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S&P/ASX 200 trends steadily higher led by Energy and Materials
The ASX200 is up 17.1 points or 0.30% higher to 6,153.1.
Uber picks NYSE for its US$120bn IPO next month – media reports
The ride-hailing app giant is set to list on the New York Stock Exchange in April, according to Bloomberg, which cited people familiar with the matter
Google’s Stadia platform promises to up-end the gaming industry, but what does it mean for investors?
Stadia promises a paradigm shift for the gaming industry, which has already in recent years seen huge incursion by smart phone games like Candy Crush
Medigus Ltd stock rockets after it cuts deal with Linkury to establish e-commerce platform for CBD products
The companies will jointly invest $500,000 in the venture for building infrastructure and marketing
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Microsoft shares slip on second quarter revenue miss
The results, which came in after-hours on Wednesday, reported revenues of US$32.47bn, up 12% year-on-year but just a touch below analysts' expectations of US$32.51bn
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BIO-key says a 2nd defense contractor deploying fingerprint reader sign-in for Windows
The customer is facing a mandate for robust authentication to protect confidentiality, according to BIO-key
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Amazon takes top spot as most valued firm, but what happened to Apple?
The iPhone maker and tech giant beat Amazon last year to be the first US$1trn firm in history, however a series of glum figures and a shock profit warning have cut its stock price by 36%
Amazon takes over from Microsoft as world's most valuable listed company
Amazon was valued at US$797bn when the US stock market closed on Monday
CryptoCann™ Report: Atari to offer blockchain-based games; former Miami Dolphin Ricky Williams launches CBD products line
Atari is teaming up with blockchain start-up Animoca Brands to create blockchain-based versions of mobile games 'RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch' and 'Goon Squad'
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FAANG Report: Apple probing report Chinese made its watches; Facebook investors wary ahead of results
Facebook investors are hoping its results due out on Tuesday will not show any more nasty surprises after its toughest year as a public company
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Microsoft tops 1Q estimates; analysts weigh in on its Azure cloud business
The tech giant’s cloud service Azure reported a 76% increase in revenue this quarter
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies of cancer at age 65
Paul Allen persuaded friend Bill Gates to drop out of Harvard to start Microsoft in 1975.
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Microsoft announces partnership and investment with Grab and said close to buying game studio Obsidian
Grab's base of operations in Southeast Asia contains more than 600 million people
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FAANG Report: Amazon' could get hooked on advertising revenue; Netflix opening hub in New Mexico
Facebook has a new video portal, but can anyone trust the scandal wracked social media giant?
CryptoCann™ Report: AT&T to offer suite of blockchain solutions; WeedPass lets cannabis shoppers earn reward points
AT&T’s blockchain tech is designed to work with Microsoft’s Azure and IBM’s Blockchain platform
Shares in Cloudera soar after posting smaller-than-expected loss for the fiscal 2Q on subscription revenue
The cloud software company also raised its full-year guidance to reflect higher projected subscription revenue
CryptoCann™ Report: Alibaba holds top spot for blockchain patents; Cronos inks deal for lab-grown cannabis
Cronos is partnering with Boston-based biotech Gingko Bioworks to develop lab-grown cannabis
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LiveTiles adds ex-Microsoft director to fold after nearly tripling revenues to $15 million
The ZenDeals founder was principal software development engineering lead at Microsoft until December last year.
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FAANG Report: Facebook calls for tech summit on 2018 election meddling; Apple pirates Tesla employees
Amazon and other large companies should cover the cost of food stamps, Netflix shares get an upgrade
NetApp fiscal first-quarter beats on both earnings and revenue driven by cloud
Oppenheimer maintained a Perform rating, keeping watch on the company's growth through cloud initiatives
CryptoCann™ Report: Bitcoin ETF dreams dashed again; Medical cannabis company Vireo Health to go public
Minneapolis-based Vireo Health plans to go public on a Canadian exchange
Daily CryptoCann™ Report: Starbucks and Microsoft team up to develop a crypto platform; High Hampton acquires edibles company Caligold
The companies are working together on Bakkt, a platform designed to make cryptocurrency easier to use
Symantec Corp shares on the slide as its outlook misses estimates, while CBS shares also under pressure: PRE-MARKET MOVERS
The share drop came as the cybersecurity focused firm's outlook fell short of Wall Street estimates
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Apple versus Amazon.com: Which company will hit a market cap of US$1 trillion first?
Investors watched the market-cap battle between Amazon and Apple in full swing last week after Amazon's shares hit US$1,858.88
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Microsoft beats Wall Street estimates in its fourth quarter as cloud business booms
The tech giant's cloud business led to a 10% jump in profit
Facebook mulls plan to switch to Google for cloud storage
Shares in new tech darling Dropbox Inc dropped on news it was being dumped in favor of Google
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How long can tech companies support the market rise?
The US market's rise this year has been FAANGtastic but it might be papering over the cracks in the rest of the market
Trade wars, rate rises, profit warnings ... is it all about to kick-off?
Sooner or later the bull run will end but it has always been notoriously difficult to time the market; however, investors have more than a few reasons to feel nervous now
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Microsoft throws down big challenge to Amazon with checkout-free retail
The Redmond-based software giant has been talking to Walmart about using the tech, which will rival Amazon’s own Go initiative
Facebook admits user data was shared with Chinese smartphone maker Huawei
U.S. officials have expressed concern that the Chinese government is able to receive information from Huawei's smartphones
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Microsoft acquires coding platform GitHub, scaring away some developers
Rival coding platform GitLab said it's seeing more users switching over to its service
Facebook responds after getting tangled up in another data-sharing scandal
Device makers were allegedly able to access users' friends' personal information
Is the Team17 float an upward or downward indicator for the video game sector?
With an expected market cap of around ten times its 2017 earnings and a booming UK gaming sector, is the Team17 float the sign of a golden age or a coming crash?
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Mixed start expected ahead of GDP data as Amazon continues its quest to conquer the world
Tech giants old and new - namely Microsoft, Intel and Amazon - were tearing it up in pre-market trading after upbeat trading statements.
FTSE 100's dollar earners enjoy sterling's day of misery on the forex markets
The FTSE 100 index managed to finish just above 7,500, helped by sterling's dive on the foreign exchange markets
Microsoft reports strong third-quarter earnings, boosted by its cloud services
The software company's cloud services segment beat revenue estimates
Dow Jones posts triple digit gain and tech stocks rebound
The Nasdaq index on Wall Street added over 71 points to close at 6,941.
US stocks finish lower as tech sector weighs
A look at US and Canadian markets as the day progresses
Wall Street shares fall sharply, taking afternoon dive
A look at Wall Street and Bay Street shares on Tuesday as the session continues
Dow Jones surges 670 points as buyers come back to Wall Street
A look at the New York and Toronto markets as the session progresses on Monday
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Oracle, Blackberry, Microsoft Corp and more - AFTER HOURS
A look at the after hours trade on Wall Street, New York
Oracle under the cosh as it posts quarterly loss and disappointing revenues
Oracle swung to a net loss as it took a one-off US$6.9bn charge resulting from the US tax reforms
US benchmarks tank and Facebook's daily decline is worst for four years
A look at the US and Canada markets as the day progresses..
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Proactive news snapshot: HemoGenyx Pharmaceuticals, Summit Therapeutics, Savannah Resources …
A glance at some of the day's highlights from the Proactive Investors newswire
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AA PLC left in the lay-by after Berenberg says turnaround plan has stalled
Also featured: Dechra Pharmaceuticals, HemoGenyx, PCG Entertainment, Chariot Oil & Gas Limited, Provident Financial, Hiscox, Collagen Solutions, Summit Therapeutics and Conroy Gold
FTSE 100 closes higher but below 7,300, as Wall Street heads north
London's blue-chips closed up around 45 points but below the 7,300 level
Merlin Entertainments shares rise after US activist investor takes stake
The investor that pushed for changes at Rolls-Royce and Microsoft has bought a stake in Merlin Entertainments but the company is understood to be "not alarmed"
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FTSE 100 ends in red after lacklustre session
The FTSE 100 extended the morning's losses toe end the day 47 points lower at 7,247
S&P/ASX 200 holds well in afternoon trade, Bitcoin claws back
A government-appointed inquiry into the nation’s financial industry has started.
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Volatile day ends with blue-chips on the up (but down on the week)
In the time it takes to read this report, the market will likely have changed direction again
S&P/ASX 200 closes 53 points down on weak global cues
S&P/ASX 200 opened lower as expected but slowly rallied throughout the day.
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S&P/ASX 200 opens down but bounces above 5,800
S&P/ASX 200 opened lower as expected but has started to rally.
Facebook Inc, eBay Inc, Microsoft Corp and more - AFTER HOURS
Proactive takes a look at what was moving the needle after hours in New York
Microsoft posts second-quarter loss after US$13.8bn charge related to US tax reforms
The Windows software developer reported a second-quarter loss per share of 82 US cents, a drop from earnings of 80 US cents per share a year earlier
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Apple and Microsoft likely to issue less debt in 2018 under new tax rules, says analyst
Apple has said it would make a one-time payment of US$38bn in US taxes to repatriate cash held overseas
Google to expand network of undersea cables to speed up cloud computing business
Google is playing catch up to rivals Amazon and Microsoft in the multibillion-dollar cloud computing market
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Apple to issue software patch for all devices after chipmakers disclose hacking flaws
Security researchers on Wednesday disclosed two major chip flaws, one called Meltdown, affecting only Intel Corp chips, and one called Spectre affecting nearly all computer chips made in the last decade
Oracle shares drop after quarterly cloud sales miss expectations
Oracle has been playing catch up with market leaders in cloud computing including Amazon and Microsoft
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Proactive news snapshot: Ortac Resources, Ceres Power Holdings, Bacanora Minerals …
A glance at some of the day's highlights from the Proactive Investors newswire
Ceres Power Holdings surges as market cheers update
We take a look at some of the major movers - risers and fallers - in London on Friday.
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Gfinity picked yet again by Microsoft to host European leg of Halo World Championship
The esports group will organise, promote and execute a further EU Halo 5: Guardians tournament in Q1 2018 as part of the global Halo World Championship 2018
FTSE 100 ends at high point of the day but just short of 7,500
A slump in the value of the pound was, as usual, a signal for investors to pile into FTSE 100 stocks
Canamex Gold shares surge 45% after it agrees pioneering crypto-currency deal
It has signed 'terms of agreement' with Harmonychain, a Norwegian fintech firm
J C Penney taken to the cleaners after a profit warning
J C Penney lowered profits guidance as it is attempting to shift a surfeit of inventory
Super Thursday brings good news for many of tech’s biggest names, including Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet
In the busiest day of tech earnings this year, Super Thursday didn’t disappoint Amazon, Microsoft or Alphabet investors, although it wasn’t the case for Expedia shareholders…
Microsoft up in the clouds on first-quarter earnings beat
Strong demand for its cloud services helped to drive revenues 12% higher to US$24.5bn, ahead of forecasts of US$23.6bn
FTSE 100 ends the week on a firm note
The blue-chip index finished the day above the 7,500 level
PREVIEW - Will Amazon and Alphabet continue tech rally on 'Super Thursday'?
Unveiling quarterly numbers today are Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Twitter (NYSE:TWTR), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT).
Microsoft throws in towel, gives up Windows Phone battle
Apple and Google's Android dominate the smartphone market, and, now
Shopify, Amazon.com, Inovio Pharmaceuticals and more- PRE-MARKET
We take a look at what's moving the dial in pre-market deals in New York
Oracle chairman guarantees his firm’s latest database warehousing system will beat Amazon in performance and for half the price
"We will guarantee in writing, contractually, before looking at the workload, that any of those Redshift workloads will move to Oracle and your bill will be one half or less than what Amazon charges you”
Subscribe Technologies helps small businesses with some big computing challenges
Subscribe's SaaS product line is comprehensive and cost-effective
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Gfinity well-placed to take advantage of the eSports boom
eSports are tipped to generate more than £1bn a year in a global revenue by 2020, while audience numbers are set to go through the roof too
Microsoft quarter beat expectations thanks to the cloud
Microsoft had adjusted revenues of US$24.7bn, and net income amounted to US$7.7bn.
Microsoft, Visa, Capital One, Ebay- AFTER HOURS
We are covering all the movers and shakers in after hours trade in New York
Sarepta Therapeutics Inc, Microsoft Corp, eBay Inc and more
We are seeing what is moving the needle in pre-market deals in New York
Google opens first London cloud data centre as competition with Amazon and Microsoft heats up
Google is playing catch up with Amazon and Microsoft in the cloud computing services if offers, according to a study
Microsoft confirms job cuts as it shifts focus to cloud computing to rival Amazon and Google
Microsoft is playing catch up with Amazon in cloud computing
TSX closes lower with big gold miners weighing
Wall Street closed but markets in Toronto traded today. The TSX shed 51 points
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Apple, Amazon and Google shares seen tumbling after market closes for Fourth of July
Nasdaq said erroneous prices of stocks listed on the index were caused by data providers
Microsoft set to cut thousands of jobs in global sales reorganisation
Microsoft is said to be switching its focus towards selling cloud software in an effort to boost revenue and catch up to rival Amazon
Nike, Bank of America, Blue Apron and more- PRE-MARKET
A look at the movers and shakers in pre-market deals
Microsoft stock down despite new Xbox hype
“It’s both the most powerful and smallest console Xbox has ever built,” Microsoft said.
Tech titan Amazon reaches psychological milestone, with shares at $1,000 a pop
The shares touched $1,001.20 in pre-market deals before it slipped back to around $998, where it currently stands - 0.31% up on the day.
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Apple's market cap tops GDP of most US cities and is set to grow with release of iPhone 8
Apple's iPhone 8 is expected to boost the tech giant's share price when released later this year
Galileo Resources soars higher as initial drilling at Concordia copper project completed
A look at some of the biggest London-listed risers and fallers today
Aspiring to AAA seems as simple as ABC for Google owner Alphabet
Alphabet the owner of Google, now has a Standard & Poor’s credit rating on a par with the United States of America
Microsoft borrows $17bn for general purposes
Microsoft borrowed $17bn in seven tranches of corporate debt this week, nearly has much as it did last summer when it acquired social media platform LinkedIn
Trumping him: Starbucks plans to hire 10,000 refugees over five years in 75 countries
Starbuck’s chief executive officer Howard Schultz told employees in a letter on Sunday that it would do everything possible to support workers affected by the Trump ban.
Microsoft to price corporate bond today
Microsoft is set to price a fresh corporate bond on Monday - six months after it sold $20bn of debt to fund its acquisition of LinkedIn
Microsoft shares set to open at record high
Solid second quarter results and a decent run in after-hours trading means the computer giant’s shares look set to open at their highest ever price
US stocks close mixed after Trump mulls 20% border tax
US stocks closed mixed on Thursday, with the Dow and Nasdaq marking fresh record highs but the S&P 500 doing as much – before heading lower after US President Donald Trump mooted that he was weighing up a 20% border tax on Mexican imports t
Trending: Trump Offensive - No offence taken as tech stocks in good books
Investors were treated to another stock rotation opportunity – read surprise – on Wednesday when US President-elect Donald Trump struck a conciliatory tone with technology company chiefs in a New York meeting
US stocks scale new record highs, brush off Fed meeting
US stocks scaled new record highs on Tuesday, on the eve of the Federal Reserve’s rate decision
Trending: Trump could be good for techs
Tech stocks have had a rough month since the election of Donald Trump to be next President. But some commentators think there is a silver lining
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GoPro shares jump after restructuring plan
Struggling sport and activity camera maker GoPro saw its shares jump 4% on Wednesday after it announced a workforce cut of about 15% and closure of its entertainment division
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Fewer special divis send dividend growth rate into reverse
In North America, the total value of special dividends paid out was down 8.5% from a year earlier
US stocks power higher, techs and oil feature
US top stocks powered ahead on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial marking its fourth successive record high close, while the S&P 500 made up for a feeble performance since Thursday after Donald Trump’s pro-business plans were mulled ove
US stocks end mixed as winners and losers assess Trump
US stocks seesawed through Thursday, with the Dow hitting a record high intraday and close, as banks and pharma stocks lapped up the perceived benefits of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, while tech stocks sank on worries about his f