Hurricanes earthquake drag down third-quarter profit at Buffett Berkshire Hurricanes earthquake drag down third-quarter profit at Buffett Berkshire: Berkshire on Friday said it lost $3 billion before taxes, or $1.95 billion after-tax, from the disasters, leaving its Geico auto insurance, General Re reinsurance and Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance units with underwriting […]
U.S. Report Says Humans Cause Climate Change, Contradicting Top Trump Officials Directly contradicting much of the Trump administration’s position on climate change, 13 federal agencies unveiled an exhaustive scientific report on Friday that says humans are the dominant cause of the global temperature rise that has created the warmest period […]
Apple firmly on course for $1 trillion valuation Apple firmly on course for $1 trillion valuation: The stock rose as much as 3.7 percent to $174.26, briefly breaching $900 billion in market value, amid declines in the broader market. The gains added nearly $32 billion to the company’s market capitalization. […]
Very Frustrated Trump Becomes Top Critic of Law Enforcement One of President Trump’s biggest disappointments in office, by his own account, was discovering that he is not supposed to personally direct law enforcement decisions by the Justice Department and the F.B.I. So, instead, he has made himself into perhaps the […]
Apple sees strong holiday sales smooth sailing for iPhone X Apple sees strong holiday sales smooth sailing for iPhone X: Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Thursday reported better-than-expected earnings and offered a rosy forecast for the holiday shopping season, allaying investor concerns about production delays on the new iPhone X and […]
2 dead, 3 injured in Thursday shootings, including attack at Uptown Starbucks 2 dead, 3 injured in Thursday shootings, including attack at Uptown Starbucks:- Two men were killed and three people were wounded in separate shootings on Thursday, including an attack at an Uptown Starbucks that injured a 12-year-old boy, […]
Pandora made $80M in U.S. app store revenue in Q3 Pandora made $80M in U.S. app store revenue in Q3:- In the face of fierce competition from Spotify and Apple Music, Pandora has been growing its in-app subscription revenues, according to new data from Sensor Tower. The streaming music service […]
Snapchat fell out of the iOS top 10 for first time this year in Q3 Snapchat fell out of the iOS top 10 for first time this year in Q3:- Snapchat’s mobile app fell out of the top 10 for the first time this year during Q3 2017, according to […]
Broadcom plans record tech deal with Qualcomm bid Broadcom plans record tech deal with Qualcomm bid: Communications chipmaker Broadcom Ltd (AVGO.O) is planning to unveil a bid for smartphone chip supplier Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) by Monday, three sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, an attempt to create a […]
iPhone X teardown finds major changes inside the gleaming exterior iPhone X teardown finds major changes inside the gleaming exterior:- The iPhone 8 may have been filled with the expected kit, but we’ve all been looking forward to finding out what fun Apple’s engineers had putting together the all-new iPhone […]
