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How Can 75 Million Windows 10 Download Boost Microsoft’s Revenues?
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) posted on Wednesday that over 75 million users have downloaded Windows 10 to their personal computers and tablets in the first month of its release. This signifies that its program to offer free update for users running Wi...
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Microsoft Earnings: Phone Hardware Write-down Impacts Profitability, While Shift To Cloud Dents Revenue Growth
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced its earnings for Q4 FY15 on July 21st. (Fiscal year end with June.) The company posted a 5% year-over-year decline in revenues to $22.18 billion. In our pre-earnings note, we noted that hardware sales and cloud s...
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Microsoft Q4 Earnings Preview: Cloud Revenues To Grow, OS Revenues To Remain Tepid In Q4
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is set to announce its Q4 FY 2015 earnings on Tuesday, July 21st. (Fiscal years end with June.) Microsoft is undergoing change in its business as it focuses less on the aging operating systems and applications business,...
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What Is the Significance of Job Cuts at Microsoft’s Phone Division?
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced on Wednesday that it was writing off 80% of the value of its Nokia acquisition and cutting up to 7,800 jobs, mostly from the phone business. This move is significant as it hints at change in Microsoft’s strategy ...
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U.S. Digital Advertising Landscape And Key Players (Part 2)
In our previous note, we explored the online advertising industry in the U.S. To summarize, the digital advertising market in the U.S. is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 11.3% during 2015 and 2019 to reach $103.3 billion, according to Forrester Re...
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U.S. Digital Advertising Landscape And Key Players (Part 1)
In a two-part series of articles, we analyze the digital advertising landscape in the U.S., along with its key players such as Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL ). Sized at $49.5 billion in 2014, the U.S. Internet advertising mark...
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How Does Microsoft Benefit From Exiting Display Ads Business?
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced on 29th June that it was handing over reins of its display ads business to AOL. Transfer of the display ads business to AOL signifies the struggle Microsoft has had with online display ads business. We believe th...
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Why Is Windows 10 Launch In July ’15 Vital For Microsoft?
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced that it will release Windows 10 on July 29 th . Furthermore, it said that the OS will be a free update for users running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 on PCs or notebooks for the first year. In the initial phase, the...
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Microsoft Earnings: Focus On Hardware Boosts Revenues, Lowers Profitability
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced its earnings for Q3 FY15 on April 23rd. (Fiscal years end with June) The company posted a 6.5% year-over-year growth in revenues to $21.73 billion, which also includes $1.4 billion revenues from Nokia’s phone di...
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Microsoft Earnings Preview: Cloud And Device Revenues In Focus
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is set to announce its Q3 FY 2015 earnings on Thursday, April 23rd. (Fiscal years end with June.) Microsoft is undergoing change in its business as it focuses less on the aging perpetual license operating systems busines...
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Restructured Search Deal With Microsoft To Benefit Yahoo
After month-long talks, Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) have restructured their search partnership, which was first established in 2009, and subsequently extended to 2020. The amended contract gives Yahoo the flexibility to enh...
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Microsoft Said To Challenge Chromebook With $149 Windows 10 Laptop
The competition in low price segment of the PC industry is apparently heating up. News has surfaced that Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is planning to launch two cheap laptops. The two new Microsoft laptops are priced at $149 and $179 and are schedul...
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Why Microsoft Is Tapping The U.S. Debt Market?
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is tapping into the debt markets, issuing a total of $10.8 billion in various tranches with different amounts and maturities. This offering will allow Microsoft to take advantage of low funding cost as Fed continues to ke...
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Our Take On Windows 10: What It Could Mean For Microsoft
Recently, at a launch event, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) shared more information about Window 10, which was launched for beta testers in September last year. While the operating system is expected to be launched later this year, it will be a free upd...
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Microsoft Earnings: Revenues Increase As Microsoft Consolidates Phones Division Revenues
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced its earnings for Q2 FY15 on January 26th. (Fiscal years end with June) The company posted a 8% year-over-year growth in revenues to $26.47 billion, which also includes $2.3 billion revenues from Nokia’s phone di...
