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Dollar General Stock Flashing 'Buy' Signal Ahead of Earnings
Forbes - 3 Dec 2019 21:34
Dollar General could revisit record highs going into 2020
For a Colorful Brooklyn Real-Estate Pioneer, a 376-Year-Old Receipt
The New York Times - 3 Dec 2019 15:00
The Brooklyn Historical Society acquires the deed giving 200 acres near Coney Island to Anthony van Salee, the first person of Muslim origin to settle in America.
Twitter Plans First Sale of High-Yield Debt
Wall Street Journal - 3 Dec 2019 19:17
The social-media company aims to raise $600 million as it tries to bounce back from disappointing third-quarter earnings.
Jungle Ventures invests in BookMyShow's South East Asia unit
livemint.com - 3 Dec 2019 12:33
BookMyShow entered Indonesia in mid-2016 expanding operations to other countries in the region, including Singapore and Malaysia, this year.Its early investor SAIF Partners is expected to exit its investment fully, while...
Oil rises for a second day as Saudi Arabia pushes supply cut
Reuters - 3 Dec 2019 04:25
Oil prices rose for a second day on Tuesday as Saudi Arabia, the de facto OPEC leader and the world's biggest oil exporter, is pushing producers to deepen a supply cut agreement when suppliers meet this week, potentially...
Fed Adds $99.557 Billion in Short-Term Liquidity to Markets
Wall Street Journal - 3 Dec 2019 17:43
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York added $95.557 billion in temporary liquidity to financial markets Tuesday.
Can Johnson & Johnson's Stelara Become Number 2 Drug In Crohn's Disease Market?
Forbes - 3 Dec 2019 17:00
Johnson & Johnson's(NYSE:JNJ) Stelara could become the #2 drug in the Crohn's Disease market over the next few years. Crohn's Disease causes inflammation of the digestive tract. J&J's top selling drugs in this therapeuti...
Stocks Fall as Trump Downplays Chances of China Trade Deal
The New York Times - 3 Dec 2019 16:58
Global shares turned lower on Tuesday amid pessimism over a standoff between the U.S. and China and new tensions between the U.S. and France on tariffs.
PG&E Had Systemic Problems With Power Line Maintenance, California Probe Finds
Wall Street Journal - 3 Dec 2019 05:00Atlantic Community in Pennsylvania taps next CEO
American Banker - 3 Dec 2019 20:34
Craig Howie, who joined the bank after a merger, will succeed the retiring Jon Evans on Jan. 1.
Bridgewater Co-CEO to Leave the Hedge Fund
Wall Street Journal - 3 Dec 2019 19:44
Bridgewater Associates said Eileen Murray, one of its two chief executives, plans to step down, marking the culmination of a succession plan at the world's largest hedge fund.
Riot Games settled gender-discrimination lawsuit for at least $10 million
Venture Beat - 3 Dec 2019 03:10
Riot Games said it court filings that it has agreed to pay at least $10 million to women workers as part of a settlement of a gender equity lawsuit.
Abbott Withdraws Endorsement From GOPer Who Said Challengers Running Because They Are ‘Asian’
TPM - 3 Dec 2019 23:09
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) withdrew his endorsement from Republican state Rep. Rick Miller, who called it “racist” that his...
CTA: 70% of Americans ages 13-64 play games
Venture Beat - 3 Dec 2019 21:32
The Consumer Technology Association said that 192 Americans, or about 70% of Americans ages 13 to 64, are gamers.
Calculate Your Addressable Market Size To Help You Attract Investors
Forbes - 3 Dec 2019 21:07
Here is everything you need to know to make sure you are correctly calculating your total addressable market and going after the biggest total addressable market you can (which will attract more investors for your busine...
Qualcomm reveals 5G-ready Snapdragon 865, 765, and 765G
Venture Beat - 3 Dec 2019 21:00
Qualcomm has made the Snapdragon 865 and 765/765G platforms official, bringing 5G to new devices, but it's holding back the technical details.
Qualcomm debuts 3D Sonic Max, a secure two-finger ultrasonic scanner
Venture Beat - 3 Dec 2019 21:00
The chipmaker is upgrading its promising but controversial under-screen fingerprint scanner with a version that can quickly scan two fingerprints at once.
6 Simple Steps To Building A Six-Figure Online Community
Forbes - 3 Dec 2019 20:58
A University of Michigan study found that customers spend 19 percent more after joining a company's online community. Here's how to build yours.
AI capsule system classifies digits with state-of-the-art accuracy
Venture Beat - 3 Dec 2019 20:40
Researchers at Google, the University of Oxford, and elsewhere achieved state-of-the-art image classification results using a novel AI capsule architecture.
Amazon introduces Fraud Detector and CodeGuru
Venture Beat - 3 Dec 2019 20:20
Amazon announced several new fully managed machine learning services, including Fraud Detector and CodeGuru, at AWS re:Invent 2019 in Las Vegas.
AWS launches major SageMaker upgrades for machine learning model training and testing
Venture Beat - 3 Dec 2019 20:15
Amazon's SageMaker for machine learning got a series of upgrades today including AutoML and services to help with experiments, debugging, and notebooks.
Google: 80% of Android apps now encrypt network traffic by default
Venture Beat - 3 Dec 2019 20:00
Google has announced that 80% of all Android apps are now encrypting traffic by default, as all new apps and app updates now block cleartext as standard.