CEO Steve Ballmer had announced resignation from Microsoft leaving the company with no apparent heir.
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Microsoft seen to acquire and invest in over two decades
Microsoft Corp had been acquiring and investing in companies in the last two decades as the software maker planned to accelerate its presence in a market that it does not own.
Microsoft's record of deals patchy at best- Factbox
Reuters Factbox showed Microsoft's acquisitions and investments over the years had not been very lucrative for the company.
Nokia follows Ericsson in networks focus
Nokia had its focus redirected on network equipment manufacturing after it sold its handset units to Microsoft Corp.
Nokia handset unit sale to Microsoft hammers hedge funds
The announcement of Nokia selling its handset unit to Microsoft Corp. had left hedge funds rushing to unwind their bets, leaving the Finnish company to score a record gain per day.
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An analysis by Bloomberg said that the next CEO of Microsoft would face a lot of big choices to make after Steve Ballmer's resignation.
The second part of the trial on patent infringement between Microsoft and Google's Motorola will continue this week.
The market responded with a stock value search upon the announcement of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's retirement.
Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer announced leaving the company within 12 months which also left the software maker in woes to find a replacement.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer would sit as the second biggest shareholder in Microsoft, after co-founder Bill Gates, after his retirement to follow in the next 12 months.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced his retirement within the next 12 months through a statement issued on the company's website.
Reports said Nokia would roll out a tablet powered by Windows RT next month. Microsoft failed to meet the sales expectations on its Surface tablets running on the Windows RT operating system.
Analysts said Apple could attain a trillion-dollar valuation considering the company's current services, products and investments for the future.
Microsoft recently apologized for Outlook.com's outage which dragged on for around three days while Google's crashed services lasted for only a couple of minutes.
