We use Uber to go places, Slack to chat with co-workers and Pinterest to save our favorite ideas. Why not own a piece of these companies that increasingly dominate our daily lives?
Business
Apr 4, 2019
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A new strategy being rolled out in China relies on the idea that farmers can harvest much more than crops. The idea is that well-managed, diverse agricultural lands can provide flood control, water purification and climate ...
Environment
Apr 1, 2019
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Lyft's shares soared as the company went public Friday, giving investors their first chance to bet on the future of the ride-hailing industry.
Business
Mar 29, 2019
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Agricultural production benefits enormously from flower-visiting bees and other flower-visiting insects. Because of their supply of flowering plants and opportunities for nesting, hedgerows and the edges of forests represent ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 5, 2019
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Shares of Apple nudged higher on Tuesday after Chief Executive Tim Cook touted the company's technology pipeline and characterized worries about the company's future as overwrought.
Business
Jan 8, 2019
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Embattled commodities trader Noble Group has completed a $3.5 billion restructuring, it said Thursday, as the firm seeks to draw a line under a long-running crisis that pushed it to the brink of bankruptcy.
Business
Dec 20, 2018
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How valuable is Facebook to its users, and how can you measure the value of the site when access is free? Three economists and a social media researcher pooled their work and expertise to assess Facebook's value to its users, ...
Economics & Business
Dec 19, 2018
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Does the talent of footballers dictate their market value? Economists from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) investigated this question in a new study. They calculated the relationship between the performance ...
Economics & Business
Nov 30, 2018
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Apple is the reigning king of Wall Street, the newest and only member of Wall Street's "$1 Trillion Stock Club."
Business
Aug 6, 2018
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Two of the biggest social media platforms lost nearly one-fifth of their market value after reporting disappointing user growth.
Internet
Jul 28, 2018
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