On today’s WWE investor conference call, Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon confirmed a 7% reduction in staff. As business closed in Stamford, Connecticut, we now have the details of what exactly that means for the employees of the company.The Wrestling Observer reports that 7% translated to fifty-five people who lost their jobs today.An email came at late in the day to […]
Bitcoin Technical Analysis 31st JulyBy Forexminute – Yes Option | Bitcoin | Jul 31, 2014 8:14AM BSTBTC/USD on the hourly charts broke below the important support level of $572 which it had been clinging onto since last couple of days. As soon as the support was breached, BTC/USD saw a huge sell off on the back of above average volumes. […]
SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 29, 2014–MapR Technologies, Inc., provider of the top-ranked distribution for Apache™ Hadoop®, today announced that it is one of the first to receive Big Data Competency status from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Now part of the new AWS Partner Network (APN) Competency Program, AWS has named MapR as a Big Data Competency Partner based on customer […]
Ursula Burns, chairman and CEO, Xerox.According to a recent Fortune study, the number of women CEOs in the Fortune 500 is at its highest total yet at 24 (51 in the Fortune 1,000).Despite this overall low number, Fortune illustrated some interesting trends, including data that shows that women-led businesses posted better returns than the stock market and generated more than their share […]
Looking to harness the flood of data streaming from every networked and sensor-enabled smart device, computer, and machine that circumscribe our modern world, FuturePerfect Ventures has launched a small venture fund to focus on the bedeviling problem of big data.Founded by Jalak Jobanputra, the former director of mobile investments for the Omidyar Network, and previously senior vice president of the […]
Stocks were mixed in late afternoon trading Monday, shedding small gains from earlier in the day. Corporate merger news and an encouraging survey of homebuilders had helped lift the market even as traders monitored the growing insurgency by Sunni militants in Iraq and its implications for global oil prices.KEEPING SCORE: The Standard […]
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]]>After months of anticipation, many fans of the HBO hit series “Game of Thrones” encountered problems viewing the season premiere. Because of the overwhelming number of people tuning in simultaneously to watch the show on HBO GO, the system was unable to serve all the requests, leaving hundreds of thousands of subscribers stranded and unable to watch their […]
Whole Foods’ Rotten EarningsBy Catherine Holahan+ (@cholahan) Editor |
May 6th, 2014
Share on StockTwitsInvestors smelled something rotten in Whole Foods, $WFM, earnings. Shares fell 13% in after hours trading minutes after the company released its second quarter results. And some investors on StockTwits.com said shares, which traded around $42 in the after hours market, could […]
US job gains send stocks higher in early trade
BusinessMay 2, 2014A+A-
NEW YORK (AP) — The biggest hiring surge in two years is sending the stock market higher in early trading.The gains were muted early Friday as several U.S. companies reported weaker earnings.The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose three points, or 0.2 percent, to 1,886 in the first few minutes […]
