A man browsing the channel selections on TV at his home in Las Vegas. Getty Images In 1996, Bill Gates said “content is king,” and his words became a truism in the media and telecommunications industry. But over the last ten years, it turned out that content distributors — AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and Netflix —
The Technology Select Sector ETF, the XLK, is up over 3.5% in the past week. The rally in technology stocks earned the sector another record high on Monday, and history suggests the winning streak will continue through the end of the year. Coming into December, many investors were fearful about a big market drop, a
An aerial photo shows Boeing 737 MAX aircraft at Boeing facilities at the Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington, September 16, 2019. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Boeing will still burn more than $1 billion a month even after halting 737 Max production, according to J.P. Morgan. Boeing’s decision to stop suspend production of
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on small business at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S, on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. Kevin Dietsch | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Supreme Court will determine next year whether investigators may finally get a glimpse at President Donald Trump’s tax returns. The court said on
Getty We often think of successful entrepreneurs as fanatical types — often young — dreaming up brilliant ideas and then taking them to market. But would you believe that over 70% of the most transformative innovations in the past 30 years came from corporate employees known as intrapreneurs? That’s what business strategist Kaihan Krippendorff discovered
Close up detail of George Washington’s portrait on the U.S. $1 note. Getty Most Americans like the wealth tax – 63%, according to The New York Times. That comfortable majority includes 77% of Democrats and more than half of all Republicans. “Men and women like it,” observed the Times. “So do the young and the old. The proposal
The new March of Dimes headquarters in Crystal City, VA is designed by Wingate Hughes Architects. Elliott O’Donovan ARLINGTON, VA—Amazon isn’t the only big name company taking up residence in northern Virginia. The national nonprofit, March of Dimes, recently moved its headquarters from White Plains, New York to Crystal City, Virginia, to be closer the
The merger of International Flavors & Fragrances and DuPont’s nutrition and biosciences unit will create a company with double the research and development of any of its rivals, DuPont’s chairman said. “This creates the global leader across all the ingredients spaces. It’s the broadest portfolio by far, and we’ll have double the R&D of any
An employee fits a battery pack under a Tesla Model S automobile on the final assembly at the Tesla Motors Inc. factory Jasper Juinen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Credit Suisse thinks Tesla‘s focus on its electric vehicle batteries, both in development and production, is a key advantage for Elon Musk’s company over other automakers.
Drazen | Getty Images For many people, it’s a call they’re not expecting. An unknown caller tells you that your Social Security number has been suspended or cancelled. If it happens to you, it’s likely the latest iteration of a robocall scam the IRS warned individuals about earlier this year. Still other calls try to