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Facebook just passed Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway in market value
July 29th, 2016
Mark Zuckerberg has put Warren Buffett in his rear view mirror. Zuckerberg’s tech behemoth, Facebook Inc. FB, +1.35% edged out Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.B, +0.16% moving ahead of the market capitalization of the Sage of Omaha’s investment conglomerate Thursday. Facebook added about $5 billion ...
Verizon to announce $5 billion deal to buy Yahoo on Monday: source
July 25th, 2016
Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) will announce an agreement on Monday to buy Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) for about $5 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. The announcement will come before the start of New York trading hours, ...
Asian Stocks Near Three-Month High as Yuan Rises With Crude Oil
July 20th, 2016
Commodity shares decline amid a retreat in industrial metals Hong Kong equity index set for bull market as yuan gains Asian stocks rose with European equity index futures as positive earnings reports from some of the world’s biggest companies ...
Aussie, Kiwi Sink on Rate-Cut Bets as Asia ex-Japan Stocks Fall
July 19th, 2016
S&P 500 futures slip as crude oil drops to about $45 a barrel Yen advances with U.S. Treasuries as ringgit weakens The Australian and New Zealand dollars dropped by the most this month as speculation mounted that their central ...
Everything you need to know about Bitcoin and the new contender Ethereum
June 23rd, 2016
Well, if we leave the EU and the Pound plummets, there’s always Bitcoin,” a glum currency trader joked last week. “Assuming our computers still switch on after Brexit.” He was being facetious. But then the king of all currency ...
Oracle whistleblower suit raises questions over cloud accounting
June 10th, 2016
The Oracle logo is seen on its campus in Redwood City, California June 15, 2015.REUTERS/ROBERT GALBRAITH A whistleblower lawsuit filed against Oracle Corp (ORCL.N) over its accounting practices underscores the pressures established computer companies face to show that they ...
Something Big That Always Happens Right Before The Official Start Of A Recession Has Just Happened
June 7th, 2016
What you are about to see is major confirmation that a new economic downturn has already begun. Last Friday, the government released the worst jobs report in six years, and that has a lot of people really freaked out. ...
The price of bitcoin just surged to a 20-month high
May 30th, 2016
Bitcoin is having a great weekend. Since Friday morning, the price of bitcoin has increased 15% and briefly reached $530. That’s the cryptocurrency’s highest price since August 2014, when bitcoin traded around $532. The market value of all bitcoin ...
Ethereum, explained: why Bitcoin’s stranger cousin is now worth $1 billion
May 25th, 2016
Bitcoin has struggled to live up to the hype that surrounded its emergence into the mainstream three years ago. Despite more than a billion dollars of venture capital funding, Bitcoin startups have failed to develop applications that appeal to mainstream customers. ...
Cryptocurrency Ethereum has seen its value skyrocket
May 23rd, 2016
Ethereum, the world’s second-most valuable cryptocurrency, has seen its value skyrocket as investors and developers have sought different ways to use the technology introduced by bitcoin. But is it ready for the big time? That’s what some are asking ...
