By Dina Bass, Peter Burrows and Jonathan Erlichman January 31, 2014 Microsoft Corp. (MSFT:US)’s board is preparing to make Satya Nadella, the company’s enterprise and cloud chief, chief executive officer and is discussing replacing Bill Gates as chairman, according to people with knowledge of the process. One person the board […]
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Exclusive: Microsoft investors push for chairman Gates to step down
Three of the top 20 investors in Microsoft Corp are lobbying the board to press for Bill Gates to step down as chairman of the software company he co-founded 38 years ago, according to people familiar with matter. While Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has been under pressure for years […]
Microsoft raises dividend, sets new $40 billion share buyback
Microsoft Corp raised its quarterly dividend to 28 cents per share and authorized a new share buyback program on Tuesday, two days before investors quiz the software giant on its next chief executive and a bold foray into mobile devices. The 5-cent increase in the dividend, worth about $400 million […]
