Facebook Inc's final policy changes in the lead-up to U.S. elections in November are unlikely to stem a flood of disinformation around the vote, which could suppress turnout and sow confusion about results, election experts said on Friday.
The Justice Department, which has been conducting an antitrust investigation of Alphabet Inc's Google, plans to bring a lawsuit against Google as soon as this month, according to two sources familiar with the probe, who said the focus remains on search and advertising.
Bolivia's interim presidency said on Thursday it had hired a Washington-based lobbying firm that Facebook Inc accuses of launching fake news campaigns to skew democratic debate.
Wall Street's main indexes closed sharply lower on Thursday, marking their deepest one-day dives in months as investors dumped the high-flying technology sector, while economic data highlighted concerns about a long and difficult recovery.
AT&T (NYSE: T) is looking to sell off its digital ad business as a way to reduce the company's massive debt, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal earlier this week. The company acquired AppNexus for $1.6 billion in mid-2018, and is now interested in offloading it
Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined actions the company is taking in response to the upcoming U.S. elections and content related to COVID-19 in a post published Thursday. The social media company has faced calls to ban political ads and implement stricter moderati
Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) announced today that Watch -- its video-streaming platform -- has attracted a host of new viewers, with 1.25 billion users watching content on it each month. To give that number context, it's about 46% of the 2.7 billion users that log into Facebook each mo
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The bottom fell out of the Nasdaq today, in case you haven't heard. In afternoon trading, the tech-heavy index is trading down about 4.1% from where it closed the day Wednesday. (And even Wednesday, the Naz avoided a "red" closing price by the skin of its teeth.)
Wall Street's main indexes tumbled on Thursday and were on track for their deepest one-day dives since June as investors dumped the high-flying technology sector, while economic data highlighted concerns about a long and difficult recovery.
Private equity firm Silver Lake Partners is in talks to invest $1 billion in the retail arm of India's Reliance Industries Ltd, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Wall Street's main indexes tumbled on Thursday, heading for their worst day since June as investors dumped high-flying technology-focused stocks, while economic data highlighted concerns about a long and difficult recovery.
Apple Inc plans to delay updates to its next mobile operating system that could change how ads are targeted on iPhones and iPads, technology news website The Information reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Wall Street's main indexes tumbled on Thursday, heading for their worst day since June as investors dumped high-flying technology-focused stocks, while economic data highlighted concerns about a long and difficult recovery.
Investors in Facebook Inc (Symbol: FB) saw new options begin trading today, for the October 23rd expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the FB options chain for the new October 23rd contracts and identified one put and one call co
Financial regulators must avoid playing catch up with digital payment methods like stablecoins and crypto-assets, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Thursday.
In this episode of Industry Focus: Energy, Nick Sciple is joined by Motley Fool senior auto analyst John Rosevear to discuss some hidden gems of the electric vehicle space. The headlines around EV are dominated by a few well-known companies, but there are new companies joining t
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Shares of LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN) jumped 38.8% in August, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The stock popped early in the month after the company published second-quarter results on Aug. 4, and the report arrived with sales that were sign