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Facebook Tracker: A Tale Of Two Stock Prices
Retail // August 28, 2017

Facebook tries out third-party Marketplace deals from eBay, an automated news aggregator, and veteran executive Andrew Bosworth in the leading role of its new consumer hardware department. Plus, in light of sinking stock prices, Forbes says long-term investors should be very optimistic, and Seeking Alpha...

Reserve Acquisition Brings Payments Into App
Mobile Commerce // April 04, 2016

The restaurant reservation app Reserve has picked up another tab, as it were. On Friday (April 1), the company announced — via a blog post written by CEO Greg Hong — that it has acquired the mobile dining app Dash. In explaining what drove Reserve to...

NCR Stocks Soar As Talks of Takeover Emerge
Acquiring // June 17, 2015

ATM manufacturer NCR Corp. (NCR) seems to be responding to its shareholders’ recent calls to go on sale. Blackstone and Carlyle, the world’s two largest private equity firms, are joining forces to acquire NCR, reports Reuters. The buyout is said to be more than $10...

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Facebook’s Smart Speakers Fiona and Aloha’s Launch Pushed To October

April 24, 2018
Facebook’s launch of its smart speakers has reportedly been pushed back until the fall. According to Digi Times, mass production on the two smart speakers — codenamed Fiona and Aloha — will still begin in June as planned. However, the order volumes for this year have been cut by around 20 percent, and the official […]

Reserve Acquisition Brings Payments Into App

April 04, 2016
The restaurant reservation app Reserve has picked up another tab, as it were. On Friday (April 1), the company announced — via a blog post written by CEO Greg Hong...

NCR Stocks Soar As Talks of Takeover Emerge

June 17, 2015
ATM manufacturer NCR Corp. (NCR) seems to be responding to its shareholders’ recent calls to go on sale. Blackstone and Carlyle, the world’s two largest private equity firms, are joining...