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Stock Review: Bill Gates Happy With the “New” Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT)

Bill Gates sat down with Bloomberg Television anchor Erik Schatzker at the Sibos conference in Boston, where they discussed Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT)’s strategy, the Ebola outbreak, his philanthropic efforts, financial payment systems in Africa and more. On whether Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is moving fast enough, Gates said, “I’m very happy with what he’s doing. I see a new sense of energy. There’s a … Continue reading Stock Review: Bill Gates Happy With the “New” Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT)

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Germany Aims To Alter Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Privacy Policies

Google is in trouble with a German watchdog group over privacy policy matters. Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG)’s last privacy policy change went into affect two years ago, but that doesn’t mean the policy isn’t in need of changes. Some European watchdog groups hope to change the privacy policy. Earlier this week, German regulators demanded the search giant to limit how it combines user data spanning … Continue reading Stock in News: Germany Aims To Alter Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Privacy Policies

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Active Stock : Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Wins $2B in Damages

Facebook is getting success in its fight against fake likes, and has won over $2 billion in legal judgments against spammers. As soon as Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) decided to get rid of the fake ‘likes’ on its website, there are reports claiming that it has won more than $2 billion in legal judgments against spammers selling fake likes to the businesses. There are businesses … Continue reading Active Stock : Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Wins $2B in Damages

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Responds To Legal Threats

The law firm of Lavely & Singer, which is representing a number of the (mostly) female celebrities who had their iCloud accounts hacked, and their pictures posted all over the Internet have been calling on Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) to remove the pics from their sites for some time now. But in a typical grandiose letter the firm threatened a lawsuit that “could well exceed” … Continue reading Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Responds To Legal Threats

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Active Stock: WhatsApp Formally A Part Of Facebook (NASDAQ FB)

Social media giant Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) announced on Monday, October 6th that its $20 billion plus acquisition of instant messaging leader Whatsapp was finalized as both the U.S. SEC and the European Commission had signed off on the deal. Shares of acquisition-happy Facebook are up 41 cents at $77.85 as of 1:45 PM ET Monday. Further details regarding the final terms of the deal … Continue reading Active Stock: WhatsApp Formally A Part Of Facebook (NASDAQ FB)

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Stock Analysis: What Can Investors Expect from Windows 10

With Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) having announced the new Windows 10 operating system, attention of its potential customer base will now turn to what the software giant purports to offer in this updated Windows. Particularly critical to Microsoft with this release will be getting the business community back on its side, as Windows 8 was singularly unsuccessful in attracting commercial customers. Windows 8 flopped all … Continue reading Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Stock Analysis: What Can Investors Expect from Windows 10

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