Facebook is introducing new protections for profile pictures for users in India, in a bid to stop people from copying, sharing, or otherwise misusing their images. Users who elect to guard their profile through the new system will ensure that others can’t send, share, or download their picture, and will keep strangers from tagging themselves […]
Read moreOracle’s stock opened at a record high on Thursday. Shares opened at $51.57 after the company’s fourth-quarter earnings beat analysts’ expectations. Oracle hit its last all-time high on March 16, when shares climbed to $46.99. The company reported earnings per share of 89 cents, excluding items, beating the 78 cents a share expected by analysts, […]
Read moreMore than 600 employees at a Carrier plant in Indianapolis are bracing for layoffs beginning next month, despite being told by President Trump that nearly all the jobs at the plant had been saved. The deal, announced with great fanfare before Trump took office, was billed not only as a heroic move to keep jobs […]
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Canaccord Genuity’s Tony Dwyer is using just one chart to show the bears that stocks are moving higher. “There’s this narrative out there that the yield curve flattening is telling you that the economy is closer to recession and the stock market is in trouble. History shows the opposite is true,” the firm’s chief market […]
Read moreAlida Monaco doesn’t spend her summers doing the usual teenage stuff, like working at the mall or flipping burgers. Instead, she’s studying special relativity and astrophysics — by choice. Monaco, 18, a recent high school graduate in New York City, spent upwards of three hours a day on homework while in high school. Summer classes […]
Read moreTalk about a solid track record. Four stocks in the S&P 500 — Nvidia, Broadcom, Reynolds American and Fiserv — have risen by more than 15 percent in each of the last four years. In 2017, the four are rising even faster: more than 20 percent. Nvidia has seen explosive gains, having risen over 1,000 […]
Read moreDoomsday predictions for China’s economy have a long history, but most are looking at the wrong scenario, Michael Buchanan, head of strategy at Singapore wealth fund Temasek, said on Thursday. “If you’re using the metrics from the Asia crisis, you’re going to get the wrong answer,” Buchanan said at the DBS Institutional Investor Symposium in […]
Read moreIn Charlotte, North Carolina, mother-son duo Julie and Michael Chambers are watching their small business, Melt in Your Mouth, come to life. The cupcake store they opened more than two years ago now has four employees, and they’re hoping to open up additional locations. But chief among their concerns is the tax burden they face. […]
Read moreAT&T is on pace to invest around $22 billion in the United States this year, CEO Randall Stephenson told CNBC on Thursday. Stephenson is among the tech leaders heading to the White House later Thursday to meet with President Donald Trump to discuss the potential impact of emerging technologies on U.S. industrial workers. Ahead of […]
Read moreChina will introduce a national standard for the use of English language on public signage, in its latest bid to say farewell to widely mocked – and often widely loved – poor translations and “Chinglish”. The new policy, which comes into effect on December 1, will establish guidelines for English translations in 13 areas, including […]
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