Twitter jumped as much as 5 percent in extended trading on Monday, after Dow Jones Indices announced the social media company would replace Monsanto in the S&P 500. Another tech company, Netflix will fill the agricultural giant’s place on the S&P 100. The gains pushed Twitter stock above $39 a share after hours, extending earlier […]
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The Nasdaq composite‘s record close Monday indicates more gains ahead, chart analysts said. The Nasdaq composite and Nasdaq 100 are “both trying to break above their highs from around March and once they do that there’s not a lot of resistance. They’ve got quite a lot of room to run,” said Sameer Samana, global quantitative […]
Read moreSee which stocks are posting big moves after the bell Monday: Shares of Starbucks dropped 1.4 percent in extended trading, after Executive Chairman Howard Schultz announced he would be stepping down effective June 26. Schultz has played an essential role in the success of the coffee company, serving as CEO from 1987 through 2000 and […]
Read moreApple is introducing more controls to allow Safari to control who gets their personal information online, including limiting data tracking across websites. The move helps Apple respond to increasing user concerns about privacy online, but could make it harder for websites and advertisers to target ads efficiently. This will have the most dramatic effect on […]
Read moreApple revealed a new operating system for Mac on Monday, dubbed MacOS Mojave. The update comes as Apple has vowed to refocus its desktop “pro” line for power-users, as graphic-heavy fields like virtual reality become more popular. It follows major update announcements for iPhone and iPad software, and for the Apple TV. This is breaking […]
Read moreApple unveiled iOS 12 during WWDC 2018 on Monday, the newest version of its software that will be available for iPhones and iPads for free later this year. These are the biggest new features you need to know about: Apple said it’s “doubling down” on performance so that iPhones and iPads feel faster and more […]
Read moreChinese regulators have opened investigations into several foreign memory chip makers following a surge in prices that has attracted government concern. Samsung, the Korean electronics company, said in a statement on Monday that investigators from the State Administration for Market Regulation had visited its Chinese sales offices at the end of last month. The company […]
Read moreApple on Monday updated the software for its Apple Watch, adding more features to the wearable that now leads the market. The new system is called watchOS 5, Apple said at its annual conference in San Jose, California on Monday. The device grew 60 percent in popularity last year, CEO Tim Cook said, emphasizing the […]
Read moreApple said on Monday it would expand its standard Stocks app to include business news and other business metrics, like extended trading. Top stories shown in the Stocks app will feature business news, separately from Apple’s News app. Full articles will be visible without leaving the Stocks app. The Stocks app will also be available […]
Read moreTwo months after Satya Nadella took over Microsoft in 2014, the company closed its almost $8 billion purchase of Nokia. It was a catastrophic deal and represented the last vestiges of the Steve Ballmer era. While Nadella inherited Nokia, an acquisition that was struck the prior year, he’s taken a very different approach to dealmaking […]
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