The Starbucks loyalty program is, by any measure, a huge success, and the company's latest high-tech innovation, a Starbucks for Outlook add-in, could be the next big thing.
Here’s a look at how some of the public companies presenting at E3 fared, and what the rest of the year looks like in light of this.
Trey Thoelcke June 16, 2016: Markets opened lower Thursday but equities showed some spunk by trading on an upward trend for nearly the whole day. Asian and European markets traded lower and economics data…
Microsoft is getting into the legal cannabis industry through a partnership with startup firm KIND Financial that will be known as KIND Government Solutions.
Paul Ausick One rule of thumb about slow-growing companies in a fast-growing sector is that it does not take a lot of employees to stop growing. At least job cuts improve margins, if only…
Douglas A. McIntyre If the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) ends up voting to hold the target fed funds rate as is, then a potentially embarrassing situation for the Fed could develop.
Microsoft has announced early that it would acquire LinkedIn. 24/7 Wall St. put together a montage of what analysts are saying about LinkedIn.
Chris Lange In a research brief, Axiom Capital says that five companies are possible buyout candidates, and Axiom is not the only firm that has highlighted some of these companies in the past as…
Big tech companies looked at their M&A strategies as the LinkedIn deal hit the news. Did any of them even seriously think about Twitter as a target? There only needs to be…
Douglas A. McIntyre June 13, 2016: Markets opened lower for the third straight session Monday as the dollar weakened against the yen and the euro, and investors took some risk off while waiting for the…
Microsoft announced on Monday morning that it would acquire LinkedIn in an all-cash transaction valued at more than $26 billion
Jon C. Ogg Almost 25% of global enterprise information technology (IT) spending is doled out by the financial services industry, which includes insurance companies.
BrandZ has released its 2016 list of 100 most valuable brands. Google ranked in first place at $229 billion and Apple in second at $228 billion.
June 3, 2016: Markets opened lower again Friday after a disappointing report on U.S. non-farm payrolls. Then the U.S. trade balance tacked on another deficit. The dollar tumbled and, later in the…
With almost 107 million copies sold as of Thursday, Minecraft is the second most popular video game ever. Only Tetris has sold more copies.
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