U.S. stocks continue to tumble, sinking by “8.1% at the open, triggering a 15-minute trading halt;” “Brent crude sank below $30 a barrel;” treasuries surged despite major moves from the Federal Reserve; and market sentiment...more
3/16/2020
/ Airlines ,
Amazon ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Tech ,
Bitcoin ,
Bonds ,
China ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Economic Downturn ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Grocery Stores ,
Oil Prices ,
Price Gouging ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Retailers ,
Stock Prices ,
Trump Administration ,
Whole Foods
Stocks rebounded with the S&P 500 making gains for the second time in three days and 10-year Treasury yields fell below 1%; analyst suggest the market upswing was caused, in part, by the Democratic primary results showing...more
3/4/2020
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cannabis-Related Businesses (CRBs) ,
CEOs ,
Chrysler ,
Class Action ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Dismissals ,
Fiat ,
Financial Markets ,
General Electric ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Indexing ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment Fraud ,
Negligent Misrepresentation ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Resignation ,
S&P ,
Securities Fraud ,
Startups ,
Stock Prices ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Token Sales
Boeing Co.’s 737 MAX aircraft face continued problems from “potentially hazardous wiring.” European regulators want the manufacturer to relocate some of the wiring to prevent “potential short circuit[s], which in a worst-case...more
2/3/2020
/ Aircraft ,
Airplane Accidents ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Aviation Industry ,
Boeing ,
CEOs ,
China ,
Corporate Taxes ,
EU ,
Facebook ,
Global Economy ,
Google ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Infectious Diseases ,
International Travel ,
Job Applicants ,
Mexico ,
Motor Vehicles ,
Multinationals ,
Office Space ,
On-Demand Services ,
Online Advertisements ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
Safe Harbors ,
Search Engines ,
Sharing Economy ,
Tax Liability ,
Travel Ban ,
Uber
Malware goes commercial. Last year, Jeff Bezos’ phone was hacked after he received a message on WhatsApp containing a line of malware code. The incident has shed light on the malware, aka spyware, industry. Companies sell...more
1/23/2020
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automotive Industry ,
Business Valuations ,
Climate Change ,
Crude Oil ,
Data Breach ,
Economic Downturn ,
Elon Musk ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Markets ,
Foreign Markets ,
Fuel Supply ,
Global Market ,
Hackers ,
Hiring & Firing ,
IBM ,
Interest Rates ,
Jeff Bezos ,
Lost Wages ,
Malware ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
Physicians ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Reinstatement ,
Retaliation ,
Risk Management ,
Social Media ,
Spyware ,
Tariffs ,
Teaching Hospitals ,
Tesla ,
US Trade Policies ,
Volkswagen ,
WhatsApp ,
Whistleblowers
BlackRock Inc. will sell out of all companies “that get more than 25% of sales from thermal coal.” This threshold, however, won’t affect larger, diversified miners—which includes some of the biggest coal shippers....more
1/14/2020
/ Airbus ,
Aircraft ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Data ,
Boeing ,
Books ,
Casinos ,
China ,
Cloud Computing ,
Coal ,
Coal Industry ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
DNA ,
Dow Jones ,
E-Commerce ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Contractors ,
Financial Markets ,
Hospitality Industry ,
India ,
Infrastructure ,
Investment Trust Companies ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Life Sciences ,
MGM ,
Microsoft ,
Motion To Enjoin ,
Pentagon ,
Popular ,
Publishers ,
Real Estate Investments ,
REIT ,
Sears ,
Stock Prices ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies ,
Wells Fargo
Facebook wages a war on misinformation. On Monday, Facebook announced it will start removing videos altered by artificial intelligence that are likely to mislead people into thinking that a subject of the video made...more
1/7/2020
/ Air Pollution ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Arrest Warrants ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automotive Industry ,
Big Data ,
Blackberry ,
China ,
Corporate Financing ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Deep Fake ,
Environmental Policies ,
Financial Markets ,
Foreign Policy ,
Foreign Relations ,
General Motors ,
Hewlett-Packard ,
IKEA ,
Imports ,
Information Technology ,
Intel ,
Iran ,
Lost Sales ,
Motor Vehicles ,
Nissan ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
Perjury ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
Qualcomm ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Retail Sales ,
Risk Management ,
Sales Tax ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Social Media ,
Stock Prices ,
Stream of Commerce ,
Takeovers ,
Tariffs ,
Tesla ,
Trade Negotiations ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trade Wars ,
Treasury Markets ,
Trucking Industry ,
Trucking Regulations ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
Video Recordings ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wrongful Death ,
Xerox
The White House will again slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Argentina and Brazil in an apparent reaction to “massive devaluation” of currencies in both South American nations....more
12/2/2019
/ Aircraft Equipment ,
Algorithms ,
Aluminum Sales ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automotive Industry ,
Brazil ,
Brick-and-Mortar Stores ,
China ,
Chrysler ,
Cyber Monday ,
Employment Contract ,
Energy Projects ,
EU ,
Excavation ,
Export Bans ,
Exports ,
Fiat ,
Foreign Trade Regulations ,
General Electric ,
Google ,
Huawei ,
Human Rights ,
Imports ,
Infrastructure ,
Internet Retailers ,
Jeff Bezos ,
Labor Relations ,
Life Sciences ,
Manufacturers ,
Microchip Technology ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
Online Advertisements ,
OPEC ,
Pipelines ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Retail Market ,
Retailers ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Search Engines ,
Social Media ,
Software ,
Steel Industry ,
Takeovers ,
Targeted Digital Advertising ,
Tariffs ,
UAW ,
Unions