thinkstockMarch 10, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday following a weekend report that Chinese exports fell 18%. That’s generally viewed as an indication that the global economy is weak and that equities…
Five years ago, many investors had thrown in the towel. The S&P 500 hit an ominous intraday low of 666 and closed at 676.53. The world was coming to an end, and…
ThinkstockActivist investor Carl Icahn said on Friday that Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ: IEP) will begin using its Facebook page to disclose material non-public information. Icahn already uses Twitter and a website (www.shareholderssquaretable.com)…
Public interest advocacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a complaint on Thursday with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opposing the recent $19 billion acquisition of messaging service WhatsApp by…
thinkstockMarch 5, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Wednesday following a disappointing reading from ADP on employment, setting the tone for lowered expectations for Friday when the Labor Department reports non-farm payroll numbers…
In a new report, the telecom service analysts at Cowen highlighted three stocks likely to benefit in the huge broadband and fiber infrastructure build-out that is underway.
Facebook is reportedly in discussions to acquire start-up drone maker Titan Aerospace. Facebook would use the drones to provide Internet access to areas of the world that are currently not connected.
thinkstockMarch 3, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday following a weekend of worry over the developing crisis in Ukraine. For most of the day every one of the Dow 30 industrials was…
ThinkstockThe average U.S. consumer spends more than 60 hours a month consuming the delights of the Internet. More than half that time, about 34.3 hours, is spent on a smartphone, while just…
Paul Ausick Yandex, which operates the largest search engine in Russia, has teamed up with Google in a deal that will allow each company's advertising clients to bid on the advertising inventory of the…
Facebook investors have enjoyed a huge start to 2014, up more than 28%, seventh among stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
Tuesday's spotlight at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona focused on BlackBerry. The once-premier smartphone maker introduced two new phones and announced new contracts for its enterprises services product.
The Nasdaq Composite reached 4,293 Monday, up more than 35% in the past year and more than 200% in the past five. It remains well below the record it set on March…
Shares of BlackBerry got a lift Monday morning following the company's announcement that its BlackBerry Messenger service (BBM) will be available on both the Windows Phone and Android-based Nokia X phones.
Most opinion seems to be that Netflix gave up on its stand for net neutrality, the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated identically, when it agreed to pay a fee…
