A GOOD business name can be pricey. An entrepreneur looking for the perfect one can hire a naming agency to offer ideas, but that can cost tens of thousands of dollars. That may explain why many founders follow the example set by the American President and name their businesses after themselves. A recent article* by […]
Read moreOn the page of any Sarahah user, you’ll find a simple prompt: “Leave a constructive message :)”. The flashing cursor, trapped in a text box, invites you to pour whatever thoughts you have about that person, good or bad, into an anonymous feed. Your deepest, realest thoughts, ready to be delivered, guilt free. Sarahah, created […]
Read moreSnap shares rose more than 9 percent Monday morning in volatile trade, reversing earlier losses. Shares had fallen 4 percent in early trading after U.S. securities filings showed some funds dissolving their stakes in the social media company and another brokerage lowered its price target on the stock. Shares of the Snapchat parent are likely […]
Read moreEssential, the new phone startup from Android founder Andy Rubin, is now a unicorn, according to reports from Bloombergcolumnist Tim Culpan over the weekend. If you’re not up to date on the parlance of Silicon Valley, a unicorn is a company that’s valued at over $1 billion dollars, which is no small feat in today’s […]
Read moreBitcoin hit a fresh record high on Monday, continuing the rally from the weekend thanks to strong Japanese demand. The price of bitcoin hit $4,330.71, setting a fresh all-time high and surpassing the record $4,225.40 hit on Sunday, according to data from industry website CoinDesk. In the last week alone, bitcoin has added over $15 […]
Read moreLongtime stock researcher Ronnie Moas raised his price target on bitcoin by $2,500 Monday after the digital currency hit an all-time high over the weekend. “What’s happening is the floodgates are opening,” Moas, founder of Standpoint Research, said in a phone interview with CNBC Monday. “I believe there are hedge funds and very deep-pocketed individuals […]
Read moreWall Street’s “dean of valuation,” Aswath Damodaran, says he is perplexed over why a cash-burning company like Tesla is choosing debt to raise money over stock. “There is much to admire in the Tesla story but there is one aspect of the story that I find puzzling, and if I were an equity investor, troubling. […]
Read moreGoogle is paying Apple billions of dollars to remain the default search engine on iPhones and iPads, Bernstein said in a note to investors on Monday. The firm believes that Google will pay Apple about $3 billion this year, up from $1 billion just three years ago, and that Google’s licensing fees make up a […]
Read moreAmazon’s path to dominance in big industries, whether it’s retail or cloud computing, often involves cutting out the smaller middlemen. The drug supply chain could be next. Following a string of CNBC reports on Amazon’s move into the pharmacy market, the largest players in the space are getting peppered with questions about their plans to […]
Read moreEleven years ago, Kevin Weil was headed down a path he had long envisioned for himself: earning a doctorate degree in theoretical physics, with plans to become a full-time professor. But shortly after he started his Ph.D. program at Stanford University, where he earned a master’s degree in the field in 2006, he suddenly changed […]
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