Amazon a juggernaut? Quarterly sales and profit prove how indispensable tech giants have become to our society. In the midst of a pandemic, Big Tech mostly shows gains....more
8/3/2020
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Antitrust Violations ,
Arbitration ,
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cryptocurrency ,
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Data Breach ,
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Financial Markets ,
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Interest Rate Adjustments ,
Jeffrey Epstein ,
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Oil & Gas ,
Patent Infringement ,
Popular ,
Power Grid ,
Rape ,
S&P ,
Share Buybacks ,
SoftBank ,
TikTok ,
Twitter ,
Uber ,
United Airlines
Consumer spending at stores and auto dealerships increased in June, the second straight month, but the recent uptick in coronavirus cases could slow future growth....more
7/20/2020
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Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Breach ,
Data Storage ,
Dow Jones ,
Economic Growth ,
EU ,
Facebook ,
Financial Markets ,
Hackers ,
Nasdaq ,
Netflix ,
NFL ,
Oil & Gas ,
Personal Data ,
Russia ,
S&P ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Stock Prices ,
Twitter ,
Vaccinations
Gilead Sciences Inc. reports that its remdesivir virus treatment has been positively correlated with a 62% reduction in death risks compared with the standard of care in an initial analysis....more
7/13/2020
/ Clinical Trials ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Economic Growth ,
Financial Markets ,
Gilead Sciences ,
IEA ,
iPhone ,
Mobile Apps ,
Oil & Gas ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
S&P ,
Spotify ,
Stock Prices ,
Supply and Demand ,
Surveillance ,
Tesla ,
TikTok ,
Tinder
The Federal Reserve has “temporarily restricted shareholder payouts by the biggest banks,” preventing stock buybacks and barring increases in dividend payments in the third quarter. ...more
6/29/2020
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Bribery ,
Chapter 11 ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Dividends ,
Dow Jones ,
Driverless Cars ,
Economic Downturn ,
Fashion Industry ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Markets ,
Gap Inc ,
Kanye West ,
Microsoft ,
Nasdaq ,
Novartis ,
Oil & Gas ,
Restaurant Industry ,
S&P ,
Share Buybacks ,
Supply and Demand
Tesla sues to reopen its California factory; Elon threatens to move the company out of state. The company asked a federal judge to reopen the factory, arguing that the “local government’s insistence that it remain closed . ....more
5/12/2020
/ Airlines ,
Bitcoin ,
Business Closures ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Dow Jones ,
Elon Musk ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Nasdaq ,
Oil & Gas ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Stock Prices ,
Tesla
J.Crew filed for bankruptcy protection; the company’s lenders have agreed to “convert $1.65 billion . . . into equity.” Neiman Marcus Group Inc. and J.C. Penney are also on the bankruptcy path, already entering talks with...more
5/4/2020
/ Berkshire Hathaway ,
Blue Bell Creameries ,
Capital Markets ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Economic Downturn ,
Elon Musk ,
Embedded Tweets ,
Equal Pay ,
FDA Approval ,
Felonies ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food Contamination ,
Food Recalls ,
Food Supply ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
J Crew ,
Listeria ,
Market Manipulation ,
Oil & Gas ,
Patent Litigation ,
Soccer ,
Stock Prices ,
Stock Trades ,
Tesla ,
Tyson Foods ,
Warren Buffett ,
Workplace Safety
Big-Tech/Antitrust Update: the FTC has demanded information from Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Alphabet Inc. regarding acquisitions of small firms over the past 10 years that may have been...more
2/12/2020
/ Aircraft ,
Alphabet Company ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Apple ,
Big Tech ,
Child Abuse ,
China ,
Commodities ,
Corruption ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
EU ,
Facebook ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Futures ,
Germany ,
Huawei ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Microsoft ,
Nissan ,
Oil & Gas ,
Operation & Maintenance ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Sexual Violence Policies ,
Southwest Airlines ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Telecommunications ,
Television Broadcast Stations ,
Television Programming ,
Tourism ,
Trade Relations ,
Twitter ,
UK ,
Wall Street ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wireless Devices ,
Wireless Industry ,
Wireless Technology
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
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
Boeing’s 737 MAX faces an uncertain future. Boeing is considering at least a temporary halt to its 737 Max production “as regulatory clearance for the grounded jet’s return looks increasingly likely to slip beyond January...more
12/16/2019
/ Aircraft ,
Airplane Accidents ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Automation Systems ,
Banks ,
Boeing ,
Brokered Deposits ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
China ,
Competition ,
DuPont ,
Economic Damages ,
Facebook ,
FDIC ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FinTech ,
Fracking ,
Housing Market ,
Independent Audits ,
Investment ,
Mobile Apps ,
Oil & Gas ,
Personal Data ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Renault-Nissan ,
Social Media ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Wars ,
US Trade Policies
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