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Google Pay gains support for event tickets and boarding passes
Google has unveiled some new Google Pay tools and features, including support for both event tickets and boarding passes. Until now, Google Pay only worked with loyalty cards and offers. The announcements were made at Google’s annual I/O developer conference in Mountain View, California. Google announced in January that it was combining Andro…Read More
Stocks Overcome Tech Weakness to Post Gains
Global stock markets edged up, even as technology shares continued to suffer on the back of concerns that the sector will face greater government scrutiny going forward.
Dow, S&P 500 Lose Steam After Six Sessions of Gains
Falling shares of Walmart pulled the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 lower Tuesday, snapping a six-session winning streak for the indexes.
Global Stocks Poised for Weekly Gains
Global stocks continued to climb, putting major benchmarks around the world on track for large weekly gains as they rebounded from a rocky start to the month.
“Factor investing” gains popularity
RETAIL investors tend to dream of finding a wonder stock—a Netflix or Apple that will multiply their savings many times over. But institutional investors cannot commit too much capital to one individual company. Instead, they hope to pick the right kind of stocks, a broadly based group that will beat the market. Two or three […]
U.S. Stocks Rebound, on Pace for Monthly Gains
U.S. stocks rebounded Wednesday following their worst two-day stretch in months, lifted by the latest round of corporate earnings.
Theatre Royal Haymarket sale: After #MeToo, all-female group's takeover bid gains momentum
It was announced earlier this month that the venue’s 68-year lease is to go on sale, with the freehold currently owned by the Crown Estate. Bossy, the group set up by Jonna Blode Hanno and Laura Thomasina Haynes, boasts 13000 members on Facebook and set up a crowdfunding campaign in a bid to take over […]
Tencent Software Beats Go Champ, Showing China’s AI Gains
China is making a national push in artificial intelligence. A program from one of its biggest internet companies, Tencent, just beat a world champion at Go. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a679956d55cec366c9ba15d/master/pass/TencentCEO-FeatureArt-689243576.jpg
Net neutrality suit gains support from tech’s biggest companies
Just one day after Ajit Pai’s FCC released the text of its order to gut net neutrality, a lobbying group that represents the largest tech companies in the world has decided to take legal action. The Internet Association represents companies like Amazon, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Twitter and other heavy hitters. It will join an existing […]
