Sprint is seeking to merge with Charter Communications to create a media and communications behemoth, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the situation. Sprint is looking to offer bundle deals to customers with cellular-phone service, TV, landline and broadband internet service, the Journal said. The proposed combination of […]
Read moreThe LiveaMoment app claims to do what world leaders have never been able to accomplish: create peace on Earth. “I know, that’s really an app?” LiveaMoment founder Deborah Greene said cheekily. “I get it.” It may seem far-fetched technology can solve years of conflict, but Greene’s theory is rooted in her “3 ft of Peace” […]
Read moreVenture capitalists have historically avoided investing in aerospace start-ups. That’s because developing space technologies like rockets or satellites costs a great deal, and it can take a long time to reel in customers, especially if a start-up is seeking government contracts. That’s where space angel Ellen Chang comes in. The veteran aerospace engineer created LightSpeed […]
Read morePakistan’s ruling PML-N party will appoint Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as the interim prime minister to replace ousted leader Nawaz Sharif, two sources close to Sharif said on Saturday, with Sharif’s brother Shahbaz chosen as the long-term successor. A senior PML-N official close to Sharif said Abbasi, 58, will be announced as the interim leader “in […]
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Hamburg knife attacker, who killed 1 and injured 6, was known to authorities as Islamist, minister says
The 26-year-old migrant who killed one person and injured six others in a knife attack in a Hamburg supermarket on Friday was known to German security forces as an Islamist, the city-state’s interior minister said. Andy Grote told a news conference on Saturday that an initial investigation found that the man, an asylum seeker who […]
Read moreTesla’s Model 3 is perhaps the most desired electric vehicle in history, with a waiting list that stretches more than a year. But competition could start to heat up relatively soon, according to one analyst. For now, Tesla seems to be in a class of its own, and seems to enjoy a considerable lead over […]
Read moreWith the kind of prime time theatrics Elon Musk has become known for displaying as he has built Tesla, the company delivered its first Model 3 electric cars in front of thousands of the company’s workers in Fremont, California. “This is a great day for Tesla,” said Musk before he turned over the first 30 […]
Read moreSometimes, even the best stocks get hit hard by broader market sell-offs, and it’s natural to wonder why, Jim Cramer said. But most of the time, it’s not because of some underlying weakness in the stock that investors didn’t catch. Nowadays, market sell-offs can happen because of index futures rather than actual fundamentals, an action […]
Read moreExchange-traded funds, better known as ETFs, have seen a surge in popularity recently, but Jim Cramer is not as taken with the trend as the rest of the market. Proponents argue that ETFs guard against “single-stock risk,” or the damage an individual stock could do to your portfolio. They say it lets you play an […]
Read moreMetrics have the power to make or break your portfolio, and Jim Cramer says they are often the key to understanding why stocks move the way they do. “Sometimes the key metrics that control the entire market suddenly change, and you have to change with them,” otherwise you’ll never understand why your stocks are suddenly […]
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