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Bye-Bye, Ballmer. What’s Next for Microsoft?

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announces his retirement after 13 years. Where is the company headed from here?

By Alison Southwick, Lyons George, and Ron Gross – Aug 23, 2013 at 4:48PM EST

The following video is from Friday's Investor Beat, in which host Alison Southwick and Motley Fool analysts Lyons George and Ron Gross dissect the hardest-hitting investing stories of the day.

Longtime Microsoft (MSFT 0.81%) CEO Steve Ballmer announced today that he is retiring as soon as a replacement is found. In our lead story on Investor Beat, Ron and Lyons discuss what's next for Microsoft.

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Alison Southwick
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