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The cover story in this weekend's Barron's offers a look at the outcome of cultural changes in Satya Nadella's Microsoft. This issue also includes a list of over-sold junk bonds with big payouts, as well as a recession forecast for 2016. The prospects for BlackRock, Patterson-...

  Former Microsoft exec and current Talend CEO Mike Tuchen said open-source players have completely flipped around what used to be the enterprise purchase process.     Open source now allows companies to “try before they buy” (subscribe).  ...

After a week spent worshiping at the altar of the Federal Reserve, financial markets will be spared the specter of a Fed meeting in the week ahead. However, that does not mean a 2015 rate hike is off the table. San Francisco Fed President John Williams told reporters last week that a rate hike...

This weekend in Barron's online: the market outlook for the rest of the year, the great ETF debacle, the end of labor, as well as the prospects for Franklin Resources, AMC Networks, Circor Internatioal, Aramark and more. Cover Story "Stocks Could Rally More Than 10% by Year End" by Vito J....

Hortonworks Inc (NASDAQ: HDP) is on a mission to acquire new talent. Brian Marshall, vice president of corporate development, told Benzinga that the company is "constantly" seeking new M&A opportunities. "Anything we build internally or buy externally, we give it away free to our customers that...

Daniel Kurnos of Benchmark said that adoption of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT)'s Windows 10 has been "fairly rapid despite some initial glitches," with more than 53 million installs. While the adoption rate is good for Microsoft, Kurnos said it was also a positive for Perion...

Earnings season may be slowing down, but there were still a number of tech companies reporting over the last week. However, the big winner of the week might have been Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), which finally announced some official numbers for its music service. Apple Music Has 11 Million Trial...

July concluded with a plethora of earnings and the release (and heavy promotion) of Windows 10. Twitter Showed Signs Of Improvement Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) expert Sean Udall said firm's revenue of $502.38 million was a "huge beat." "[And] they actually guided the full-...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) hosted a number of local events to promote Windows 10 to its small business customers. The long-awaited operating system was released in store and online on Wednesday, but Microsoft continued the launch festivities on Friday, July 31. "This is...

Bradley "Brad" Katsuyama, co-founder and CEO of the Investors Exchange (IEX), featured prominently in bestselling financial author Michael Lewis' book on high-frequency trading, "Flash Boys." Katsuyama was on this week's edition of Wall Street Week to discuss how high-...

In a week crowded with big earnings reports, perhaps none is more anticipated than the most recent results from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). It will be the first report to show the impact of the Apple Watch, and Wall Street analysts are expecting healthy growth on the top and bottom lines. General...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is among the many high-profile tech companies that will report on Tuesday, July 21. The firm will be joined by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) and GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO). As always, analysts have high expectations for the iPhone maker,...

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) reported better earnings than most analysts expected. "I think, if you look at the numbers, this clearly indicates that many people on the Street were totally clueless on Intel," Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry told Benzinga. "They beat both bottom...