Tag: Microsoft Corp

2024-09-23

Constellation Energy to restart Three Mile Island and sell the power to Microsoft

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Constellation Energy plans to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear plant and will sell the power to Microsoft, demonstrating the immense energy needs of the tech sector as they build out data centers to support artificial intelligence. Constellation expects the Unit 1 reactor at Three Mile Island near Middletown, Pennsylvania, to come back online in 2028, subject to approval…

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2024-09-15

Adobe shares fall 8% on weak fourth-quarter guidance

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Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, Feb. 20, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Shares of Adobe closed down more than 8% on Friday, a day after the software company released third-quarter results that offered worse-than-expected guidance for the fourth quarter. Adobe reported $5.41 billion…

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2024-09-13

Nvidia, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google leaders meet with White House to talk AI

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Leaders at OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google and several American power and utility companies met Thursday at the White House to discuss the future of artificial intelligence energy infrastructure in the U.S., sources familiar with the meeting told CNBC. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Microsoft president Brad Smith, Google President Ruth Porat…

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2024-09-12

Oracle trails only Nvidia among large-cap tech in 2024, Ellison wins

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Larry Ellison, co-founder, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle, speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Oct. 1, 2017. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Larry Ellison turned 80 last month. It’s been a celebratory year. While fellow legacy tech players Intel and Cisco struggle to find their footing in a world driven…

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2024-09-07

Salesforce to acquire Own for $1.9 billion in cash

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Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, speaks during a keynote at the Dreamforce 2023 conference in San Francisco on Sept. 12, 2023. Marlena Sloss | Bloomberg | Getty Images Salesforce announced Thursday that it would pay $1.9 billion in cash for Own Co., a startup specializing in tools for backing up data in cloud-based applications. Salesforce intends to close the…

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2024-08-30

Salesforce (CRM) Q2 earnings report 2025

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Salesforce shares rose 4% in extended trading on Wednesday after the business software maker reported robust fiscal second-quarter results that beat estimates and raised its full-year profit outlook. The company also said Amy Weaver, its chief financial officer, will step down. She will remain at the company as the CFO until a successor is appointed and, after that, will…

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