Investors shouldn’t worry too much about Amazon‘s big earnings miss, strategists told CNBC’s “Closing Bell.” Shares of Amazon fell nearly 3 percent after it reported 40 cents earnings per share, falling far short of analysts’ expectations of $1.42 earnings per share. Amazon’s $37.96 billion in revenue beat Wall Street’s estimates of $37.18. Amazon is a […]
Read moreStart-up Thalmic Labs, which received venture funding from Amazon and Intel last year, is working on a wearable device that “will change the way people interact with technology,” co-founder and CEO Stephen Lake told CNBC. “At a really high level what we’ve been thinking about is what do our interactions as humans with the digital […]
Read moreJeff Bezos was the richest man in the world for a time on Wednesday, with a fortune of over $90 billion. According to Forbes and Bloomberg, the Amazon CEO had a net worth of over $89 billion as of the close of markets Wednesday, while Bill Gates had a net worth of just over $90 […]
Read moreSAN FRANCISCO — SpaceX, the rocket maker founded by billionaire Elon Musk, has raised up to $350 million in new financing and is now valued at around $21 billion, making it one of the most valuable privately held companies in the world. SpaceX’s new financing was disclosed in public filings that were obtained by Equidate, […]
Read moreEarnings are humming along, with gains of more than 10 percent now expected for the S&P 500 in the second quarter. There’s one potential fly in the ointment: Big Oil. ExxonMobil, Chevron and other Big Oil names will begin reporting on Friday. Something unusual is happening: because oil never rallied in the second quarter as […]
Read moreAmazon on Thursday reported its Amazon Web Services public cloud generated $916 million in operating income on $4.10 billion in revenue in the second quarter of this year. Revenue for the AWS business increased by 42 percent year over year, higher than analysts’ expectations according to FactSet. Analysts had expected $1.01 billion in operating income […]
Read moreOn Thursday, FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced a pilot program to look into a “pre-certification” for medical software start-ups. And even the FDA’s harshest critics are excited about it. “I guess I’ve grown cynical in my old age, as I’ve watched administrations come and go,” said Bradley Merrill Thompson, an FDA expert and lawyer with […]
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We have seen a classic midday dip in the markets Thursday because certain sectors are absurdly overbought, and the volumes have been thin. When bids are very light because there is not a lot of interest in bidding up the market at these prices, very small drops can cascade into larger drops. It always starts […]
Read moreFord is expanding its recently acquired crowdsourced shuttle service called Chariot into New York City. This is the fourth city the company is now operating in, with the goal of offering cheap shared rides in areas that do not have public transit within walking distance. The company also hopes to lure riders away from buses […]
Read moreIntel on Thursday will report earnings for the second quarter after markets close. The company will hold a telephone conference with financial analysts at 5 p.m. Eastern time. EPS: Excluding certain items, analysts are expecting 68 cents in earnings per share, according to Thomson Reuters. Revenue: Analysts expect $14.41 billion in revenue for the quarter, […]
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