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As of Wednesday’s start of trading, Microsoft stock is down nearly 20% year-to-date.
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Microsoft Shares rose early Wednesday, with the software maker getting a boost a better-than-expected guidance for the fourth quarter of the fiscal yearand strong demand for its cloud services.
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alphabet (Ticker: GOOGL) trended the other way, falling after Google’s parent company reported first-quarter revenue that missed analysts’ expectations. was to blame slower advertising growth in the quarter and a…