by Talib Visram | November 17, 2018 | Earnings, Match Group, News | 0 Comments

For better or for worse, Tinder has developed a reputation as the go-to app for casual hookups. Match Group, the app’s owner, has taken note. And it’s doubling down on transforming Tinder into the home of low-pressure liaisons. Match Group beat Wall Street’s...

by Matthew Cutler | November 13, 2018 | Companies, News | 0 Comments

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...

by Sarah Min | November 12, 2018 | Companies, Disney, News | 0 Comments

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...

by Carmen Reinicke | November 8, 2018 | News | 0 Comments

For student loan borrowers who have defaulted - meaning they've gone more than 270 days without making a payment towards their debt - rehabilitation is one way out of default. Many borrowers see it as a second chance, but don't understand that their balance will...

by Sharif Paget | November 6, 2018 | News | 0 Comments

Want to save cash? There’s an app for that. Yeny Lei, who works for One Medical, a firm that uses technology to deliver accessible health care, was shocked to find out she was spending $150 a month on coffee. “I live in San Francisco, and every coffee shop is very...

by Max Zahn | November 6, 2018 | Companies, Earnings, McDonald's, News | 0 Comments

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...

by Ben Foldy | November 5, 2018 | AT&T, Companies, News | 0 Comments

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...

by Willa Rubin | November 4, 2018 | AT&T, Companies, News | 0 Comments

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.

by Carmen Reinicke | November 4, 2018 | News | 0 Comments

Ford stock soared on Oct. 25, posting its highest gain in seven years after third-quarter earnings beat expectations and analysts heard more about the company’s restructuring plans. Now, Ford has to prove this is the beginning of a new chapter for the company. On...

by Matthew Cutler | November 2, 2018 | Companies, News | 0 Comments

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...