Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), with its impressive $3.29 trillion market capitalization, continues to solidify its position as a leader in the technology sector, with its cloud computing platform Azure and artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives at the forefront of its growth strategy.

Microsoft has tested Wall Street's patience by plunking down huge amounts of cash in pursuit of profits from AI that have yet to satisfy investors.

Microsoft reported that its flagship cloud computing business experienced a slowdown in growth amid constraints on data center supply.

The tech giant’s revenue was up 12 percent to $69.6 billion, but investors are showing their nerves after a long boom for tech stocks.

The meteoric rise of Chinese start-up DeepSeek may have shaken Wall Street's confidence in some favorite trades, but it’s unlikely to change the immediate outlook for the spending that has fueled the AI rally,

The fourth-quarter earnings season is underway, and the so-called “Magnificent 7" companies are in focus. The “Mag 7,” the stock market darlings, have soared on the AI craze. The seven stocks are Apple AAPL,

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Nvidia, led by boss Jensen Huang (pictured), lost almost $600bn in value, after China claimed its new Deepseek AI chatbot was far more efficient than rivals

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will take a closer look at Amazon Web Services and Microsoft's cloud dominance.

However, the U.S. stock market could move sharply on Jan. 29 and Jan. 30 based on commentary from the Federal Reserve, and earnings results from several "Magnificent Seven" companies: Apple ( AAPL 3.65%), Meta Platforms ( META 2.19%), Microsoft ( MSFT 2.91%), and Tesla ( TSLA 0.24%). Read on for details.

Microsoft, MSFT, CEO Satya Nadella is expected to talk about DeepSeek, Stargate, Azure, Copilot, AI, GenAI and more on the tech vendor’s 2Q 2025 earnings call.

A U.K Competition and Markets Authority inquiry group on Tuesday provisionally recommended that the regulator should consider investigating Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft's Azure cloud unit under new digital markets legislation.