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(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window)    * Weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise    * Micron jumps after upbeat revenue forecast    * Indexes: Dow +0.50%, S&P 500 +0.95%, Nasdaq +1.48% (New throughout, updates prices, market activity and comments to add afternoon trading, new byline)    By Noel Randewich    April 1 (Reuters) – The S&P 500 jumped past the 4,000 mark for the first time on Thursday, riding gains… Source link

Once upon a time, Amazon . com Inc. only sold books, Apple Inc. sold computers, and Google was just a search engine. Those days are long gone, and each of those companies—as well as Microsoft Corp. and Facebook Inc. — has become a tech behemoth. Big Tech’s critics say the industry’s giants wield too much power over the lives of internet users. The companies often argue in response that they face enormous competition, often from each other, and need to… Source link

TipRanks 2 “Strong Buy” Stocks Insiders Are Snapping Up One strategy for selecting top stocks is to track insider transactions. After all, if insiders are dipping into their own pockets you can imagine it’s because they believe the stock looks compelling. A Harvard study revealed that insider purchases earn “abnormal” returns of more than 6% per year. The authors of the study conclude that insider buyers “have a good feel for near-term developments within their firm.” The… Source link

Jackie Drees – Friday, March 26th, 2021 Print  | Email Here are eight recent partnerships between healthcare organizations and big tech companies including Amazon, Apple and Google.  1. Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh developed a new machine learning tool to be used in clinical forecasting, which Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure funded. 2. Intermountain Healthcare, Ascension and Amazon Care became founding members of a new healthcare coalition… Source link

Looking for more of the best deals, latest celebrity news and hottest trends? Sign up for Yahoo Lifestyle Canada’s newsletter! Here’s which Amazon products Yahoo Canada shoppers couldn’t get enough of this month. (Image via Getty Images) Yahoo Lifestyle Canada is committed to finding you the best products at the best prices. We may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Shopping through Amazon has always been convenient,… Source link

Cathie Wood’s Ark Investment Management sends out an email every night listing the stocks that were bought or sold by the firm’s ETFs that day. In recent months, the emails have known to cause certain stocks to see a spike in the after-hours session. Here’s a list of 39 stocks that the hedge fund bought and sold on Thursday. Trades For Ark Fintech Innovation ETF (NYSE: ARKF): Opendoor Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: OPEN): Bought 468,600 shares of the online real estate company, representing… Source link

When the pandemic upended the economy last year, companies took a hard look at their advertising plans. Oreos maker Mondelez International Inc. MDLZ 0.19% shifted money meant for TV commercials during March Madness basketball and the summer Olympics into digital platforms. A hefty chunk went to Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG -0.11% Google, which offered data on what locked-down snack lovers were… Source link

Facebook: The Google+ network and phone wars Google’s fledgling social network, Google+, had about 500 million users in 2012 compared with more than 1 billion people on Facebook. (Facebook now has an estimated 2.8 billion users worldwide.) But Facebook said the new upstart had an unfair advantage: Google had structured its search website so that users would see links to Google+ profiles before those from networks like Facebook and Twitter. In a previously unknown March 2012 presentation… Source link

The ongoing union vote at an Amazon (AMZN) warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, has drawn attention in recent days from President Joe Biden, actress Tina Fey, and Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams, among many others. Despite the national spotlight, workers at the warehouse continue to endure grueling and unsafe working conditions as well as aggressive anti-union propaganda, said Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which has organized the union drive. “It’s… Source link

Looking for more of the best deals, sales and product recommendations? Sign up for Yahoo Lifestyle Canada’s newsletter! Curious about this month’s most popular purchases? (Getty Images) Yahoo Lifestyle Canada is committed to finding you the best products at the best prices. We may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Since many of us are staying safely indoors these days, online retailers have helped fill in the gaps… Source link