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Just six years ago, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) felt like a tech company that was being left behind. Steve Ballmer was on his way out as CEO, and MSFT was flailing as the success of Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone and Alphabet's (NASDAQ:GOOG,NASDAQ:GOOGL) Android threatened the company's PC-focused business.Source: Peteri / Shutterstock.com MSFT stock ultimately lost about a quarter of its value before Ballmer left. Since Satya Nadella took over as CEO in 2014, Microsoft has turned its business around and Microsoft stock has been on fire, reaching a trillion-dollar market cap. MSFT was largely flat through the summer, but with its Q3 earnings coming in a week, MSFT stock is a solid buy. * 7 Reasons to Buy Canopy Growth Stock From Struggling Tech Giant to a ResurgenceWhen Satya Nadella became the CEO of Microsoft in early 2014, the company was struggling. It was in no danger of disappearing, but its status was declining...
Wells Fargo must offer 66 jobs to female and African American applicants that it rejected back in 2014 after the labor department found they were discriminated against by the bank. Yahoo Finance’s Dan Roberts, Heidi Chung and Kristen Myers discuss on YFi AM....
According to recent reports, Saudi Aramco has delayed its massive IPO until at least December. Aramco had been expected to announce plans next week, in what would have been one of the largest ever IPOS, worth upwards of $20 billion dollars. Yahoo Finance's Dan Roberts, Heidi Chung, Kristin Myers and Scott Gamm discuss on YFi AM....
(Bloomberg) -- A House hearing scheduled for Wednesday with Mark Zuckerberg as the sole witness will kick off the “next phase” in the battle between big tech companies and the U.S. government, according to Wedbush.“The drum-roll has started” for the Financial Services committee hearing, with Zuckerberg set to defend the Libra cryptocurrency effort, which still faces a “massive regulatory spotlight,” analyst Daniel Ives wrote in a note. The hearing is titled “An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors.”“We fully expect politicians to use this forum as another major shot across the bow on broader antitrust concerns for FAANG names,” Ives said. He sees a regulatory and legal focus on Facebook’s WhatsApp and Instagram acquisitions, with “the convergence of Facebook’s messaging platforms likely a hot button issue.”Ives described Facebook’s Libra as a bid to “further penetrate its customer base with a financial currency that enables...
If you're a Star Wars fan, this is unquestionably a great time to be alive. With franchise owner Disney (NYSE:DIS) at the helm, it has the power and resources to expand the narrative to new frontiers. And it's doing exactly that, with Star Wars: The Last Jedi scheduled for release this December. That alone is enough to get excited about Disney stock.Source: Volodymyr Plysiuk / Shutterstock.com Of course, the Magic Kingdom isn't stopping there. The company's much-awaited streaming platform, Disney+, will soon launch with the headlining Star Wars-based live-action series, The Mandalorian. It follows the exploits of a bounty hunter in the style of Boba Fett, a fan favorite character. Written and created by Jon Favreau, The Mandalorian could help lift Disney+ past streaming rival Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX). And that would likely send DIS stock into hyperspace.Moreover, Disney is apparently having the effect that it badly wants. In Netflix's third-quarter earnings conference...
