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Google, Blocked in China, Takes Another Route Into the Country

Posted: June 18, 2018 at 6:30 am

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has struggled to get mainstream search engine status in China. Stymied by the government and local search engine company Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), it has never ...
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Posted: June 18, 2018 at 5:00 am

China may put tariffs on U.S. crude. According to Reuters: China’s threat to impose duties on U.S. oil imports will hit a business that has soared in the last two ...
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Google’s Huge Bias Against Women Continues

Posted: June 15, 2018 at 7:53 am

Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google division released its "Google annual diversity report 2018." On the cover of the research study there is a video in which several women speak to ...
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Technology Still Dominates the Current Top 10 Holdings in Hedge Funds

Posted: June 12, 2018 at 12:09 pm

We have always maintained here at 24/7 Wall St. that keeping portfolio holdings a secret among managers at hedge fund and mutual funds is probably not their best quality, as ...
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Google’s New Pledge Not to Be Evil

Posted: June 8, 2018 at 6:35 am

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is supposed to be good and not evil, according to an early statement of its principles. That has not always worked out. Their self-driving Waymo cars ...
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Posted: June 8, 2018 at 5:57 am

China's ZTE set a new deal to get back in business with U.S. cooperation. According to Reuters: The chairman of ZTE Corp apologized to staff and customers on Friday after ...
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General Electric Announces Venture to Manage Drone Traffic

Posted: June 7, 2018 at 9:10 am

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) announced Thursday morning that it has created a new company called AiRXOS to provide management and control services for unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV, aka drone) ...
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Posted: June 1, 2018 at 5:18 am

Several countries hit back at Trump's tariffs, including nations with which the United States has strong ties. According to Reuters: Canada and Mexico retaliated on Thursday after Washington imposed tariffs ...
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Posted: May 31, 2018 at 5:00 am

The United States is about to hit the European Union with large tariffs. According to Reuters: Washington will announce plans to slap tariffs on EU steel and aluminum imports as ...
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Posted: May 30, 2018 at 4:52 am

Troubles with Italy's ability to form a government continue to create anxiety in world markets about whether the nation would stay in the European Union. According to Reuters: Asian stocks ...
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Google Tops Apple as World’s Most Valuable Brand

Posted: May 29, 2018 at 6:30 am

A search product has passed a predominantly hardware product to become the world's most valuable brand. In a new study, Google, owned by Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL), had a brand ...
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How a Teen Monitoring App Leaked Thousands of User Accounts

Posted: May 21, 2018 at 11:00 am

The main selling point of a mobile app TeenSafe is that it offered parents a way to keep track of how their teenage children were using their smartphones. Now, it ...
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Posted: May 17, 2018 at 4:59 am

The self-driving car division of Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) took a large step forward. According to Reuters: Mobileye, Intel Corp’s Israel-based autonomous driving unit, has signed a contract to supply ...
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3 Mega-Cap Technology Companies Continue to Dominate the Cloud

Posted: May 14, 2018 at 10:35 am

Fifteen years ago, if somebody asked you what's new in the cloud you probably would have looked to the sky, but with the advent of the iPhone in 2007, and ...
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Posted: May 11, 2018 at 4:44 am

Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has stopped marketing on Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) YouTube. According to Reuters: Network gear maker Cisco Systems Inc is pulling all online ads from YouTube ...
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