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Here's How Large Option Traders Reacted To Microsoft's Surface Event
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - 1:25pm | 675Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares have been a top performer among mega-cap tech stocks in 2019, gaining 32.1% year to date. Shares traded lower by 2% on Wednesday after the company unveiled its latest updates to its Surface Pro lineup and also sprung some surprise product announcements as...
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Hackers Target, Embarrass Cyber Security Specialists At FireEye Subsidiary
Monday, July 31, 2017 - 9:03am | 303In a meticulous orchestration of irony, a team of hackers published stolen data from FireEye Inc (NASDAQ: FEYE)‘s Mandiant Security subsidiary and launched a #leaktheanalyst campaign Monday. “We are aware of reports that a Mandiant employee’s social media accounts were compromised...
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Piper Jaffray Names Microsoft As Top Pick For 2015
Tuesday, December 30, 2014 - 11:45am | 92Katherine Egbert named Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) as a top pick for 2015, despite a strong run-up in shares throughout 2014. According to Egbert, Microsoft's business and consumer PC shipments declines will stabilize to a low-single digit in the coming year. Microsoft will also...
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Market Wrap For May 20: Markets Sharply Lower On Fed Talk, Disappointing Earnings
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 - 4:42pm | 2471U.S. stocks declined following troubling words from a Federal Reserve official. In a speech delivered Tuesday, the Fed's Charles Plosser hinted that the Federal Reserve should reduce the pace of its asset purchases in measured steps but an increase in interest rates “may come sooner than many...
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Surface Mini Rumor Roundup
Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 5:45pm | 101Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will hold an event on Tuesday, May 20 to unveil something. No one knows exactly what that something will be, but many assume it will be related to the company's miniature Surface tablet. Benzinga will bring you all the details surrounding Microsoft's event this week....
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Intel Paves Way For $99 Tablets
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 1:44pm | 457Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is reportedly developing low-cost, entry-level platforms for Android tablet manufacturers. According to DigiTimes, the company will add Android support for Bay Trail-T (a system on a chip for tablets) by the end of the year. Bay Trail-T was initially launched for Windows...
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SLIDESHOW: Apple's First TV, New iPads And More From The Fourth Week Of October
Saturday, October 26, 2013 - 3:48pm | 211The past week was nearly dominated by Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) many product announcements. New iPads, new Mac Book Pros, new details on the Mac Pro -- the list went on and on. The only thing missing was Apple's first TV set, though the rumor mill helped consumers cope with that. The unconfirmed...
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Microsoft's Surface Pro Clearance Knocks $100 Off MSRP
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 2:43pm | 579Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has reduced the price of its first-generation Surface Pro tablets. Consumers will now pay $699 for the 64GB model (down from $799) and $799 for the 128GB iteration (down from $899). The new prices -- which were first discovered by The Next Web -- have already taken effect...
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New Surface, New Kindle Fire, Record-Breaking iPhone Sales And More From The Final Week Of September
Saturday, September 28, 2013 - 11:54am | 208Tech companies were determined to cram as much as possible into this week. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), for example, made an unexpected (and ultra-quiet) announcement regarding its new Kindle Fire tablets. Instead of holding a press conference, Amazon sent out a press release in the middle of the night...
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Microsoft Surface May Achieve 1% Market Share In 2014 (MSFT)
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 11:05am | 444Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) next-generation Surface tablets could prove to be more popular than the last. According to DigiTimes, the Windows maker sold 900,000 Surface tablets during the first quarter of 2013 and an additional 300,000 units during the second quarter. All told, Microsoft sold...
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Microsoft 'Surface 2' Rumor Roundup
Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 2:10pm | 722Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is roughly a week away from unveiling the next version of Surface. Surface 2 (the presumed name of the upgrade) is expected to come in multiple sizes, including a seven-inch model designed to compete with Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad Mini and Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Nexus 7...
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Microsoft To Unveil New Surface Tablet September 23 (MSFT)
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 2:30pm | 483In just 14 days, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will host an event to unveil the second-generation Surface tablet. The event was confirmed by a Surface-shaped paper invite that's circling the net. While the event's exact location has been blurred by media outlets (likely at Microsoft's request), the...
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Can Google Sell Expensive, High-Tech Glasses Without A Store Presence?
Sunday, August 25, 2013 - 8:05pm | 658Last fall, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) conducted an interesting experiment. Instead of launching Surface RT (the company's first tablet) at tech outlets across the country, Microsoft decided to sell the device exclusively online. This sales plan may have been designed to create a distinct style and...
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Intel's Plan To Overtake Qualcomm's Snapdragon Platform
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 12:33pm | 559The decline of the PC business could be problematic for firms like Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), which have relied on the industry for billions in annual revenue. Famous for creating and marketing the Pentium, Celeron, Core 2, Core i3, i5 and i7 series of processors, Intel has been a PC staple for many...
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Surface Revenue Falls Below Microsoft's $900 Million Write-Down (MSFT)
Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 11:06am | 571Unsold inventory for Microsoft's (NASDAQ: AAPL) Surface RT tablet recently led to a write-down totaling $900 million. That number turned out to be greater than the amount of revenue earned on the entire Surface product line. According to GeekWire, total Surface revenue reached $853 million on...