Exclusive With The CEOs of Microsoft And Nuance On Their $19.7B M&A Deal, Fed Chair Powell's Comments On The Recovery, Countdown To The White House Chip Shortage Summit, And Alibaba Rises Despite Being Hit With An Antitrust Fine
b'Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber took an in-depth look at the deal of the day: Microsoft agreeing to acquire artificial intelligence and speech recognition company Nuance Communications in an all-cash transaction valued at $56 per share or $19.7-billion including debt. Jon Fortt led off an exclusive interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Nuance CEO Mark Benjamin about the deal. Carl, Jim and David also reacted to comments Fed Chair Jerome Powell made on "60 Minutes" about the economic recovery amid a ramp-up in vaccinations, the challenges new COVID variants bring, and the Archegos hedge fund scandal. They also explored what to expect from the White House chip shortage summit set to include the CEOs of Ford, General Motors, Intel, AT&T and Google parent Alphabet. Also in focus: Shares of Alibaba rising despite the company being slapped with a $2.8-billion fine by Chinese regulators as a result of an anti-monopoly investigation.'