Silhouettes of laptop and mobile device users are seen next to a screen projection of the YouTube logo. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Alphabet’s YouTube said on Sunday it has reached a deal with Walt Disney to distribute all Disney-owned channels on its platform, two days after talks broke down and led to a blackout. YouTube tweeted that “we’ve reached a deal with Disney and have already started to restore access to channels like ESPN and FX.” Details of the agreement were not disclosed. Last week,… Source link
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YouTube app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Dec 19 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) YouTube said on Sunday it has reached a deal with Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) to distribute all Disney-owned channels on its platform, two days after talks broke down and led to a blackout. YouTube tweeted that “we’ve reached a deal with Disney and have already started to… Source link
Read More »Apple stock reaches new highs amid broader market selloff
Apple (AAPL) shares closed at all-time highs on Tuesday, at $165.30. The stock was up more than 3%, as investors flocked to the iPhone maker amid a broader market selloff. “It seems to be like a flight to safety trade,” Matt Maley managing director equity strategist Miller Tabak told Yahoo Finance on Tuesday. Some analysts have also noted the company’s impressive cash flows would help it weather any future downturn. The stock’s upward movement came on the same day Fed Chair Jerome Powell Source link
Read More »Crypto Market Tops $2.7 Trillion as Rally Reaches Beyond Bitcoin
(Bloomberg) — Optimism about digital assets stoked by Bitcoin’s run to a record high has helped push the overall value of cryptocurrencies to an all-time peak of more than $2.7 trillion. Most Read from Bloomberg That’s a climb of about $200 billion from the last high in May for a sector that now spans almost 10,000 coins, according to data from tracker CoinGecko. The ascent shows how bets on cryptos are spreading beyond Bitcoin amid enthusiasm about more mainstream adoption of digital… Source link
Read More »Ford quickly reaches 120,000 orders for its Tesla Cybertruck rival
The interest appears to be building for Ford’s first-ever all-electric F-150 dubbed the Lightning. Ford (F) has amassed 120,000 orders for the Lightning, CEO Jim Farley told investors on an earnings call Wednesday evening. About 75% of the orders are from those people new to the Ford brand, Farley said. In late May, Ford said it had 70,000 orders for the Lightning. “I would say what we’ve learned so far [from Lightning orders] is that the customers are largely new to Ford, but they aren’t new… Source link
Read More »Google parent Alphabet reaches record quarterly revenue, profit in ad boom
July 27 (Reuters) – Google parent Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) quarterly revenue and profit surged to record highs, the company reported on Tuesday, powered by a rise in advertising spending as more consumers shopped online. Shares of Alphabet, the world’s largest provider of search and video ads, rose 3.3% in extended trading after the results, which handily beat analyst estimates. Shares of Facebook, which competes with Google in web ad sales and reports its own results on Wednesday, rose 1.3%.
Read More »Google parent Alphabet reaches record quarterly revenue, profit in ad boom
By Sheila Dang, Nivedita Balu (Reuters) -Google parent Alphabet Inc’s quarterly revenue and profit surged to record highs, the company reported on Tuesday, powered by a rise in advertising spending as more consumers shopped online. Shares of Alphabet, the world’s largest provider of search and video ads, rose 3.3% in extended trading after the results, which handily beat analyst estimates. Shares of Facebook, which competes with Google in web ad sales and reports its own results on… Source link
Read More »Amazon stock ready for blast-off before Jeff Bezos reaches space?
Amazon (AMZN) officially has a CEO not named Jeff Bezos as of Monday (it’s Andy Jassy), but a stock price that’s acting like it normally does: moving up and to the right. Shares of the tech beast have surged 14% to $3,642 in the past month in the lead-up to Jassy assuming the CEO mantle from the soon-to-be astronaut Bezos. As of Tuesday afternoon trading, Amazon’s ticker page was the most trafficked on the Yahoo Finance platform — beating out Didi (stock down 21% after a China crackdown… Source link
Read More »US home price growth reaches 15-year high
Home price growth in the U.S. surged at the fastest pace in 15 years in February. Standard & Poor’s said Tuesday that its S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index posted a 12% annual gain in February, up from 11.2% in January. The rate is the highest year over year gain recorded by the index since February 2006. The 20-City Composite posted a 11.9% annual gain, up from 11.1% the previous month, beating consensus estimates of 11.9%, according to Bloomberg. “Housing’s strength… Source link
Read More »S&P 500 reaches record high as technology stocks jump, Treasury yields steady
TipRanks Analysts Say These 3 Stocks Are Their Top Picks for 2021 Remember back in February, when we were worried about a market correction? Back when the NASDAQ dipped 10% from its peak… Yeah, well, never mind about that. Markets are up, up, up lately. A strong jobs report last Friday has helped, showing 916,000 new positions in March, the best print since last August, and almost a quarter-million higher than expectations. Rising markets make it a good time to look at the ‘top picks’… Source link
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