Microsoft bond issue sparks takeover rumors
Microsoft launched its first bond issue on Monday, sparking rumors the US software giant was contemplating a takeover bid.
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May 11, 2009
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Microsoft to buy Nokia phones, patents for $7.2B
Microsoft Corp. is buying Nokia Corp.'s line-up of smartphones and a portfolio of patents and services in an attempt to mount a more formidable challenge to Apple Inc. and Google Inc. as more technological tasks get done ...
Business
Sep 3, 2013
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Microsoft says CEO Ballmer to retire in 12 months (Update)
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who helped Bill Gates transform the company from a tiny startup into the world's most valuable business, announced plans Friday to retire sometime in the next year—a move that presents another ...
Business
Aug 23, 2013
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Microsoft prices Pro version of Surface at $899 (Update)
Microsoft's Surface tablet running a full version of Windows 8 Pro will start selling in January for $899 and up, the company said Thursday. But you'll have to pay more if you want a keyboard cover and the popular Office ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 29, 2012
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Analysts, PC industry cool on Windows 8
While Microsoft is touting next week's launch of Windows 8 as the savior of the computer industry, PC makers and analysts are increasingly skeptical that the new operating system will lure consumers away from tablets and ...
Business
Oct 17, 2012
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Microsoft becomes friend and foe to PC partners
With the launch of its Surface tablet computer, Microsoft is becoming a genuine "frenemy"—part friend, part enemy—to its longtime manufacturing partners.
Business
Oct 17, 2012
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Microsoft shows off Windows 8 for smartphones
Microsoft on Wednesday ramped up its push to regain ground in the precious mobile computing market by giving developers a "sneak peek" at new Windows software for smartphones.
Software
Jun 20, 2012
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User interface revolution coming to computers, TVs
Control your television with your voice or a wave of the hand. Run your laptop with your eyes.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 12, 2012
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Microsoft rolls out Xbox TV platform
Microsoft Corp. is rolling out a new interface for its Xbox game console users - one that allows you to navigate through music, movies, TV shows and games with the wave of your hand or the sound of your voice.
Software
Dec 5, 2011
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Microsoft's answer to the iPad is still in pieces
(AP) -- Instead of unveiling an elegant response to the iPad, Microsoft came to the tech industry's premier gadget show with a collection of exposed computer guts, news about microchips and a shallow preview of yet another ...
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Jan 6, 2011
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Steve Ballmer
Steven Anthony Ballmer (born Detroit, Michigan March 24, 1956) is an American businessman who has been the chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation since January 2000. Ballmer is the second person after Roberto Goizueta to become a billionaire in U.S. dollars based on stock options received as an employee of a corporation in which he was neither a founder nor a relative of a founder. In Forbes 2008 World's Richest People ranking, Ballmer was ranked the 43rd richest person in the world, with an estimated wealth of $11 billion.[citation needed]
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