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The outlook soothed concerns about growth from the results of the holiday quarter, and shares erased earlier after-hours losses, trading 3% above the closing price

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Activision plans to release at least the next three Call of Duty games on both Sony and Microsoft consoles, Bloomberg reports . The new report should be a sigh of relief to fans who were worried Microsoft would immediately make new Call of Duty games Xbox exclusive if its blockbuster acquisition of Activision goes through . According to Bloomberg , Activision had already committed to bring the next few Call of Duty titles to PlayStation sometime before Microsofts acquisition was announced. Last week, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said he told Sony that Microsoft wants to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation and that the company intends to honor existing agreements, so it seems like Activisions commitment with Sony will stay in place. Continue reading

Microsoft said that its Halo: Infinite video game has crossed more than 20 million players, making it the biggest Halo game in the franchises 20-year history. Thats a pretty big number for a series that has had 14 different iterations across all platforms during that time. The numbers also helped boost Microsofts overall financial performance []

Profit and sales at the tech giant, the first of the largest tech companies to report earnings for the three months ending in December, grew about 20 percent.

President Joe Biden is slated to meet Wednesday with CEOs from a number of companies as he tries again to push for passage of his social-spending and climate bill, according to multiple published reports. General Motors CEO Mary Barra, Ford CEO Jim Farley, Microsoft President Brad Smith, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff and TIAA CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett are due to be among the participants in the meeting. Corning CEO Wendell Weeks, HP CEO Enrique Jones, Cummins CEO Tom Linebarger, Etsy CEO Josh Silverman and Siemens USA CEO Barbara Humpton also reportedly are expected to take part. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

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Microsoft Corp exceeded analysts'' expectations for second-quarter revenue on Tuesday, propelled by strong demand for its cloud-based services from more businesses migrating to hybrid work models due to the pandemic.

Microsoft has reported its second quarter 2022 earnings. Windows, Office, and cloud services are all the highlights this quarter.

Real Money''s Eric Jhonsa covers Microsoft''s fiscal second-quarter earnings report and conference call with management.

Amidst an environment steeped in uncertainty and with the stock market exhibiting some wild behavior, Microsoft (MSFT) will step up to the earnings plate today afte…

Analysts are looking for a slowdown in Microsoft''s growth rate as it faces supply shortages that might cut into sales of Windows licenses and Xbox consoles.

Monday''s recovery sparked a flurry of bullish activity in the tech giant ahead of earnings

Analysts who cover software giant Microsoft are generally upbeat about December quarter results, due after the close of trading.

The week of Jan. 24 features earnings from many large-cap companies including around half of the 30 companies that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Index . Here is a look at five stocks investors should watch this week of the many earnings reports happening. Microsoft Corporation: Technology giant Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT ) reports second-quarter financial results after the market close Tuesday. This will mark the first quarterly report from Microsoft since it announced its acquisition of video game company Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI ), which is its largest acquisition of all time. Microsoft has beat Street estimates for quarterly revenue in 11 straight quarters, according to Benzinga Pro . The analyst estimate for the second quarter is $50.9 billion. Investors will also be watching comments from the company on how the acquisition could boost the companys gaming division in the future. McDonalds: Many casual dining and fine dining restaurants were hit hard during the COVID-19 pandemic with restrictions.

Cybersecurity startup Hunters today announced that it has raised a $68 million Series C round led by Stripes. New investors DTCP, Cisco Investments and Databricks also invested in this round, together with existing investors YL Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Microsofts venture fund M12, U.S. Venture Partners, Blumberg Capital and Snowflake Ventures. This new round brings []