May 02, 2018
Apple Beats On Earnings Despite Sluggish iPhone Shipments
After weeks of speculation, falling stock prices and an analyst undercurrent that yesterday’s earnings report might mark the beginning of the end for the iPhone X due to weak sales, Apple’s results...
May 01, 2018
Stripe Gives Atlas LLC Capabilities
Stripe, the digital payment company, pushed forward on its diversification strategy Monday (April 30) with the announcement that it is expanding its Atlas service, which it launched two years ago...
May 01, 2018
Investors Eye Apple’s Services Amid Slowing iPhone Sales
As Apple heads into its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday (May 1), some investors are looking for the company to address its slow growth in services and its large stockpile...
April 30, 2018
The Quiet Sea Change At QVC
QVC Home shopping used to mean something quite different in the United States than it does today. In the pre-digital, pre-web and pre-Amazon world, shopping at home meant shopping from...
April 30, 2018
Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?
Benjamin Franklin is best remembered as a signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and a prolific inventor who created the lightning rod after flying a kite with a...
April 30, 2018
China’s Smartphone Market Hits 5-Year Low In Q1
China’s smartphone market saw its largest decline in terms of shipments during the first quarter as competition heated up, pushing Apple into fifth place. Canalys, the market research firm, reported last week...
April 30, 2018
T-Mobile And Sprint Finalize $25B Merger
Sprint and T-Mobile have agreed on a $26 billion merger — the third time that the two companies have tried to combine forces in recent years. According to The Wall...
April 30, 2018
Data Dive, Reset Button Edition: Zelle, LendingClub and MoviePass
Hitting “reset” has been the top-line news item globally this week. North Korea and South Korea are progressing toward a formal end to the Korean War, 65 years after hostilities were discontinued...
April 27, 2018
Amazon’s Marketplace Struggles With Mislabeled Goods
While Amazon has spent years looking into counterfeit and otherwise mislabeled goods, the company continues to face the challenge of overseeing its own eCommerce platform. Through Amazon’s Marketplace, The Guardian...