A group led by China’s Chongqing Casin Enterprise Group plans to acquire the Chicago Stock Exchange, pending approval by US authorities, with a view to bridging the gap between the nations’ markets and giving Chinese […]
Square appears to be taking sharper aim at Europe with the posting of three new job openings in the UK and Ireland. In June, Square began beta testing in London and already has Squareup Europe […]
Facebook is teaming up with Unity Technologies to create a desktop gaming platform that will give Facebook users the option to play mobile games on their PC. The company will accept a limited number of […]
Microsoft wants you to use its new web browser, Edge. And just like with Bing, it will reward users for doing so. Microsoft Rewards will pay users to use Bing, Edge or the Microsoft Store. […]
In India, Samsung is making big moves. For starters, the market is stronger in India when it comes to smartphone growth, as shipments grew 17% in Q2 2016 compared to the same quarter a year […]
The European Commission is getting ready to spend up to €350,000 on examining whether internet-based fintech startups pose a threat to the stability of traditional banks and other financial firms. Growing investment in fintech “can […]
Uber customers in Pittsburgh will be able to have self-driving cars pick them up starting this month. The cars feature cameras, GPS receivers and other types of sensors, and they will be monitored by a […]
Self-driving cars will free up the attention of riders, producing a vast new audience for marketers. Len Kendall, vice president of communications at Carrot Creative, looks at how the ad landscape may change, with billboards […]
Smartphone owners spend an average of 8.6 hours a week on their phones, with more than half of that spent on social networks, according to The Diffusion Group. With those figures in mind and the […]
The world’s largest hedge funds cut their holdings in Netflix and Apple more aggressively than any other stocks in the second quarter, according to a new report. The 50 biggest hedge funds sold $2 billion […]
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