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Why a second Apple spaceship will be landing in Sunnyvale
Nathan Donato-Weinstein, who covers real estate for the Silicon Valley Business Journal, has the scoop: Apple has signed a deal to occupy a second spaceship-like building in Sunnyvale, Calif., 3 miles...
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Is the global economy heading for recession?
As far as economic expansions go, our’s is pretty long in the tooth. Since World War II, the average length of time between recessions is about 58 months. With the current cycle clocking in at 81, it’s...
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Amazon earnings: Maybe investors aren’t obsessed with short-term gains?
Is short-termism the scourge of capitalism? If you asked 100 people I suspect you'd get 95 yeses. But I'm a skeptic of that view, and Amazon's earnings report on Thursday reinforces, surprisingly, the...
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Apple was supposed to get killed in China last quarter
Remember what happened to Apple when it reported its third-quarter earnings last July? Despite a sharp increase in global sales and profits, traders the next day wiped $40 billion off Apple’s market...
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What if the Twitter growth everyone is hoping for never comes?
After Twitter’s stock performance TWTR in the past few months--it has fallen by more than 40% since May--you might think all the bad news was priced into the shares. But you would be wrong. The...
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Why Apple Is Grabbing Huge Parcels of Land in Silicon Valley
The conventional wisdom on Wall Street is that Apple’s days as a high-flying growth company are over. It doesn’t look that way on the ground. According to the Silicon Valley Business Journal, the...
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Hillary Clinton’s Plan Calls for $498 Billion in Taxes, Report Says
Hillary Clinton is going to have to answer questions about her tax plan in the coming day, as a new analysis claims Clinton’s plan will involves hundreds of billions of taxes and end up hammering...
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The End of Economic Growth in America
The health of global economy has not been so uncertain since the end of the Great Recession. China’s growth rate is slowing, stock markets in Europe and the U.S. are suffering from losses and higher...
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Why Two-Thirds of the Fastest-Growing Companies Fail
Hundreds, maybe thousands, of aspiring entrepreneurs will show up this month at the SXSW festival in search of funding for their startups. Some will succeed and go on to create fast-growing, promising...
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Digital Media Is Like Driving in the Dark at 100 MPH With No Headlights
There’s been much talk in the media sphere this week about BuzzFeed and its financial health or lack thereof. Among other things, insiders have whispered about layoffs or downsizing--something the...
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Netflix Is Walking a Tightrope with Investors, and One Foot Just Slipped
It’s not easy being the king. In Netflix’s case, being the most popular streaming-video service means that expectations for the company are sky-high--and so is the share price. When you trade at those...
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Line, the Biggest Tech IPO of the Year, Struggles to Show its Growth Plan Can...
In delaying its IPO by two years, Japanese messaging app company Line bought time to correct weak financial reporting controls, work on its business plan, bolster staffing--and left billions of dollars...
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Snapchat Needs to Figure Out How to Serve Both the Youngs and the Olds
More than almost any other mobile app, Snapchat has developed a reputation for being difficult to use, especially for those over the age of 35--something that many blame on the video sharing app’s...
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The Difference Between Growth and Greed
Whenever I hear New Age business gurus preach that corporate America's obsession with growth is all about greed - that CEOs should be more focused on making customers and employees happy than making...
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What China’s Promising Service Sector Growth Means for the Economy
China’s services sector grew at the strongest pace in four months in October as new business picked up, encouraging companies to hire more workers, a private survey showed. The figures were first...
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Chinese Inflation Grows at Fastest Rate in Six Months
China’s consumer inflation rate grew at its fastest pace in six months in October as food prices rose, while producer prices accelerated to a near-five year high, exceeding expectations. The consumer...
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Singapore’s Exports Slump as Trump Factor Raises Recession Risk
Singapore’s exports in October contracted sharply as sales to major markets fell, raising the risk of a recession in the trade-dependent economy amid heightened uncertainty around global trade in the...
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This War-Torn Country’s Economy Is Expected to Grow by 7.2% This Year
War-torn Iraq may slowly become a hot spot for investor capital. According to CNBC, citing data from the World Bank, Iraq’s economy is expected to grow by 7.2% this year, more than twice the average...
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Ericsson Sees Sales Lift From Telecoms and Media Consolidation
Ericsson sees more tie-ups between telecom operators and media companies after AT&T’s planned acquisition of Time Warner, offering some hope for the no-growth telecom equipment gear maker, its...
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This Is Facebook’s Biggest Challenge Heading Into 2017
As 2016 draws to a close, Facebook looks to be in a pretty fantastic spot. Revenues are at $25 billion and growing strongly--as is the company’s 1.7 billion user base--and the stock has never been...
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