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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella named most influential tech exec

Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Satya Nadella beat out such tech icons as Amazon.com (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos and Tesla Motors (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk to be named the most influential executive in the tech industry, according to a ranking by Juniper Research. Juniper picked Nadella for its highly subjective top 10 list based on his moves to transform Microsoft to a mobile and cloud computing company from one centered on PCs. Juniper based its tech leader rankings on its assessment of eight key criteria such as “vision, innovation and personal capital.” It announced the rankings on Wednesday. The research firm said Nadella’s implementation of “Windows-as-a-Service” represented a fundamental change to Microsoft’s business model, resulting in a very different process of development at the Redmond, Wash.-based software company. For second place, Juniper chose Apple’s (AAPL) newly appointed Chief Design Officer Jony Ive. Juniper said Ive’s design of the Apple Watch is the…

Top Apple Chip Supplier NXP Breaks Out Of Base

Highly rated Apple (AAPL) chip supplier NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) is breaking out on the stock market today. NXP has a highest-possible IBD Composite Rating of 99, which means that its shares outperform 99% of all stocks in the market as measured by fundamental and technical factors. Shares climbed to a new intraday high of 109.46 in above-average volume, clearing a 108.60 buy point from a flat base. NXP, up 2.1% to 109.23 in afternoon trading, is

Google Buy Button Buzz Reflects Search’s Decline

While Google (GOOGL) is rumored to be the latest tech firm launching a “Buy” button, the search giant will find a rocky jump into mobile e-commerce, given strong competition from established rivals such as Amazon.com (AMZN) and new upstarts, according to a talk by an industry expert on Wednesday. “You really don’t have to go to Google to search anymore. That’s a huge problem for Google,” Scot Wingo, executive chairman and co-founder of