Rapper, mogul, saviour of the music industry and business, man Jay Z has ‘taken to’ Twitter to defend Tidal against the “many big companies that are spending millions on a smear campaign” to take the streaming service down. After someone noticed last week that Tidal had dropped out of the top 700 iOS apps, Beyonce’s husband explained and pleaded with fans to give the service a chance using the relevant
(Reuters) – Google Inc said it would launch an experimental portal that allows interested patent holders to sell their patents to the company. Patent holders can tell Google about the patents they’re willing to sell and the expected price through the portal, the company said on its blog. Google said it will let the submitters know of its interest in buying their patents by June 26 and expects to pay
U.S. elections have long featured a familiar whipping post. Thanks to the energy boom, however, it’s one that may not play a role in 2016.
It’s the biggest stock in the world, but don’t call it a bellwether. Apple is worth more than any company in history, at more than $750 billion.
Whisper it, but the next challenge for financial markets and policymakers may not be deflation, but the remarkable surge in oil prices from the six-year low touched in January. Since then, Brent crude futures have risen 45 percent. These measures have ranged from interest rate cuts to bond-buying “quantitative easing” programmes. All have been in response to the fall in inflation rates and inflation expectations driven by the 60 percent
While all the focus has been on technology stocks, the real catalyst for all this is what’s happening with the U.S. dollar.
Mylan, which is pursuing its own takeover of Perrigo Co Plc, had been expected to reject the offer after having indicated that such a combination would not be a good fit. Wall Street analysts had said Mylan might be looking for $90 to $95 per share and an increased cash component. Coury said in the letter, which described Teva’s culture as “dysfunctional,” that Teva’s stock was an unacceptable currency because
The acting chief executive of the Clinton Foundation is acknowledging the global philanthropy made mistakes in how it disclosed its donors amid growing scrutiny as Hillary Rodham Clinton opens her presidential …
Stocks soared to record highs with the Nasdaq closing last week at all-time highs. And according to one trader, the rally is just getting started.
Speculators pulled bearish oil bets at the fastest pace on record as Saudi Arabia renewed strikes on Yemen and U.S. output slowed. Hedge funds reduced their short position in West Texas Intermediate crude …