Bloomberg Microsoft Corp rose to a record after topping quarterly sales and profit projections, fuelled by steady demand for cloud-computing services and a surprisingly strong Windows business. The company’s forecast promised robust growth will continue into next year. The software maker pledged “double-digit” percentage gains in sales and operating income for the year. Results are getting a boost from larger ...

Boeing Co.’s willingness to put a price tag on its 737 Max crisis and set a firmer timeline for the plane’s return is a sign it sees those troubles as closer to being resolved. The risk is that the company is still the most optimistic one in the room. Boeing announced it would take a $4.9 billion after-tax charge in ...

As part of a settlement with Germany’s antitrust authorities, Amazon.com Inc. has agreed to change a number of its business practices. The move should serve as a model to other US tech companies that prefer to pay fines to the European Union and challenge its antitrust rulings in the courts rather than alter their behaviour to comply with local rules. ...