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Amazon joins $1 trillion club, on pace to overtake Apple

9/4/2018, 4:27:36 PM
Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday joined Apple Inc in the $1 trillion club, becoming the second member of the group after its stock price doubled in 15 months. ✔ It also provides video streaming services and bought upscale supermarket Whole Foods ✔ Apple started trading in December 1980 but its stock did not truly start to take flight for another 25 years, spurred by the iPhone, the breakthrough device that left competitors in the dust ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


iPhone 9 release date, price, news and rumours

9/4/2018, 7:24:10 PM
There are plenty of iPhone 9 rumours around and one is suggesting that Apple could have more than one new smartphone in store, much to the delight of fans. ✔ While it might not seem like long ago that Apple launched its iPhone X, the firm is expected to launch its next batch of smartphones in just a few weeks ✔ A report by Macotakara suggest that these colours will be white, black, flash yellow, electric blue, bright orange and taupe


Amazon Won’t Be Second to Apple for Long

9/4/2018, 6:02:21 PM
The e-commerce giant is on track to be tech’s largest company in both market value and sales. ✔ That happened barely a month after Apple crossed that threshold ✔ still relies on advertising for the majority of its revenue and profits ✔ Amazon’s investors have never been terribly sensitive about valuation anyway ✔ The company’s proven ability to keep delivering the goods has been well worth the price


iPhone XS with an in-display fingerprint sensor? Don’t get your hopes up

9/4/2018, 7:12:13 PM
Taking things at face value ✔ It may be in large part thanks to the success that Face ID has had on the iPhone X ✔ However, for the time being, it looks like it will come to a very limited number of Android phones, like the Vivo Nex and the Xiaomi Mi 8 ✔ You’re going to have to buy an iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus if you want Touch ID back


Apple: Would Being More like Coke Help the Shares?

9/4/2018, 6:03:34 PM
If the company is more like a consumer brand, Bernstein wrote, the shares could keep climbing. ✔ As valuable as Apple (AAPL) has become, it could be even more the company comes to better resemble companies like Nike (NKE) and Coca-Cola (KO), new research suggests ✔ The vast majority of Apple’s revenues are derived either directly or indirectly from the iPhone, whichlike all tech hardwareis fundamentally subject to replacement cycle elongation, commoditization, and/or outright disruption


Apple reportedly not planning to add in-display fingerprint sensor on upcoming iPhones

9/4/2018, 6:43:13 PM
Just Face ID for the foreseeable future ✔ Recent rumors have indicated that Samsung is looking to use in-display technology in its upcoming Galaxy S10 phone, so it’s possible this feature could end up as a substantial differentiator between the two companies’ flagships going forward ✔ Additionally, there’s the questionable need for a second authentication method when Face ID seems to be working out pretty well for the company so far, although the added layer of a second factor of security would obviously offer better protection, as well as give more choices to consumers


Apple's stock rises toward for 9th-straight gain

9/4/2018, 6:02:27 PM
undefined ✔ The shares are also headed for a sixth-straight record close ✔ The gains on Tuesday come after Canaccord Genuity raised its stock price target on Apple to $250 from $220, and about a week before it unveils its new iPhone lineup on Sept ✔ The stock has soared 35% year to date, while the Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.37% has hiked up 17% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.13% has gained 4.9%


Samsung plans to show off its first foldable phone this year

9/4/2018, 6:17:49 PM
Samsung's been promising a folding phone's in the works for years. We may actually see it before 2018 is done. ✔ But has never released a phone that completely folds, or a screen that people can bend themselves ✔ Sales of its new Galaxy S9 line were lower than expected last quarter, and the company in July reported a 22 percent drop in revenue for its second quarter


Amazon is still analysts' favorite big tech stock, even at $1 trillion

9/4/2018, 6:54:23 PM
Analysts see plenty of room for Amazon to grow past its $1 trillion market cap ✔ Michael S. Williamson | The Washington Post | Getty Images Jeff Bezos Amazon just passed a $1 trillion market cap, and analysts are still telling investors to buy, buy, buy ✔ From Amazon's dominance in online retail and its expansion into private labels to the rapid growth of AWS and the penetration of the Alexa assistant into more areas of our personal and professional lives, Amazon is everywhere


Amazon Becomes Second U.S. Company To Hit $1 Trillion Market Value Milestone

9/4/2018, 4:11:22 PM
It's stock recently doubled in price in just 10 months. ✔ Lindsey Wasson / Reuters (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday became the second U.S. company to reach $1 trillion in stock market value, just weeks after Apple Inc hit the same milestone on Aug. 2 ✔ Shares in the world’s largest online retailer last traded up 1.4 percent at $2,041.68 ✔ Amazon crossed the $2,000 threshold for the first time on Aug. 30 after doubling its price in just 10 months


Amazon Joins Apple in the $1 Trillion Club

9/4/2018, 4:11:54 PM
Amazon.com Inc. shares rose as much as 1.9%. ✔ Most notable was the speed with which Amazon hit the milestone, with its shares having more than tripled in the past three years ✔ and Microsoft Corp. are closing in on the mark, too ✔ It’s now a diversified global enterprise with more than $200 billion in annual sales and more than 575,000 employees


Amazon joins Apple in becoming a $1 trillion company

9/4/2018, 5:59:50 PM
This milestone would never have come if it weren't for one key decision, analysts said. ✔ Now Bezos is the world's wealthiest person, running a diversified global enterprise with more than $US200 billion in annual sales and more than 575,000 employees ✔ Apple and Amazon aren't the first trillion-dollar corporations ✔ He expanded the business from books to music and movies, then added toys and electronics


Steve Jobs apologized to his daughter on his on deathbed for cruelty

9/4/2018, 5:33:45 PM
A new book by Steve Jobs's older daughter Lisa lays bare his lifetime of cruelty towards her and he rmother Chrisann Brennan, and tells how he insulted his daughter's nine-year-old friend. ✔ Jobs bonded with Lisa in surprising ways and she writes that they were most comfortable talking about sex ✔ Laurene Powell-Jobs, 54,  had three children in total with Steve, to whom she was married for just over 20 years ✔ Small Fry, A Memoir by Lisa Brennan-Jobs is available on Amazon.com


Here are Amazon's 5 best deals right now

9/4/2018, 4:12:45 PM
Why pay full price? Some of our favorite things are on sale right now, including Airpods, a eufy robot vacuum, a self-twirling curling iron, and more. ✔ This spiralizer was the best tabletop option we tested, and it's better than a handheld option if you want to use larger produce like melons or apples or cabbage ✔ This vacuum typically costs $270, but it's $55 off right now, making it a great time to buy


Facebook, Nike drag Wall Street lower, data limits losses

9/4/2018, 7:55:25 PM
Declines in Facebook and Nike shares weighed on the S&P 500 and the Dow on Tuesday, although data showing U.S. manufacturing activity accelerated in August kept losses in check. ✔ The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 26.32 points, or 0.1 percent, to 25,938.5, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 6.31 points, or 0.22 percent, to 2,895.21 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 19.40 points, or 0.24 percent, to 8,090.14 ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Charting a bull-trend pullback, S&P 500 digests rally atop 20-day volatility bands

9/4/2018, 4:27:12 PM
Technically speaking, the U.S. benchmarks are starting September against a bullish longer-term backdrop, writes Michael Ashbaugh. ✔ The subsequent flag pattern has been underpinned by the breakout point, positioning the group to extend the uptrend ✔ Tactically, trendline support closely tracks the 50-day moving average, currently 81.40, and the group’s uptrend is intact barring a violation ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment


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