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As Microsoft gears up to report its earnings, the stock has soared this year. The company’s stock price has risen 34% in 2020.

IBM reported its second-quarter earnings after the market close on Monday. The stock price jumped in extended trading.

Ray Dalio, a billionaire investor, shared his view on the recent market movement and economic impact amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) stock fell nearly 5% in extended trading on Tuesday. The company reported mixed results in the fourth quarter.

On Tuesday, Cloudera (NYSE:CLDR) stock rose 18.7% and closed at $12.00. The shares rose after reports that the company might sell its business.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) stock has been recovering from the coronavirus-driven sell-off. The company decided to pull out of the facial recognition technology business.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) stock has had a rough time this year. The coronavirus outbreak made the situation worse. At $118 per share, IBM has fallen 10% in 2020.

Microsoft posted its results for the third quarter of fiscal 2020 on Wednesday after the market close. The stock rose about 5% in after-hours trading.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) stock fell around 3% in the extended trading session on Monday. The company reported mixed first-quarter results.

IBM (NYSE:IBM) stock rose 3.8% on April 17 and closed at $120.12. The stock was trading 24.3% below its 52-week high of $158.75.

Oracle’s stock price has risen 13.2% in the trailing five-day period, while it has fallen 16.6% in the trailing 12-month period.

Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) stock rose by double-digits during the trading session on March 13. The company reported upbeat earnings on March 12.

On Monday, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock closed 6.78% lower at $150.62 with a market cap of about $1.15 trillion. The stock has risen in pre-market trading today.

The Trump administration has thrown its weight behind Oracle in the high-stakes copyright case pitting it against Google.

The Pentagon’s JEDI cloud computing contract renewed the bitter rivalry between Microsoft and Amazon. Notably, Amazon disputed the results.

On Wednesday, Microsoft released its earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2020 after the closing bell. The stock rose 4.14% in after-hours trading.

IBM stock rose around 4.72% in the pre-market trading session today at 7:29 AM ET. The company posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter results.

Amazon has picked longtime insider Matt Garman to lead the sales and marketing efforts of its cloud computing business.

Microsoft is scheduled to report its earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2020 on January 29 after the closing bell.

Citigroup, Mizuho Financial Group, and Bank of America agreed to provide a $24 billion bridge loan to Xerox related to its proposed HP (HPQ) takeover.

Alphabet stock has gained about 8.0% since the JEDI contract was awarded to Microsoft. During the same period, Amazon and Microsoft stocks have risen 6.0% and 13%.

Blockchain is not a currency like Bitcoin. It is tech that makes Bitcoin possible. All the countries around the world are trying to adopt blockchain tech.

Typically, most discussions about blockchain technology lean toward bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. There is an enigma that surrounds cryptocurrencies.

Tech giants Apple and Microsoft have been on an absolute tear this year. While AAPL has gained 69.3% year-to-date, MSFT has returned 48%.

AE Ventures, the investment arm of æternity blockchain, recently partnered with Microsoft to hold events to promote blockchain in Malta.

You can’t argue with success, and Microsoft shareholders have enjoyed market-beating gains this year. Whether this can continue is questionable.

On October 25, the Pentagon awarded Microsoft (MSFT) with the ten-year cloud contract for JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defence Infrastructure).

IBM (IBM) stock fell around 1.13% on Monday and closed the trading session at $132.58. The shares fell after one analyst downgraded the stock.

Microsoft (MSFT) is scheduled to report its earnings for the first quarter of fiscal 2020 after the closing bell on Wednesday.

Analyst Christopher Eberle reiterated a “buy” rating and a price target of $161 on Microsoft stock. He predicts that Azure could grow 61.6% in Q1.

The broader markets were subdued today. However, tech stocks Datadog (DDOG), Roku (ROKU) and Fitbit (FIT) gained significantly. Here’s why.

IBM (IBM) stock fell more than 5% in after-hours trading. The company reported mixed third-quarter results on Wednesday and beat the earnings estimates.

Berkshire Hathaway’s returns have lagged the S&P 500 by a wide margin this year. Buffett has been criticized for not deploying the massive cash pile.

Of all the Fortune 500 companies, only 5% have women CEOs. We rounded up five of the biggest names investors should know. Here’s why. 

PayPal (PYPL) has decided to drop out of Facebook’s (FB) Libra Association, the group set to run the Libra cryptocurrency network.

Microsoft (MSFT) stock fell 1.06% on October 8 and closed at $135.67. At this closing price, its market cap was about $1.04 trillion.

In the coming weeks, Libra Association members will start committing to Facebook’s (FB) Libra cryptocurrency project formally.

Facebook and its Libra Association aim to launch its global cryptocurrency next year. The group is working on securing regulatory approvals for Libra.

On September 25, Walmart stock closed at $118.47, just 1.4% below the all-time high it made in the previous trading session.

Berkshire Hathaway Chair Warren Buffett invests within his circle of competence. For him, investing in a company entails understanding its business.

In the Seattle area, WeWork at Capitol Hill has a new client—Microsoft (MSFT). The total cost of MSFT’s lease with WeWork is $3 million.

Microsoft (MSFT) stock rose 1.19% in extended trading yesterday after the tech giant announced a new share buyback program and dividend increase.

Oracle (ORCL) unexpectedly released its earnings results for the first quarter of fiscal 2020 on Wednesday after the market bell.

At the close of the second quarter, Google (GOOGL) held 8.0% of the global cloud computing market. It trailed Microsoft (MSFT), which held 16%.

Given its positive estimate revision, Oracle (ORCL) is likely to report upbeat fiscal 2020 first-quarter earnings on September 12.

Amazon (AMZN) leads the IaaS Public Cloud Services market. Research firm Gartner estimated Amazon’s share at 47.8% at the end of 2018.

Michael Burry, whose bet against collateralized debt obligations featured in The Big Short, sees a market crash resulting from passive investing and ETFs.

Google plans to shut down its cloud-based job recruitment tool, Hire by Google, next fall. HR departments use this tool to simplify the employment process.

US airline stocks fell drastically on August 23. The industry seems to be bearing the brunt of the escalating trade war and sluggish economic growth concerns.

When the 10-year Treasury yield dips to 1.6%, where do investors park their funds? You can look at stocks with a high dividend yield as an alternative.

Investors seem to have forgotten about Oracle, despite its strong gains this year. The enterprise software giant’s stock has risen 19.4% year-to-date.

AMD stock rose almost 16% last week. Analysts’ favorable sentiments, new product launches, and better-than-expected earnings drove the stock.

Everyone’s heard that data is the new oil. But Paradata shows that data is like crude oil—if you don’t refine it into something you can use, it’s useless.

Capital One (COF) disclosed that it suffered a major data breach, with the hack exposing the personal data of 106 million customers in the US and Canada.

Adding to AMD’s recent troubles, Wccftech wrote yesterday about a rumor that CEO Lisa Su was set to leave the company for IBM.

President Trump continues to push the Federal Reserve for a big rate cut. Today, in a tweet, the president called the Fed a “problem.”

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) stock rose over 3% yesterday after its CEO denied rumors that she was leaving the company.

Microsoft (MSFT) acquired BlueTalon, a data privacy and governance specialist, to help its customers better control access to their cloud-hosted data.

The Pentagon’s stalling of its $10 billion JEDI contract with Amazon (AMZN) is great news for Microsoft (MSFT), IBM (IBM), and Oracle (ORCL).

Mark Mobius has warned of a market crash if President Donald Trump isn’t reelected in 2020. Speaking with CNBC, he said, “I think the markets then will go haywire.”

India might place a digital tax on big tech companies. Taxing big tech companies is a good way for governments to increase their revenues.

Microsoft (MSFT) and Oracle (ORCL) have entered a strategic cloud partnership.

The Federal Reserve’s FOMC meeting is slated for July 30–31. Though it’s also earnings season, the meeting is bound to garner attention.

IBM has completed the acquisition of Red Hat, its largest acquisition to date.

IBM’s blockchain innovations are starting to get noticed. Three banks have teamed up with mall owner Scentre Group to test its blockchain platform.

The US and China trade talks will likely resume next week. So far, the two countries have stayed in contact through phone conversations. They reached a truce in June. US and China trade talks According to CNBC, “American trade negotiators will soon head to China for face-to-face talks as the world’s two largest economies try […]

Oracle’s new solutions signal the company’s growing focus on strengthening its cloud computing portfolio.

On Thursday, in response to a question about the JEDI contract, President Trump said he’d been hearing complaints.

On Wednesday, IBM’s Q2 earnings came out after the market closed. The announcement followed IBM’s Red Hat acquisition earlier in July.

Yesterday, in a series of tweets, President Donald Trump announced that he planned to nominate Christopher Waller and Judy Shelton to the Federal Reserve Board.

Symantec’s near-term sales and profits are projected to see increased growth.

Of the 33 analysts covering Oracle (ORCL), eight have given the stock “buy” ratings, while 21 have given it “holds.” Four analysts have given the stock “sell” ratings.

The internal restructuring that Alibaba (BABA) unveiled this month also affected its cloud computing business, one of its closely watched operations.

IBM (IBM) has launched a program to train African developers on quantum computing. The company has partnered with more than a dozen African universities to initially train a pool of 200 African students on quantum coding, it said in a press release. IBM’s quantum training program for African students will initially be offered in South Africa in partnership with the Wit University.

IBM (IBM) has decided not to proceed with its mainframe venture with T-Systems after the German antitrust agency made a critical comment about the venture. IBM was poised to pay $962 million to take certain mainframe-related operations and talents from T-Systems.

IBM (IBM) is planning to cut around 1,700 jobs.

At the moment, Amazon (AMZN) and Microsoft (MSFT) are in the lead in the European cloud market.

The Pentagon is expected to announce the winner of its $10 billion cloud computing contract known as Jedi next month.

Nokia (NOK) will raise the pay for some of its female workers to address its gender pay gap, Bloomberg reported.

IBM’s (IBM) attempt to pin a patent infringement blame on Booking Holdings (BKNG) has suffered a blow.

EU antitrust regulators have opened a review of IBM’s (IBM) proposed acquisition of Red Hat (RHT), and their decision is expected by June 27.

IBM has teamed up with a technology-driven home care company to explore the use of autonomous car technology in elderly home care.

IBM (IBM) is waiting for approval from European Union antitrust regulators for its $34 billion potential acquisition of Red Hat.

More than $180 billion is up for grabs in the global cloud computing market this year, and Alibaba is one of the major contenders for this opportunity.

Alibaba (BABA) has taken the lead in Asia’s cloud computing market, and now it has its sights set on a global takeover.

Symantec stock plummeted ~12.5% on May 10, closing at $19.39 after it announced its fiscal 2019 fourth-quarter earnings results on May 9.

IBM (IBM) and Yara International (YARIY) are developing a digital farming platform they plan to launch later this year.

Early this month, federal regulators at the US Department of Justice cleared IBM (IBM) to proceed with its planned takeover of Red Hat (RHT).

Vodafone recently signed IBM on to provide it with cloud services that will allow it to cut costs and improve the customer experience for its more than 387 million subscribers in India.

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) has underperformed the S&P 500 Index (SPY) so far this year.

In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett shared his views on a variety of matters.

Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRK-B) chair, has denied that the company is looking at buying PG&E Corporation (PGE).

Microsoft (MSFT) has made it to the short list of companies being considered for a lucrative cloud contract from the US Department of Defense.

Microsoft (MSFT) announced this month that it had acquired a San Diego startup called Express Logic for an undisclosed amount.

Intel (INTC) this month announced its intention to exit the smartphone modem business.

Qualcomm (QCOM) and Apple recently announced a surprise settlement of their epic legal dispute.

In his 2018 annual letter, Berkshire Hathaway chair Warren Buffett said that he and vice-chair Charlie Munger “hope for an elephant-sized acquisition.”

IBM’s (IBM) stock was down over 4% on Wednesday, April 17, after it reported another disappointing set of numbers for the most recent quarter.