Reviews of the Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus hit Tuesday morning and there seems to be one common theme: hold off for the iPhone X. The Wall Street Journal’s Geoffrey Fowler said this is “not the upgrade you’re looking for,” and noted that, while there are fun upgrades for portrait photos and augmented […]
Read moreStudents looking to bring home the best pay throughout their careers may want to consider careers in law, medicine or engineering. According to a report from job search platform Glassdoor, some of the best compensated jobs in the U.S. are concentrated within those fields. To compile its list of highest-paying jobs in America, Glassdoor examined […]
Read moreThe CEO and co-founder of a file sharing start-up based in Alphabet’s hometown says his company is expanding only in other locations because Silicon Valley workers have “a sense of entitlement” and competing to hire them is a near-impossible task. Egnyte plans to expand to 500 employees globally in the next 18 to 24 months, […]
Read moreActor Jamie Foxx has become the latest celebrity to join the ICO bandwagon on Thursday, when he promoted the token sale of Cobinhood, a free cryptocurrency trading exchange. Foxx is at least the fourth celebrity to promote an ICO on Twitter lately. Boxer Floyd Mayweather, rapper The Game, and Paris Hilton have all run similar […]
Read moreNearly three weeks after the rain stopped falling in Houston, the work of rebuilding has barely begun. There aren’t enough workers available — not even close. Houston’s housing market had a severe labor shortage before the storm, and that shortage doubled after Hurricane Harvey hit. From the main thoroughfares, it looks like the city is […]
Read moreHedge fund king Ray Dalio told CNBC on Tuesday that perhaps the biggest economic question of our time is a social one. “What is a big deal is if you had an economic downturn because we have two economies,” the founder and chairman of Bridgewater Associates said. Dalio said less than 1 percent of the […]
Read moreAmazon is growing its partnership with department store chain Kohl’s. Earlier this summer, the two companies announced that Kohl’s would begin selling Amazon devices, such as the Echo and Fire tablets, at 10 of its stores. On Tuesday, Kohl’s said it will begin accepting Amazon.com returns at certain U.S. locations. The retailer will pack and […]
Read moreAmazon announced an inexpensive new Fire HD 10 tablet on Tuesday. It costs just $150 and offers solid improvements over the previous generation Fire HD 10. It’s not as advanced as more expensive tablets, like the iPad, but has some compelling new features, including longer battery life (up to 10 hours) and faster performance for […]
Read moreI was at a party the other night with several people who knew I’d just been to Apple’s annual iPhone launch event. After asking me tons of questions about the new Apple Park campus, they of course asked about the new iPhone — by which all of them meant the all-new iPhone X. More than […]
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Shares of two big-name retailers on the comeback trail just got upgraded by Wall Street analysts. Oppenheimer research raised its rating on Michael Kors to outperform. The firm also hiked its price target on the stock to $55, which is 23 percent higher than Monday’s $44.65 closing price. Credit Suisse upgraded upgrade Gap Inc. to […]
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