Here are the 11 companies that experts think Microsoft could try to acquire in 2020, including Salesforce, Twilio, and Workday

Ashley Stewart | Microsoft spent more than $9 billion on acquisition during the company's last fiscal year, and analysts expect the buying spree to continue.

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Here's what you need to know about a master's in business analytics, a one-year program that could earn you more than $90,000 at half the time and cost of an MBA

Sherin Shibu,Weng Cheong | A master's of science in business analytics could increase your earning potential to rival that of an MBA graduate at half of the cost and time.

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Bill Gates can buy any car he wants — but maybe Elon Musk should care it's a Porsche and not a Tesla

Matthew DeBord | Bill Gates recently bought an all-electric Porsche Taycan, prompting a feisty response from Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The situation says a lot about both.

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As Microsoft makes one its fastest-growing cloud software businesses available for government, it will ramp up pressure on rivals like Salesforce, analysts say

Paayal Zaveri | Microsoft's history of government contracts could make the market tougher for Salesforce, which has invested heavily in making government cloud tools.

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Chris Lattner, who created the programming language Swift when he was at Apple, was blown away by how fast it grew. Now he says Swift's future is in machine learning.

Rosalie Chan | Since he built Swift at Apple, Lattner has worked at Tesla, Google, and now SiFive. Here's what he says about where Swift's growth is headed.

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A freelance graphic designer who makes nearly $300,000 a year shares her 7-step process for writing attention-grabbing proposals that lure in clients on freelancing platforms

Morgan Overholt | Freelancer and founder Morgan Overholt says that writing clear and concise "cover letters" or proposals on Upwork is what lead to her 6-figure salary.

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A Wall Street firm lists its 5 best hedges for an unusual coronavirus-driven market crash — and shares what to do if it's successfully contained

Akin Oyedele | Deutsche Bank's chief international strategist said we're at risk of "an unusually large disruptive market event" because of the coronavirus outbreak.

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The state of #MeToo: Here's where the movement stands at the end of Harvey Weinstein's high-stakes trial

Allana Akhtar,Caroline Hroncich | One in three US part- and full-time workers changed their behavior in the office in the wake of the #MeToo movement, according to an AP poll.

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The CEO of Google Cloud told his former employees at Oracle that its cloud software was 'considered atrocious' and 'a disgrace,' according to an investor lawsuit

Benjamin Pimentel | Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian berated execs who reported to him when he led Oracle's cloud, calling their work "awful," according to a lawsuit.

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