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Microsoft’s ‘tough choices’ could include Nokia write-down

Microsoft’s (MSFT) prospects are cloudy ahead of its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings, and not just because of its business shift to the Internet cloud. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella signaled changes are afoot for the software leader in an email to employees on June 25 . His memo laid out a broad agenda for the company’s fiscal 2016, which started Wednesday. Nadella reinforced the company’s focus on mobile devices and cloud computing services. But he said Microsoft will “make some tough choices in areas where things are not working.”

Teva-Xenon Arthritis Pain Drug Fails Midstage Trial

A drug for arthritic knee pain being developed by Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE) and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) failed a midstage trial Wednesday, sending Xenon’s stock way down, though Teva remained buoyant. The drug, TV-45070, proved safe and tolerable but didn’t do better than the placebo in reducing pain. The companies are also conducting a midstage trial of the drug in post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), or pain lingering after a case of

Could Criteo Win Alibaba’s China Business?

Targeted digital ad firm Criteo (CRTO) now embeds cookies in nearly half of the 100 largest retail and travel websites in the U.S. and could be about to beef up its China presence. That would help the French firm compete against top rival Google (GOOGL), according to an analyst. “Criteo has cookies on 49% of the top 100 retail and travel sites (publisher and client) in the U.S. That share increases to 51% when you remove the sites that do not