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Google is closer than ever to having all the pieces for a wearables comeback, from a Pixel Watch to Glass 2.0. Here's how it could play out

This week, Google announced it is acquiring North, the Canadian startup behind the Focals smart glasses. You might have missed it: Qualcomm also just announced a new chip that...
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Amazon's $1.2 billion deal to buy Zoox shows just how hard building a self-driving car still is -and why even more startups could become buyout targets

30 minutes ago | Business Insider

Amazon's deal to buy self-driving car startup Zoox could foreshadow more deals to come. Autonomous vehicle technology is proving to be much harder to develop than early...
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Amateur day traders had a field day with Hertz. Now, Morgan Stanley says Avis stock could be next and skyrocket 65%

44 minutes ago | Business Insider

After Hertz filed for bankruptcy, its stock became a playground for day traders hoping to capitalize on the volatility. The company's lawyers even cited the gains as reason to...
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GOLDMAN SACHS: Buy these 13 stocks that are poised to crush the market within the next 2 weeks as earnings season gets underway

44 minutes ago | Business Insider

Goldman Sachs says stock liquidity remains historically low, and companies that stand out from their less liquid peers have been outperforming the market. Strategist Vishal...
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4 times that major tech companies, from Apple to Google and Amazon, tried and failed to break into video games

56 minutes ago | Business Insider

Despite decades of trying, most major tech companies have thus far failed to compete in the video game market. From Amazon's Fire TV debacle to Google's ongoing Stadia...
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We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck Lithuanian delivery startup Ziticity used to raise $2.5 million during coronavirus

57 minutes ago | Business Insider

Lithuanian delivery startup Ziticity has raised 2.2 million euros in a seed funding round. The startup specializes in last-mile deliveries and wants to help smaller, local...
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This $100 million startup born out of Alphabet's secretive X lab and backed by Comcast wants to dig a hole in your yard that could save you more than $2,000 a year on energy bills

57 minutes ago | Business Insider

Geothermal energy can save homeowners money on their utility bills, but historically it's been really expensive to install. Dandelion Energy, a startup that spun out of...
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Costco cuts back on the senior shopping hours it introduced at the start of the COVID-19 lockdown

57 minutes ago | Business Insider

Costco is reducing its daily senior shopping hours to twice a week from July 13. It introduced the hours to its US stores at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic so that elderly...
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Capita Consulting ditches more than a quarter of its workforce 45 days after consultations with consultants

2 hours ago | The Register

100 people have lost their jobs, COVID-19 blamed Exclusive It has been a bad week for the UK jobs market and Capita has just added to the unemployment stats by ditching more...
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Meet Colin Huang, who just stepped down as CEO of $100 billion Pinduoduo and whose wealth exploded by $25 billion in 2020

4 hours ago | Business Insider

Colin Huang, the 40-year-old founder of ecommerce giant Pinduoduo, is currently China's third-richest person. Huang on July 1 stepped down as chief executive of Pinduoduo...
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Business > Companies

Google is closer than ever to having all the pieces for a wearables comeback, from a Pixel Watch to Glass 2.0. Here's how it could play out

Amazon's $1.2 billion deal to buy Zoox shows just how hard building a self-driving car still is -and why even more startups could become buyout targets

Amateur day traders had a field day with Hertz. Now, Morgan Stanley says Avis stock could be next and skyrocket 65%

GOLDMAN SACHS: Buy these 13 stocks that are poised to crush the market within the next 2 weeks as earnings season gets underway

4 times that major tech companies, from Apple to Google and Amazon, tried and failed to break into video games

We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck Lithuanian delivery startup Ziticity used to raise $2.5 million during coronavirus

This $100 million startup born out of Alphabet's secretive X lab and backed by Comcast wants to dig a hole in your yard that could save you more than $2,000 a year on energy bills

Costco cuts back on the senior shopping hours it introduced at the start of the COVID-19 lockdown

Capita Consulting ditches more than a quarter of its workforce 45 days after consultations with consultants

Meet Colin Huang, who just stepped down as CEO of $100 billion Pinduoduo and whose wealth exploded by $25 billion in 2020

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Carragher selects three Liverpool players who could step up for Klopp

Coronavirus: Record US job surge despite infection resurgence

HSBC and Standard Chartered caught in crossfire over Hong Kong turmoil

Templegate's racing tips: Chepstow, Hamilton, Haydock and Wolverhampton...

Coronavirus: Accenture cuts up to 900 UK jobs due to 'additional strain'

Coronavirus: Accenture cuts up to 900 UK jobs due to 'additional strain'

Tesla stock leaps again on unexpectedly strong delivery numbers

Facebook is dumping its failed TikTok clone Lasso to make way for its other...

Ethiopia's government shut down the entire country's internet and 80 people...