In 2023 alone, the company generated over $211 billion in revenue, and currently boasts a market cap of more than $3 trillion, making it the wealthiest publicly traded company in the world.Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in 1975 to develop software for the Altair 8800, an early personal computer.Microsoft announced the first version of Windows, an operating system composed of a graphical user interface running on top of MS-DOS.On August 24, 1995, Microsoft launched Windows 95.
OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer says Canada would need to build 1.3 million additional homes by 2030 to eliminate the country's housing gap. The newly released report looks at how many more homes would need to be built restore Canada's vacancy rate to the historical average. The report by Yves Giroux's office also accounts for the number of additional households that would form if sufficient housing were available.
When it comes to a top TSX stock, this energy stock has been doing quite well in 2024. But is it the business or the market in general? The post I Wouldn’t Touch This TSX Stock With a 60-Foot Pole appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada. -- A Chinese cement producer was in the spotlight after it suspended stock trading Wednesday, following a selloff that nearly wiped out all its market value in the final 15 minutes of the previous session.
The central bank noted that while CPI and core inflation have eased, it is looking for evidence that momentum is sustained.