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LinkedIn spent much of 2012 transforming itself into a place where workers could stay and play a while — a strategy that paid off handsomely. But the year ahead will be all about making the site the preferred destination for professional content, a transition that could make Wall Street’s darling even more bewitching. The professional [...]
Based on this month’s election, the idea legalizing marijuana seems more popular than ever. Two states, Washington and Colorado, have legalized pot at the state level. With the legal marijuana market looking stronger than ever, there are companies looking to build around big-marijuana when commodity reaches critical mass.For now, most of those companies [...]
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama’s re-election and the Senate victory of Elizabeth Warren, who is a fierce Democratic opponent of big banks and Wall Street, has sent shudders through the financial sector. “An Obama win was definitely not positive for banks,” which would have preferred a win by Republican challenger Mitt Romney, said [...]
Facebook stock opened up 22% this morning, after a very positive earnings report yesterday afternoon. Ask an analyst what went so well for Facebook, and you’ll hear three things: Facebook’s sales growth finally stopped decelerating. Ad growth is actually accelerating again. Facebook’s mobile business is much stronger than anyone dared expect. But the truth [...]
What’s that, Wall Street? You say you’d like to see more revenue streams out of Facebook? Here’s another one — or at least a potential one: Facebook is adding a feature that will make it easier for brands to push photos of their products to Facebook users, who can then collect the images in a [...]
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See on Scoop.it – internetbillboards Steve Jobs’ successor is making his mark and trying to keep the Apple magic going. From the article. Considering the widespread handwringing over how rudderless Apple would be without Jobs, it is remarkable how steadily the company has sailed along without him. Wall Street in particular has good [...]
Now this once-sleepy chunk of north-central Pennsylvania is a star on the map of an emerging national energy rush. Six hotels are new or being built, and about 100 companies have moved to town, sometimes so fast that the head of the local Chamber of Commerce has told executives wanting guided tours to wait. “I’ve [...]
See on Scoop.it – internetbillboards When Sarah Lacy launched the oddly named PandoDaily earlier this year, the goal was to dislodge Silicon Valley kingmaker TechCrunch, New York media heavyweight AllThingsD, and Wall Street-friendly Business Insider as the daily source of business technology news. Those are three formidable competitors and PandoDaily was competing on the West [...]
See on Scoop.it – Windmill Cycles, Inc. Harley-Davidson said first-quarter net profit rose by 44 per cent as the US motorcycle manufacturer reported better than expected US sales. See on www.ft.com
Stocks surged more than 7% this week, Wall Street’s best performance since 2009, as traders grew hopeful that global policymakers are taking action to tackle Europe’s two-year-old debt crisis. Today’s Markets The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.61 point, or 0.01%, to 12,019, the S&P 500 slipped 0.3 point, or 0.02%, to 1,244 and the [...]
Many Americans today will face the difficult decision of paying for lifesaving medication or putting food on the table for their family. Others will face foreclosure and the inability to pay their rent because the job market simply isn’t getting any better and college graduates will toss their cap in the air, only to receive [...]
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