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Microsoft taking 4% stake in London Stock Exchange 12/12/2022 12:27pm • Microsoft is taking a roughly 4% stake in the operator of the London Stock Exchange, which has agreed to spend at least $2.8 billion in cloud-computing services from the technology giant. That spending commitment will be spread out over 10 years, according to the terms of the deal announced Sunday b 10 Best Growth Stocks to Buy for 2023 12/11/2022 07:00pm • Where can investors look for growth in 2023?With economists around the world dialing back economic growth forecasts for 2023, it may become increasingly difficult for investors to find reliable growth stocks to buy. Despite the Federal Reserve's best efforts, inflation remains far higher than the ce Japanese company's lander rockets toward moon with UAE rover 12/11/2022 01:56pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ��� A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates��� first lunar rover and a toylike robot from Japan that���s designed to roll around up there in the gray dust. It will take nearly fiv The unsavory stigma surrounding MSG 12/11/2022 09:50am • Americans LOVE Chinese food; at one point on election night in 2020, Google searches to find some outnumbered searches for who had won the Presidency. But you'll still see signs around reading "No MSG," in restaurant windows, menus and on food packages. Have you ever wondered why? Back in 196 Dutch eliminated from World Cup in Louis van Gaal's finale 12/10/2022 04:04am • LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) ��� The Dutch were outnumbered in their quarterfinal match at the World Cup. Argentina had one Lionel Messi and the Netherlands had none. And still, the Oranje came back and forced extra time in a knockout match for the ages by scoring in the 83rd minute and then on a playground-t Data Doctors: How to measure distance in Google Maps 12/09/2022 10:00pm • Q: I know that Google Maps allows you to measure distances, but I can���t figure out where to find this option. A: There are so many powerful and somewhat hidden features of Google Maps and for those that like the outdoors, being able to measure the distance between two points is one of them. FTC sues to block Microsoft-Activision Blizzard $69B merger 12/08/2022 06:52pm • The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued to block Microsoft���s planned $69 billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard, saying it could suppress competitors to Microsoft���s Xbox game console and its growing games subscription business. The FTC���s challenge could be a test case EU court: Google must delete inaccurate search info if asked 12/08/2022 11:07am • LONDON (AP) ��� Google has to delete search results about people in Europe if they can prove that the information is clearly wrong, the European Union's top court said Thursday. The European Court of Justice ruled that search engines must ���dereference information" if the person making the request Asian shares slip after tech stock slump on Wall St 12/08/2022 12:41am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Shares are mostly lower in Asia after Wall Street sagged under weakness in tech stocks. U.S. futures edged lower while oil prices rebounded. Japan revised upward its GDP data to show the economy contracted less than earlier reported in July-September, in a sign the country weathere Android phones in Iran get false quake alerts amid protests 12/07/2022 11:16pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� False earthquake alerts went off Wednesday on Android smartphones in Iran as the country continues to grapple with nationwide protests. Authorities offered conflicting accounts as to why the incident happened. Col. Ramin Pashaei, deputy chief of Iran���s cyber po Pentagon splits $9 billion cloud contract among 4 companies 12/07/2022 09:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon will share in the Pentagon's $9 billion contract to build its cloud computing network, a year after accusations of politicization over the previously announced contract and a protracted legal battle resulted in the military starting over in it Pentagon awards $9B cloud contract formerly known as JEDI to AWS, Google, Microsoft and Oracle 12/07/2022 05:54pm • The Department of Defense on Wednesday awarded a $9 billion hybrid cloud computing contract to the world's largest tech companies, all of whom had bid, protested, lobbied and bid again for the lucrative deal formerly known as JEDI. Google Support Services LLC (NASDAQ: GOOG), Oracle America Inc. (NY Google, Oracle, Amazon, Microsoft win Pentagon's $9 billion cloud computing contract after lawsuits nixed earlier award 12/07/2022 05:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Google, Oracle, Amazon, Microsoft win Pentagon's $9 billion cloud computing contract after lawsuits nixed earlier award. 10 Best Low-Cost Index Funds 12/06/2022 07:00pm • These top index funds are ideal for passive, cost-conscious investors.Whether in mutual fund or exchange-traded fund, or ETF, form, index funds are a great pick for beginner and advanced investors alike. Studies have shown that most actively managed funds fail to outperform their index counterparts Facebook parent Meta threatens to remove news from platform 12/06/2022 05:08pm • Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. said Tuesday it will be ���forced to consider��� removing news content from its platform if Congress passes legislation requiring tech companies to pay news outlets for their material. The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, if passed, would allow news c