ST. LOUIS – Amid ongoing protests reinvigorated by the acquittal of a white former police officer in the death of a black suspect, several African-American faith and civic leaders in St. Louis announced details of an economic boycott campaign Thursday as the busiest retail period of the year approaches. Continue […]
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Apple CEO Cook breathes new life into old iPhones
By delivering solid financial results that beat Wall Street’s expectations for both revenues and profits on Thursday, Apple CEO Tim Cook put to rest concerns that the company’s flagship device, the iPhone X, wouldn’t be ready in time for the holiday shopping season. Continue Reading Below But beneath the headline […]
Scrappy Venezuela newspaper drops print edition
CARACAS, Venezuela – A scrappy, independent newspaper in Venezuela that never shied from fights with the country’s powerful socialist leaders circulated its last print edition Thursday, but its staff of reporters and editors aren’t declaring defeat. Continue Reading Below Launched in 2000 by a former leftist guerrilla fighter, Tal Cual […]
Why Intel Corp. Isn’t Manufacturing the Google Pixel Visual Core
A little while back, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) subsidiary Google announced its new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones, which target the premium portion of the smartphone market. Continue Reading Below One particular feature that has received a lot of attention is the chip inside of these phones called […]
Nintendo Beats Earnings Expectations and Raises Full-Year Profit and Switch Targets
Nintendo (NASDAQOTH: NTDOY) reported second-quarter and half-year earnings on Oct. 30, delivering revenue and earnings that topped the average analyst estimate. Quarterly sales of roughly $1.9 billion came in well ahead of the average analyst estimate of $1.53 billion, and operating profit of $210 million beat the average analyst estimate […]
Venezuela says it will seek to restructure foreign debt
CARACAS, Venezuela – President Nicolas Maduro announced Thursday that he will begin restructuring Venezuela’s foreign debt, calling it the best way to get around U.S. financial sanctions that he said are crippling the oil-dependent nation. Continue Reading Below But in a sign that he may be trying to avoid an […]
Popular news sites Gothamist, DNAinfo shut down abruptly
Two popular New York City news sites and their satellites in Chicago, San Francisco and elsewhere were shut down a week after their New York staffs voted to unionize. Continue Reading Below Joe Ricketts, the billionaire CEO of DNAinfo and founder and former chief executive of what is now TD […]
Shopify’s Sales Surge 72%
Every 90 seconds, an entrepreneur makes their first sale on Shopify‘s (NYSE: SHOP) platform. And with more people launching their own businesses every day, the multi-channel commerce company is enjoying booming demand for its services, as evidenced by its strong third-quarter results. Continue Reading Below Shopify results: The raw numbers […]
Starbucks to launch credit card, sell Tazo; sales disappoint
NEW YORK – Starbucks announced deals Thursday to sell its Tazo tea brand to Unilever and launch a credit card with Chase. But the coffee chain also reported disappointing fourth-quarter sales growth at stores around the world, and its shares fell more than 3 percent in after-hours trading. Continue Reading […]
TV audience for Astros-Dodgers down from Cubs-Indians
LOS ANGELES – The Houston Astros’ seven-game World Series win over the Los Angeles Dodgers averaged 18.9 million viewers on Fox, down 19 percent from the 23.4 million average for the Chicago Cubs’ seven-game victory over Cleveland last year for their first title since 1908. Continue Reading Below The total […]