{"id":21825,"date":"2013-08-23T10:26:50","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T14:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ino.com\/blog\/?p=21825"},"modified":"2013-08-24T09:21:31","modified_gmt":"2013-08-24T13:21:31","slug":"poll-would-you-buy-or-sell-microsoft-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwtest.ino.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/poll-would-you-buy-or-sell-microsoft-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Would you buy or sell Microsoft today?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning Steve Ballmer announced his retirement as CEO of Microsoft <a href=\"http:\/\/quotes.ino.com\/analysis\/trend\/tradersblogsymbols\/?symb=NASDAQ_MSFT\" target=\"_blank\">(NASDAQ:MSFT)<\/a> within 12 months. Mr. Ballmer owns about 4% of Microsoft and has been with the company for the past 33 years, but for the past 10 years, has missed many of the latest moves in technology.<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-150\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_150\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_150_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"3243fc1572\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Would you buy or sell Microsoft today ?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-150-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-491\" name=\"poll_150\" value=\"491\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-491\">Yes, I would buy stock in Microsoft<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-492\" name=\"poll_150\" value=\"492\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-492\">No, I would not buy stock in Microsoft<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-493\" name=\"poll_150\" value=\"493\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-493\">I wanted to short Microsoft<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-494\" name=\"poll_150\" value=\"494\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-494\">I have no interest in Microsoft<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(150);\" onkeypress=\"poll_result(150);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(150); return false;\" onkeypress=\"poll_result(150); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-150-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<p>As always, we appreciate your thoughts and comments on our blog. 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