7900 XTX supply could be the final nail in the coffin for overpriced Nvidia RTX 4080

Sayan Sen — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 20:26:02 +0000

AMD has excellent availability in store for its upcoming Radeon RX 7900 GPUs, according to a new report. Paired with potentially competitive performance against the 4080, AMD could be in for a treat. Read more...

Microsoft announces a 10% dividend increase for shareholders

Paul Hill — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 07:56:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it will be increasing dividend payments to shareholders later this year. Those who want the higher dividends must already hold the company's stock on November 17. Read more...

Twitter shares rise 5% as Elon Musk deal reportedly approaches finalization

Usama Jawad — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:20:01 +0000

Twitter is apparently in the final stage of negotiations to accept Elon Musk's takeover bid of $43 billion, causing share price to go up. The executive has pledged to take the company private. Read more...

Elon Musk sued for artificially deflating Twitter share price

Usama Jawad — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 08:24:01 +0000

Elon Musk is the subject of a class-action lawsuit that alleges that the executive artificially deflated Twitter's share price, allowing him to buy more shares while cheating others out of a profit. Read more...

Tesla becomes latest firm to surpass $1 trillion market cap

Paul Hill — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 20:22:01 +0000

Tesla has passed a market cap of $1 trillion putting it in an exclusive club of companies. Other companies that have passed this market cap are Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft. Read more...

Twitter partners with Silver Lake and Elliott, Dorsey still CEO

Paul Hill — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 14:24:01 +0000

Twitter has partnered with Silver Lake and Elliot Management in order to begin a share repurchase program that will happen over an unspecified time period. It will also boost user monetization. Read more...

Nintendo's stock plunges in the face of slower Switch sales

João Carrasqueira — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 17:42:01 +0000

Nintendo today saw a significant drop in the market value of its stock, possibly due to what analysts believe are slow Switch sales and the fear that there isn't a sufficient game lineup this year. Read more...

SoftBank is trying to buy Uber shares for 30% less

Paul Hill — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 05:18:01 +0000

SoftBank and a coalition of other companies looking to buy shares in Uber in exchange for a multi-billion dollar investment, are looking to buy shares on the cheap at around $33 each. Read more...

Apple shares hit new all-time high, market cap just shy of $720 billion

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 08:44:01 +0000

Apple's stock price has hit a new record, closing higher than it ever has before. The company's rosy outlook for the rest of the year and excitement around the rumored new iPhone is driving price. Read more...

Twitter shares crash 10% on weak revenue growth, weak outlook

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 14:38:01 +0000

Twitter's stock took a sharp dive today as the company unveiled its recent financial reports for the fourth quarter of 2016 and the entire fiscal year. Twitter missed investor expectations. Read more...

Nintendo's stock drops nearly 7% on Switch console announcement

Chris Schroeder — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 10:38:01 +0000

Nintendo revealed its new Switch console, formerly known as the NX, just 24 hours ago. The versatile-looking console grabbed a lot of headlines, yet the company's stock took a bit of a hit. Read more...

Microsoft's stock hits new all-time high after latest financial results

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 07:48:01 +0000

Microsoft's share price jumped in after-hours trading, following what is considered to be a positive financial report. The share price is now higher than the previous record, set back in 1999. Read more...

OnePlus confirms the obvious: it's merging OxygenOS with HydrogenOS

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 09:08:01 +0000

After sending out preview versions of a big revamp of its OxygenOS operating system, now OnePlus has confirmed what many had speculated: it will be merging OxygenOS with HydrogenOS. Read more...

Samsung halts shipments of its Galaxy Note7 smartphone amid reports of units catching fire

Adrian Potoroaca — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 09:06:01 +0000

The South Korean giant has suffered a pounding from investors on Thursday, due to the company stopping shipments of the new flagship, after some owners reported that their units went up in flames. Read more...

Facebook to Mark Zuckerberg: Never leave us or you'll pay

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 09:22:01 +0000

Facebook is asking its shareholders to vote on new rules that would strip away Mark Zuckerberg's control of the company if he ever decides to leave or gets fired from the giant social network's helm. Read more...

Microsoft shares dive after disappointing earnings, but outlook is stable

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 08:18:01 +0000

Microsoft's Q3 2016 earnings were disappointing according to investors and the company's stock has taken a quick dive. However, its future outlook is considered stable and encouraging. Read more...

Ex-Microsoft manager, SEC settle insider trading allegations he profited from Nokia deal

John Devon — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 22:14:01 +0000

The SEC accused a former Microsoft employee of profiting from stock trades before key public announcements, such as a drop in Windows revenue and the Nokia acquisition in 2013. Read more...

Microsoft will deliver new Surface Book inventory to stores 'nearly daily'

Andy Weir — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 21:41:29 +0000

The Surface Book went on sale today, albeit with lengthy lead times for web orders, and limited in-store inventory - but Microsoft has now said that it will deliver new stock to stores 'nearly daily'. Read more...

Microsoft's turnaround netted CEO Satya Nadella $18.3 million this year

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 08:20:01 +0000

A result of Microsoft's strong showing since he took over, Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella has been granted a total of over $18.3 million in cash and stock options. Read more...

Microsoft's COO sold over 40,000 shares of MSFT this week

Brad Sams — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 01:58:36 +0000

Microsoft's Chief Operating Officer, Kevin Turner, sold off over 44,000 shares of Microsoft stock yesterday for a gain of $1.8 million to his bank account. Read more...

Microsoft stock soars despite mixed financials

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 08:44:01 +0000

Microsoft's shares have rallied and are back near their all time high, despite mixed financial results where Windows and Office have continued their slow decline in importance and revenue. Read more...

Twitter has mixed financial results for Q4 2014; blames Apple's iOS 8

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 12:16:01 +0000

Twitter published its latest financial results and they are very mixed. On one hand the company beat analysts' estimates on revenue, while on the other user growth is barely existent. Read more...

Analysts have no idea what to do with Microsoft

Brad Sams — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 18:40:01 +0000

Microsoft announced their earnings yesterday and their future guidance was not as strong as they hoped, so the stock price tumbled but recommendations for the stock price are all over the place. Read more...

Microsoft Stores rumored to receive new Band units today

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 10:52:01 +0000

According to a supposed leak Microsoft Stores are receiving fresh inventory for the Band wearable today with the devices being available for purchase tomorrow. The Band has been sold out for weeks. Read more...

Microsoft announces record dividend for second quarter in a row

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 10:14:01 +0000

Microsoft's board approved a dividend rate of $0.31 per share, an amount equal to last quarter's payout. It's been a great fiscal year for the company so high dividend were expected by investors. Read more...

Microsoft overtakes oil giant Exxon as 2nd largest traded company

Jett Goldsmith — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 18:56:01 +0000

Although Apple remains in a solid first place, Microsoft has overtaken oil giant Exxon Mobil in being the second largest publicly traded company in terms of share values. Read more...

Netflix stock tanks after hours in response to low subscriber numbers

Jett Goldsmith — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 21:00:01 +0000

Netflix stock is down nearly 20 percent after hours, following lower-than-expected subscriber figures during Q3 2014 and rising threats from many of Netflix's competitors. Read more...

Ex-Microsoft manager gets two years after $400,000 insider trading scheme

Jett Goldsmith — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 01:45:41 +0000

Following the sentencing of his partner, former senior Microsoft manager Brian Jorgenson has received two years in prison for his role in a $400,000 insider trading scheme. Read more...

Microsoft stock hits decade high ahead of layoffs

Brad Sams — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 22:00:04 +0000

Ahead of an anticipated announcement from Microsoft about layoffs, the company's stock has hit the highest price in the past decade and is likely a factor of many different reasons. Read more...

Microsoft: Xbox One pre-orders 'unprecedented'

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:00:41 +0000

A Microsoft VP explains that, amid 'unprecedented demand', the company is working 'unbelievably hard' to increase supply and honor all orders for the Xbox One before Christmas. Read more...

Microsoft: $40 billion stock buyback, dividend increase

Brad Sams — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 13:14:20 +0000

Microsoft has announced that they will be repurchasing $40 billion dollars worth of stock and will increase the dividend the company is paying out by 22% which will appease many shareholders. Read more...

Facebook shares hit an underwhelming, but progressive all-time high

George Tinari — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 02:13:57 +0000

Facebook shares hit an all-time high on the stock market today exceeding $45 per share for the first time. It's hard not to yawn at the accomplishment, but maybe the bumpy road is finally in the past. Read more...

Twitter files for public offering

George Tinari — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 22:01:32 +0000

Twitter has filed an S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and is planning for an IPO. Once happily a private company, Twitter is now officially going public. Read more...

Microsoft stock surges after Ballmer announces retirement plans

Brad Sams — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 13:40:32 +0000

Microsoft's stock has risen steeply following Ballmer's announcement that he would retire within the next 12 months and that a committee has formed to find his replacement. Read more...

BlackBerry considering going private

Michael Allison — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 11:39:21 +0000

BlackBerry may go private in the near future. The tech company has reportedly discussed in its private meetings the idea of retreating from the stock market and working out of sight Read more...

David Einhorn refers to Microsoft as sinking ship, dumps stake

Michael Allison — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 09:32:42 +0000

David Einhorn blasts Microsoft this week by comparing them to a sinking ship. He claims that "decades of mismanagement" will eventually do the company in and withdraws his stake from them. Read more...

Apple avoids $9.2 billion in tax with debt buyout

Max Slater-Robins — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:50:27 +0000

Apple have avoided paying almost $10 billion in tax due to a stock buyback deal which was paid for with 'debt' rather than cash in hand, according to a new report published today. Read more...