Square (NYSE: SQ) surprised investors on Monday, when the company announced a new register, designed entirely by Square. The point-of-sale hardware marks an important shift for the company. Not only does it give the Square its first high-end checkout product, but it’s also the company’s first hardware that doesn’t need […]
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Guess How Much the Netflix Library Is Worth?
It’s no secret that Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is spending a boatload of cash on content, as the company stocks its library with award-worthy shows and builds out its international presence. The company expects to spend between $7 billion and $8 billion on programming in 2018. Continue Reading Below That content library […]
How Trump could pardon trio arrested in special counsel’s probe
A trio of arrests stemming from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election raises questions about whether President Donald Trump could pardon the three men and whether it would make sense for him to do so. A federal grand jury issued an indictment Friday […]
Tony Podesta steps down from lobbying group amid Mueller investigation
Tony Podesta, the brother of Hillary Clinton‘s former campaign chairman John Podesta, has stepped down from his namesake lobbying group citing the current news environment, according to a source familiar with the situation. Tony Podesta is viewed as one of the most prominent Democratic lobbyists in Washington. His firm, the […]
Oreo maker Mondelez’s results beat on gains from Europe, Latin America
FILE PHOTO: Freshly-baked Oreo cookies pass along a conveyor belt at a Kraft Foods’ factory in Suzhou, Jiangsu province May 30, 2012. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo October 30, 2017 (Reuters) – Mondelez International Inc <MDLZ.O> beat Wall Street’s profit and revenue estimates in the third quarter as demand for its key […]
Facebook: Russia-linked posts distributed to 126M users
Facebook says a Russian group posted more than 80,000 times on its service during and after the 2016 election, potentially reaching as many as 126 million users. The company plans to disclose these numbers to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the testimony. The […]
Facebook says 126 million Americans may have seen Russia-linked political posts
A 3D-printed Facebook like button is seen in front of the Facebook logo, in this illustration taken October 25, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration October 30, 2017 By David Ingram WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc <FB.O> said on Monday that Russia-based operatives published about 80,000 posts on the social network over a […]
Protesters disrupt Polanski retrospective after new rape allegations
Feminist protesters gather outside the Cinematheque Francaise to demonstrate upon the appearance of director Roman Polanski at an event organised by Cinematheque Francaise in Paris, France, October 30, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau October 30, 2017 By Lucien Libert PARIS (Reuters) – Protesters have disrupted the opening of a retrospective of Roman […]
Woman killed when 12-year-old boy jumps off highway overpass
A 12-year-old boy who police said jumped off a highway overpass in an attempted suicide took the life of a young woman instead. Marisa Harris, 22, was headed eastbound on Interstate 66 near the Cedar Lane overpass at around 4:15 p.m. when the boy came crashing down onto her 2005 […]
The Rule Breakers Guide to Cryptocurrencies: Why Bitcoin and Blockchain Are Transformative
On this week’s Rule Breakers podcast, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner takes on a topic that he’s never hit before, but that plenty of his listeners want to hear about from him: cryptocurrencies. To answer their questions about bitcoin, Ethereum, blockchain technology, and more, he’s enlisted the help of Fool […]