Texas Rep. Pat Fallon dumped Microsoft stock before Pentagon nixed $10B JEDI contract
A congressman who supervises the Defense Department’s tech spending dumped up to $250,000 worth of Microsoft stock two weeks before the Pentagon revealed it was canceling a $10 billion contract with the software giant, according to public documents.
Bill Gates, amid controversies, hits Sun Valley to talk climate change
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and the world's fourth-richest person is one of the most high-profile speakers at Sun Valley Idaho's Allen & Co. conference.
Pentagon cancels JEDI contract as Amazon, Microsoft duke it out
The Defense Department has canceled its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract as Amazon and Microsoft sparred for years over the deal.
ViacomCBS chief Bakish blocked again from major media mogul meeting
Fox Business has learned that ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish once again won’t be attending the investment bank’s annual “summer camp for billionaires” in Sun Valley where the rich and famous in the world of the media and finance think big thoughts and at times lay the groundwork for potential deal making.
Cash-laden companies are on a mergers and acquisitions spree
Businesses spent $1.74 trillion on mergers and acquisitions involving U.S. companies during the first six months of the year—the highest amount in more than four decades—as finance chiefs tapped into cheap funding options to acquire technologies, services and other assets.
Former Microsoft security boss on working with Bill Gates, what he sees as biggest threats to US
While some CEOs may prefer to be protected by guards "coming out with sunglasses and earpieces," Bill Gates typically did not want such a look, said Mike Howard, who ran the billionaire’s security detail before being elevated to the position of chief security officer.
Microsoft executive: Targeting of Americans' records by feds is 'routine'
Federal law enforcement agencies secretly seek the data of Microsoft customers thousands of times a year, according to congressional testimony Wednesday by a senior executive at the technology company.
Microsoft exec details 'frightening' DOJ 'abuse' of secret requests for Americans' data in hearing
A Microsoft executive on Wednesday detailed the "frightening" abuse by the Department of Justice of "secrecy orders" that allow the government to take Americans' data from tech companies without ever letting them know.
Microsoft joins Apple in $2T market value club
Microsoft's stock price on the rise pushed the software giant to $2 trillion in market value. Check out Microsoft's share price here.
Microsoft enters the next generation with Windows 11
Microsoft is headed into the next generation with the official unveiling of the Windows 11 operating system.
Big Tech faces new onslaught on Capitol Hill as lawmakers push package of antitrust bills
Big Tech is under mounting pressure on Capitol Hill as lawmakers take up a series of sweeping new antitrust bills that could break up some of Silicon Valley's most powerful companies.
Microsoft stock hits record as Windows reveal approaches
Microsoft is set to deliver a Windows update on Thursday exciting investors and users.
Microsoft names CEO Satya Nadella board chairman
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Satya Nadella will also assume the role of company chairman, the software giant said Wednesday.
Bill Gates is a potato farmer, hoeing for McDonalds fries
Next time you savor a McDonald’s french fry, remember to thank Bill Gates for the tasty spud.
Microsoft: SolarWinds hackers target 150 orgs with phishing
The state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted spear-phishing assault on U.S. and foreign government agencies and think tanks this week using an email marketing account of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Microsoft said.
Bill Gates’ money manager allegedly made racist, sexual comments to staff
Bill Gates’ money manager of more than 27 years allegedly made racist and sexually offensive remarks, bullied staffers and fostered a culture of fear in the workplace, former employees claimed in a new report.
Microsoft plans to pull the plug on Internet Explorer
Microsoft said it plans to largely retire its Internet Explorer browser, adding to the digital scrap heap a product once at the center of one of the tech industry’s biggest battles.
Bill Gates' Jeffrey Epstein ties: What we know
Reports of a possible friendship between billionaires Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein have been stirring since the former Microsoft co-founder announced his divorce from wife Melinda Gates.
Microsoft continues workplace behavior improvements
Microsoft's pledge follows 238 internal complaints from female employees about inappropriate workplace behavior filed in a lawsuit in Seattle federal court in 2015. Microsoft told FOX Business Wednesday that the allegations raised in the suit, which was dismissed last year, "do not reflect the culture of inclusion" that the company aspires to.
Unearthed internal Microsoft complaints claim women were ‘abused and degraded’
Newly-unearthed internal complaints detail how women working at Microsoft said they were “ignored, abused and degraded."



















