Britain’s competition regulator said it will refer Microsoft’s acquisition of the Call of Duty maker for an in-depth investigation.
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Has Microsoft gone back its bad old ways? Some customers and rivals are making a bold claim that the software giant is again using its sway over one market to thwart competition in another.
Microsoft president Brad Smith wrote to Ukraine’s leader this month with a clear message: it would continue doing business in Russia.
The technology sector needs to compromise with regulators and take people’s concerns seriously, Microsoft president Brad Smith said in an interview.
Microsoft will conduct an up-to-$60-billion share buyback programme, raise its quarterly dividend by 11% and appoint company President Brad Smith as vice chairman.
Five years ago, Microsoft and Google agreed to cease using their substantial lobbying firepower against each other. That truce, forged at the time by two new CEOs wanting a fresh start, expired in April.
Even as Microsoft hovers around a $2-trillion valuation, it may avoid being included in a US antitrust bills aimed at big technology companies.
Microsoft may revise a programme that shares coding flaws in its products with other companies after a suspected leak led to a sprawling cyberattack against Exchange e-mail clients globally.
Microsoft president Brad Smith has cast doubt on whether fintech companies should issue currencies, saying governments are still best-placed to play that role.
Google is under growing pressure to pay for information that, for two decades, the search provider snipped from the Web – and made a mint from – without paying a penny.