Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., pauses during a Bloomberg event on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft said Thursday that its annual Build developer conference in Seattle, set to run from May 19-21 will […]
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Make the best of being home due to coronavirus closures
From quarantines to working remotely, precautions are being taken across the U.S. in response to the spread of coronavirus. If you find yourself stuck at home, there are ways to make the best of a bad situation, according to “Shark Tank” investor Daymond John. “You have to make sure that you take that time to […]
Google tells all North American employees to stay home
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google Inc., speaks during the Google I/O Developers Conference in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google is telling all of its North American employees to stay home until at least April 10, as the COVID-19 coronavirus spreads. […]
Dow 2-day drop totals 1,910, Kudlow doesn’t help, Cramer stays away
This is a live blog. Check back for updates A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States, on Feb. 24, 2020. Photo by Wang Ying | Xinhua | Getty 4:01 pm: Dow drops 3%, bringing 2-day point loss to 1,910 Major averages slid on Tuesday, accelerating Monday’s sharp […]
Google reaches a settlement with state attorneys general
Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, December 11, 2018. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Google has reached a settlement with state attorneys general over outside consultants hired to work on the states’ antitrust investigation, CNBC has learned. The settlement means that potential […]
Google pregnancy discrimination case under investigation by EEOC
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, speaks to the media before the opening of the Berlin representation of Google Germany in Berlin on January 22, 2019. Carsten Koall | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has opened an investigation into Google for pregnancy discrimination against an employee, according to materials […]
Why EBITDA earnings are used by so tech companies like Uber and Yelp
Warren Buffett (L), CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and Vice Chairman Charlie Munger attend the 2019 annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 3, 2019. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images In Uber’s earnings report last week, the acronym EBITDA showed up 42 times. Pinterest used it 25 times the same day. The term showed […]
AnitaB.org CEO Brenda Wilkerson interview
AnitaB.org CEO Brenda Wilkerson is trying a different approach to diversity in Silicon Valley. Brenda Wilkerson is disappointed with Silicon Valley’s repeated diversity failures, and says time is running out. Nearly two years ago, the former computer programmer and entrepreneur took the CEO role at AnitaB.org, a non-profit organization named after famed computer scientist Anita […]
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey San Francisco comments a warning sign
Jack Dorsey attends the cocktail party hosted by Chrome Hearts X Jordan Barrett at La Maison Du Caviar in Paris, France. Victor Boyko | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images When Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told investors this week that he’s planning for a future with a more distributed workforce, his Bay Area peers could […]
Snowflake valued at $12.4 billion as Salesforce Ventures invests
Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman, far right, addresses the team at an all-hands meeting. Courtesy of Snowflake Snowflake, a developer of cloud-based technology for storing and analyzing data, is now worth $12.4 billion, making it one of the most valuable venture-backed companies in Silicon Valley. Salesforce’s corporate venture arm joined Dragoneer Investment Group in the $479 […]
