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Several of the biggest tech names released their first quarter earnings after Thursday's close. When combining some of the biggest names that reported, the collective value of these four tech giants surpass a remarkable $1.75 trillion in market cap. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Amazon...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT)'s role in the smartphone revolution was quite muted, especially compared to rival tech giant Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). But the company's CEO Satya Nadella isn't going to make the same mistake again. Missed Opportunity According to a CNBC report, Nadella already...

Are the days of fundamental hedge fund management coming to an end? According to a report from Preqin, a company that provides financial industry data, 40 percent of hedge funds created in 2016 were “systematic,” meaning that they rely on computer models and algorithms to make trading...

Argus raised its price target for International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) following the IT giant’s annual investor presentation earlier this month. IBM is changing with the times — with a slowing hardware business and growing cloud computing and artificial intelligence...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) faced a setback Tuesday due to an outage at its cloud computing platform — Amazon Web Services, or AWS. Does this development open a window for competing platforms to pick up market share? Outage Brings Down Internet Services Amazon said its cloud service...

The Nasdaq index hit a new all-time high Tuesday of 5,689.60. The index's surge is supported by the biggest names in tech - with one notable exception. Shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) were trading lower by around 0.4 percent at $63.36 by Tuesday afternoon. The stock is also a Dow...

Brent Bracelin of Pacific Crest maintains an Overweight rating on shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) with an unchanged $70 price target following the company's earnings report, which demonstrated momentum in the cloud. Commercial Cloud Bracelin noted that Microsoft's commercial cloud...

More than a third of the Dow components are expected to report earnings this week. Only a health care giant and an oil supermajor are expected to show solid growth on both the top and bottom lines. Both have beat earnings expectations in recent quarters. We are in the heart of the fourth-quarter...

Three leading transportation companies are due to report earnings this week. Expectations for the two rail giants and a big airline are very different. The ongoing Trump rally and anticipation of infrastructure spending marked the quarter. The fourth-quarter earnings reporting season is underway...

According to PCWorld, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) just revealed the "future of the PC." Microsoft is hosting its Windows Hardware Engineering Community event (WinHEC) in Shenzhen, China, and detailed an ongoing partnership with QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:...

This weekend's Barron's cover story takes a look at the likely winners arising from a new breed of super semiconductors. The prospects for a media giant, a do-it-yourself moving company and a German chemicals maker are also examined. This issue also includes a special report on Barron's 12th...

Three of the big U.S. banks help to kick off a new earnings season this week Wall Street analysts expect to see earnings declines from all three of them. But consensus forecasts also predict marginal top-line growth from two. The third-quarter earnings reporting season is just getting underway...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced on Thursday a new initiative within the artificial intelligence space. The company will combine the Microsoft AI and Research Group, which will merge together more than 5,000 computer scientists and engineers. Microsoft's new division will also...

Three tech giants will take their turns in the earnings spotlight this week. Consensus forecasts from Wall Street analysts call for bottom-line declines from all three of them. However, one is expected to offer some growth in revenue, relative to the year-ago period. Wall Street...

Three big banks are among companies kicking off the new earnings season this week. Consensus forecasts from Wall Street analysts call for bottom-line declines from all three of them. However, one is expected to offer some growth in revenue, relative to the year-ago period. The second-quarter...