Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) placed a big bet on the future of programmable chips by spending $16.7 billion to acquire Altera a couple of years ago. Chipzilla believed that Altera’s field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) would play a critical role in powering artificial intelligence (AI) solutions given their customizable nature. Continue Reading […]
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Consumer agency director resigns, names acting successor
NEW YORK – Richard Cordray, the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, tendered his resignation Friday and simultaneously named his own successor, setting up the consumer agency for another battle with the Trump White House over control of the powerful federal watchdog. Continue Reading Below Cordray had announced […]
Five “Choose Both” Stocks to Hold for the Next Three-Plus Years
On this week’s Rule Breakers podcast, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner picks another set of five stocks he recommends putting in your portfolio — this time, with the idea that they’ll be outperforming three or more years from now. His theme du jour: companies that offer you “and” instead of […]
Judge blocks Pennsylvania’s demand for $200M from insurer
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania’s cash-strapped state government has lost round one in its effort to shut down a state-created medical malpractice insurer of last resort if it does not hand over $200 million in reserves by Dec. 1. Continue Reading Below U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner this week granted a […]
Intel Corp.’s Gemini Lake May Have Been Delayed
On Sept. 28, 2017, website Gamers Nexus published what appeared to be an official document from Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) indicating that the chip giant intended to launch its next-generation low-cost personal computer processors, known as Gemini Lake, sometime between Oct. 23 and Nov. 7. Continue Reading Below The new processors […]
US appeals court orders halt on natural gas pipeline in Ohio
CLEVELAND – A city facing long odds of stopping section of a $2 billion natural gas pipeline from being built there was handed a victory this week when a federal appellate court issued an emergency order that temporarily halts the start of construction. Continue Reading Below The 6th U.S. Circuit […]
Is Bitcoin a Good Investment at Today’s High Price?
People who invest in bitcoin would be excused for disliking Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), who called the crytocurrency a “fraud” earlier this year and intimated that people who buy it are “stupid.” Continue Reading Below It wasn’t the best choice of words, if […]
How to Create a Post-Performance Review Hustle Plan
Maybe your performance review wasn’t as glowing as you were hoping it would be. Perhaps you’re new to your role or you just inherited some responsibilities to which you’re still getting acclimated. Maybe your division has gone through a reorg or there’s been a leadership change in your unit. Perhaps you’re feeling […]
S African company pulling out of natural gas to liquid fuels
NEW ORLEANS – Low oil prices and a volatile market are prompting a South African energy and chemical company to drop plans for an $11 billion to $14 billion U.S. plant to convert natural gas to liquid fuels and to pull out of Canadian shale. Continue Reading Below “Sasol will […]
US demands visits with oil executives jailed in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela – U.S. diplomats are demanding that Venezuela give them immediate access to jailed oil executives who hold American passports. Continue Reading Below The State Department said in a statement Friday that the U.S. Embassy in Caracas made the request to the government under international law. It follows this […]