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Facebook’s stumbling ad business lies at the center of Big Tech earnings week
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Facebook’s stumbling ad business lies at the center of Big Tech earnings week

The logo of Meta Platforms is seen in Davos, Switzerland, May 22, 2022. Arnd Wiegmann | Reuters It’s earnings palooza week for Big Tech, with the four most valuable U.S. companies plus Meta all reporting quarterly results. Alphabet and Microsoft kick off the action on Tuesday, with Apple and Amazon wrapping things up on Thursday. […]

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Earnings playbook: The investing game plan as Apple and Alphabet lead the busiest week of the season
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Earnings playbook: The investing game plan as Apple and Alphabet lead the busiest week of the season

Brace yourselves. This upcoming week will be the busiest of the corporate earnings season, with more than 150 S & P 500 names set to report. Apple, Alphabet, Meta Platforms and McDonald’s are all among those on deck. The earnings season has been a mixed bag thus far. Roughly 21% of S & P 500 […]

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3 takeaways from the Investing Club’s ‘Morning Meeting’ on Friday
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3 takeaways from the Investing Club’s ‘Morning Meeting’ on Friday

We look ahead to our busiest week for earnings, including reports from Apple, Meta, Amazon and Google. Source

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Why Amazon’s three biggest deals ever were for a grocery chain, movie studio, and health care provider
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Why Amazon’s three biggest deals ever were for a grocery chain, movie studio, and health care provider

A sign is posted in front of a One Medical office on July 21, 2022 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Amazon still makes most of its revenue from orders placed through its online stores, and most of its profit from its cloud computing arm. Both of those businesses were built almost […]

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Amazon’s first U.S. union faces an uphill battle after historic win at Staten Island warehouse
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Amazon’s first U.S. union faces an uphill battle after historic win at Staten Island warehouse

When more than 2,600 workers at a Staten Island, New York, warehouse called JFK8 voted to join Amazon’s first U.S. union in April, it was a historic moment. But it was only the first step in a long uphill climb toward a contract. A week after the union won the election at JFK8, Amazon filed […]

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5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday
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5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 20, 2022.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Stocks mixed Futures were down on the Dow and the S&P 500, while the Nasdaq […]

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Microsoft eases up on hiring as economic concerns hit more of the tech industry
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Microsoft eases up on hiring as economic concerns hit more of the tech industry

Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., appears at a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on May 24, 2022. Hollie Adams | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft said it will decelerate the pace of hiring new employees given current economic conditions, following similar announcements from its tech counterparts. “As […]

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Minecraft creator rejects NFTs, citing a lack of inclusivity
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Minecraft creator rejects NFTs, citing a lack of inclusivity

Minecraft is the best-selling game of all time, with lifetime sales of more than 238 million units. Igor Golovniov | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Mojang, the developer behind Minecraft, is not a fan of nonfungible tokens. The Microsoft-owned company said Wednesday that it won’t support NFTs in Minecraft because they’re “not inclusive […]

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Activision employees announce second union ahead of game company’s sale to Microsoft
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Activision employees announce second union ahead of game company’s sale to Microsoft

Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, attends the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 8, 2022, in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty Images A group of software testers at Activision Blizzard have formed the company’s second union, months before Microsoft is expected to close its nearly $69 […]

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Google will once again test augmented reality glasses in public
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Google will once again test augmented reality glasses in public

Google AR glasses prototype Google Google will test augmented reality prototypes in public settings, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday. Some prototypes will look like normal glasses and will be equipped with microphones and cameras as well as transparent displays. The new glasses aren’t a product yet and aren’t available to the […]

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