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AWS announces new blockchain services at re:Invent

Andy Jassy, CEO Amazon Web Services, speaks at the WSJD Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S., October 25, 2016. Even as cryptocurrencies are getting crushed, Amazon sees plenty of opportunity with blockchain technology. The company said on Wednesday that it’s introducing two new services, including a managed blockchain offering, …

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Boeing shares up as crash investigators probe possible Lion Air maintenance errors

AZWAR IPANK | AFP | Getty Images Members of the search team lift part of the landing gear of the ill-fated Lion Air flight JT 610 during search operations at sea off the coast from Karawang on November 5, 2018. Boeing shares rose Wednesday after a preliminary report from Indonesia …

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Ford cuts shifts at factories in Kentucky and Michigan, but keeps jobs

Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images An employee works on a Ford Expedition sports utility vehicle on the assembly line at the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Kentucky. Ford is cutting a shift at two of its plants, but the automaker’s avoiding layoffs by moving workers to other …

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai to testify for House Judiciary Committee

Stephen Lam | Reuters Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks on stage during the annual Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2018. Google CEO Sundar Pichai is expected to testify in front of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. to discuss …

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Amazon will be off all Oracle databases by end of 2019, says AWS chief

Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services, speaks at the WSJDLive Global Technology Conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., on Oct. 25, 2016. By the end of this year, almost all of Amazon’s databases that ran on Oracle will be on an Amazon …

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China tariffs have not hurt U.S.-made BMW SUV sales one bit

Luke Sharett | Bloomberg | Getty Images A worker applies final touches on a Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) sports utility vehicle (SUV) on an assembly line at the BMW Manufacturing Co. plant in Greer, South Carolina, U.S. on Thursday, May 10, 2018.  China’s import taxes on U.S.-made cars have …

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Apple stock history shows rout continuing

Apple shares have lost more than quarter of their value in less than two months but one of Wall Street’s top analysts on the stock explained why history is against a turnaround any time soon. “Sell-side estimates have only been revised downwards by -0.8% so far, and history suggests that …

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Volatility charts suggest now is the time to buy into stocks

After inspecting the charts of the Cboe Volatility Index — a market measure sometimes referred to as the “fear gauge” or the VIX — volatility expert Mark Sebastian thinks that the market could soon exit its bearish phase. Stocks have been trading choppily since early October, mainly on uncertainty surrounding …

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Salesforce earnings Q3 2019

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Marc Benioff, chairman and co-CEO of Salesforce, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco on Sept. 25, 2018. Salesforce shares rose in extended trading on Tuesday after the cloud software company reported fiscal third-quarter results that …

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Waymo taps former NTSB chair to oversee safety of self-driving fleet  

T.J. Kirkpatrick | Bloomberg | Getty Images Deborah Hersman, president and chief executive officer of the National Safety Council, at a National Highway Transportation Safety Administration conference in Arlington, Virginia, Oct. 5, 2016.  Waymo, the Alphabet subsidiary on the cusp of launching the first autonomous rideshare service in the U.S., …

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