Shares of Twilio were sharply lower on Tuesday afternoon after an announcement from Amazon saying that its Pinpoint system now allows users to trigger 2-way SMS messaging. Twilio fell 6.6 percent into the closing bell, though shares pared losses after hours. Amazon’s Pinpoint lets app managers “determine which push notifications …
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Trump defends handling of Puerto Rico’s hurricane recovery
Joshua Roberts | Reuters Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and U.S. President Donald Trump look over at each other as they hold a joint news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2017. President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his administration’s handling of …
Read More »The Federal Reserve doesn’t understand inflation causes: Larry Kudlow
Dake Kang | AP Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks at an economics conference, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Cleveland. In a speech delivered to the National Association for Business Economics in Cleveland, Yellen admitted that trends in employment and wage and price pressures have shifted from what central bank …
Read More »Review: ‘Bugs,’ Is a Culinary Adventure. Insects Never Looked so Yummy.
Photo Ben Reade in the documentary “Bugs.” Credit Kino Lorber If an enterprising restaurateur is eager to grill up some insects and make a mint in the West Village, the time has never been riper. “Bugs,” an entertaining and eye-opening documentary from Andreas Johnsen, will send moviegoers out with a …
Read More »Facebook, NFL partner to offer recaps of every game on the site
Getty Images Ty Montgomery of the Green Bay Packers celebrates with fans after scoring a touchdown during the third quarter against the Seattle Seahawks at Lambeau Field on September 10, 2017 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Facebook will soon host official NFL content, including recaps of every regular season and playoff …
Read More »Senate will not vote on Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal bill
Aaron P. Bernstein | Reuters Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks with reporters ahead of the party luncheons on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2017. But Tuesday’s decision to table the bill is the latest in a series of embarrassments for Republican leaders who have repeatedly failed to convince …
Read More »Trump blasts ‘so-called Republicans’ who doomed Obamacare repeal
Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., talks with reporters in the Capitol after the Senate Policy luncheons on September 19, 2017. A “disappointed” President Donald Trump on Tuesday blasted several “so-called Republicans” whose opposition to a controversial Obamacare repeal bill likely dealt it …
Read More »This tech stocks drop is different and could mean market decline ahead
Large-cap technology shares including the FANG basket crushed the market this year and drove hedge fund performance. But with the technology stalwarts faltering, what does that mean for the stock market? “Some FANG stocks such as Amazon and Google/Alphabet have seen weakness before but usually it’s been company-specific and not …
Read More »After Equifax hack, SEC Jay Clatyon ‘we are constantly under attack’
Zach Gibson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jay Clayton, chairman of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Equifax, a consumer credit rating company, recently revealed that the credit records of some 143 million individuals were exposed. Disclosure of the incident wasn’t made public for weeks after it was discovered. The company’s …
Read More »Yayoi Kusama, Queen of Polka Dots, Opens Museum in Tokyo
No surprise there: Last spring, when Ms. Kusama’s work was exhibited at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, the show attracted record numbers of visitors who stood in long lines for the chance to spend 20 or 30 seconds in each mirrored room. Continue reading the main story …
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