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Bill Gates Likely Saw Food Shortages Coming Years Ago — Why His Land Accumulation Feels Calculated

Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has had an incredibly impressive career.

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Bill Gates, South Korea expand global health partnership

South Korea agreed on Tuesday to expand its global health partnership with the foundation set up by Microsoft Corp co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates.

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Comcast lost internet customers for the first time. Executives call it a blip, but stock is down sharply

PHILADELPHIA — Brian Roberts at Comcast Corp. sealed a deal with Microsoft Corp. mogul Bill Gates in 1997 for $1 billion to modernize Comcast’s cable network for the internet, leading Comcast to sell high-speed broadband to tens of millions of homes, apartments and businesses over the next 25 years.

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Microsoft Earned Price Target Bumps From Analysts Due To Azure Growth Despite Missing Q4 Due To Macro Headwinds

Analysts expressed optimism over Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) Azure following

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Analysts Remain Cautious Over SAP Post Q2 Results

Analysts remained divided with a cautious tone over SAP SE's (NYSE:SAP) prospects post Q2 results. Barclays analyst Raimo Lenschow saw SAP managing expectations into Q2, and the move lower in consensus halved the adj. EBIT miss. He found the FY guidance cut was unexpected, though, especially following reiterations in the quarter, and could not…

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Bill Gates donates $20 billion to his foundation

Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates is donating $20 billion to the charitable foundation run by him and his ex-wife Melinda French Gates to boost its annual distributions.

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Amazon, Microsoft, Google Strengthen Grip on Cloud

The pandemic period has been a boon for the trio of companies that dominate cloud computing. Now as the economy enters another tumultuous phase, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Google appear poised to extend their strength.

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Facebook, Instagram Fall Prey To Data Scraping; Indict Chinese Company

Meta Platforms, Inc (NASDAQ:META) prosecuted Octopus Data, the U.S. subsidiary of a Chinese national high-tech enterprise Shenzhen Vision Information Technology Co. Octopus Data allegedly offered data scraping services for Facebook and Instagram. Meta also prosecuted a Turkey-based individual, Ekrem Ateş, for allegedly setting up automated Instagram accounts to scrape data from 350,000 Instagram…

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Citi Remains Unfazed By Enron Collapse Predictor's Bearishness On These Data Center Stocks

Citi analyst Michael Rollins noted data center stocks Equinix, Inc (NASDAQ:EQIX), Digital Realty Trust, Inc (NYSE:DLR), Cyxtera Technologies, Inc (NASDAQ:CYXT) were down an average of >5% on July 1 on reports (including Financial Times) that an investor is "betting against 'legacy' data centers that now face growing competition from the trio of tech giants that have been…

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Blizzard Entertainment Acquires This Boston-Based Studio For Undisclosed Terms

Activision Blizzard, Inc's (NASDAQ:ATVI) Blizzard Entertainment closed the acquisition of the Boston-based studio Proletariat. The financial terms of the transaction remain undisclosed. The acquisition will help better serve players in the multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft. "Over the next two years, we plan to hire hundreds of the best developers to…

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Tencent, Other Chinese Companies Follow Western Counterparts In Laying off Staff As Economic Slowdown Weighs

Chinese tech giants like Tencent Holding Ltd (OTC:TCEHY) and TikTok parent ByteDance Ltd implemented fresh layoffs affecting thousands of employees in their latest round of cost-cutting, the Wall Street Journal reports. The job cuts added on to the tens of thousands of employees already axed by Chinese internet companies since late 2021 after the domestic regulatory crackdown crushed the…

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Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft And Others Set To Lose As Gartner Predicts Demand Softness For Smartphones, PCs In 2022

China's economic slowdown and inflation-led drop in consumer spending will likely weigh on the global shipments of computers and smartphones in 2022, as per a Reuters story citing research firm Gartner. Earlier this month, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) warned against a slowdown in the PC market after two solid years. Analysts expected the chipmaker to gain…

Benzinga

Walmart Continues To Consolidate Metaverse Presence With Latest Acquisition Of Memomi

Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) agreed to acquire Memomi, an augmented reality (AR) optical tech company. The financial terms of the transaction remain undisclosed. Memomi is a leading technology provider for enhancing virtual optical try-on experiences, helping customers virtually "try on" eyewear in real-time for a seamless, easy, and fun omnichannel experience. Since 2019, Memomi…

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Tencent Targets Metaverse After Overseas Opportunities, EV To Drive Growth

Tencent Holding Ltd (OTC:TCEHY) acknowledged setting up a unit focused on exploring the space to tap multiple opportunities in extended reality (XR) technologies in the next 4-5 years, Reuters reports. Gaming chief Steven Ma disclosed that Tencent had set up an XR business line to combine hardware and software, betting on most…

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Investors Seek More Transparent Tax, Disclosure Norms From Microsoft and Cisco

Britain-based proxy advisers Pensions & Investment Research Consultants (PIRC) sought more transparent tax and financial information from Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Cisco Systems, Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO), Reuters reports. The resolution urged Microsoft to disclose financial and tax information country-by-country outside the U.S. to help investors assess its fairness and identify any risks posed by tax reforms. It also…

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Chinese Analyst Provokes Country To Attack Elon Musk's Popular Starlink Satellite Service

In a paper published by the Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunications Technology, a Chinese researcher urged the Chinese military to track and monitor every satellite in the Starlink network, Bloomberg reports. Tesla, Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) chief Elon Musk’s satellite service provides internet access in over 30 countries. Ren Yuanzhen cited the pervasiveness, ability…

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Meta, Microsoft, Alibaba, Others Form Metaverse Governing Body; Apple's Name Missing

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META), Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA), and other tech giants striving to build the emerging metaverse concept have formed a group to foster the development of industry standards. The initiatives look to make the companies' nascent digital worlds compatible. The Metaverse Standards Forum includes leading companies working in the space, from…

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Credit Suisse Sees Microsoft Azure Narrow Revenue Gap To Amazon Web Services And Widen Gap To Google Cloud, Alibaba Cloud

Credit Suisse expects Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) Azure, as the “enterprise cloud,” to disproportionately benefit from this accelerated shift to the public cloud.

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Activision Blizzard's Independent Board Gives Its Officers Clean Chit Against Denial Of Harassment Claims

Activision Blizzard, Inc's (NASDAQ:ATVI) Workplace Responsibility Committee of independent directors dismissed allegations of rebuttal of gender harassment claims by senior officials as alleged by different media reports. The gaming giant acknowledged some substantiated instances of gender harassment. However, it denied awareness and tolerance of harassment by the officials. Also Read: Activision Blizzard Registers 22% Revenue…

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Twitter's Employees Can't Go To 'The Happiest Place On Earth' In 2023, Cost Cutting Measures Hit Company Travel

Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) is ditching a companywide retreat scheduled for January 2023 at Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) Disneyland - 'The Happiest Place On Earth,' Bloomberg reports. Twitter cited cost-cutting measures to reduce corporate travel behind the move. The company's occasional gathering, known as 'OneTeam,' was last held in early 2020 in Houston before the…

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Why Microsoft Stock Is Surging Today

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares are trading higher Wednesday as the overall market rises following the Federal Reserve's rate hike announcement.

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Microsoft Fixes Flaw Exploited By State-Backed Hackers

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) released a fix for Windows zero-day flaw exploited by state-backed hackers. However, cybersecurity firm Sophos noted that the fix did not feature on the list of patches included in the release. However, it confirmed the mitigation of Follina. Microsoft strongly recommended that customers install the updates for complete protection from the vulnerability. Also…

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Morning Brief: Top Financial Stories Dominating on Wednesday, June 15

Reuters Warner Bros Discovery To Undergo Major Global Ad Sales Team Restructuring

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Over 100 CEOs Including Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft Press For China Competition Bill

A broad coalition of 123 CEOs and senior executives representing major sectors of the American economy and millions of U.S. workers urged Congress to pass legislation to amplify U.S. economic competitiveness, including in chip manufacturing. The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), which organized the letter signing, claimed it was the largest group…

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L3Harris Technologies Eyes Israeli Spyware Firm NSO: Reports

L3Harris Technologies Inc (NYSE:LHX) is planning to acquire Israeli spyware firm NSO Group, Reuters reported, citing U.S. and Israeli media. The deal is expected to be finalized after being approved by Israel, the U.S., and L3Harris’ board of directors. A separate report published by Intelligence Online has shed light on the White House’s…

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