Ballmer became the chief executive officer of Microsoft when Bill Gates stepped down from day-to-day management in January 2000. Since then, the exuberant Microsoft CEO has struggled to keep the world’s biggest software maker relevant in the age of Apple. The company unveiled its own Windows-powered tablet computer—Surface—in June 2012.
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Microsoft Corp., the largest software maker, will hire several thousand workers in China to support new cloud computing services and smartphones using its Windows operating system, Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said.
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Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook went somewhere his predecessor never ventured: the witness table at a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill.
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The Sacramento Kings were sold to a group led by software billionaire Vivek Ranadive, who will become the first Indian-born owner in National Basketball Association history.
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National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern and a group of suitors assembled by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson will try to persuade the Maloof family to complete a sale of the Kings within the next few days.
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A Seattle-based group led by Valiant Capital founder Chris Hansen raised its bid for the Sacramento Kings by $75 million to $625 million, five days before National Basketball Association team owners vote on whether to approve relocation.
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Microsoft Corp. named Amy Hood its first female chief financial officer, putting a 10-year veteran in charge of debt, finances and a growing cash pile at a software maker beset by plunging demand for personal computers.
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Yahoo! Inc. Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer has attempted unsuccessfully to unravel a 10-year search-advertising pact with Microsoft Corp. in favor of a deal with Google Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.
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Microsoft Corp.’s search for a new chief financial officer is pitting Tami Reller and Amy Hood -- the top finance executives at the company’s two most profitable divisions -- against each other, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Seattle, Washington’s most populous city, plans to sell $146 million of top-rated general-obligation debt this week in its biggest sale in three years.
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David Vahey was printing “Sonics Fever” T-shirts yesterday near Seattle when his partner called and told him to stop. National Basketball Association owners had rejected the city’s bid for a team.
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