March 19, 2018
Facebook Data Scandal Tanks Stock Market
Following a technology stock sell-off led by Facebook, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted in afternoon trading on Monday (March 19), at one point declining over 400 points. According to...
March 19, 2018
Facebook To Launch Subscription Service To Help Creators Make Money
Aiming to take on YouTube in the content market, Facebook is gearing up to launch a new subscription feature to help creators make money. Recode reported that starting in the...
March 19, 2018
EU And Tech Firm Taxes Dominate Regulatory Landscape
Tax season, indeed. The regulatory landscape was dotted with news out of Europe centered on the way that tech firms do business — and how they’re taxed. First, the way...
March 19, 2018
The Curious Case For Breaking Up Tech Giants
There’s no question that the world’s weather patterns are undergoing a massive change. In the last few months alone, we’ve seen snow in Rome and three powerful nor’easters in Boston in...
March 19, 2018
How Affirm Wants To Push ‘Honest Financing’ Into Physical Retail
Despite the nearly continuous drumbeat of doom and gloom from the world of physical retail, there is, according to Affirm CRO Rob Pfeifer, something of a curious side phenomenon unfolding at...
March 19, 2018
China To Ban Use Of Transportation By Citizens That Committed...
China is reportedly using its social credit system to prevent people who have committed crimes such as spreading fake news about terrorism or creating problems on flights from riding on...
March 19, 2018
Amazon Adds Former FDA Head To Its Healthcare Team
Amazon has added another high-profile healthcare executive to its roster, with reports that the eCommerce giant has recruited a former U.S. Food and Drug Administration head. Citing a source with...
March 18, 2018
Mergers of old-media titans miss the point
By Rana Foroohar It is rather amazing that two huge US companies looking to cut an $85bn merger are looking like underdogs. But as AT&T and Time Warner go head...
March 18, 2018
EU: EC to decide on Apple’s Shazam deal next month
Competition regulators in the European Union will decide by 23 Apr whether to green light Apple’s acquisition of Shazam, or whether a more detailed four month investigation into the deal...
