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Morris Mark: Buying Growth at a Discount Price
Barron's - 3 Sep 2016 07:33
Mark thinks Amazon could be worth up to $1,200 a share. He also likes Toll Bros., Schwab, Activision.
VR adoption among Steam users has crashed to a halt
Venture Beat - 3 Sep 2016 01:45
The hot days of summer have not led to gamers looking for an escape in virtual reality. The number of new HTC Vive owners on Steam grew only 0.3 percent in July and was flat in August, according to a survey (via Reddit) ...
Finding 9% Yields in a Beaten-Down Asset Manager
Barron's - 3 Sep 2016 06:58
Artisan Partners Asset Management has suffered big outflows this year--but it still generates a healthy cash flow.
Barron's Survey: Strategists Say Beware the Bear
Barron's - 3 Sep 2016 07:08
Stocks could tread water for the rest of the year--or even fall. Wall Street's top strategists also predict only modest gains in 2017.
Looking to invest in cloud? Brexit has changed the rules
Venture Beat - 3 Sep 2016 16:15
GUEST: It's too early to say what the long-term impacts of Britain's split with the European Union will look like for investors. But while the June 23 referendum sent a shudder through the global investment community, so...
Amazon, Apple, Google support Microsoft in legal fight for disclosures of government data access
Venture Beat - 3 Sep 2016 04:33
(Reuters) – Technology, media, pharmaceutical and other companies, along with major corporate lobbying groups, filed legal briefs on Friday in support of a Microsoft lawsuit that aims to strike down a law preventing co...
Gas prices at 12-year low in time for Labor Day weekend
CBSNews - 3 Sep 2016 06:00
Thanks to falling fuel costs, here's some news for holiday motorists to get "pumped" about
United's New Talent
Barron's - 3 Sep 2016 07:56
J. Scott Kirby, who has been president of American Airlines since its merger with U.S. Airways in 2013, is now president of United.
Labor market momentum slows with 151,000 jobs added in August
Washington Post - 3 Sep 2016 07:08
The unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.9 percent
John McAfee sues Intel to challenge trademark infringement threat
Venture Beat - 3 Sep 2016 03:33
John McAfee and MGT Capital Investments, a publicly traded company that in May announced that it had acquired McAfee’s anti-spying company D-Vasive and appointed McAfee as its chief executive, today filed suit against ...
Telltale's The Walking Dead: A New Frontier debuts in November
Venture Beat - 3 Sep 2016 02:15
The third season of Telltale’s smash hit narrative series, The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series — A new Frontier, debuts in November. The new season features Clementine, a young girl who seems to be getting older, e...
7 Unconventional Ideas To Increase Your Conversion Rates
Forbes - 3 Sep 2016 14:00
Here are seven strategies that go beyond commonly-known best practices for increasing conversion rates.
How Search Marketing Is Turning Content Marketing On It's Head
Forbes - 3 Sep 2016 13:05
We’ve all been told that we must have a search marketing agency, a content marketing agency and probably a PR firm working for us to build influence, protect the brand and drive new customer leads.
The 10 biggest European tech stories this week
Venture Beat - 3 Sep 2016 08:44
This week, Tech.eu tracked 21 technology M&A transactions, 1 IPO and 56 funding deals (totalling €208.9 million) in Europe, Turkey and Israel. Here's an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news items for this week...
Chatbots are a creation channel for storytelling
Venture Beat - 3 Sep 2016 06:03
GUEST: I worked at Betaworks this past summer. Pursuing an opportunity to work there was probably one of the best decisions I have ever made. The experiences were invaluable, and I have already documented two of the majo...
Worst Oil Crash In A Generation: When Will It End?
Forbes - 3 Sep 2016 04:08
Oil markets are the worst in at least a generation, with little sign of relief in sight, with analysts giving then often changing their forecasts and the world's largest oil producers playing cut throat oil and energy po...
Tesla's grow-at-all-costs strategy could backfire
Business Insider - 3 Sep 2016 03:16
REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo Silicon Valley is the home of some of the biggest tech companies in the world and the area's engineers and investors have used some fairly similar strategies to dominate their respective indu...
What is the meaning of crunk? Ask the Dictionary.com bot
Venture Beat - 3 Sep 2016 00:20
EXCLUSIVE: Dictionary.com launched a Facebook Messenger bot today to help people look up words and in the future to share the Word of the Day. The bot gives word definitions when a user types a single word or full senten...
5 tips to make your chatbot sound convincing
Venture Beat - 3 Sep 2016 21:10
GUEST: One of the most critical elements to creating a great chatbot is copywriting. The right words will keep your users engaged for hours while the wrong ones will make them want to run for the hills. Here are four tip...
Friday Box Office: 'Suicide Squad' Tops 'Man Of Steel,' 'Bad Moms' Passes $100M
Forbes - 3 Sep 2016 18:00
A bunch of summer biggies expanded back into wide release this weekend, and there were small drops all around.
How Ransomware Became a Billion-Dollar Nightmare for Businesses
The Atlantic - 3 Sep 2016 15:30
One cybersecurity firm estimates that extortive attacks now cost small and medium companies at least $75 billion in expenses and lost productivity each year.
Best Labor Day deals and discounts of 2016
USA Today - 3 Sep 2016 14:03
NerdWallet picks the best Labor Day holiday sales offered over the three-day weekend.