Wall Street Breakfast Editors submit:Top StoriesBallmer plans Microsoft reorganization. Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer is reportedly planning to reorganize the company as he looks to foster better co-operation between product teams. Under one pos

Satya Nadella, the leader of Microsoft's massively important Server and Tools business, sent a letter to the troops today that spelled out how CEO Steve Ballmer's decision to shake up the unit's leadership more than two years ago has paid off.  

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Microsoft Corp.is considering a major restructuring that could transform the software giant into the "devices and services company" that Chief Executive Steve Ballmer mentioned in his annual letter to shareholders late l

Microsoft Corp. is considering a major restructuring that could transform the software giant into the "devices and services company" that Chief Executive Steve Ballmer mentioned in his annual letter to shareholders late last year, the AllThingsD tech

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is working on a plan to re-organize the company's management structure, All Things D's Kara Swisher reports. The restructuring is supposed to turn Microsoft into a "devices and services company," a phrase Ballmer first men

Good morning. News! New monetization method alert: Chinese messaging service Line charges charges corporate users $7,000 per year – and they pay! Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is considering a major restructuring of the company.  Expect

Speaking at Tuesday's D11 conference, Apple's CEO might've just said something that could come back to haunt his company.

By Ashraf Eassa:Microsoft (MSFT) is a name that gets a lot of flack for having a stagnant share price over the last ten years - a "lost decade", if you will:MSFT data by YChartsThe common argument is, "oh, Steve Ballmer stinks, imagine how high the s

When Microsoft honcho Steve Ballmer unveiled Windows 8 last October, he called it a "bet-the-company moment."

Amy Hood was just promoted to CFO of Microsoft today. She's stepping into a lucrative position and, as other publications are pointing out, she's the first woman to hold the CFO job at Microsoft. A woman CFO is hardly earth shattering. Oracle made Sa

Steve Ballmer was right to gamble on change. His appetite for risk-taking has helped revive a climate of creativity that will be crucial for Microsoft’s future

We all have friends and loved ones that are endlessly confused by their PCs and constantly asking for help. Israeli startup Soluto offers a software service just for them. It was the constant calls from his mom that prompted cofounder and CEO Tomer D

Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh. That's my reaction to stories like this from Quartz that say Apple is the new Microsoft. The New York Times said the same thing earlier this week, when it said Tim Cook was the new Steve Ballmer. You know what? I thought the

Apple's silly season continues! Today, Nick Wingfield has an earnest post for the New York Times titled, "Why Tim Cook Is Like Steve Ballmer." The basic gist of the post: Microsoft's stock has been flat-to-down despite the fact that its revenue and p

Good morning. News: Google said Apple violated six of its patents with the iPhone. The U.S. International Trade Commission disagrees. Are investors treating Tim Cook the same way they treat Steve Ballmer? Nick Wingfield points out that Microsof

Apple and Microsoft have posted poor stock performance under their current leaders, despite substantial growth in revenue and profits.    

Should Microsoft's Steve Ballmer remain as chief executive?

By Wall Street Wisdom:In November 2012, CEO Steve Ballmer declared that Microsoft (MSFT) is now a devices and services company that develops its own end-to-end experience for consumers - no longer just a software company that licenses its operating s

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- It's one thing to question Apple'sability to innovate after Steve Jobs, it's entirely another to laugh when credible leaks suggest what it might be doing next. He who does not listen to the raspy howl of history, shall be doom

Don't scoff at iTV rumors like Microsoft did a year back with iPhone and a whole slew of critics more recently with iPad mini. Click to view a price quote on AAPL. Click to research the Computer Hardware industry.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- It seems absurd to call Steve Ballmer, the billionaire CEO of Microsoft , a failure. However, as billionaire CEOs go, it's not all that crazy. Here's a guy who gets a free pass from the media as well as shareholders. He never

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Unless it acts fast, Microsoftwill wind up Silicon Valley's latest casualty of slovenly ineptitude. As the Windows ecosystem continues to implode and Steve Ballmer treats Xbox like a red-headed stepchild, Microsoft will be lef

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- I buried the lead in Wednesday's Should BlackBerry Attack Apple? article. While there's no doubt BlackBerryCEO Thorsten Heins made a bad move, following in the footsteps of Steve Ballmer and Jim Balsillie, by taking a shot at

BBRY CEO Thorsten Heins walks in the footsteps of Steve Ballmer and Jim Balsillie when he mindlessly disses Apple's iPhone. Click to view a price quote on BBRY. Click to research the Telecommunications industry.

Steve Ballmer publicly insists that Microsoft is not about to launch its own smartphone. But even Nokia, the company's biggest Windows Phone partner, doesn't really believe him. The company warned investors in a document filed with the SEC last week

Steve Ballmer is one of the most interesting people in technology. As CEO of Microsoft, he runs one of the most valuable tech companies in the world. Yet, he's rarely given any respect because he's not a visionary founder like Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos,

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- While Steve Ballmerfeebly attempts to justify years of mismanagement at Microsoft , Googlecontinues to execute its not-so-sneaky end-around that could ultimately force Ballmer out of a job and finally provide competition for T

ByKyle Spencer:Steve Ballmer has never claimed to be a visionary like Steve Jobs, or a brilliant engineer, like Yahoo! (YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer. Steve Ballmer is a marketing man, top to bottom. He's just not a successful one.The decision to split Win

There exists a sort of debate about Microsoft: Is it an enterprise company like IBM or a consumer company like Apple? If it's a consumer company like Apple, it's had some major errors in the last ten years. It missed the rise of the smartphone marke

ByMaltzberger:We all know the story right? A couple of talented visionaries drop out of college to start a software company that becomes the darling of the tech world and can do no wrong. The company goes public, and one founder cashes out millions i

Microsoft's early mobile strategy was "clearly a mistake", according to its chairman Bill Gates – but he refused to criticise chief executive Steve Ballmer, although he didn't give him unequivocal support. Speaking to CBS on a wide range of top

Microsoft's history is filled with stories about its rough culture, from it's "stack-ranking" employee reviews to how Bill Gates used to yell, "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Here's another one: Six-foot-two Steve Ballmer sometimes bring

Analysis: Nightmare come true for Steve Ballmer's Microsoft and Michael Dell's namesake?

Could Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer follow Michael Dell’s lead? It sounds far-fetched, and maybe it is. But in this environment, thanks to the madness of Wall Street and the low-interest climate created by “Helicopter Ben” Bernanke, anything is

By Bret Kenwell:Microsoft (MSFT) has been a hotly debated stock for a while now. Its new Surface tablet has been cheered by some and hated by others, along with the new Windows 8 software and the Windows smartphone. CEO Steve Ballmer has been largely

Also: Microsoft's Steve Ballmer doesn't fear Dropbox; Zynga loses chief game designer.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- This morning, I wrote about reports that Microsoftwill help bail out Dell . Positive media reaction to the prospects of this deal starts from several faulty premises:Steve Ballmer has a formidable long-term vision for Microsof

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Okay, this will make it sound like I've got a boulder on my shoulder (that's stolen from Springsteen, by the way, not Manfred Mann or Eminem), but, from time to time, it's tough not to wonder how initial media reaction to big

By Bill Rigby SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is not the right leader for the world's largest software company but holds...

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is not the right leader for the world's largest software company but holds his grip on it by systematically forcing out any rising manager who challenges his authority, claims a former senior executive who

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is not the right leader for the world's largest software company but holds his grip on it by systematically forcing out any rising manager who challenges his authority, claims a former senior executive who

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is not the right leader for the world's largest software company but holds his grip on it by systematically forcing out any rising manager who challenges his authority, claims a former

SEATTLE, Jan 21 (Reuters) - A Seattle-based investment group led by hedge fund manager Chris Hansen and Microsoft CorpChief Executive Steve Ballmer has signed a binding agreement to buy a controlling interest in the Sacramento Kings basketball team,

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is part of group to bring NBA back to Emerald City.

Will Steve Ballmer ever get it together and unleash his company's innovations on the mass consumer market? Click to view a price quote on MSFT. Click to research the Computer Software & Services industry.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- For as much as I have defended Appleagainst rampant inanity in recent weeks, I also acknowledge that, from a long-term standpoint, it's a somewhat vulnerable company with a relatively uncertain future. In the near-term, Tim Co

He's had a good 13 years, but perhaps it is time to make way for new talent.

The Microsoft CEO is reportedly part of an investor group that will help bring basketball back to Seattle.

SEATTLE/SACRAMENTO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - A group of investors led by hedge fund manager Chris Hansen and Microsoft CorpCEO Steve Ballmer is close to a deal to buy the Sacramento Kings basketball team...

SEATTLE, Jan 9 (Reuters) - A group of investors including Microsoft Corp CEO Steve Ballmer and hedge fund manager Chris Hansen is close to a deal to buy the Sacramento Kings professional basketball team for $500 million and move the National Basketba