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Stifel downgrades Alphabet on rising competition from Amazon

Steve Marcus | Reuters A man walks through light rain in front of the Hey Google booth under construction at the Las Vegas Convention Center in preparation for the 2018 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 8, 2018. Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is facing more business threats from …

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YouTube CEO warns of ‘consequences’ for creators who misbehave

PG | Bauer-Griffin | GC Images Logan Paul is seen on August 08, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Wojcicki did not refer to the Logan Paul incident directly, but said that the misbehavior of some creators could put the broader YouTube community in a negative light. “While these instances are …

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Bitcoin’s January struggles may hold clues for the near future

After bitcoin’s struggles last month, several analysts see other digital coins gaining ground in a cryptocurrency world that is trying to mature. Bitcoin tumbled 28 percent in January amid a widespread sell-off that saw just a third of the 15 largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization rise for the month, according …

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Apple sold 77.3 million iPhones in December quarter

Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook (L) takes a picture with David Casarez (R) who just purchased the new iPhone X at an Apple Store on November 3, 2017 in Palo Alto, California. Apple’s earnings are out and the company said it sold 77.3 million iPhones during …

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Broadcom said to view Qualcomm earnings as concerning: sources

George Rose | Getty Images People crowd into the Qualcomm booth to view a series of new products during the annual Consumer Electronics Show on January 4, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Broadcom is said to view Qualcomm’s recent earnings report as concerning, though it is still expected to raise …

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Goldman gets less bullish on Nvidia due to cryptomining exposure risk

Rick Wilking | Reuters Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, shows the NVIDIA Volta GPU computing platform at his keynote address at CES in Las Vegas, January 7, 2018. The volatility inherent in the cryptocurrency mining business is making a top Wall Street firm slightly less bullish on Nvidia. Goldman Sachs …

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Alibaba revenue jumps 56%; the China retail giant also buys stake in Ant Financial

Aly Song | Reuters Jack Ma, Chairman of Alibaba Group, and actor Nicole Kidman attend a show during Alibaba Group’s 11.11 Singles’ Day global shopping festival in Shanghai, China, November 10, 2017. Alibaba, China’s biggest e-commerce company, reported a 56 percent increase in third-quarter revenue, beating analysts’ expectations as the …

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Jack Dorsey’s Square launches bitcoin trading for Cash app users

Louis Ascui | Fairfax Media | Getty Images Jack Dorsey, CEO of Square Nearly all users of Square’s Cash payments app can now buy and sell bitcoin on the platform, CEO Jack Dorsey announced Wednesday. The service will not be available for customers in New York state, Georgia, Wyoming and …

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SoftBank buys majority stake in Line’s mobile division

Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Takeshi Idezawa, chief executive officer of Line Corp., speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan SoftBank has entered an agreement with Japan’s most popular messaging service Line to acquire a majority stake in the company’s mobile business. Line Corp, which is dual-listed …

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Japan’s Line Corp to offer cryptocurrency trading, loans and insurance

Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images Characters from the Line messaging app are displayed inside Line Corp.’s LINE Friends Harajuku store on July 11, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese messaging service Line Corp is expanding its reach into financial technology, or fintech, with a new company that offers a cryptocurrency exchange, …

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