Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) To Make e-Commerce Investment

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has plans to invest $1.5m in Technion
e-commerce research. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) To Make e-Commerce
Investment Reports say that the Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Research
(MSR) division is planning to invest $1.5 million in a joint research program
with the Technion – the Israel Institute of Technology over the next five
years. The Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Research (MSR) center will
promote research in artificial intelligence, games theory, computer science,
economics, and psychology and their applications in e-commerce. Officials at the
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) R&D Center in Israel, said that, The
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) center will finance and promote basic
research in artificial intelligence, games theory, computer science, economics,
and psychology, with a focus on the relations between them and their application
in e-commerce. Collaboration with the Technion would enable the Microsoft
Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) centers researchers to develop the scientific
understanding and technologies that will result in breakthroughs in e-commerce,
such as online advertising and the use of cloud computing and social networks
for commercial purposes". Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) stocks were at 26.25
at the end of the last days trading. Theres been a -2.5% movement in the stock
price over the past 3 months. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) Analyst Advice
Consensus Opinion: Moderate Buy Mean recommendation: 1.77 (1=Strong Buy,
5=Strong Sell) 3 Months Ago: 1.84 Zacks Rank: 20 out of 91 in the industry