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Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft in 1975 with Paul Allen and was CEO until 2000. Gates was director of the board at Microsoft until 2014. But now he is leaving the board to focus on philanthropy.Microsoft said yesterday that its co-founder Bill Gates is stepping down from its board of directors. Gates co-founded Microsoft in 1975 and was acting as the chairman of the board until 2014. Back in 2008 he stepped back from day-to-day operations.Gates explained this unexpected move with the...

European shares closed higher on Friday after their worst sell-off in history, as the fast spread of the coronavirus pandemic continues to dominate investor sentiment.European shares closed higher on Friday, following Thursday’s slump amid coronavirus. On the data front, German Destatis reported that the inflation in Germany rose 1.7% in February, while investors kept their eye on the developments in Italy, which is the hardest-hit country in Europe with COVID-19 outbreak. The coronavirus has...

Bitcoin has crashed. There’s no pleasant way of saying it. At the time of writing, the world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap has fallen into the low $6,000 range for the first time in virtually ten months following increased fear and panic from the coronavirus.Bitcoin Is Dropping FastFollowing news that President Donald Trump has invoked further travel bans to ensure Americans are not exposed any further, global markets everywhere tanked, with the Dow Jones falling another 2,000...

Stocks surged at the open, one day after posting their worst day since the Oct. 1987 crash. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1,238 points, for a gain of 5.8%. The S&P 500 rose 5.2%, while the Nasdaq Composite jumped 5.7%.The Dow Jones Industrial Average index was more than 1,200 points higher at the open on Friday amid market recovery from yesterday’s fall.The Dow Jones jumped 5.32% at the opening bell. Intel Corp (NASDAQ: INTC) was among the best performers, adding 9.16%. The...

The bears who thought that a U.S. market crash was coming have retreated as the markets recover slightly from Thursday’s onslaught. Further interventions by both the U.S. Government and the FED are also coming through.The U.S. market crash that many bears are expecting will most likely not come through. This is because markets are recovering from this week’s massive losses. Sources say that the markets made massive recoveries after yesterday’s losses. The losses reportedly went on throughout...

Airlines are seeing a heavy reduction in the number of customers that patronize them, leading to a crash in their stocks.The coronavirus outbreak has seriously impacted a few industries, especially in the last few weeks. Of them all, airlines have probably been hit the hardest. Because of the nature of the outbreak, it’s near impossible for any of these companies to have prepared for it as much as needed. Around the world, many airlines have stocks that have plunged and are still taking a...

Inovio stock has been swung significantly in the last 24 hours after rising on news of a new grant and plunging on news of its poor Q4 report.The continuous spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 strain has directly placed a large spotlight on biotech companies and their stock. Because most of them are scrambling to find some treatment or vaccine for the virus, they have seen sharp spikes in value like never before experienced. For Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INO) stock, several market...

After a terrible market crash on Thursday, Dow futures and a few others, are starting to slowly correct some of the losses they incurred.On average, 2020 has been quite a terrible year for the stock market. Stocks all over the world have been falling quite terribly for a while now, on fears of the coronavirus COVID-19. The outbreak has brought about so much volatility in the market that many analysts are finding it very hard to predict a reasonable trajectory like they normally would....

Apple and Microsoft have lost around $400 billion each during the latest market sell-off over the last month. Analysts weigh in suggesting Microsoft a better buy over Apple at this stage.There’s bloodbath on Wall Street this week with almost all indices crashing to the tune of 5% and above every single day. While the Dow Jones crashed 10% on Thursday, bluechip company stocks also came tumbling down. Tech giants like Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) have also...

As the whole markets come crashing down, Tesla stock price tanked 11.62% on Tuesday closing at $560 levels. With the Tesla production taking a massive hit, analysts are slashing the target for its stock price.Almost every stock on the market has taken a severe beating over this week’s market massacre amid coronavirus spread, and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is no different. Just over the last five days, the Tesla (TSLA) stock price has crashed over 20%. On Thursday, Dow Jones closed 10% lower...