Home / 2018 / May (page 30)

Monthly Archives: May 2018

New Relic and Twilio soared after reporting sales that beat estimates.

Brendan McDermid | Reuters Jeff Lawson, (C) Founder, CEO, & Chairman of Communications software provider Twilio Inc., takes a selfie photo during his company’s IPO on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 23, 2016. Shares of software vendors New Relic and …

Read More »

Trump’s Iran nuclear deal pullout may reopen sanctions war with Europe

“There are critical differences between where we are today and where we were then,” said Amos Hochstein, who coordinated Iran oil sanctions for the Obama administration. “The first and most important is that Europe is not following with their own embargo, their own sanctions on energy, which means that for …

Read More »

Oops! Mike Pompeo refers to North Korean leader Kim as ‘Chairman Un’

U.S. Government | Reuters A U.S. government handout photo released by White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders shows U.S. Central Intelligence (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, North Korea in a photo that Sanders said was taken over Easter weekend 2018. …

Read More »

Sturm Ruger shareholders approve proposal for gun-maker to report on risks of its business

Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images A revolver sits on display in the Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. booth on the exhibition floor of the 144th National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meetings and Exhibits. Shareholders have won a vote at Sturm Ruger & Co. requiring one of the nation’s …

Read More »

Amazon launches Amazon Experience Centers controlled by Alexa

Rex Curry | Reuters Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, speaks at the George W. Bush Presidential Center’s Forum on Leadership in Dallas, Texas, April 20, 2018. Amazon wants to show you how much you can rely on its Alexa voice assistant to control everything in your home, from thermostats to …

Read More »

Chip stock Micron to rally nearly 35 percent on ‘exceptional’ cloud computing demand: Morgan Stanley

Kai Pfaffenbach | Reuters A booth of Micron Technology at an industrial fair in Frankfurt, Germany. Micron shares will thrive this year due to strong demand from several technology markets, according to one Wall Street firm. Morgan Stanley reiterated its overweight rating for Micron shares, citing its sales growth from …

Read More »

China’s ZTE says main business operations have ceased due to US ban

Paul Hanna | Reuters People at ZTE’s booth during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 27, 2017. ZTE’s main business operations have ceased due to a ban imposed by the U.S. government, but the Chinese firm is trying to have the ban modified or reversed, it said in exchange …

Read More »

Primary election results in Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, North Carolina

Getty Images Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Don Blankenship speaks at a town hall meeting at West Virginia University on March 1, 2018 in Morgantown, West Virginia. The first major round of primary elections took place Tuesday, with stakes for control of the House and Senate after November’s midterm elections. …

Read More »

Secretary of State Pompeo heading back from North Korea with 3 released prisoners

U.S. Government | Reuters A U.S. government handout photo released by White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders shows U.S. Central Intelligence (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, North Korea in a photo that Sanders said was taken over Easter weekend 2018. …

Read More »

Zuckerberg invests in blockchain to keep Facebook relevant

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg is highly adept at addressing Facebook’s greatest threats. He spent $1 billion on Instagram because that’s where young people were posting photos. After getting rebuffed by Snapchat, he shelled out a …

Read More »