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On Tuesday, in-person US-China trade talks resumed in Shanghai. The two sides have been talking on the phone since the truce last month.

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

Discussing 5G with India could be part of President Trump’s mind game before his meeting with President Jinping.

Facebook (FB) has decided to prohibit Huawei from preloading its apps on Huawei smartphones. The news is another blow for Huawei. The company has been shunned by many other US suppliers.

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.

Cloud-computing issues dominated talks at Microsoft’s (MSFT) 2019 Build software developer conference this week.

Microsoft’s (MSFT) cloud businesses are slowly becoming the key growth engine for the software giant.

Yandex’s first-quarter earnings results will be the company’s first full-quarter financial results since it opened its cloud platform to everyone.

Gaming companies such as Take-Two Interactive (TTWO), Electronic Arts (EA), and Activision Blizzard (ATVI) are highly dependent on popular franchises to drive sales.

Alibaba (BABA) is preparing to inject $50 million in fresh funding in BigBasket, India’s top online grocery retailer.

Software giant Oracle (ORCL) topped revenue estimates of nearly $9.62 billion by 0.3% in the third quarter of fiscal 2019.

Things are heating up in the semiconductor M&A space, and this time, Israel-based big data connectivity company Mellanox is the target.

Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google is under pressure to prove it didn’t violate Oracle’s (ORCL) software copyright in the development of Android.

Despite the rivalry between the two companies, Samsung is still one of the prominent component suppliers to Apple.

According to eMarketer estimates, digital advertising spending hit ~$62.6 billion in China in 2018.

The global cloud infrastructure space has continued to grow strongly.

Microsoft (MSFT) recently announced that it had bought education data management platform DataSense from BrightBytes.

TripAdvisor’s (TRIP) sustained focus on enhancing its mobile-centric product designs along with marketing initiatives will likely continue to attract new users and drive overall user base.

While some of Amazon’s business segments are seeing slowing growth, one segment is growing relentlessly: Amazon Web Services.

Today, US President Donald Trump tweeted, “Best January for the DOW in over 30 years.”

Early this morning, before the market opened, Musk revealed that TSLA is reducing its full-time workforce by 7%.

Jeff Bezos invested about $15 million in Twitter (TWTR) just over a decade ago.

Amazon (AMZN) became the world’s most valuable public company on January 7.

In Apple’s January 2 press release, Cook noted several internal and external factors that are affecting its sales in some emerging markets.

In July, IBM launched a blockchain solution specifically for the financial service industry, LedgerConnect.

AI is the buzzword these days, and the market has huge growth potential.

Alibaba (BABA) has recently opened its first data centers in the United Kingdom as it seeks to expand its cloud footprint in Europe.

Microsoft’s (MSFT) Azure cloud platform continues to see increased adoption driven by the ongoing migration of workloads to the cloud.

Revenues from BlackBerry’s (BB) Enterprise Software and Services business fell from $91.0 million in fiscal Q2 2018 to $88.0 million in fiscal Q2 2019.

Alphabet’s (GOOG) cost of revenue rose at a three-year CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 21% to $45.6 billion in 2017.

Autodesk (ADSK) is underway with the transition to a cloud-based subscription business model, where customers pay ongoing subscription fees instead of one-time software license purchases.

In the September 7 trading session, Oracle stock closed at $47.81, close to its lower Bollinger Band level of $47.54.

Tech giant Microsoft (MSFT) has been rewarding its shareholders with dividend payments.

After Instant Games exited the beta phase in April, Facebook (FB) began monetizing the digital games platform through in-app purchases in May.

To stay competitive and gain market share, IBM (IBM) has continued to incur R&D (research and development) expenses.

AMD and China’s leading retailer, JD.com (JD), partnered in January to expand the availability of AMD Ryzen processors and desktops in China.

In the last five quarters, Accenture’s book-to-bill ratio has always remained above 1, which is a healthy sign for its business.

Yesterday, Microsoft (MSFT) formed a strategic partnership with Walmart (WMT). Here’s what you need to know.

IBM’s (IBM) ranking among cloud vendors is sliding, and it turns out Alibaba (BABA) and Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google may have played a role in its repositioning.

IBM’s (IBM) capital expenditure has been stable for the last five years due to its huge data center investments.

Microsoft’s (MSFT) ARPU (average revenue per user) growth has continued to improve, buoyed by strong demand for its Office 365 and Azure products and Xbox Live monthly active users.

Recently, Microsoft (MSFT) decided to acquire open-source software development company GitHub for $7.5 billion.

Earlier, we discussed Oracle’s newest offering, Oracle Cloud, which will ease the migration of ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems to the cloud.

According to Synergy Research, Cisco Systems (CSCO) has maintained a slender lead over Microsoft (MSFT) in the enterprise collaboration market.

In fiscal 2Q18, Microsoft’s (MSFT) total revenues reached $28.9 billion, up 12.0% year-over-year.

Palo Alto Networks (PANW) has maintained strong growth in customer additions, driven by its product portfolio and service quality.

In the previous part of this series, we learned that analysts expect Nokia’s (NOK) revenue to rise 10.4% YoY (year-over-year) in fiscal 1Q18.

Ericsson’s (ERIC) CEO, Börje Ekholm, stated that the company’s top strategy includes a focus on customers and service providers.

In its mid-February report, Oracle was once again positioned highest among other players owing to its “ability to execute” in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Data Management Solutions for Analytics.

Infosys expects its total revenues in fiscal 2018 to expand 6.5%–7.5%.