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By Jon D. Markman On November 16, 201802:10 PM Eastern
Alphabet (GOOGL) is the Rodney Dangerfield of tech companies. It gets no respect.
Waymo, its self-driving car subsidiary, announced Tuesday it will launch a fully autonomous taxi service in...
By Jon D. Markman On May 4, 201804:00 PM Eastern
There is a legitimate renaissance in all things dealing with space.
In April, Bloomberg reported the latest funding round for Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies placed the value of the...
By Jon D. Markman On February 26, 201802:00 PM Eastern
Imagine spending your day eating ice cream and drinking cherry Coke. Or hanging out with Bill Gates and LeBron James.
The next meeting is coming up on May 5. Investors got a preview of what’s to...
By Jon D. Markman On November 27, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Thanksgiving used to be about overeating, watching football on TV, and spending too much time and money at the mall.
However, for the past decade, bricks have been replaced by clicks. Online...
By Jon D. Markman On July 14, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Imagine traveling from San Francisco to Los Angeles in about the same time it takes to get a Domino’s pizza delivered.
Far-fetched?
It’s definitely possible, and it got one step closer...
By Jon D. Markman On May 30, 201707:30 AM Eastern
Mark Fields is out as the top man at Ford (F).
Conventional wisdom puts the blame somewhere in the vicinity of Elon Musk, CEO at Tesla (TSLA). Don’t believe it.
The auto business faces a...
By Jon D. Markman On May 8, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Historically, the Chicago Board Options Exchange SPX Volatility Index (VIX) is a measure of investor anxiety.
Last week, the CBOE Volatility Index reached a 10-year low. The prevailing lack of...
By Jon D. Markman On February 9, 201704:00 PM Eastern
The auto industry is doing well. Profits are up, sales are surging. And yet everyone is on edge. Disruption is coming. Autonomous vehicles are coming.
This week, Fortune reported Cruise...
By Jon D. Markman On December 29, 201507:30 AM Eastern
Tech heavyweight Apple (AAPL) is down 9% in December, falling out of a multi-month consolidation range on swirling worries about iPhone demand and sales in China.
Shares of its component...
By Jon D. Markman On August 18, 201507:30 AM Eastern
The Chinese yuan dropped in value three straight days until Friday, finishing the week with a 3% loss. Beijing authorities tried to stabilize the situation by saying the currency didn’t have...