(Source: imgflip) The stock market just had its worst week since the correction began, with the S&P 500 (SPY), Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA), and Nasdaq (QQQ), falling 5.6%, 5.9%, and 7.3%, respectively. SPY Price data by YCharts This means… Continue Reading
BEIJING (Reuters) – Executives from Apple Inc and IBM Corp have called for more oversight on how personal data is used following the Facebook Inc breach that saw roughly 50 million users’ data misused by consultancy Cambridge Analytica. Apple CEO… Continue Reading
I have talked with hundreds of people about starting a business. People often tell me would love to start a business–then follow up with a list of reasons why they aren’t able to take the first step. From “I’m not… Continue Reading
If you’ve been looking to open or add to a position on the highly valued stock of Facebook (FB) at a not-too-heavy price point, your opportunity might have just arrived in a limousine – red carpet and all. But the… Continue Reading
Murderer’s Row Photo Credit Murderers’ Row was the nickname given to the first six hitters in the 1927 Yankees team lineup for their formidable batting averages. What happened? Opening arguments begin tomorrow in the AT&T (T)/Time Warner (TWX) antitrust trial.… Continue Reading
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom said on Tuesday he has filed an application for former U.S. President Barack Obama to appear in court in relation to a damages claim over his defunct Megaupload streaming website while Obama visits… Continue Reading
(Reuters) – Chinese video streaming service provider iQiyi Inc, a unit of search engine giant Baidu Inc (BIDU.O), has launched an initial public offering in New York worth up to $2.4 billion, seeking to expand its range of content. A… Continue Reading
In a recent appearance at SWSX, Elon Musk explained that he’s not a big fan of business plans. Instead, he works at the visionary level and leaves the operational details to others. I’ve known other successful entrepreneurs who work that… Continue Reading
Source: Berkshire’s annual letter A few days ago, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) (BRK.B) released its annual report. Markel Corporation (MKL) has not published it yet, but it released its full year results. As the readers of Warren Buffet’s letters already know,… Continue Reading
By the Sure Dividend staff Kinder Morgan (KMI) has been a favorite dividend growth investment for many retail investors, until the company cut its payout by three quarters two years ago. After two years of low payouts, during which the… Continue Reading
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese auto parts supplier Denso Corp (6902.T) is buying an additional 4.5 percent stake in chipmaker Renesas Electronics (6723.T) in a deal worth $800 million based on market prices, as car makers accelerate the adoption of self-driving… Continue Reading
YOKKAICHI, Japan (Reuters) – Toshiba Corp (6502.T) expects the sale of its $18 billion memory chip business to be completed by June at the latest, if not by an agreed deadline of the end of March, as it awaits antitrust… Continue Reading
Rethink Technology business briefs for March 6, 2018. The CFIUS letter makes clear that security concerns are not “theater” Broadcom CEO Hock Tan, source: Broadcom. Broadcom (AVGO) has characterized the delay in the Qualcomm (QCOM) shareholder meeting as …a blatant,… Continue Reading
Two years ago, Tang Xin had never set foot in Mexico and didn’t know a word of Spanish. While his grasp of the language hasn’t improved much since then, he has built one of the country’s hottest apps. Noticias Aguila,… Continue Reading
The dream before you take the leap to become a full-time entrepreneur is to have “work-life balance.” I remember back when I was working my 9-5, a little over a year ago. I had to commute an hour to work… Continue Reading
I wrote recently about the husband and wife team out of Michigan who figured out how to game the lottery, and walked away with almost $27 million over the course of nine years. But it turns out there’s a greater… Continue Reading
Lists ranking the world’s wealthiest people are delusional. At best, they provide estimates of financial net worth. At worst, they don’t provide the proper framework to understand wealth. True wealth isn’t just based on dollar amount. It is based on… Continue Reading
Coinbase will send some of its customer’s data to the IRS in the coming weeks. In an email dated Feb. 23, the cryptocurrency exchange informed around 13,000 users that it would be providing information—albeit in “certain limited categories”—to the Internal… Continue Reading