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Breakingviews TV: Google shops
Years after shutting its Chinese search engine, the U.S. tech giant has taken a $550 mln stake in JD.com, the country's closest equivalent to Amazon. It's probably less about...
4 minutes ago - Reuters - 4 articles
Manulife Asia Exec: Insurers Turn to Tech to Help With Compliance, Sanctions, Fraud
Zachariah Ezekiel, Manulife Financial Asia, said new technologies such as fuzzy logic and facial recognition are helping to identify potential fraud and compliance issues...
34 minutes ago - A.M. Best
Why AMD's Stock Price Is Soaring and Intel's Is Falling Hard
Shares of surging chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices jumped another 6% at midday on Monday to $17.34, its highest price in more than 11 years, on predictions that the company is...
42 minutes ago - Fortune
Shareholders to Amazon: Stop selling face-recognition tech to the government
Seventeen investors have asked Amazon to stop selling its Rekognition technology to government entities. Amazon is facing shareholder opposition over the sale of its facial...
48 minutes ago - Fast Company
From Paris to Dakar: tech is a game-changer
“Africans need solutions made in Africa." As investment activity in African tech continues to rise, Europe must look to provide investment and support to a new generation of...
56 minutes ago - Forbes
Why Did Google Remove Uber Booking From Maps?
Google has offered one of the easiest ways to book an Uber ride-until now. The tech giant has quietly removed Uber ride booking from its Google Maps app on Android, CNET and...
1 hour ago - Fortune
Inside Portland's Plan to Battle Traffic Deaths by Hanging ‘Smartphones' on Street Lights
Three deadly streets in Portland, Oregon, are about to get a high-tech upgrade. It's not smart pavement or Robocop traffic guards, but an intelligent set of sensors mounted on...
1 hour ago - Fortune
The 29-year-old CEO of Stripe reveals what it's really like running a $9.2 billion startup
Stripe, the payments company founded eight years ago by two Irish brothers, is now worth $9.2 billion. Patrick Collison, the 29-year-old CEO of Stripe, says he still wakes up...
1 hour ago - Business Insider - 4 articles
The 29-year-old CEO of Stripe reveals what it's really like running a $9.2 billion startup
Stripe, the payments company founded eight years ago by two Irish brothers, is now worth $9.2 billion. Patrick Collison, the 29-year-old CEO of Stripe, says he still wakes up...
1 hour ago - Business Insider - 4 articles
The world's hottest tech companies are now worth more than some major stock markets, and they could be pointing out the next big bubble
The most prominent US and Chinese tech stocks are worth more, by market cap, than the stock markets of the eurozone and Japan. Facebook , Amazon , Alphabet , Microsoft...
1 hour ago - Business Insider - 4 articles
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Millennials are the worst tippers, according to a new study
A new study shows that Americans age 18-37 are more likely to be stingy when it comes to tipping than their older counterparts. One in ten millennials said that they leave no...
4 New “Google My Business” Features You Should Be Using
When's the last time you optimized your Google My Business profile? During the last 6-9 months, Google has been testing new features that local businesses can use to enhance...
JD.com jumps after Google makes a $550 million investment as part of a...
Google has announced a $550 million investment as part of a strategic partnership with JD.com. The partnership will combine JD's supply chain and logistics expertise and...
Trump goes on raging tweetstorm as outrage over family-separation border...
President Donald Trump took to Twitter amid rising outcry over his administration's "zero-tolerance" policy from both sides of the aisle. Trump has repeatedly falsely blamed...
The world's hottest tech companies are now worth more than some major stock...
The most prominent US and Chinese tech stocks are worth more, by market cap, than the stock markets of the eurozone and Japan. Facebook , Amazon , Alphabet , Microsoft...
An invasive weed that can cause severe burns, blisters, scars, and blindness...
The invasive giant hogweed plant was just discovered in the state of Virginia for the first time. Giant hogweed sap can make skin extremely sensitive to the sun, causing...
The royal family just announced its first gay royal wedding - and it signals...
Lord Ivar Mountbatten, Queen Elizabeth 's cousin, announced his engagement to partner James Coyle. It's the first same-sex wedding in the royal family. Prince Harry marrying...
Money managers are flocking to a $23 trillion investing strategy that Morgan...
Environmental, social, and governance investing - also known as ESG - has exploded in popularity, with roughly $23 trillion being invested with at least a partial ESG...
NAHB: Builder Confidence Decreases to 68 in June
The National Association of Home Builders reported the housing market index was at 68 in June, down from 70 in May. Any number above 50 indicates that more builders view sales...
On Philanthropy: Community foundations are key partners in achieving U.N. Goals
The world's first community foundation was established in Cleveland in 1914. Today, there are almost 1,900 community foundations - 75 percent of them created in the last 25...