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  2. Microsoft - Wikipedia

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    Five year history graph of Nasdaq: MSFT stock on July 17, 2013. [205] When Microsoft went public and launched its initial public offering (IPO) in 1986, the opening stock price was $21; after the trading day, the price closed at $27.75.

  3. Timeline of Microsoft - Wikipedia

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    Full timeline. Bill Gates and Paul Allen first founded Traf-O-Data, which only exists from 1972 until 1975. Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft. [1] As a result of Microsoft's founding, Traf-O-Data became defunct. Microsoft released its first product which is called the Altair BASIC. The company's first international office was founded ...

  4. History of Microsoft - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft is a multinational computer technology corporation. Microsoft was founded on April 4, 1975, by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico. [1] Its current best-selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system; Microsoft Office, a suite of productivity software; Xbox, a line of entertainment of games, music, and video; Bing, a line of search engines; and Microsoft ...

  5. Why Microsoft Stock Topped the Market Today - AOL

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    Before you buy stock in Microsoft, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Microsoft wasn ...

  6. List of mergers and acquisitions by Microsoft - Wikipedia

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    The stock, which eventually closed at $27.75 a share, peaked at $29.25 a share shortly after the market opened for trading. After the offering, Microsoft had a market capitalization of $519.777 million. [1] Microsoft has subsequently acquired over 225 companies, purchased stakes in 64 companies, and made 25 divestments. Of the companies that ...

  7. The Microsoft stock sell-off is overdone, analyst says - AOL

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    Microsoft's stock drop of about 29% so far in 2022 amid growth concerns now looks ... or ~1.2x 2 years price-to-earnings growth, Microsoft trades at a discount to its historical trading range ...

  8. Steve Ballmer - Wikipedia

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    Steven Anthony Ballmer (/ ˈbɔːlmər /; March 24, 1956) is an American businessman and investor who was the chief executive officer of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014. [ 1 ] He is the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a co-founder of Ballmer Group, a philanthropic investment company.

  9. Dot-com bubble - Wikipedia

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    Quarterly U.S. venture capital investments, 1995–2017. The dot-com bubble (or dot-com boom) was a stock market bubble that ballooned during the late-1990s and peaked on Friday, March 10, 2000. This period of market growth coincided with the widespread adoption of the World Wide Web and the Internet, resulting in a dispensation of available ...