Tech Stocks Lead Market Higher Monday
A big move from some outsized players late in Monday’s session led three of the four major indexes into the green by the closing bell. Led by an 8% jump in Amazon AMZN shares (on no actual news relating to the company; Amazon does not report Q2 earnings…
Tech Firms Begin to Abandon Hong Kong Because of Security Law
(Bloomberg) — China’s sweeping national security law has forced technology firms to reconsider their presence in Hong Kong. The nimblest among them — the city’s startups — are already moving data and people out or are devising plans to…
Samsung Teases New Mobile Gadgets For a Stay-at-Home Generation
(Bloomberg) — Samsung Electronics Co. is preparing to unveil a slate of new mobile devices at a virtual Galaxy Unpacked event on Aug. 5, when it will elaborate on its shifting strategy to adapt to the Covid-19 pandemic. Traditionally staged in a…
Goldman And BlackRock Are Betting Big On This New $30 Trillion Mega-Trend
There’s a new mega-trend taking Wall Street by storm… with everyone from Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to BlackRock taking notice. One renowned Stanford University economist expects the disruption to personal travel choices to put an extra $5,600 per year back…
America’s Tech Stock Mania Draws in Amateur Traders From India
(Bloomberg) — The record-shattering run in U.S. technology stocks has captivated mom-and-pop investors across America. Now their counterparts in India are piling in too. Spurred on by a spate of Indian brokerages offering new low-fee trading plans…
A suspect has been arrested in the gory New York murder of the CEO of a Nigerian startup
Three days after New York police discovered his body, a suspect has been arrested and is due to be charged for the murder Fahim Saleh, the Bangladeshi-American CEO of Gokada, a Nigerian bike-hailing startup. Tyrese Devon Haspil, Saleh’s 21-year old…
As Pandemic Rages, Emerging Techs Debut, Others Gain Ground
Click here to read the full article. As the world’s fashion houses reevaluate their business models, and the act of fashion shopping increasingly goes digital, tech tools and platforms featuring emerging technologies shift ever more into the spotlight.…
BlackRock Continues to Deliver
When I last wrote about BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) on May 3, the stock was trading around $480, and I believed dividend investors should be enticed by the 3% yield at the time because of the company’s balance sheet strength and the beaten-up share…
Classes Will Be Online This Fall, Anne Arundel Schools Say
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD — With coronavirus cases spiking in Anne Arundel County, school leaders decided that classes will remain completely online for the entirety of the fall semester. Anne Arundel County Public Schools announced the decision with a…
Inside Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly’s Intense New Romance
Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly’s whirlwind romance is heating up. Since her split from Brian Austin Green, the former Transformers star has been cozying up with the rapper turned actor, and we’re taking a look at the pair’s steamy…