Amazon a juggernaut? Quarterly sales and profit prove how indispensable tech giants have become to our society. In the midst of a pandemic, Big Tech mostly shows gains....more
8/3/2020
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American Airlines Group Inc. stated that it plans to pledge its loyalty program “as collateral for a $4.75 billion government loan as it seeks to shore up capital to manage through the coronavirus pandemic.” The company...more
6/15/2020
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American Airlines ,
Apple ,
Automotive Industry ,
Bid Protests ,
Capital Markets ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
DoorDash ,
EU ,
Excessive Noise ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
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First Amendment ,
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Law Enforcement ,
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S&P ,
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Sonos ,
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Google cut costs by rescinding offers to more than 2,000 contract workers due to the strains of the pandemic....more
6/1/2020
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Capital Markets ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Charter Communications ,
Comcast ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Dow Jones ,
Driverless Cars ,
Google ,
GrubHub ,
Independent Contractors ,
Investment Portfolios ,
Joint Task Force ,
Layoffs ,
Nasdaq ,
OSHA ,
Popular ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
S&P ,
Samsung ,
Silicon Valley ,
SoftBank ,
Trump Administration ,
Uber ,
Viacom ,
Workplace Safety
Stocks rebounded with the S&P 500 making gains for the second time in three days and 10-year Treasury yields fell below 1%; analyst suggest the market upswing was caused, in part, by the Democratic primary results showing...more
3/4/2020
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Cannabis-Related Businesses (CRBs) ,
CEOs ,
Chrysler ,
Class Action ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Dismissals ,
Fiat ,
Financial Markets ,
General Electric ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Indexing ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment Fraud ,
Negligent Misrepresentation ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Resignation ,
S&P ,
Securities Fraud ,
Startups ,
Stock Prices ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Token Sales
Wells Fargo & Co. agreed to pay a total of $3 billion to resolve criminal and civil investigations by the DOJ and SEC. Wells Fargo admitted “that it took millions in wrongful fees and interest, misused customer information...more
2/24/2020
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Audi ,
Boeing ,
Capital Markets ,
China ,
Cloud Computing ,
Competition ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Culture ,
Corruption ,
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Crude Oil ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Employee Misconduct ,
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EU ,
Futures ,
Gold ,
Google ,
Huawei ,
Intuit ,
Investment ,
Layoffs ,
Marijuana ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
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SoftBank ,
Sprint ,
T-Mobile ,
Wells Fargo ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wireless Technology ,
World Health Organization
On Tuesday, a U.S. federal tax court began hearing arguments regarding Facebook’s 2010 tax bill. The IRS valued Facebook at $13.8 billion, while Facebook reported only $6.5 billion. The final tally could potentially cost...more
2/19/2020
/ #MeToo ,
Airbus ,
Beverage Manufacturers ,
Boeing ,
Business Valuations ,
Cell Phones ,
Clorox ,
Commodities ,
Competition ,
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Dish Network ,
Dismissals ,
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EU ,
Facebook ,
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General Mills ,
Grocery Stores ,
Huawei ,
Investor Protection ,
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IRS ,
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Marketing ,
Mobile Apps ,
Natural Resources ,
NDAA ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Rare Earth Metals ,
Retail Market ,
Rolls-Royce ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Tax Liability ,
Telecommunications ,
Water
Big-Tech/Antitrust Update: the FTC has demanded information from Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Alphabet Inc. regarding acquisitions of small firms over the past 10 years that may have been...more
2/12/2020
/ Aircraft ,
Alphabet Company ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Apple ,
Big Tech ,
Child Abuse ,
China ,
Commodities ,
Corruption ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
EU ,
Facebook ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Futures ,
Germany ,
Huawei ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Microsoft ,
Nissan ,
Oil & Gas ,
Operation & Maintenance ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
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Sexual Violence Policies ,
Southwest Airlines ,
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Telecommunications ,
Television Broadcast Stations ,
Television Programming ,
Tourism ,
Trade Relations ,
Twitter ,
UK ,
Wall Street ,
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Wireless Devices ,
Wireless Industry ,
Wireless Technology
Boeing Co.’s 737 MAX aircraft face continued problems from “potentially hazardous wiring.” European regulators want the manufacturer to relocate some of the wiring to prevent “potential short circuit[s], which in a worst-case...more
2/3/2020
/ Aircraft ,
Airplane Accidents ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Aviation Industry ,
Boeing ,
CEOs ,
China ,
Corporate Taxes ,
EU ,
Facebook ,
Global Economy ,
Google ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Infectious Diseases ,
International Travel ,
Job Applicants ,
Mexico ,
Motor Vehicles ,
Multinationals ,
Office Space ,
On-Demand Services ,
Online Advertisements ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
Safe Harbors ,
Search Engines ,
Sharing Economy ,
Tax Liability ,
Travel Ban ,
Uber
Apple stock has surged over the past year, but consumers are divided over the stock price’s future. Apple’s software services and hardware products create an identity crisis that impacts the company’s future valuations....more
1/28/2020
/ 5G Network ,
Alphabet Company ,
Apple ,
Attorney General ,
Automotive Industry ,
China ,
Chrysler ,
Data-Sharing ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Earnings Reports ,
Facebook ,
Fashion Industry ,
Fiat ,
Financial Markets ,
Foreign Relations ,
Futures ,
Heinz ,
Huawei ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Kraft ,
Mergers ,
Mobile Apps ,
Peugeot ,
Pharmacies ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
Samsung ,
Search Engines ,
Social Media ,
Stock Prices ,
Trump Administration ,
UK ,
US Trade Policies ,
Video Recordings ,
Vine
Malware goes commercial. Last year, Jeff Bezos’ phone was hacked after he received a message on WhatsApp containing a line of malware code. The incident has shed light on the malware, aka spyware, industry. Companies sell...more
1/23/2020
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automotive Industry ,
Business Valuations ,
Climate Change ,
Crude Oil ,
Data Breach ,
Economic Downturn ,
Elon Musk ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Markets ,
Foreign Markets ,
Fuel Supply ,
Global Market ,
Hackers ,
Hiring & Firing ,
IBM ,
Interest Rates ,
Jeff Bezos ,
Lost Wages ,
Malware ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
Physicians ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Reinstatement ,
Retaliation ,
Risk Management ,
Social Media ,
Spyware ,
Tariffs ,
Teaching Hospitals ,
Tesla ,
US Trade Policies ,
Volkswagen ,
WhatsApp ,
Whistleblowers
BlackRock Inc. will sell out of all companies “that get more than 25% of sales from thermal coal.” This threshold, however, won’t affect larger, diversified miners—which includes some of the biggest coal shippers....more
1/14/2020
/ Airbus ,
Aircraft ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Data ,
Boeing ,
Books ,
Casinos ,
China ,
Cloud Computing ,
Coal ,
Coal Industry ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
DNA ,
Dow Jones ,
E-Commerce ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Contractors ,
Financial Markets ,
Hospitality Industry ,
India ,
Infrastructure ,
Investment Trust Companies ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Life Sciences ,
MGM ,
Microsoft ,
Motion To Enjoin ,
Pentagon ,
Popular ,
Publishers ,
Real Estate Investments ,
REIT ,
Sears ,
Stock Prices ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies ,
Wells Fargo
Facebook wages a war on misinformation. On Monday, Facebook announced it will start removing videos altered by artificial intelligence that are likely to mislead people into thinking that a subject of the video made...more
1/7/2020
/ Air Pollution ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Arrest Warrants ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Automotive Industry ,
Big Data ,
Blackberry ,
China ,
Corporate Financing ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Deep Fake ,
Environmental Policies ,
Financial Markets ,
Foreign Policy ,
Foreign Relations ,
General Motors ,
Hewlett-Packard ,
IKEA ,
Imports ,
Information Technology ,
Intel ,
Iran ,
Lost Sales ,
Motor Vehicles ,
Nissan ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Prices ,
Perjury ,
Popular ,
Public Health ,
Qualcomm ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Retail Sales ,
Risk Management ,
Sales Tax ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Social Media ,
Stock Prices ,
Stream of Commerce ,
Takeovers ,
Tariffs ,
Tesla ,
Trade Negotiations ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trade Wars ,
Treasury Markets ,
Trucking Industry ,
Trucking Regulations ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
Video Recordings ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wrongful Death ,
Xerox