Going to college may not be cheap, but now you can at least skim a few bucks off your Amazon Prime subscription. For college students not willing to commit to a full year of Amazon Prime, the company announced Wednesday a new $5.49 monthly payment option called Amazon Prime Student. Current college attendees with a […]
Read moreShares of NBC-parent Comcast dipped slightly Wednesday after President Donald Trump tweeted about challenging the NBC network license. “With all of the Fake News coming out of NBC and the Networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License? Bad for country!” Trump said in a Wednesday tweet at 9:55 am ET. Tweet […]
Read moreApple CEO Tim Cook said that it will be a while before the technology available for augmented reality glasses rises to Apple’s standards, according to British Vogue. Cook — who visited Europe to meet with the French president and open an entrepreneurship lab at Oxford — talked to Vogue about the intersection of fashion and […]
Read moreThe Taiwan Fair Trade Commission said on Wednesday it will fine U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm T$23.4 billion ($774.14 million) for anti-trust violations of its chip technology. The Commission said in a Chinese-language statement that Qualcomm had a monopoly over the CDMA, WCDMA and LTE chip market and refused to license its technology to other industry players. […]
Read moreAmazon is making it easier for the family’s youngest shoppers to click through to Checkout with new parental control settings announced Wednesday. Teens between the ages of 13 and 17 can now create unique logins, linked to a household account, and place orders through the Amazon App to be approved by mom or dad. Parents […]
Read moreAIRLINES use all sorts of clever tricks to make more money from passengers. They charge extra for bags, for food and for selecting where you sit. Now they are embracing another strategy: packing more seats onto each plane. Last month American Airlines announced that it will insert 12 more seats, or two rows, into its […]
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Fresh elections in Catalonia only way to solve impasse, says centrist leader
An opponent of Catalan independence has said fresh elections will be the only way to break the current impasse between supporters of independence and authorities in Madrid. Albert Rivera, president of the Ciudadanos party, told CNBC Wednesday that current President of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, could not stay in his position if progress is to be […]
Read moreMany individual investors fail to manage their equity portfolios with an awareness of “sector rotation” — ups and downs in different sectors’ performance, stemming from changing economic conditions and inevitable shifts in market favor. Historically, determining which sectors were likely to do well at a given time was basically a function of the economy. Different […]
Read moreKroger on Wednesday reaffirmed its forecast for 2017 amid a growing grocery price war with players like Amazon-owned Whole Foods, Wal-Mart, and low-price leaders Aldi and Lidl. Kroger also announced it’s exploring strategic alternatives, with the help of Goldman Sachs, for its convenience store business, including a potential sale. Kroger operates more than 780 convenience […]
Read moreJPMorgan isn’t buying the shake-up at General Electric. Analyst Stephen Tusa Jr. said in a Wednesday note he sees a dividend cut as “increasingly likely” and lowered his price target on the stock by $2 to $20, more than 14 percent below Tuesday’s close. Just like the departure of former GE Power CEO Steve Bolze […]
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