MSFT - Microsoft Corporation
After hours:
| Previous Close | 335.94 |
| Open | 335.33 |
| Bid | 333.62 x 800 |
| Ask | 333.68 x 900 |
| Day's Range | 332.17 - 335.37 |
| 52 Week Range | 213.43 - 338.56 |
| Volume | |
| Avg. Volume | 29,628,819 |
| Market Cap | 2.481T |
| Beta (5Y Monthly) | 0.93 |
| PE Ratio (TTM) | 36.11 |
| EPS (TTM) | 9.24 |
| Earnings Date | Jul 24, 2023 - Jul 28, 2023 |
| Forward Dividend & Yield | 2.72 (0.81%) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | May 17, 2023 |
| 1y Target Est | 340.28 |
The TelegraphMicrosoft courts Jeremy Hunt as it seeks ‘solution’ on £55bn Activision deal
Microsoft has signalled it is prepared to compromise on the terms of its $69bn (£55bn) merger with Activision after it was blocked by the UK competition regulator.
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- Reuters
UPDATE 1-OpenAI CEO has no IPO plan due to 'strange' company structure
Microsoft-backed OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has no plans to go public any time soon, Chief Executive Sam Altman said at a conference in Abu Dhabi. "When we develop super intelligence, we are likely to make some decisions that most investors would look at very strangely," Altman said. OpenAI has so far raised $10 billion from Microsoft at a valuation of almost $30 billion as it invests more on building computing capacity.
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ReutersOpenAI CEO has no IPO plan due to 'strange' company structure
Microsoft-backed OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has no plans to go public any time soon, Chief Executive Sam Altman said at a conference in Abu Dhabi. "When we develop super intelligence, we are likely to make some decisions that most investors would look at very strangely," Altman said. OpenAI has so far raised $10 billion from Microsoft at a valuation of almost $30 billion as it invests more on building computing capacity.
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The pound lost ground against the dollar on Tuesday, falling more than 0.2% to $1.24.
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UPDATE 2-Microsoft's Smith meets UK finance minister after Activision block
Microsoft's president met Britain's finance minister for talks on Tuesday and said he would try to work with regulators to seek UK approval for its $69 billion purchase of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard. British competition authorities blocked the takeover in April in a shock decision which jeopardises gaming's biggest-ever deal, drawing a furious response from the two groups who questioned whether the country remained open to tech firms. Microsoft has since appealed and its president, Brad Smith, met British finance minister Jeremy Hunt for talks in London on Tuesday, a government source said, without giving details.
ReutersMicrosoft's Smith meets UK finance minister after Activision block
Microsoft's president met Britain's finance minister for talks on Tuesday and said he would try to work with regulators to seek UK approval for its $69 billion purchase of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard. British competition authorities blocked the takeover in April in a shock decision which jeopardises gaming's biggest-ever deal, drawing a furious response from the two groups who questioned whether the country remained open to tech firms. Microsoft has since appealed and its president, Brad Smith, met British finance minister Jeremy Hunt for talks in London on Tuesday, a government source said, without giving details.
The TelegraphMicrosoft fined $20m after collecting children’s data on Xbox consoles
Microsoft has paid $20m (£16.1m) to US regulators after the tech company wrongly collected biometric data from children using its Xbox games consoles.
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- Reuters
UPDATE 2-Microsoft to pay $20 mln to settle US charges for violating children's privacy
Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that the tech company illegally collected personal information from children without their parents' consent, the FTC said on Monday. The company had been charged with violating the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting personal information from children who signed up to its Xbox gaming system without notifying their parents or obtaining their parents' consent, and by retaining children's personal information, the FTC said in a statement.
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ReutersMicrosoft to pay $20 million to settle US charges for violating children's privacy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that the tech company illegally collected personal information from children without their parents' consent, the FTC said on Monday. The company had been charged with violating the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting personal information from children who signed up to its Xbox gaming system without notifying their parents or obtaining their parents' consent, and by retaining children's personal information, the FTC said in a statement.
- Reuters
Microsoft to pay $20 mln to settle charges it collected children's information
Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges that the tech company illegally collected personal information from children without their parents' consent, the FTC said on Monday. The company had been charged with violating the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting personal information from children who signed up to its Xbox gaming system without notifying their parents or obtaining their parents' consent, and by retaining children's personal information, the FTC said in a statement.
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- Reuters
Microsoft-backed Rubrik hires banks for IPO -sources
Rubrik Inc, a U.S. cybersecurity software startup backed by Microsoft Corp and valued at $4 billion in a fundraising round two years ago, has hired banks for an initial public offering, four people familiar with the matter said. The Palo Alto, California-based company is working with Goldman Sachs, Barclays Plc and Citigroup Inc for its planned stock market flotation, said the sources, who requested anonymity because the discussions are confidential. Rubrik may raise more than $750 million in its IPO, three of the sources added, though that may change based on market conditions as the preparations are still at an early stage.
- Reuters
UPDATE 2-Microsoft 365 services back up after hours of outage
Microsoft Corp said on Monday that it had restored its online services after an outage affected thousands of users of its 365 software suite, including Teams and Outlook, for more than two hours. Access to its productivity software such as Word and Excel was down for nearly 18,000 users at its peak before easing to 906 at around 12:57 p.m. ET, according to Downdetector.com, which tracks internet outages. "We have resolved an issue preventing users from accessing some of our services," a Microsoft spokesperson said.
