Seeking Alpha –Â It has been easy over the past few years to find things to criticize Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer about. The loud and somewhat larger than life executive seems to have gone out of his way to give his critics things to complain about. For the most part, I am proud to say […]
C|Net / Â CBS –Â Although Bill Gates stepped away from his day-to-day role at Microsoft nearly five years ago, he still keeps a close eye on the company he co-founded — and he isn’t always happy with what he sees. During a recent interview broadcast this morning on CBS This Morning, the Microsoft chairman was asked […]
If Microsoft’s Surface tablets fail to take off, the company does not have a backup plan so much as a plan to keep tweaking its approach until Surface succeeds, according to the company’s chief financial officer, Peter Klein, speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference on Wednesday. The device continues to struggle against the Apple […]
CNN/MONEY – NEW YORK – In a partnership involving private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, Microsoft (MSFT,Fortune 500) and company founder Michael Dell, the group hopes to buy the computer maker for $13.65 a share. That’s slightly higher than where the stock closed Monday but is 25% higher than where Dell was trading before rumors of the buyout began […]
