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Cisco stock heads for worst day in more than a decade as China shutdown blamed for poor outlook
Cisco Systems Inc. shares were on track for their worst day in more than a decade Thursday, as analysts voiced…
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Bot Problem Is Fake News
With his professed concern about fake accounts on Twitter, TWTR -2.79% Elon Musk appears to be grasping at legal straws…
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Anthem Looks to Fuel AI Efforts With Petabytes of Synthetic Data
Anthem Inc.’s chief information officer says he is working with Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud to create a synthetic data platform…
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Tech Giants Want to Own Your Summer Vacation
One thing not in short supply right now are product announcements in the online travel sector. Over the past two…
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Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘cannot move forward’ without more data on spam bots
“This deal cannot move forward until he does.” That was Elon Musk in an early Tuesday tweet, where the Tesla…
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Why are investors so jittery about streaming?
Therese Poletti writes the Tech Tales column for MarketWatch. Jeremy Owens is MarketWatch’s technology editor and San Francisco bureau chief…
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Marriott Rolls Out Media Network That Lets Brands Reach Travelers on Its Apps and TV Screens
Marriott International Inc. is introducing a media network this month with Yahoo Inc. that will help advertisers target consumers, in…
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Elon Musk says $44bn Twitter deal is on hold
Elon Musk said his deal to buy social media platform Twitter is on hold because of pending calculations over spam and…
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Regulators are investigating Elon Musk’s late disclosure of his Twitter stake
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are investigating Elon Musk’s late disclosure last month of his sizeable stake in Twitter, according to…
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WSJ News Exclusive | Elon Musk’s Belated Disclosure of Twitter Stake Triggers Regulators’ Probes
WASHINGTON—Federal regulators are investigating Elon Musk’s late disclosure last month of his sizable stake in Twitter Inc., TWTR -2.48% according…
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Elon Musk says he would remove Twitter’s ban on Donald Trump
Elon Musk said he would reverse Twitter ban on former President Donald Trump. “I do think that it was not…
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Tech stock rout sees Tiger Global lose $17bn
The hedge fund Tiger Global has lost roughly two-thirds of the cumulative gains it has made for investors since its…
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Here’s the case for buying Netflix’s stock now
Netflix Inc. has become a value stock — a bargain, according to Charles Lemonides, chief investment officer at ValueWorks in…
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Shopify to Buy E-Commerce Fulfillment Specialist Deliverr for $2.1 Billion
Shopify Inc. has agreed to buy U.S. fulfillment specialist Deliverr Inc. for $2.1 billion in a cash-and-stock deal, as the…
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Binance pledges $500m as Elon Musk gets $7bn in fresh funding for Twitter takeover
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has committed $500m in financing to help Elon Musk buy Twitter. The firm is…
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Digital-Advertising Giants Are Coming Back to Earth After Pandemic Boom
The supercharged advertising growth that some of the world’s largest technology companies reported during the pandemic is decelerating. A round…
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Twitter investor slams Elon Musk’s $44bn offer: ‘This is someone who wants to buy himself a toy’
Twitter shareholders are unconvinced that Elon Musk’s $44bn takeover bid is the best possible deal, with some claiming the price offered…
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Elon Musk says he plans to take Twitter public
Elon Musk, who has agreed to take Twitter private in a $44bn deal, has told potential investors he could return…
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Facebook Struggles With E-Commerce as Meta Looks to Revamp its Ads Business
Facebook FB -0.42% parent Meta Platforms Inc. FB -0.42% developed e-commerce services in 2020 as people shopped more from home…
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Netflix’s Battle for Asian Subscribers Pits It Against Rich Rivals, Hundreds of Local Upstarts
When Netflix Inc. NFLX 5.39% recently disclosed it had suffered its first subscriber pullback in a decade, only one region…
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Why did Elon Musk mock Twitter’s top legal boss with a meme?
Elon Musk, whose takeover bid for Twitter was accepted two days ago, continued to use the site to criticize executives…
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Pentagon Taps Lyft’s Machine-Learning Chief
The Defense Department has named a Silicon Valley veteran to fast-track the development of artificial-intelligence capabilities to be used by…
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Google Sales Growth Expected to Continue Despite Broader Economic Concerns
Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOG -2.75% is expected to report strong sales growth despite global economic turmoil, propelled by digital…
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Dow falls over 400 points as stock market fails to build on Monday bounce ahead of megacap tech earnings
U.S. stocks fell sharply Tuesday, failing to build on the previous session’s intraday bounce, as investors sifted through a raft…
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Durable-goods orders snap back in March — and so does business investment
The numbers: Orders at U.S. factories for long-lasting goods such as computers and cars rose 0.8% in March and business investment…
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Twitter Accepts Elon Musk’s Offer to Buy Company in $44 Billion Deal
Twitter Inc. TWTR 5.66% on Monday accepted Elon Musk’s bid to take over the company, which would give the world’s…
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Twitter accepts $44bn takeover offer from Elon Musk
Twitter on 25 April accepted Elon Musk’s bid to take over the company, giving the world’s richest man control over the influential social…
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Musk would pay $54.20 a share, sources say, as Twitter buyout edges closer
Twitter shares rose 5% premarket on 25 April, after Reuters said the social media site is set to accept Tesla…
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Musk says his $47bn Twitter bid is ‘not a way to make money.’ That bothers critics
So Elon Musk was serious about his bid for Twitter. Given his erratic record and cryptic statements since his stake…
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Therese Poletti: Are you sharing a Netflix password? Not for long
Therese Poletti writes the ‘Tech Tales’ column for MarketWatch After an unprecedented downturn in subscriber growth in the first quarter,…
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Why Elon Musk should turn to Twitter investors to help his $46bn bid
Maybe Elon Musk should turn to Twitter investors to help his $46.5bn bid for the company. One possibility is that…
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U.S. stock futures sink, suggesting more losses Monday
After sharp losses Friday, Wall Street is poised for more declines as stock-index futures slid Sunday night. Dow Jones Industrial…
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WSJ News Exclusive | Twitter Re-Examines Elon Musk’s Bid, May Be More Receptive to a Deal
Twitter Inc. TWTR 3.93% is re-examining Elon Musk’s $43 billion takeover offer after the billionaire lined up financing for the…
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Zappos Names Amazon Executive as Its First CMO
Zappos.com Inc. has named Amazon executive Ginny McCormick as its first chief marketing officer in its 23-year history. Ms. McCormick…
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U.S. Taps Industrial and Cyber Firms for Help Amid Warnings of Russian Hacks
The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday added several industrial and cybersecurity firms to a program aimed at thwarting hacks…
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Elon Musk says he has lined up $46bn to fund Twitter deal
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk said he has lined up $46.5bn to fund his bid for Twitter, answering the…
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Elon Musk says he has received funding commitments for Twitter buyout and is exploring tender offer
Funding secured? Elon Musk confirmed in a Thursday filing that he was “exploring whether to commence a tender offer” for…
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How Meta Platforms Fell Behind in Indian Mobile Payments
Mark Zuckerberg has pinned his hopes on commerce to save his business from stagnating user engagement and decelerating advertising revenue…
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Bill Ackman dumps hedge fund’s stake in Netflix
Billionaire investor William Ackman said his hedge fund sold its stake in Netflix on 20 April, implying a loss of about $400m,…
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Madison Avenue Loves the Idea of a Netflix With Ads
The advertising industry welcomed Netflix Inc.’s NFLX -35.12% decision to explore offering a lower-priced ad-supported version of its service, a…
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Augmented Reality Is What’s in Store for Commerce
Augmented reality could completely change how you shop, but don’t expect it to dramatically change where you do it. For…
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Netflix stock drops 30% as analysts question strength of model
Netflix shares were on course for their worst day in nearly a decade after the streaming giant reported that it lost subscribers in…
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These 20 highly rated stocks are expected to rise at least 70% over the next year
A sliding stock market means many companies are on sale, which spells opportunity for investors with investment horizons of several…
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Apollo weighs backing bid for Twitter
Apollo Global Management is considering participating in a bid for Twitter, according to people familiar with the matter, after Elon Musk’s $43bn bid…
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U.S. stock futures fall headed into big earnings week
U.S. stock-index futures fell Sunday, ahead of a big week of earnings reports. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.38%…
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Tesla Stock Drops After Elon Musk Offers to Buy Twitter. This Is Why.
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered to buy the social- media…
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Musk reversal muddles the path ahead for Twitter
Elon Musk’s surprise decision not to join Twitter’s board gives the social media company less control over its largest shareholder, paving the…
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Elon Musk’s Twitter investment sets up new fight with regulators
Elon Musk has set the stage for a new fight with the Securities and Exchange Commission, this time over how he…
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Elon Musk has already made more than $1 billion on his Twitter stock
Elon Musk has a lot to thank Twitter Inc. investors for, as he has already made more than $1 billion…
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Elon Musk takes seat on Twitter board after upping stake
Twitter said it would appoint Tesla chief executive Elon Musk to its board of directors a day after he disclosed a 9.2% stake in the social-media company.…
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