With all of the different mutual fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) options out there, Jim Cramer’s head is spinning. How the heck are investors supposed to know which ones to invest in when there are so many of them? “The important thing is this: You have all sorts of ETFs and mutual funds out there, […]
Read moreIBM Watson might not deliver on its lofty goal to revolutionize medicine with artificial intelligence, as a recent investigation suggests. But that doesn’t mean new technology will be incapable of improving health care. IBM put a heavy dose of investment and hype into the medical potential of its machine learning system Watson. It was supposed […]
Read moreA report from a Taiwanese news outlet called Commercial Times says Google is in the final stages of acquiring all or part of smartphone maker HTC. The news follows a separate story from late August that suggested Taiwan-based HTC was interested in some sort of sale. HTC, once one of the more popular smartphone makers […]
Read moreThere are more ways to trade the autonomous driving trend than you might think, according to a top Wall Street firm. Morgan Stanley shared its out-of-the-box ideas and analysis on the potential implications of self-driving cars to other consumer industries Thursday. “Shared and autonomous vehicles could expand the total addressable market of alcoholic beverages while […]
Read moreEquifax, which supplies credit information and other information services, said Thursday that a data breach could have potentially affected 143 million consumers in the United States. The population of the U.S. was about 324 million as of Jan. 1, 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which means the Equifax incident affects a huge portion […]
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Virgin Galactic chief executive George Whitesides said his company will soon return to powered flights for the first time in three years. “We’re ready to go into powered flight,” Whitesides said on Thursday at the Mars Society Convention in Irvine, California. Virgin Galactic has not tested a powered flight of one of its spaceships since […]
Read moreIt is hard to find a bigger Apple stock cheerleader than me. I’ve been writing Apple stock love poems for years. For a long time, it was easy to love the shares because they were unloved by others and it was cheap. Until recently, when Apple stock was still trading in the low $100s and […]
Read moreInvestors should buy FireEye shares because a survey of its customers points to robust sales ahead for the company, according to Morgan Stanley, which raised its rating on the security firm to overweight from equal-weight. “FireEye is executing towards a comprehensive platform for detecting, blocking and remediating threats across multiple vectors and through multiple deployment […]
Read moreShares of Fitbit Inc. were up 10 percent by mid-day Thursday after the company said its watches will soon be compatible with Dexcom Inc.‘s glucose-monitoring sensors, allowing users with diabetes to track blood sugar levels the Fitbit Ionic. “With Ionic, we are focused on driving positive health outcomes and more health focused tools, and this […]
Read moreAmazon announced the search for a second North American headquarters on Thursday, saying it would give preference to areas with 1 million residents or more. It didn’t take long for cities to throw their names out for consideration: Spokesperson for the City of Chicago: “Chicago’s unmatched workforce, world-class universities and unparalleled access to destinations throughout […]
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