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Apple and Microsoft have lost around $400 billion each during the latest market sell-off over the last month. Analysts weigh in suggesting Microsoft a better buy over Apple at this stage.There’s bloodbath on Wall Street this week with almost all indices crashing to the tune of 5% and above every single day. While the Dow Jones crashed 10% on Thursday, bluechip company stocks also came tumbling down. Tech giants like Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) have also...

Amazon stock has not responded favorably to the company’s announcement of a $25 million coronavirus fund that it set up for employees.Even the world’s biggest companies are suffering under the effects of the coronavirus. Apart from the fall in their stocks, some of these companies can no longer handle business the way they normally would because of a high risk in the chance of infection. Amazon’s business is also significantly affected because of its high reliance on products from China....

Amazon Care and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation may team up to deliver coronavirus test kits to Seattle residents. But there is no official confirmation of this cooperation.After battling with the coronavirus outbreak, Seattle residents may finally get some breath after a possible collaboration between Amazon Care and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to deliver test kits to homes looms in the air. According to CNBC, the possible discussion may have been going on for the past...

Tuesday’s rally did not last long. Early on Wednesday, U.S. stock futures, including Dow, fell sharply. Tech stocks have also suffered.After the coronavirus outbreak, the market has become as volatile as never before. Yesterday, it rebounded after the crash on Monday, but it was not out of the woods yet. Today, U.S. stock futures dropped sharply, suggesting more volatility when trading began Wednesday, following two roller-coaster days on Wall Street. Dow Futures slide 700 points, rolling...

Markets in the Asia Pacific began to recover Tuesday and Dow Jones futures jumped more than 800 points a day after novel coronavirus fears and an oil price war sparked a worldwide panic.After the most disturbing day in newer U.S. market history (since 1991 Gulf War), as of 2:30 am ET Tuesday, futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average started growing by 794 points, indicating an opening jump 839 points on Tuesday. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures also pointed to a higher open for...

Calling the coronavirus pandemic as an “unprecedented moment”, Apple boss Tim Cook asked employees to work remotely. The virus outbreak has sent tremors all across Wall Street. Trading on U.S. exchange closed for 15 minutes on Monday market opening.As the fears of coronavirus continue to aggravate further, markets continue to make new lows. Even giants like Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) are feeling the heat of this pandemic. Today, both APPL and MSFT stocks...

It seems that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is not afraid of the coronavirus and is not going to panic while other giant tech companies are advising their employees to work remotely.Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk through a tweet disregarded the ongoing coronavirus panic where he called it ‘dump’. His comment seems to have been welcomed well by a huge group of his followers, where the tweet had hit 1.1M likes at the time of writing.The coronavirus panic is dumb— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 6,...

Ripple’s partner Moneygram will work with Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services to enhance its opportunities and increase customer satisfaction.MoneyGram is working with new partners. These partners are Google and Amazon. They will reportedly use their services to make MoneyGram’s services better. Amazon’s cloud services (AWS) will make transactions faster. Google Cloud will help study customer behavior. The cost of transferring money is now cheaper due to the increase in digital services....

Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are all encouraging employees in the Seattle area to work from home due to concerns about the coronavirus as the outbreak in Washington grows.The coronavirus grew more deadly in the United States, with the death toll climbing to 12 on Thursday. Throughout the country, more than 225 cases have been confirmed. Yesterday, U.S. Senate has agreed on an $8 billion emergency funding package that is headed to the President. Lawmakers across the country are...

While the coronavirus fears are spreading in the U.S., many tech giants are under their influence as well. MSFT stock lost over 2% yesterday and continues falling in the premarket.Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported that two of its employees in Washington state have been infected with the coronavirus.Meanwhile, Microsoft stock yesterday lost 2.51% and fell to the level of $166.27. The current market cap of the company is 1.26 trillion. In the premarket, MSFT continues falling while...