social media

Companies With the Worst Reputations
It can take years for a company to build a good reputation, and just one misstep to ruin it. Businesses lose a positive image for a variety of  reasons: bad customer service, shoddy merchandise,...
John Harrington
4 days ago

American Politicians With the Most Fake Social Media Followers
Social media has given politicians an online bullhorn to express their opinions while amassing thousands and sometimes millions of followers. However, as with famous people in other walks of life,...
John Harrington
1 month ago

Facebook to Hammer Workers Again
Facebook is preparing to lay off thousands more of its workers in April and May.
Douglas A. McIntyre
1 month ago

FTC Fines Teladoc's BetterHelp Service $7.8 Million for Misusing Customer Mental Health Data
Counseling therapy service BetterHelp, which is owned by Teladoc, was fined a relatively light $7.8 million for revealing confidential customer data to websites the company advertised with.
Paul Ausick
3 months ago

Twitter Can Win Back Advertisers
To dodge a disaster that could destroy it financially, Twitter must regain lost ad revenue.
Douglas A. McIntyre
3 months ago

Before the Bell: House Committee Set to Recommend Charges Against Trump, Musk Voted Out at Twitter
The week before Christmas is a busy one, and it starts off with a double bang.
Paul Ausick
5 months ago

Twitter Could Be a Major Success
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, paid $44 billion for Twitter last month. Most M&A and social media experts believe the decision will be among the...
Douglas A. McIntyre
6 months ago

New York Times Should Leave Twitter
If the Times takes news accuracy seriously, it will drop off Twitter until Twitter has proved it can monitor and control hate speech, bots and inaccurate tweets.
Douglas A. McIntyre
6 months ago

Apple Gets Out of Earnings Alive, Musk Owns Twitter and Friday Afternoon’s Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Friday’s additional top analyst upgrades and downgrades were on Axalta Coating Systems, Caterpillar, DigitalOcean, Edwards Lifesciences, First Solar, Gilead Sciences, Intel, Stanley Black & Decker,...
Chris Lange
7 months ago

Twitter Users Leave at an Alarming Pace
Twitter is losing its most active users, which presents new owner Elon Musk with a problem he may be unable to solve.
Douglas A. McIntyre
7 months ago

Why Snap Should Close and Sell Its Assets
Snap is worth more to shareholders dead than alive. It is time to give its investors their money back.
Douglas A. McIntyre
7 months ago

PayPal Backtracks on User Policy Change After Furor
PayPal may or may not have been trying to impose fines on its users for spreading misinformation. It's complicated.
Paul Ausick
7 months ago

Pelosi Flies, U.S. Buys: Analyst Upgrades or Downgrades include Intel, Kodiak Sciences, Pinterest, Snowflake, Teladoc and More
Tuesday's additional top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Cracker Barrel, Farfetch, Intel, Kodiak Sciences, Pinterest, Snowflake, Teladoc and more.
Chris Lange
10 months ago
Last Updated: 8 months ago

Mega-Thursday for Earnings Releases Off to a Bumpy Start 
After the Fed's interest rate announcement Wednesday, equities soared. Thursday will be the busiest day of the current earnings season with S&P 500 companies valued at nearly $7 trillion reporting...
Paul Ausick
10 months ago
Last Updated: 8 months ago

Meta Loses Investors $500 Billion
Meta Platforms, the oddly named parent of Facebook, posted its worst earnings in memory. Its shares now trade at $162, down from a 52-week high of $384.33. Its current market cap is $450 billion,...
Douglas A. McIntyre
10 months ago
Last Updated: 8 months ago