Facebook authorizes $6 bn share buyback
Facebook's board of directors on Friday authorized spending as much as $6 billion to buy back shares in the leading social network.
Business
Nov 18, 2016
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Facebook skids on growth worries after blowout quarter
Facebook shares tumbled Thursday after the huge social network delivered a blockbuster earnings report but warned that its stunning growth pace was set to slow.
Business
Nov 3, 2016
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Verizon cuts jobs in stores as wireless growth slows
Verizon has cut jobs in stores across the country as it deals with increasing competition in the wireless industry.
Telecom
Oct 7, 2016
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A year of Alphabet: Great for Google, less so for moonshots
Reorganizing itself under the umbrella company Alphabet has done wonders for Google—but less so for a grab bag of eclectic projects ranging from robotic cars to internet-beaming balloons, which are suffering costly growing ...
Business
Sep 30, 2016
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Cisco laying off 5,500 employees amid tech upheaval
Cisco Systems is laying off 5,500 employees as the internet gear maker scrambles to adapt to a technology upheaval that has triggered similar cutbacks to other storied tech companies.
Business
Aug 17, 2016
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Alphabet's 2Q earns soar despite rising 'moonshot' losses
Business is booming at Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., even as it loses billions of dollars on kooky-sounding projects that may never produce any revenue.
Business
Jul 28, 2016
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Researchers show how companies can synchronize digital strategies and investments
Conventional wisdom in strategy holds that companies need to choose between cost-cutting or revenue growth. Pursuing both strategies at the same time can result in incoherence—or getting stuck in the middle, some argue.
Economics & Business
Apr 4, 2016
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Spending on public higher education overlooks net benefits as investment in state's future
In spite of the overwhelming evidence of a skills deficit, a depressed middle class and growing inequality, the state of Illinois continues to underinvest in public higher education. But considering higher education funding ...
Social Sciences
Mar 10, 2016
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Deezer hits pause on plans for first music streaming IPO
France's Deezer has postponed its planned IPO, citing market conditions, in what would have been the first music streaming service to go public.
Internet
Oct 28, 2015
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Apple to open 25 new stores in China in the next two years
Tim Cook is in China this week, where he announced plans to open 25 new Apple stores in its Greater China region in the next two years.
Business
Oct 24, 2014
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