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Microsoft: Lots of Drama But A Steady Stock

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Microsoft Corp. can’t seem to avoid drama, and this past week had plenty of it. There was an executive shuffle, an appearance by former CEO Steve Baller where he conceded he missed the mobile telecom...

Microsoft Reduces Windows Installation Price to $15 for Manufacturers

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Microsoft wants to gain an edge over its competitors. This is why it has decided to cut its Windows price considerably so that it will equal the rates of rival company products. The rates have...

Microsoft Office Arriving Soon on iPad

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Microsoft’s Executive Vice President of Marketing, Tami Reller spoke in a cautionary tone regarding its Office for other platforms besides Windows. She said the approach to the whole project was “...

Microsoft May Be Undermining Nadella By Bringing Back Gates

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Microsoft finally made Satya Nadella its new CEO on Tuesday, replacing the retiring Steve Ballmer. The shares fell slightly Tuesday and again on Wednesday, dropping under $36, in part because the...

How Wise is the New Microsoft CEO pick?

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Microsoft sticks with safe choice as CEO at critical juncture demanding dramatic changes SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After compiling a list of more than 100 CEO candidates, Microsoft settled on Satya...

Microsoft’s CEO Nadella: Curiosity and Thirst for Learning

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In one of his first utterances as the newly appointed CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, a 46-year-old engineering executive originally from India, said something you don’t usually hear from a person...

Nadella to head Microsoft; Gates leaves chair role

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Gates to step down as chairman, take on new role at Microsoft as company names Nadella CEO REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft has named Satya Nadella, an executive in charge of the company's small, but...

Microsoft Seeks New CEO From Within To ‘Tweak’ Rather Than Transform

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When Steve Ballmer announced he was stepping out as MicrosoftCEO in August, industry watchers said the world’s largest software maker needed an outsider to step in and shake things up at a company...

The Mistakes Microsoft Is Making In Choosing Its Next CEO

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According to a Bloomberg report earlier today, Microsoft is getting close to naming Satya Nadella, 46, a 21-year Microsoft veteran and head of the company’s cloud computing initiatives as its next...