Tag: technology

  • Microsoft is now the favorite child of Washington D.C.?

    Microsoft is now the favorite child of Washington D.C.?

    When a congressional committee was preparing to publicly interrogate the CEOs of four tech giants in 2020, Microsoft Corp. President Brad Smith, whose employer wasn’t on the hot seat, gave the lawmakers a private briefing. When Australia proposed a law to force Facebook and Google to pay for news articles, Mr. Smith endorsed it and offered Microsoft’s Bing as an alternative. When…

  • Take off your pants and jacket

    Take off your pants and jacket

    WFH attire becomes work at office attire, Microsoft Anti-Trust troubles, J&J vaccine shows durability, and much much more! RSSVERIFY

  • OVHcloud files antitrust complaint against Microsoft with European Commission

    OVHcloud files antitrust complaint against Microsoft with European Commission

    Microsoft (MSFT) has a current dividend yield of 0.84% and is rated as “Very Safe” by SimplySafeDividends. I hold MSFT in my Low Yield Portfolio. In total MSFT is 0.7% of my portfolio. OVHcloud said it filed the complaint with the European Commission, the European Union’s top competition regulator. The complaint focuses on the way…

  • Windows 10 mayhem

    Windows 10 mayhem

    Windows 10 upsets my apple cart, Russia continues to dominate the news, public pension stock dependency, companies continue to isolate Russia, and much much more!

  • Winter of discontent

    Winter of discontent

    Exxon & Chevron gush cash, Microsoft purchase of Activision to get FEC looksee, J&J to pay $150 million settlement, and much much more!

  • Microsoft purchase of Activision to be reviewed by FTC

    Microsoft purchase of Activision to be reviewed by FTC

    The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will reportedly be taking the reins on reviewing Microsoft’s intended acquisition of Activision Blizzard – amid a more aggressive stance from the government agency on Big Tech mergers. Bloomberg reports that a source pointed to the FTC taking the lead role in investigating the proposed takeover – a job…