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SpaceX president says ‘there is plenty of room for competition,’ as Starlink nears 5 million customers
SpaceX President and Chief Operation Officer Gwynne Shotwell speaks during the NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) astronaut visit at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, U.S., on Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images SpaceX’s second-in-command urged on rivals in comments Friday, describing competition as healthy for Elon Musk’s space company. “I […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Palantir, Moderna, Ulta Beauty, Alibaba and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Global pharma stocks — Shares of several vaccine makers declined after President-elect Donald Trump selected prominent vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary on Thursday. Shares of Moderna and Pfizer slipped nearly 9% and 5%, respectively. BioNTech , which helped develop a Covid vaccine with […]
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This SpaceX-competitor’s stock has bounced back postelection and analysts love it
Shares of satellite startup AST SpaceMobile have made a strong comeback, regaining their losses following President-elect Donald Trump’s recent victory. The Texas-headquartered company is considered a challenger to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which makes Starlink satellites. AST SpaceMobile says it is building “the first and only space-based cellular broadband network.” It launched five satellites in collaboration with […]
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Apple commits $1.5 billion to Globalstar for expanded iPhone satellite services
Apple committed about $1.5 billion to satellite communications company Globalstar to fund the expansion of iPhone services, the companies disclosed in a securities filing on Friday. The tech giant’s deal with Globalstar includes $1.1 billion in cash, of which $232 million will go toward the satellite company’s current debt, and a 20% equity stake. The […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Dollar Tree, GitLab, Zscaler and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Dollar Tree — Shares tumbled 20% after the discount retailer slashed its full-year outlook for net sales and adjusted earnings per share. Dollar Tree cited increasing pressures on middle- and higher-income customers. GitLab — The software developer’s stock soared 17% thanks to a strong third-quarter earnings […]
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AST SpaceMobile partners with Verizon, adding to AT&T coverage deal for satellite internet to phones
The company’s Block 1 BlueBird satellites undergoing thermal vacuum testing in preparation for launch. AST SpaceMobile Satellite-to-phones service provider AST SpaceMobile announced a partnership with Verizon on Wednesday, adding to the company’s recent deal with AT&T to provide remote coverage across the United States. AST SpaceMobile is building satellites to provide broadband service to unmodified […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Chubb, Cisco Systems, Palo Alto Networks and more
Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Chubb — The property and casualty insurer gained nearly 6% after Berkshire Hathaway revealed it has bought nearly 26 million shares of Zurich-based company for a stake worth $6.7 billion. Chubb became Berkshire’s ninth biggest holding at the end of March, according to a new regulatory […]
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Shares earning the most important moves midday: Xerox, SoFi, Charles Schwab and much more
Test out the firms making headlines in midday investing. Xerox — Xerox shares sank extra than 9% soon after the electronic printing enterprise introduced plans to reduce 15% of its workforce in the initial quarter as portion of a broader restructuring energy. SoFi Technologies — The fiscal know-how inventory tumbled more than 13% next a […]
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Iridium, Qualcomm end satellite-to-phone partnership
A Qualcomm sign is pictured at the Mobile World Congress in Shanghai. Aly Song | Reuters U.S. semiconductor giant Qualcomm ended its partnership with satellite communications company Iridium to provide satellite-to-phone services, Iridium announced on Thursday. Iridium stock fell more than 8% in after-hours trading from its close at $37.14 a share The company said […]
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Astranis to bring satellite internet to 2 million people in the Philippines next year
A visualization shows an Astranis satellite over the Philippines in orbit. Astranis Astranis, a San Francisco-based company with an alternative approach to providing internet access from satellites, recently signed a deal to provide dedicated service to the Philippines, a first for the archipelago nation. “They are going to use this capacity to connect hospitals, schools […]
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