Microsoft shares fall after earnings report even as AI bet bears fruit

Company’s $56.2bn revenue beat Wall Street expectations but slowing growth for cloud service Azure proved to be a dampenerMicrosoft shares fell on Tuesday as the company reported a slowdown in growth of parts of its business, despite the company’s various investments in AI including its partnerships with OpenAI and Meta.The tech firm beat Wall Street expectations with $56.2bn in revenue, but its latest earnings report showed slowing revenue growth for its cloud service Azure. Revenue