Strategy to play microsoft Bill Gates is super rich but his once high-flying software company has been in the doldrums since mid-2002 after falling from the $35 level. The problem with Microsoft (MSFT) has been its failure to grow both its revenues and earnings at the superlative rates the company once enjoyed. Any... 

Intel, the US microchip manufacturer has recorded its best-ever quaterly profits, beating analysts’ predictions. Photograph: PR handout American microchip manufacturer Intel cheered investors overnight by reporting its best-ever quarterly profits – comfortably beating Wall Street’s... 

Lord Prescott’s maiden speech was remarkable because, with the aid of notes, it was almost word-perfect. Photograph: PA The prospect of John Prescott’s maiden speech in the Lords hung menacingly over parliament today, like the raincloud which finally broke over Westminster in late... 

The chancellor, George Osborne, wants to pay for tax cuts by removing some of the 400 or so tax reliefs. Photograph: Alamy George Osborne will signal his intention tomorrow to take the axe to Britain’s labyrinthine tax system when he announces the creation of a new panel of experts... 

Hamas security forces take part in a graduation ceremony in Gaza City. Some believe Cameron should have rebuked Hamas in his Gaza comments. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images David Cameron’s forthright description of Gaza as a “prison camp” – and its implied criticism...