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Biotechnology: One of the Last Great Growth Frontiers for Retail Investors

In 1986, Microsoft ( MSFT ) went public at a valuation of about $500 million. If you were fortunate enough to invest $10,000 in Microsoft on the first day of trading at $28/share (Microsoft’s stock price closed at $27.75 that day), your shares would be worth nearly $7 million today after accounting for stock splits

Microsoft Corporation Bets Big on the Internet of Things

Microsoft recently revealed some big plans to become a major player in the booming Internet of Things, or IoT, market. At its Convergence 2015 conference in Atlanta, Microsoft unveiled the Azure IoT Suite, a

Red Hat Could Follow Q3 Beat With A Strong Q 4

Red Hat (RHT) might be looking at an encore. The enterprise software company could post a strong fiscal Q4 after the market close Wednesday. Such a report would follow its Q3 beat in December, which sent the stock rising nearly 11%. Red Hat is best known as the No. 1 provider of open-source Linux-based operating system software and related services. Companies migrating from older Unix-based systems and Microsoft (MSFT) Windows systems use Linux.