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Subscriber Losses Hammer TV Providers’ Stocks
Rising prices for traditional TV bundles are increasingly driving customers away from traditional TV. AT&T said it lost 90,000 video subscribers in the U.S. in the third quarter, a steeper drop than the same period last year.... More of this article »
Qualcomm Faces Hefty Antitrust Fine In Taiwan
Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) has been given a NT$23.4 billion ($774.14 million) antitrust fine in Taiwan. The Taiwan Fair Trade Commission said it levied the fine on Qualcomm for anti-trust violations of its chip technology. The Taiwanese... More of this article »
GM Invests In Lidar Technology With Strobe Purchase
General Motors (NYSE:GM) has announced it intends to purchase Strobe, a company specializing in laser-radar (Lidar) technology. Lidar technology is used to help self-driving cars identify objects at a distance by bouncing laser beams... More of this article »
Costco Offering New Delivery Options
Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) has announced the roll out of two grocery delivery services for its members. The move brings fresh produce, packaged goods, and other items straight to customers’ homes. One delivery option is Costco... More of this article »
Yahoo Updates Number Of Compromised Accounts
Yahoo has updated the number of accounted breached during a 2013 data theft. The company now says all 3 billion of its accounts were hacked, tripling its earlier estimate. Last December, Yahoo said that data from more than 1 billion... More of this article »
Whole Foods Price Cuts Attract New Customers
Whole Foods recently made headlines for cutting prices on a variety of popular grocery items. The company cut prices on items such as avocados, rotisserie chicken, and bananas on Aug. 28. However, the price cuts may not be producing... More of this article »
Equifax To Offer Free Credit Locking Service
Equifax (NYSE:EFX) has implemented new measures to make it easier for consumers to control access to their credit records. Equifax is implementing a new credit lock service that will be free for life. New Equifax Chief Executive Officer... More of this article »
Boeing Wins Ruling Against Bombardier Subsidies
The U.S. Commerce Department levied duties of nearly 220 percent on Canada’s Bombardier C Series aircraft sold in the United States. The Commerce department ruled that Bombardier was selling jets at artificially low prices in... More of this article »
Sleep Deprivation More Harmful Than You Think
A new book shows the effects of not getting enough sleep are much more serious than just a groggy state of mind. Matthew Walker, the director at University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Human Sleep Science, has released... More of this article »
Facebook Details Plans To Counteract Election Meddling
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) has made an announcement about its plans to ensure election integrity moving forward. CEO Mark Zuckerberg detailed the steps the company would be taking in a Facebook Live post. In the video, Zuckerberg said,... More of this article »
Pfizer Files Lawsuit Against Johnson & Johnson
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) has filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), accusing the company of anticompetitive practices. Pfizer claimed J&J was taking steps to block the sale of a drug called Inflectra, Pfizer’s... More of this article »
Walgreens To Make Modifications To Rite Aid Deal
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (NASDAQ:WBA) is reportedly planning to modify its agreement to buy Rite Aid Corp. (NYSE:RAD) stores to resolve outstanding antitrust concerns. The companies and the Federal Trade Commission are close to... More of this article »
Women Hit Google With Pay Discrimination Suit
A lawsuit has been filed against Google, accusing the company of discriminating against female employees on pay and promotions. The lawsuit claims, “Google has discriminated and continues to discriminate against its female employees... More of this article »
Dept. Of Transportation Releases New Self-driving Car Guidelines
Revised guidelines for automated driving systems have been released by the Department of Transportation. The new voluntary guidelines were announced by U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao during a visit to Mcity, a University... More of this article »
Petland Puppies Linked To Illness Outbreak
A multistate outbreak of Campylobacter infections has been traced to puppies sold at Petland pet stores. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that lab tests and epidemiological findings have linked the illnesses to Petland.... More of this article »
Digital Home Assistants Vulnerable To Secret Ultrasound Commands
Scientists from China’s Zheijiang University have published new research that demonstrates how voice-activated digital home assistants can be controlled using secret ultrasound commands. The researchers tested 16 voice control... More of this article »
HP Enterprise Beats Expectations For Fiscal Third Quarter
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (NYSE:HPE) reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings and revenue in its fiscal third quarter ended July 31. HPE said that it earned 31 cents a share for the quarter, which topped analysts’ forecasts... More of this article »
Hurricane Irma Alters Plans For Cruise Line Passengers
Hurricane Irma has intensified into a Category 5 storm, the highest designation, and is carrying winds of 180 mph. The storm is believed to be the strongest hurricane ever to hit the Atlantic outside the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.... More of this article »
1.4 Million More Suspect Accounts Add To Wells Fargo’s Woes
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE:WFC) has raised its estimate for how many bogus accounts employees may have created by nearly 70 percent. Wells Fargo said an internal review uncovered a total of 3.5 million potentially fraudulent bank... More of this article »
Uber To End Tracking After Rides
Uber Technologies Inc. is saying it will end a controversial policy of tracking some riders for five minutes after their trip ends. The policy has been under fire since it was introduced last November. An update to the app made then... More of this article »
Ford And Domino’s Pioneering Driverless Pizza Delivery
Ford Motor (NYSE:F) has announced plans to partner with pizza maker Domino’s (NYSE:DPZ) to test pizza delivery using self-driving cars. Russell Weiner, president of Domino’s USA, said, “We are delivery experts. This is where... More of this article »
Uber’s Search For New CEO Almost Over
Uber Technologies Inc.’s search for new chief executive may be nearly over. The ride-hailing company’s board is planning to vote on the choice shortly, according to people with knowledge of the process. Over the weekend, the eight... More of this article »
Amazon Reveals Plans For Whole Foods After Merger
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ:WFM) have announced a number of changes that will come with the closing of their merger. Amazon’s $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods will close on Monday August... More of this article »
IBM Announces Major Blockchain Collaboration
A group of leading retailers and food companies have announced a major blockchain collaboration with IBM (NYSE:IBM). The partnership includes ten leading retail and food companies; Nestlé, Walmart, Dole, Driscoll’s, Golden State... More of this article »
Education Department Makes Recommendation to End For-Profit College Accreditation
On Wednesday, the Obama administration proposed to terminate the ability of a more-than-a-century old accreditor to control some of the approximately $130 billion in federal funds that gets distributed to schools every year. Indeed,... More of this article »
Maryland Offering Annual Grants For 529 College Savings Plans
Many states have been taking action to help parents save money for their kids’ college educations through enrolling in 529 college savings plans. States, which typically sponsor the 529 plans, have been offering more income tax breaks... More of this article »
Kentucky, Los Angeles Act On Free Community College Plan
Debt is starting to become less of an issue for students looking at community college. In January of last year, President Barack Obama proposed two free years of community college, known as “America’s College Promise,” for students... More of this article »
More Millennials Questioning Whether College Is Worth The Cost
A series of recent surveys have shown that more millennials are questioning the value of a college degree when compared to the cost of earning it. Despite the benefits of college for graduates, only 34 percent of 25- to 29-year-old... More of this article »