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Apple’s Rotten Truth
June 4, 2019 Great Stuff
Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) iTunes is dead. The iconic music software that helped drive iPod and iPhone sales is on the way out. Eighteen is such a young age to go. *Sniff* But it is a necessary death. iPhone sales have tanked for the past two quarters. Consumers just don’t see the point in paying more […]The FTC Investigates Big Tech Companies Google and Amazon
June 3, 2019 Great Stuff
Big Tech and the government … they see your every move. Now these two juggernauts of information are going head-to-head in classic trust-busting fashion. The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched two investigations into Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) — aka Google — for antitrust violations. Separately, The Washington Post said […]Friday Fallout Four-Play: Trump Tariff Tweets
May 31, 2019 Great Stuff
More tariffs are coming, and the market isn’t happy. Let’s get serious for a moment… Last night, President Trump tweeted that the U.S. will impose a 5% tariff on all imports from Mexico until the country stops illegal migrants crossing the border. What’s more, those tariffs could rise to as much as 25% by October if Mexico […]Molecules of U.S. Freedom
May 30, 2019 Great Stuff
I’m sorry … I just can’t stop laughing… “Freedom gas”! OK, breathe… This week … ahem … the Department of Energy (DOE), in all seriousness, rebranded natural gas with a more patriotic spin. In most aspects, it was your standard report on the health of the U.S. natural gas market. The government agency touted the development of […]Ain’t No Party Like an Alibaba Party…
May 28, 2019 Great Stuff
’Cause an Alibaba party don’t stop. Raising $25 billion on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 2014 wasn’t enough for Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA). BABA needs more bling. Over the weekend, Bloomberg reported that Alibaba is working to raise $20 billion in a second listing in Hong Kong later this year. According to the […]