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Bloomberg Business: Obama Tries to Draw Companies Into Sharing on Network Threats
Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NJON8J6JIJV8 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama will create a way for companies to voluntarily share information about computer- network threats while he awaits congressional action on cybersecurity legislation. Obama plans to announce an order setting up a framework for the information exchange as part of a White House-sponsored
Bloomberg Business: Three of Tech’s Top CEOs to Skip Obama Cybersecurity Summit
Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NJMWYN6K50XX (Bloomberg) — The top executives of Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and Facebook Inc. won’t attend President Barack Obama’s cybersecurity summit on Friday, at a time when relations between the White House and Silicon Valley have frayed over privacy issues. Facebook Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg,
Bloomberg Business: Microsoft Sells Record $10.8 Billion of Bonds in 6-Part Offering
Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NJJ5C06VDKHW (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. sold $10.8 billion of debt in its biggest bond sale on record, taking advantage of investor demand for the highest-rated corporate securities. The world’s largest software maker sold notes in six parts, including $2.25 billion of 40-year obligations with a 4 percent coupon,
Bloomberg Business: Microsoft’s Business License Sales Hit by China, Japan Slump
Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NIT9HR6VDKHS (Bloomberg) — Satya Nadella, a year into his turnaround of Microsoft Corp., is being tripped up in overseas markets as a slump in China and Japan and a stronger U.S. dollar curbed sales of business-software licenses. Commercial-licensing revenue fell to $10.7 billion in the period that