Microsoft Closes Activision Deal

The Motley Fool’s Hidden Gems team discusses some of its favorite investing principles, using Berkshire Hathaway as an example. After digging into Berkshire’s latest update, the team turns to discussing some of its favorite investing trends, which includes AI infrastructure spend ...  Show more

AI, hybrid cloud, and quantum - three big shifts happening at IBM. Motley Fool co-founder Tom Gardner and Motley Fool contributor Matt Frankel recently talked with IBM CFO Jim Kavanaugh about the new IBM. Host: Tom Gardner, Matt Frankel Guest: Jim Kavanaugh Producer: Bart Shannon ...  Show more

In January 2022, Microsoft announced its acquisition of the video game company Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. The deal would make Microsoft the world’s third largest video game company, but it also exposes the company to several risks. First, the all-cash deal would requi ...  Show more

One day after another furious late session rebound for stocks – this one falling short – Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber explored what to make of the markets rallying hours ahead of a much-anticipated Fed decision and statement. Microsoft giving the tech sector a big ...  Show more

In the 1990s, Microsoft was seen as a tech industry bully. Once viewed as combative and ruthless in the eyes of regulators, the company underwent an image makeover in the decades since. Now, the FT’s Richard Waters explains how Microsoft’s transformation pushed their $75bn acq ...

Microsoft. After nearly a decade of Acquired episodes, we are finally ready to tackle the most valuable company ever created. The company that put a computer on every desk and in every home. The company that invented the software business model. The company that so thoroughly and ...  Show more