Silicon Valley’s final frontier for mobile payments

Ditching credit cards for facial recognition will remove the last physical barrier between our bodies and Corporate America. | Continue reading


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The explosion of ‘alternative’ data gives regular investors access to new tools

Traditional money managers are scouring the world for information to gain an edge as indexing takes over. | Continue reading


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Bitcoin ad was literally a chart crime

An ad promoting bitcoin was blocked by a British regulator — for what literally amounted to a chart crime. | Continue reading


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Investors will give Okta a pass on profits as long as revenue speeds ahead

The high-flying cloud company is making big investments to keep selling subscriptions at a brisk pace. | Continue reading


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Senator wants Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to potentially face prison term

Oregon’s Ron Wyden says tech CEOs should be personally accountable for consumers’ data | Continue reading


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The Anthony Levandowski criminal charges will not be easy to prove

The trade-secret theft case that initially captured Silicon Valley’s attention back in 2017 returned as a major criminal action Tuesday, but with much... | Continue reading


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The things holding you back from financial independence

Here’s one: You care more about sports than your own finances. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Tim Cook Sells Millions in Apple Stock

Cook sold $55 million in shares of the iPhone maker on Monday. It’s the Apple executive’s first stock sale this year. | Continue reading


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Why this 63-year-old teacher ditched the US to retire in the highlands of Panama

You can live on about $2,000 a month, experts says, and Panama has a generous ‘pensionado program.’ But there are drawbacks. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Prices and choice reduce health care costs by 75%

Fund the HSA deductible, as Indiana and Whole Foods do, and put real prices on everything | Continue reading


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Disney whistleblower told SEC the company inflated revenue for years

A then–Walt Disney Co. accountant filed multiple whistleblower tips with the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging the company materially overstated... | Continue reading


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Quest Nutrition, maker of protein bars, to be acquired for $1B in cash

The Simply Good Food Co. , a company known for its Atkins-branded low-carb foods, has agreed to purchased protein-bar company Quest Nutrition LLC for $1... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Disney whistleblower told SEC the company inflated revenue for years

A then–Walt Disney Co. accountant filed multiple whistleblower tips with the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging the company materially overstated... | Continue reading


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Central banks haven’t shifted direction this abruptly in a decade

The shift in central bank monetary policy direction during the last six months hasn’t been this dramatic in a decade. | Continue reading


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And living in Mexico on $1k a month: I can’t imagine living in U.S. again

After losing her job as a journalist, Janet Blaser left Santa Cruz for Mazatlán, where she started her own magazine. Here are the pros and cons of her life... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Beaten-down Nvidia is diligently preparing to pounce on its rivals

The chipmaker wants to dominate the artificial-intelligence economy. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

The No. 1 Job in America with ‘Best Career Opportunities’ Is Tax Manager

Here’s one thing to get you out of bed in the morning: a meaningful job with a high possibility of advancement. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

For stocks, ‘buying the dip’ is likely to be a losing proposition

This is the phase of the cycle when “buy the dip” stops working as a stock-market strategy, says UBS. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Basic economics means Uber/Lyft can’t rely on driverless cars for profitability

Aggressive price-cutting won’t disappear with autonomous vehicles, so gross margins will remain wafer-thin. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Farfetch stock plummets 40% after earnings

Farfetch Ltd. stock took a beating in Friday trading after the online luxury retailer’s earnings report presented investors with a far different company from... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Facebook offering millions to news outlets to license articles

Facebook Inc. is offering news outlets millions of dollars for the rights to put their content in a news section that the company hopes to launch later this... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

The Second Amendment doesn’t give you the right to own a gun, writes Brett Arends. | Continue reading


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Jeff Bezos has sold almost $3B in Amazon stock over the past week

Jeff Bezos has sold nearly $3 billion worth of Amazon.com Inc. stock in the past week, just as the shares have suffered their worst losing streak in 13 years. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Half of young Americans say college is too expensive and no longer necessary

With rising tuition costs, some aren’t going to college, and more are working jobs on the side. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

FedEx to end ground deliveries for Amazon

FedEx Corp. said it was ending its contract to deliver Amazon.com Inc. packages through its ground network, essentially severing ties with one of the world’s... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

The superrich are selling stocks, buying properties and keeping cash ready

The superrich blueprint to navigating this hairy stock market: Tap the brakes and get ready to pounce when it all goes to hell. And hell could be around the... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Amazon will pull the plug on dash buttons

Those little branded gadgets that let users reorder products with just one touch will stop working at the end of August, Amazon said Thursday. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

‘Shark Tank’ star Kevin O’Leary expects employees to work on vacation: ‘100%

Yet research suggests workers perform better when they take time off. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Capital One hacker threatened to ‘shoot up’ a California social media company

Federal authorities say the former Amazon software engineer threatened an unidentified social media company. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

The world can’t get enough $100 bills

Back in 2017, with the market fresh off its best January performance in years, the $100 bill emerged as the most widely circulated currency in the world,... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Amazon’s run of record earnings comes to an end, and the stock is falling

Amazon.com Inc.’s run of record-high earnings came to an end Thursday, and shares fell in late trading despite strong sales growth. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Tech shares fall as US finally admits it's investigating Big Tech for antitrust

After months of speculation and reports, the U.S. government openly announced Tuesday afternoon that it is investigating the largest U.S. tech companies for... | Continue reading


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A new study says it’s possible to reverse engineer anonymous data

A new study, released in the wake of the $700 million Equifax data-breach settlement, says it’s possible to ‘reverse engineer’ anonymous data to identify... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Apple close to buying Intel's modem business: report

Apple Inc. could be within a week of agreeing to a deal to buy Intel Corp.'s modem-chip business, according to a Monday afternoon report. The Wall Street... | Continue reading


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Etsy to Acquire Reverb

Etsy Inc. said Monday that it will acquire Reverb Holdings Inc., a seller of new, used and vintage music gear, for $275 million in cash. Reverb will operate... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Netflix CEO may have missed the real reason why US subscriber numbers plunged

Consumers turn to a trusted source when they don’t now what to watch on their streaming service. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

All the ways student debt exacerbates racial inequality

The factors are complicated, but they tie broadly back to America’s history of systemic racism | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Why America’s $1.5T student-loan crisis spiralled out of control

Financial-education curricula were developed during a time when most workers could count on a paycheck at a stable job. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

FaceApp – you give up more personal data than you know on this Russian-made app

FaceApp has gone viral again with a feature that makes users look elderly, but experts say it may pose security concerns. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

New study of 26K people disputes years of studies linking FB and depression

This analysis suggests that a slew of studies about the effects of spending time on social media use may not be so clear cut. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

It’s probably time to kiss that housing market rebound good-bye

A call from last year that the housing cycle had peaked is increasingly looking correct. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Peter Thiel Says FBI,CIA Should Probe Google ‘Seemingly Treasonous’ties to China

Billionaire claims tech giant has been infiltrated, works with Chinese military | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Beware, the IRS is eyeing your inherited money

One little-noticed tax grab is already on the table, and another waits in the wings. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

The Fed Is Trapped by the Debt Zombie Apocalypse

Rates are being cut because too many people just owe too much money — and many refuse to cut back their spending. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Newest science myth: the 10k-step rule

The supposed activity target was simply made up — most likely by a Japanese clock company. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

Japanese Grapes Sell for $11,000

The luxury produce market includes $27,000 muskmelons and $4,000 individual strawberries.. | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

The eviction crisis is starting to look a lot like the subprime mortgage crisis

Stable housing is increasingly out of reach for many Americans, as both rentals and homes to own grow more expensive and options dwindle. Evictions may be... | Continue reading


@marketwatch.com | 4 years ago

How to help immigrants separated from their children: Post their bail

The Department of Homeland Security’s watchdog details ‘dangerous overcrowding’ in migrant centers. | Continue reading


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