Microsoft propels Wall Street to new record highs

Wall Street gained on Wednesday, sending the S&P 500 and Dow industrials to fresh records, as Microsoft's strong results boosted the indexes and marked the latest sign that U.S. corporate earnings season may be less dour than feared. Microsoft shares surged 6.3 percent after the software giant posted sharp growth in its cloud computing business. "It seems like the weaker parts of the market are starting to at least try and keep pace with the stronger parts and there really hasn’t been