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Hottest Stories To Watch List: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF), Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (NASDAQ:FOXA), Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX)

On Thursday, Shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), gained 2.30% to $48.72.

Microsoft made accessible on May 14 another Windows 10 Mobile preview build for Windows Phones to Windows Insider testers.

The new build, 10080, works on more Windows Phones, counting Lumia Icon, Lumia 930, and Lumia 640/640XL devices, in addition to the first non-Lumia phone supported by the preview, the HTC One (M8) for Windows. These devices haven’t been able to run Windows 10 Mobile test builds so far because of screen scaling issues, according to company officials.

Microsoft also is making accessible simultaneously with the new Windows 10 Mobile build the promised test build of Office Universal apps for Windows Phones. These apps will be downloadable via the Windows Store Beta in the new Windows 10 Mobile build released recently.

Microsoft Corporation develops, licenses, markets, and supports software, services, and devices worldwide. The company’s Devices and Consumer (D&C) Licensing segment licenses Windows operating system and related software; Microsoft Office for consumers; and Windows Phone operating system.

Shares of Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF), declined -0.68% to $10.19, during its last trading session.

Regions Bank has been named a winner of the 2015 Gallup Consulting Great Workplace Award. The award recognizes organizations that create an engaged workplace culture across teams, departments and locations to drive real business outcomes.

“Regions associates come to work every day with the aim of assisting our customers improve their financial lives,” said Dave Keenan, head of Human Resources for Regions. “We invest noteworthy time and attention to create an environment where talented associates have the opportunity to be at their best and make a real difference. We are honored that Gallup has recognized Regions Bank among the top companies globally for our efforts to create a highly engaged workforce.”

Gallup has studied millions of employees in hundreds of organizations and countries and discovered that employee engagement sets great workplaces apart. Gallup’s research indicates that increasing engagement in the workplace leads to higher productivity, profitability and customer ratings, together with lower turnover and absenteeism and fewer safety incidents.

Regions Financial Corporation, together with its auxiliaries, provides banking and bank-related services to individual and corporate customers in the United States. Its Corporate Bank segment offers commercial banking services, such as commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, and investor real estate lending, in addition to equipment lease financing services.

At the end of Thursday’s trade, Shares of Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (NASDAQ:FOXA), gained 1.25% to $33.33.

FOX News Channel (FNC) will launch a new one-hour program entitled, The Greg Gutfeld Show on Sunday, May 31st at 10PM/ET, declared FOX News Chairman and CEO, Roger Ailes. As Gutfeld takes on a new solo host role, he will also continue as co-host of the weekday ensemble program The Five (weekdays at 5PM/ET), in addition to his weekly appearances on The O’Reilly Factor (weekdays at 8PM/ET).

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. operates as a diversified media and entertainment company worldwide. It operates through Cable Network Programming, Television, Filmed Entertainment, and Direct Broadcast Satellite Television segments.

Finally, Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX), ended its last trade with 0.53% gain, and closed at $11.30.

While companies are racing toward implementing Big Data initiatives, a recent Xerox study says there are noteworthy issues slowing the capture of value. Business executives said there are a wide range of challenges in implementing Big Data strategies, counting data security, privacy and data quality.

The commissioned study conducted in Europe by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Xerox (XRX), also found that the lack of user training and inadequate change administration are hindering the business transformation that big data solutions offer.

The study, based on a survey of 330 top-level executives from across Western Europe paints a portrait of the Big Data business journey, describing in detail how factors such as “big data maturity” and poor data quality impact the enterprise.

Xerox Corporation provides business process and document administration solutions worldwide. The company’s Services segment offers various business process outsourcing services, such as customer care, transaction processing, human resources, communication and marketing, and consulting and analytics services, in addition to finance, accounting, and procurement services.

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