Microsoft is taking a 4% stake in the London Stock Exchange Group and will host the exchange’s data on its cloud servers for 10 years. The deal underscores the growing importance of computers and data analytics to the financial markets and the demand from investors for faster and better data. The Exchange also promised to spend at least $2.8 billion on Microsoft’s cloud services an support...
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