Stock Market News for Jul 15, 2020
Benchmarks closed higher on Tuesday despite investors pulling out of big tech stocks. Investors kept a close watch on big bank earnings for the second-quarter, rising coronavirus cases and deteriorating U.S.-China relations. The Dow Jones Industrial…
Stocks Snap Two-Day Rally Amid Rotation From Tech: Markets Wrap
(Bloomberg) — Technology shares pushed U.S. stocks lower for the first time in three days after investors rotated out of this year’s top performers. Treasuries gained with American initial jobless claims posting their smallest weekly decline since…
Worried About Big Tech Slump? Buy 6 Undervalued Tech ETFs
Technology stocks and ETFs have been star performers of this year. The coronavirus outbreak could not take the sheen out of this sector, rather added more to it. Social distancing norms enacted globally to mitigate the spread of the virus compelled…
Local journalism is in crisis. Author Margaret Sullivan shows what’s at stake
(Columbia Global Reports) For two days in the middle of February, before any of us knew how bad the pandemic would get, I served as a juror for the Pulitzer Prizes in the local news category. Our jury combed through submissions chronicling pressing…
MSNBC’s News Ticker Returns to Screen After Two-Year Absence
Click here to read the full article. MSNBC is learning how to crawl again. The NBCUniversal-owned cable-news outlet has restored a “news crawl” to the bottom of its screen after a two-year absence. The “crawl,” also known in the industry as a “ticker” or…
Chinese Smartphone Giant Vivo Is Latest to Splurge on Tech Tower
(Bloomberg) — China’s No. 2 smartphone brand Vivo Mobile Communications Co. has broken ground on a high-rise office in Shenzhen to house its future headquarters, highlighting a construction boom from the country’s burgeoning tech sector. number 1…
Volkswagen ID.3 to hit dealerships next week
It has been four weeks since Volkswagen started accepting pre-orders for the limited ID.3 1ST, and the company has now decided to open the ordering system to the public next Monday, July 20, 2020. Seven pre-configured ID.3 models will be made available…
Green-Energy Companies Have a Human-Rights Problem
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Land seizures. Dangerous working conditions. Mistreatment of native populations. For decades, such practices were associated in the public mind with the oil and gas industries. That perception in turn undermined confidence in…
10 things in tech you need to know today
Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Wednesday. The UK government announced it will remove Huawei from its 5G network by 2027, and telecoms companies will be banned from purchasing Huawei 5G equipment from next year. UK Culture…
Amazon just took 61 percent off this mini laptop soundbar—snag it for a ridiculous $27
Yahoo Life is committed to finding you the best products at the best prices. We may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Save 61 percent on this Insmart Laptop Sound Bar. (Photo:…