About this content About Emily Jarvie Emily began her career as a political journalist for Australian Community Media in Hobart, Tasmania. After she relocated to Toronto, Canada, she reported on business, legal, and scientific developments in the emerging psychedelics sector before joining Proactive in 2022. She brings a strong journalism background with her work featured in newspapers, magazines, and digital publications across Australia, Europe, and North America, including The Examiner, The Advocate, ...

JR Research is an opportunistic investor. He was recognized by TipRanks as a Top Analyst. He was also recognized by Seeking Alpha as a "Top Analyst To Follow" for Technology, Software, and Internet, as well as for Growth and GARP. He identifies attractive risk/reward opportunities supported by robust price action to potentially generate alpha well above the S&P 500. He has also demonstrated outperformance with his picks. He focuses on identifying growth investing opportunities that present the most attracti ...

Billionaire Bill Gates is one of the most respected business leaders in the world. Gates co-founded Microsoft and was its CEO through its most rapid growth years in the '80s and '90s as Microsoft came to dominate the market for PC operating systems and productivity software in its Office suite, positions it still enjoys today.Gates stepped down from the leadership post in 2000 and resigned as chairman of the board in 2014. Since then, he has devoted himself to philanthropy through the Bill & Melinda Gates F ...

Wall Street analysts have cast their verdict on Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) for the coming year.With the stock currently trading at $424.56, the consensus reflects a cautious but constructive tone, positioning Microsoft in the midst of a potential recovery phase.Over the past month, Microsoft has fluctuated between $414.85 and $456.17—a relatively broad range that underscores ongoing market indecision.  MSFT stock 30-day price chart. Source: FinboldAt present, the stock is hovering near the lower end of this b ...

Nvidia (NVDA -0.02%) has been among the best-performing stocks of 2024, and it's easy to see why. The company provides the graphics processing units (GPUs) that quickly became the gold standard for powering artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The wave of demand for its chips has pushed the company's market cap to nearly $3.7 trillion as of this writing, currently making it the world's second most valuable company.Yet some investors are already looking ahead, as advances in AI these days are coming fast an ...

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during an American Technology Council roundtable at the White House in Washington on June 19, 2017.Microsoft said Thursday that it's contributing $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration fund.The software maker is now more closely aligned with its highly valued peers in the technology industry. Google said earlier on Thursday that it's donating $1 million to the Trump fund, and Meta offered the same amount in December. Ama ...

About this content About Emily Jarvie Emily began her career as a political journalist for Australian Community Media in Hobart, Tasmania. After she relocated to Toronto, Canada, she reported on business, legal, and scientific developments in the emerging psychedelics sector before joining Proactive in 2022. She brings a strong journalism background with her work featured in newspapers, magazines, and digital publications across Australia, Europe, and North America, including The Examiner, The Advocate, ...

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) is eliminating jobs across departments, though the cuts will only affect 1% of employees. The tech giant said it's prioritizing high-performance talent after a lackluster 2024, with the stock rising only 12% compared to the Nasdaq Composite's (IXIC) gain of 29%. These layoffs are also modest against 2023, when the company let go of 10,000 workers.MSFT shed 8.9% in the last six months, and kicked off January with a drop to its lowest level since late November. Resistance at the 4 ...

Microsoft's (MSFT) announcement of a $3 billion investment in India's cloud and AI infrastructure over the next two years marks a significant strategic move in the company's global AI expansion strategy. The investment, which includes new data center establishments and ambitious skilling initiatives, aligns with India's vision of becoming an AI-first nation by 2047. The company's commitment to training 10 million Indians in AI skills by 2030, following its successful ADVANTA(I)GE program which has already t ...

Ramsey, NJ, Jan. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) today announced a strategic partnership with Preservica, the leader in Active Digital Preservation™ software. Konica Minolta’s intelligent information management (IIM) group is now an authorized reseller of Preservica’s Enterprise and Preserve365® technology, enabling it to offer an end-to-end solution for content creation, active management and long-term preservation. Through the alliance, the comp ...