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MSFT Investment Deadline: Microsoft Securities Fraud Class Action Focuses on Copilot Functionality Issues; Investors Notified of August 11 Court Deadline

A securities fraud class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Microsoft investors after its stock plummeted 10% because Microsoft allegedly misled investors regarding its AI chatbot Copilot and cloud computing platform Azure.NEW YORK, July 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading securities law firm B…

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European Shares Seen Flat To Tad Lower At Open

BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/PARIS (dpa-AFX) - European stocks are seen opening flat to slightly lower on Tuesday as doubts linger over the sustainability of the AI boom.Shares of Samsung Electronics slumped nearly 10 percent today despite the world's largest memory chipmaker flagging a 19-fold jump in secon…

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MSFT Stock Climbs Overnight: Microsoft Swings Axe On Over 3,000 Xbox Jobs As Game Pass Reportedly Falls Well Short Of Internal Goals

Microsoft shares gained 0.6% in overnight trading ahead of Tuesday after the company announced a major restructuring of its Xbox video games division, with more details of the overhaul continuing to emerge.Microsoft will cut some 3,200 jobs in the unit – about 1,600 this week and 1,250 more over th…

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'Orchestration' Is the New AI Buzzword, and Microsoft Can Benefit — Barrons.com

By Nate WolfThe artificial-intelligence boom has also caused a surge in new buzzwords for investors to learn, from "inference" to "agents" to "edge." Next up on the list: "Orchestration."At its core, orchestration refers to coordinating tasks, data, and outputs across different AI models. For examp…

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Top News Today: Tech Shares Power U.S. Stocks Higher

MARKET WRAPSSTOCKS: Tech shares led U.S. stock indexes higher as traders brushed off AI worries.TREASURYS: Treasury yields were little changed amid a light economic data schedule and a lull in Middle East developments.FOREX: The dollar strengthened against a basket of currencies while the yen weake…

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Microsoft Cuts 4,800 Jobs as Xbox Shrinks

Microsoft (MSFT, Financials) is cutting 4,800 jobs as the company looks to lower costs and adjust to a faster-changing technology market.MSFT GF Value: $561.35Significantly UndervaluedMicrosoft CorpView Full MSFT Analysis ?The layoffs represent about 2.1% of Microsoft's workforce. The biggest hit i…

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Microsoft To Cut 4800 Roles In Sales Division And Xbox Business

REDMOND (dpa-AFX) - Monday, Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) announced plans to lay off around 4,800 employees, or 2.1% of its global workforce, with primarily affecting the sales division and Xbox gaming business, according to an email to employees sent by Microsoft HR chief Amy Coleman.The workforce…

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Microsoft to cut 2.1% of global workforce, or 4,800 jobs

In a blog on the company’s website on Monday, Amy Coleman, executive vice president and chief people officer at Microsoft, said the changes will mostly affect its commercial and Xbox organisations."In our Microsoft commercial business, they build on last week’s Frontier Company announcement, reshap…

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Microsoft joins AI-driven tech layoff wave with 4,800 job cuts

Microsoft NASDAQ:MSFT is cutting about 2.1% of its workforce, or roughly 4,800 jobs, the latest in a wave of tech layoffs as the Windows maker spends heavily on AI infrastructure and uses the technology to improve efficiency across its business.Big Tech's historic AI outlays, set to top $700 billio…

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Weekly Recap: Microsoft Cloud revenue surge and 6,000-person AI unit

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is doubling down on AI—posting strong cloud and Azure growth while building a 6,000‑person deployment unit, embedding engineers via Frontier, expanding hyperscale and infrastructure (including an I-2SEA cable) even as job cuts, big capex and a rare monthly loss raise investo…

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ZAWYA: Abu Dhabi Government partners with Microsoft for Frontier Employee Programme, in one of public sector’s largest AI productivity rollouts

Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Government has announced the rollout of Microsoft 365 Copilot across Abu Dhabi's public sector, equipping tens of thousands of government employees with generative AI in their daily tools as the emirate advances its bid to become the world's first AI-native government by 2027.T…

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