Microsoft said. And assuming it closes, the acquisition of LinkedIn should help offset Microsoft's slowing PC software business. The Wall Street consensus is that, on the whole, Microsoft's ...

Microsoft's $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, which was announced back in June, finally closed on Thursday - and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella outlined where the two companies are going to ...

Hoffman, a former PayPal executive, founded LinkedIn in 2002. The announcement comes three months after Microsoft closed its blockbuster $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn. Hoffman has been a ...

In Microsoft’s (MSFT ... 2016 marked the company’s largest acquisition—LinkedIn—for $26 billion. And chat app Discord just turned down MSFT’s $10 billion acquisition offer.

Salesforce announced plans on Tuesday to purchase Slack, the company that makes the workplace messaging app of the same name. The acquisition is valued at $27.7 billion, instantly putting it among ...

Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard has officially been completed, making it the largest tech industry buyout in history at $68.7 billion. The deal, which overcame significant antitrust ...

After Microsoft completes its acquisition of LinkedIn, Microsoft won't stop other software vendors from accessing LinkedIn's data the way they can access it today, Microsoft executive vice ...