Month: August 2018

The vanishing-message app keeps stumbling over its redesign. …read more […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin made a flying visit to Austria to attend the wedding of the country’s foreign minister Saturday before heading to Berlin for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Austrian authorities imposed tight security measures around the site of the ceremony near the southern border with Slovenia, where Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl married her partner Wolfgang Meilinger, a businessman. Kneissl, an independent, was nominated by the pro-Russia Austrian Freedom Party, whose leaders also attended the wedding. …read more […]

Lampert’s ESL hedge fund is interested in buying the Kenmore brand and Sears’ home-improvement business for nearly $500 million. But that’s not enough cash to keep Sears Holdings alive for very long. …read more […]

McDonald’s, Starbucks, and Constellation Brands stocks have all taken hits in recent months. Are any of them buys? …read more […]

Microsoft Corporation develops, licenses, and supports software, services, devices, and solutions worldwide. Microsoft’s insiders have divested from 442.88k shares in the large-cap stock within the past three months. It isRead More… …read more […]

Costco is one of three stocks listed here that can help reduce the volatility in your portfolio. …read more […]

Its post-earnings plunge seems like a great buying opportunity. …read more […]

A recent study by the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia, came to a remarkable conclusion…

The study attempted to model and forecast the volatility of bitcoin returns and analyze its correlation to other markets.

Using statistics and machine learning, the study found, “The correlation analysis of bitcoin returns and the financial indices, particularly DJIA for the U.S. market and ASX for the Australian market and the exchange rate of AUD/USD, has shown the bitcoin price movement does not follow any of these instruments.”

In layman’s terms, the price of bitcoin is not correlated to stock market moves or the value of other …read more […]

The ranks of forgotten Republicans are growing. Some were forced out, such as Tim Pawlenty, a former two-term Minnesota governor who lost this week’s bid for a political comeback. Some, such as the retiring Republican Sen. Bob Corker, chose to leave on their own. …read more […]

A report that Apple is developing a chip to process data from its health and wellness sensors comes as no surprise. …read more […]

A recent U.S. government report indicates just how far multifaceted China is when it comes to stealing American intellectual property and government secrets. …read more […]

Kofi Annan, one of the world’s most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. Annan spent virtually his entire career as an administrator in the United Nations. During his tenure, Annan presided over some of the worst failures and scandals at the world body, one of its most turbulent periods since its founding in 1945. …read more […]

A couple of gems from the retailer’s management show the company’s strategy is succeeding. …read more […]

The tech titan could be reaching an inflection point. …read more […]