Cookies leave a bad taste in ad auctioneer Rubicon’s mouth
Sunsetting browser cookies over the next few year is being sold as a win-win: users get a snappier web, and publishers get premium consumer data and insulation from tightening consumer privacy regulations. The Rubicon Project, a technology company that hosts auctions...
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Disney’s new streaming app to be called Disney+
It’s official. The highly anticipated new Disney streaming service slated for release next year will be called Disney+. The Walt Disney Co. has now fully turned its attention to the streaming app, following its acquisition of 21st Century Fox, after reporting record...
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Women Candidates Are Overcoming Social Barriers, Yes. But Also Financial Ones.
When Christine Fisher filed to run for office, she knew the campaign would require sacrifice. But she was shocked one month later when she found out she would lose her job and the nearly $200,000 salary that came with it. Fisher, 36, a Democratic candidate for the...
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International Sales Bolsters McDonald’s Stock and Investor Optimism
For McDonald’s, the future is now—at least overseas. The company’s shares surged 6% to $177.18 on Oct. 23 after the company reported strong international sales growth, led by newly renovated stores in the United Kingdom, Australia, and France. Despite profits that...
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AT&T Q3: Time Warner deal turns profit, but subscriber losses send stock to six-year low
Investors hoped AT&T’s third quarter results--the first full quarter since the company’s $108.7 billion acquisition of Time Warner-- would have signs that the acquisition is paying off. They found them. But that performance was overshadowed by disappointments in...
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After acquiring Time Warner and AppNexus, AT&T’s moneymaker is still mobility
But concerns about how AT&T can integrate its newly-acquired businesses crystalized in AT&T’s latest financial report. Fundamentally, the company’s latest acquisitions don’t illustrate a clear path for improving its primary businesses, including mobility and TV.
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Zola Grows Its Marketing Strategy
Zola, fresh off a new funding round, is restructuring employees to focus on marketing their streamlined wedding tools to couples beyond the typical word-of-mouth references that have grown the company so far. Private investors gave the wedding-tech company $100...
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Sign Up, Forget, Spend, Repeat: Our New Digital Routine
It can be distressing to find, deep in the recesses of your bank statement, that long-forgotten $7.99 monthly charge for your Hulu subscription. Only to dig deeper and discover you’ve wasted $50 on the unused streaming service since you gave up on The Handmaid’s Tale...
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Overspending on Monthly Subscriptions is Putting a Dent in Your Savings
Your Netflix binge-watching habit could be holding you back from your financial goals. Overpaying for monthly subscription services, from video-streaming sites to gym memberships, could contribute to debt, according personal finance experts. And U.S. consumers are...
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Why millenials are more charitable than other generations
Millennials are changing the philanthropic landscape, and being tech-savvy helps. Technology is increasingly relevant for young people’s monetary contributions to the causes and organizations they support. Social media has translated into a prime driver of fundraising...
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