MOSCOW, June 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Yandex (NASDAQ and MOEX: YNDX), one of Europe’s largest internet companies and the leading search and ride-hailing provider in Russia, announces that it has entered into a binding agreement with Sberbank to reorganize their two Joint Ventures – Yandex.Market and Yandex.Money. As a result of this transaction, Yandex will become the controlling shareholder in Yandex.Market, while simultaneously exiting the Yandex.Money joint venture. Tigran… Source link
Read More »Abramovich Investment Helps Internet Firm Yandex Go It Alone
Roman Abramovich is taking a stake in Russia’s largest internet company, Yandex NV, giving it more firepower to buy out ecommerce partner Sberbank PJSC and accelerate a push into online retail. The billionaire owner of Chelsea Football Club and two partners — VTB Bank PJSC and a company owned by steel billionaires Alexander Abramov and Alexander Frolov — bought… Source link
Read More »Yandex surprised by the design of a new headquarters
A park will be built near the headquarters, the first two floors will be occupied by cafes, pharmacies, beauty salons. Visitors can relax, play sports, have a snack. The staff will have access to dining rooms, coffee houses, gyms, and a swimming pool, as well as a spacious rooftop terrace. The facade of the building will be decorated with titanium panels. The headquarters of Yandex will become not only a home for employees and a comfortable space for local residents but also a large… Source link
Read More »Microsoft is now pushing out Chromium-based Edge to all Windows 10 users
It is a while since Microsoft adopted the Chromium engine for the new version of Edge, and reception to the browser has been broadly positive. Until now, Microsoft has given Windows 10 users the choice between whether they what to use the new Chromium-based Edge, or stick with the old legacy version. But now that’s changing. The company is pushing out the browser via Windows Update to Windows 10 versions 1803, 1809, 1903, 1909, and 2004 — and it… Source link
Read More »In lockdown, Yandex evolves from Russia’s Google to its Amazon
With most residents confined to their homes in Moscow’s sixth week of lockdown, one familiar sight remains on the Russian capital’s near-empty streets: tech giant Yandex’s yellow-jacketed army of couriers. Strict limits on when Muscovites can leave their homes have increased demand for Yandex’s delivery apps, whose user numbers have grown 75 per cent since March, while also driving more people to its search, blogging, and streaming video platforms. Yandex hopes it can… Source link
Read More »Yandex Announces First Quarter 2020 Financial Results Nasdaq:YNDX
MOSCOW and AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, April 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Yandex (NASDAQ and MOEX: YNDX), one of Europe’s largest internet companies and the leading search provider in Russia, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020. Q1 2020 Financial Highlights(1)(2) Q1 2020 consolidated financial results Revenues of RUB 47.0 billion ($604.7 million), up 26% compared with Q1 2019 Net income of RUB 5.5 billion ($70.7 million), up 76%… Source link
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Summary My top idea is Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock Market capitalization is over 1 trillion US dollars Rating: AAA (S&P and Moody’s) Competitors: Apple and Amazon Reasons why MSFT will outplay its competitors and emerge as one of the best investments Strong Fundamentals In 2019, Microsoft Corporation‘s stock rose by almost 30% with impressive earnings. The company has a highly secure, strong balance sheet and attractive valuations. Microsoft had $134.3 billion in cash on hand at the… Source link
Read More »Microsoft Is Launching Microsoft PromoteIQ and Bing for Commerce – Business Insider
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Read More »Azure founders reflect on Microsoft’s first decade as a public cloud vendor
Microsoft’s Azure operating system, codenamed “Red Dog,” was designed by a team of Microsoft OS experts including Dave Cutler, the father of VMS and Windows NT starting in latter half of the 2000s. Azure launched in February 2010 and has become the foundation of the “new” Microsoft over the past decade. In 2008, I had a chance to interview the Azure founding-team members. This month,… Source link
Read More »Microsoft buys PromoteIQ to help retailers build on-site ad programs
Dive Brief: Microsoft has acquired PromoteIQ, a startup that provides a vendor marketing and native ad platform for e-commerce retailers looking to build an advertising business on their sites, according to a blog post by PromoteIQ. Deal terms were not made public. Founded in 2012 as Spotfront with a SaaS solution called PromoteIQ, the newly acquired firm will become part of Microsoft Advertising and use its own name. PromoteIQ’s client list includes Kroger,… Source link
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