Showing posts with label Microsoft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Microsoft. Show all posts

October 09, 2025

L'ancien premier ministre britannique Rishi Sunak recruté par Microsoft et la startup Anthropic

LE FIGARO : Plus jeune premier ministre britannique depuis 200 ans, le premier chef de gouvernement britannique d’origine indienne avait quitté la tête du parti conservateur l’an passé après le revers de sa formation aux législatives.

L'ex-premier ministre conservateur britannique Rishi Sunak, qui a quitté le pouvoir en juillet 2024, va conseiller le géant de la tech Microsoft et la start-up d'intelligence artificielle (IA) Anthropic, selon un document publié par l'instance chargée de contrôler les risques de conflits d'intérêts des élus. Sa mission auprès de Microsoft va consister à «fournir des perspectives stratégiques de haut niveau sur les tendances macroéconomiques et géopolitiques et leurs interactions avec les technologies et la société», indique l'Acoba (Advisory Committee on Business Appointments), dans son avis publié jeudi. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | jeudi 9 octobre 2025

October 16, 2018

Paul Allen on Gates, Microsoft


Lesley Stahl speaks to Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen in his first interview about his upcoming book in which he criticizes his Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates.

June 19, 2012

May 27, 2010

News Hub: Apple Officially Bigger Than Microsoft



Apple's Market Cap Takes Lead over Microsoft

DAILY FINANCE: There was a time -- seems like ancient history, doesn't it? -- when Apple (AAPL) played David to Microsoft's (MSFT) Goliath.

No more. At the close of Wednesday's stock trading session, Apple's market capitalization stood at $222 billion, surpassing Microsoft, which had a value of $219 billion. Tech watchers hailed Apple's feat as the end of an era, changing of the guard, pick your metaphor.

The development is a symbolic victory for Apple, which has sparred with Microsoft for over two decades, as well as a sign of the times. Today, Apple is arguably the hottest company on the planet, while Microsoft -- still huge by any measure -- is falling behind. >>> Sam Gustin | Wednesday, May 26, 2010

January 22, 2009

Microsoft Axes 5,000 Jobs as Recession Hits Software Giant

THE TELEGRAPH: Microsoft plans to axe 5,000 jobs as a result of weakness in the global personal computer market and forecast that profits will fall this year.

The software giant said it planned to make the job cuts - which amount to more than 5 per cent of the firm's global workforce - over the next 18 months.

Around 1,400 are expected to be informed of their departure on Thursday. It is understood around 60 of the cuts will be in the UK.

Microsoft blamed the “deterioration of global economic conditions” for cuts, which left shares in Microsoft down by 6.4pc in early trading in New York. >>> By James Quinn, Wall Street Correspondent | Thursday, January 22, 2009

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February 01, 2008

Microsoft will Yahoo kaufen

NZZ Online: Der amerikanische Softwarekonzern Microsoft will das Online-Unternehmen Yahoo für 44,6 Milliarden Dollar übernehmen. Microsoft will damit seine Position im hart umkämpften Markt von Onlinediensten ausbauen. Die Ankündigung hat den Börsen Schwung verliehen.

(ap/sda/Reuters) Der weltgrösste Softwarekonzern Microsoft will das schwächelnde Online-Unternehmen Yahoo für 44,6 Milliarden Dollar übernehmen. Microsoft will damit seine Position im hart umkämpften Markt der Internet-Werbung ausbauen. Microsoft bietet nach eigenen Angaben von Freitag 31 Dollar pro Yahoo-Aktie, was einen Aufschlag von 62% auf den Schlusskurs vom Donnerstag bedeutet.

Yahoo gilt seit geraumer Zeit als Übernahmekandidat. Das Onlineunternehmen war zwar bald nach der Gründung durch Jerry Yang und seinen Kommilitonen David Filo im Jahr 1995 die Nummer eins im Internet. Inzwischen aber ist Yahoo bei den Werbeeinnahmen längst von Google überholt. Google nimmt in zwei Monaten so viel Geld ein wie Yahoo in einem ganzen Jahr. Microsoft will Yahoo kaufen: Softwarekonzern offeriert knapp 45 Milliarden Dollar >>>

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