First Take: Breaking-News Commentary
Amazon takes on tech’s white whale: Grocery shopping
Amazon.com Inc.’s plans for its most ambitious brick-and-mortar effort yet aim to disrupt an arena seen as an Achilles' heel for Silicon Valley: The $795 billion grocery industry. 6:23 p.m. Today6:23 p.m. Dec. 5, 2016
Trump is becoming America’s first French president
Donald Trump hasn’t even waited for his presidency to start to make his mark on the economy. And if deals with Ford and Carrier are a sign of what’s to come, the U.S. economy may look more like France’s. 12:10 p.m. Dec. 3, 2016
A Pandora sale to Sirius would be easier than staying solo
Amid diverging reports on Friday that helped fuel a 10% jump in the shares of potential takeout candidate, Pandora Media Inc., one thing is clear: If Pandora does not get acquired, it will have to make history to survive. 9:11 a.m. Dec. 3, 2016
First Take: Breaking-News Commentary Headlines
These 2 numbers show there is still plenty of slack in the labor market
With the official unemployment rate dropping to a nine-year low of 4.6%, it’s tempting to declare “Mission Accomplished” on the recovery. But that would be premature, writes Rex Nutting.
10:22 a.m. Dec. 2, 2016
Hewlett-Packard revenues shrink, just like the company
The separation that split Hewlett-Packard Co. into two smaller companies a year ago has done nothing to turn either company into the nimbler, faster growing entities Meg Whitman hoped for.
7:56 a.m. Nov. 23, 2016
Oracle may have just launched a bargain-buying spree in tech
Oracle Corp.’s deal to buy Dyn Inc., the victim of a huge cyberattack that brought down many websites last month, may be a bargain for a distressed property, a move that could be repeated as more tech companies hit hard times.
9:21 a.m. Nov. 22, 2016
Cisco gloomy on outlook, but upbeat on chance of boost from Trump’s promises
Cisco Systems Inc.’s earnings call tried to impart an optimistic tone over some of President-elect Donald Trump’s business-friendly promises, such as a repatriation holiday to bring back some cash outside the U.S. and a lower corporate tax rate, while its outlook weighed on investors.
6:57 a.m. Nov. 17, 2016
Investors hope Snapchat will unlock IPO market for tech unicorns
News that Snap Inc., the parent company of the fast-growing smartphone messaging company may go public next year has given investors hope that 2017 will be the year that many unicorn tech companies go public.
12:33 p.m. Nov. 16, 2016
Disney promises better days for ESPN, and Wall Street listens
The Walt Disney Co. admitted Thursday that times are tough at ESPN, its sports-programming network that contributed to a big earnings miss, and the stock declined. But Chief Executive Bob Iger managed to rally hopes, and the company’s stock price, with promises that ESPN has reached its nadir.
1:26 p.m. Nov. 12, 2016
What I got wrong about Donald Trump
Steve Goldstein explains how he got an October election call horribly wrong.
2:08 p.m. Nov. 9, 2016
GoPro revealed a massive Karma fail amid the U.S. election madness
GoPro Inc.’s drones are falling out of the sky, and the company appears to be on a similar trajectory.
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