The U.S. wireless carriers and FCC agreed upon a set of commitments, and the time has finally come to walk the talk. The wireless carriers in question include T-Mobile Us Inc (NASDAQ: TMUS), Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ), And AT&T Inc (NYSE: T). These carriers acknowledge the commitments they made, but they don’t seem quite ready. Some of […]
Brendan Byrne
Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) Asks The Corporate Staff To Return To Office Three Days A Week
Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) is gradually relaxing its return-to-work plans. The company communicated to its corporate staff, insisting that every official report to the office three days a week by September. The communication was done through a memo that also spelled out the conditions for working remotely. Amazon gives out directions Amazon remains open to remote […]
Emerging Opportunities in the ESG Investment Boom (MASN, BLNK, STEM, ENPH, FAN, TAN)
The Environment, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) investment theme is predicted to drive as much as $67 trillion in investment flows over the next decade, according to research from Morgan Stanley. This estimate leverages what may be the most powerful long-term force driving finance over the next ten years. In essence, capital is to be passed […]
Could the Emerging World Spur the Next Wave in Crypto? (ISWH, RIOT, COIN, MARA, HVBTF, MSTR, PYPL)
The cryptocurrency train left the station midway through last year. That initial train ride took Bitcoin all the way to more than $60k per coin in a matter of months. Now, volatility in the space has re-emerged, which offers new investors a fresh chance to get on board for a potential next leg in the […]
Investor Alert: Positioning for the Looming Oil Shortage (CEI, HP, FANG, XEC, SBOW, MTDR, HES)
According to the most recent report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), US crude output is set to fall 230,000 barrels per day to 11.08 million barrels per day in 2021. The EIA also notes that US production will rise next year by 710,000 barrels per day to 11.79 million barrels per day. That sounds […]
The Sustainability Portfolio: Set it and Forget it? (ECOX, NEE, STEM, QS, FAN, TAN, FSLR)
Certain facts should be observed. First, the renewable energy movement is now an established facet of the developed world, with expectations boosted by the transition in Washington DC to the Biden administration, which has already pledged its commitment to the cause at roughly twice the real-dollar investment that went into the space program in the […]
The Vaccine Investment Hypothesis, and What’s Next (AZN, JNJ, DYAI, BNTX)
The party is apparently “On” as far as the developed world’s sense of “reopening” is concerned. But the global truth is far removed from this celebration, as less than 20% of the world’s population have had access to a vaccine. The major vaccine producers struggle with the unit economics and production dynamics to solve this […]
China Blocks Taiwan’s Procurement Process Of Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) vaccine
Taiwan is currently facing a serious COVID-19 outbreak, but the Island nation is tricky regarding vaccine procurement. Early in this week, Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen’s administration ruled sourcing Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (NASDAQ: BNTX) from China’s Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. Taiwan faces a crisis as vaccine deal falls through The Taiwanese […]
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Will Retire Its Internet Explorer 11: Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) Says Epic Games Inc. Acts As A Stalking Horse In Its Latest Fight Against Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) decided to retire its flagship IE (Internet Explorer) 11. The end of IE 11 will come on June 15, 2022. Microsoft already turned its back for its products on IE in August 2020. Microsoft turns away from IE The Teams, the chat software for the workplace, of Microsoft stopped working on […]
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) And Other Investors Lead $400 Million Funding For Masan Group’s Retail Division
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) is leading a $400 million investment funding round in Masan Group Corp’s retail arm, Crownx. The investment in the Vietnamese conglomerate’s retail unit marks Alibaba’s first investment in Vietnam, which is among the fastest-growing Asian economies. Alibaba acquires a stake in Masan’s retail division, The CrownX. The Chinese e-commerce […]
Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) Will Take Over Socio Labs To Support Virtual Events
Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) announced plans to takeover Socio Labs to support virtual and in-person conferences. The company expects to complete the deal in Q4 2021. A comprehensive platform Cisco will integrate Socio’s hybrid event management component into its Webex platform. The company recently acquired Slido. With the takeover of Socio, Cisco intends to transform Webex […]
Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Google Gets Reprieve As Beth Labson Freeman Dismisses Anti-trust Claims Of Advertisers
Beth Labson Freeman, the US District Judge, based in San Jose, CA, dismissed the antitrust claims of a group of advertisers and provided a reprieve to Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL). However, Beth allowed the group to clarify in which market Google monopolizes. Prana Pets and Hanson Law Firm alleged that Google abuses its dominant position in […]
Spotlight on KULR: Powering the $127B Commercial Drone Market
There are a number of 21st century technology markets that have become seemingly intertwined, with self-reinforcing trends and enabling innovations. These include some of the most impressive growth markets, according to analyst predictions, over the decade ahead, including space commercialization, electric vehicles, autonomous transportation, commercial drones, edge computing, artificial intelligence, and genomics. Many of these […]
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) Talent Nurturing Initiative Hurts Top-Tier Officials’ Salaries
Over the years, senior executives at Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) have enjoyed pay hikes and stock incentives, but they now have to put up with frozen pay. The Chinese e-commerce giant freezes the top officials’ pay and instead implements salary increases to its junior staff. It explains its move as an effort to nurture […]
If EV Stocks Bounce, Watch KULR as Emerging Battery Safety Play (TSLA, WKHS, FCEL, PLUG, NIO, BLNK)
Thursday was Earth Day. It was also Day One of Joe Biden’s two-day virtual climate summit involving leaders from around the world. Biden’s objectives for the event became strikingly clear: The US is back at the table, battling climate change and being a good-faith actor on sustainability, and we are prepared to prove it. Among […]
