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As we enjoyed an oversold rally this week, we saw gains in our holdings, including strong upswings in ChargePoint, Nucor, United Rentals, Applied Materials, and Vulcan Materials...
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(Bloomberg) -- The top Democratic senator responsible for government oversight is drafting legislation that would overhaul how the federal government buys software, a move that could force Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp. and other technology companies to remove limits on how their products interact with those made by rivals.The draft bill, a copy of which was obtained by Bloomberg, would require agencies to move toward buying unlimited software licenses, rather than ones for a specific number of e...
Continue ReadingShares of Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) climbed 2.7% on Friday after the e-commerce titan moved to bolster its robotics expertise. Amazon struck a deal to acquire Cloostermans. The Belgium-based company designs and manufactures cutting-edge technology that can be used to move items through warehouses more efficiently...
Continue ReadingBuffett is best known as a value investor, but there are still a few growth stocks in his portfolio...
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Yahoo Finance's Jared Blikre looks at how markets fared this week, with stocks holding on to their gains and communications and semiconductor stocks leading the way...
Continue ReadingAmazon.com Inc is in the process of removing U.S. and UK marketplace listings of products that disable car seatbelt alarms, the e-commerce giant said on Friday, a day after the company did the same in India...
Continue ReadingYahoo Finance Live checks out Amazon's move to acquire the Belgian robotics outfit Cloostermans-Huwaert...
Continue ReadingThe e-commerce giant has targeted 66 planned or existing facilities in what experts say amounts to a reconfiguration of its fulfillment in local U.S. markets...
Continue ReadingA new Miami startup has a mission to help consumers get a better grasp of just what exactly they are buying on Amazon.com. This week, Usko closed a $1.8 million funding round ahead of the release of the beta version of its mobile app next week. Led by Wyncode Academy co-founder Juha Mikkola, the company provides insights and analytics into what users purchase on Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN)...
Continue Reading(Bloomberg) -- Verily, the Alphabet Inc. life sciences unit that experimented with diabetes-detecting contact lenses and launched Covid-19 testing programs, said it raised $1 billion in new investments led by its parent company, padding its war chest as the health-tech market heats up. As part of Friday’s announcement, Verily also said two executives would leave their positions at the company. Founder and long-serving Chief Executive Officer Andy Conrad will become executive chairman, and Verily...
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