DJ Koh, president and CEO of Samsung Electronics, shakes hands with Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, at a launch event for the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 smartphone in New York on August 7, 2019. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Samsung Electronics and Microsoft are bringing back the walkie-talkie. On Sunday, Samsung introduced the Galaxy XCover […]
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Trump tells Iranian protesters that he stands with them and warns Tehran: ‘The world is watching’
President Donald Trump announces proposed rollbacks to the National Environmental Policy Act regulations during an event in Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, January 9, 2020. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump expressed solidarity with Iranian protesters as they took to the streets of Tehran over the weekend, after the Islamic Republic […]
Dell targets financial traders with launch of giant computer monitor
The enduring image of a trading floor is a cacophonous gaggle of men yelling to buy and sell stocks and other securities. But these days, trading floors are more likely to be dominated by batteries of screens — some desks are equipped with several different displays for a financial terminal, news alerts, tickers, instant messages, […]
These 5 analysts won the decade with their stock picks
In what felt like the blink of an eye, the decade has come and gone. Following the public market’s worst ten-year performance since the Great Depression, the 2010s witnessed the longest bull run in history. Beginning the charge forward in March 2009, the latest bull market reached a record length of 129 months in December. […]
More brands are leaving Amazon, but the strategy could backfire
A growing number of brands are deciding they no longer need Amazon. Earlier this week, Ikea became the latest brand to cut ties with Amazon when it said it would not to continue a pilot program that began in 2018. The Swedish retailer joined the likes of Nike, Birkenstock and PopSockets, which decided selling on […]
How to export Apple Card transactions into a spreadsheet
Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces Apple Card during a launch event at Apple headquarters on Monday, March 25, 2019, in Cupertino, California. Noah Berger | AFP | Getty Images The Apple Card was designed to be loaded into a user’s iPhone, with spending history living inside the Wallet app and transaction data arranged in a […]
How Amazon, Google, others are fighting ‘porch pirates’
Package theft is at an all-time high, with 1.7 million packages stolen or lost every day in the U.S., according to researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. As Amazon drives more shopping online, Prime members say they receive on average 51 packages a year, and one in three Americans report having at least one package stolen, […]
Amazon fires employees for leaking customer email addresses and phone numbers
A worker handles a package at the Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore, Maryland, April 30, 2019. Clodagh Kilcoyne | Reuters For the second time in a week, Amazon has acknowledged that its employees improperly accessed customer data. The company notified customers Friday that it fired several employees after they shared customer email addresses and phone […]
Microsoft has taken strides to make Surface devices easier to repair
Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., speaks during the unveiling of the Surface Pro 3 at an event in New York on May 20, 2014. Jin Lee | Bloomberg | Getty At Microsoft’s annual hardware event in October, product chief Panos Panay wanted to show the audience just how easy it is to […]
The stock market has not been this richly valued or avidly loved in two years
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., January 10, 2020. Brendan McDermid | Reuters In late January 2018, Wall Street reached the moment of “peak happiness,” which marks the highest levels of valuation, investor confidence, financial liquidity and risk appetites achieved during this decade-long bull market. […]
