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Google‘s parent company Alphabet Inc. announced on Monday that its revenue was $46.07 billion in the fourth quarter of 2019. That represents a rise of 17% on an annual basis. The company reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) at $15.35 in the same quarter that represents a growth of 20% year-over-year.Net income increased by 19.2% to $10.67 billion in the closing quarter of fiscal 2019. Operating income stood at $9.27 billion over the same period, rising 12.8% annually.For the whole year...

Can anyone be a billionaire? Maybe. I sat down with Dr. Morgan Shi – who is one of China’s most well-regarded experts in domestic and international investment as well as risk management – and asked about his philosophy, which investments brought him the most return, and what investment vehicles have the most upside. The following transcript has been edited for clarity.Are billionaires, or even millionaires, different in how they approach money and investment?Everyone has the opportunity to...

A new announcement has come from the American multinational computer technology corporation Oracle. The company has expanded its activity, adding new cloud computing data centers in five countries. Oracle new cloud locations are Saudi Arabia (Jeddah), Australia (Melbourne), Japan (Osaka), Canada (Montreal), and the Netherlands (Amsterdam).According to the company’s blog post, all of the countries mentioned are now available in the Oracle Cloud Console. Oracle has always strived to have at...

Elon Musk‘s Tesla Inc. is on a roll as the company’s stock price has surged nearly 100% in the last three months. Last Wednesday, January 29, Tesla released its Q4 2019 earnings taking Wall Street by a big surprise.Beating the analysts’ expectations, Tesla registered total sales of $7.38 billion against the street projections of $7.02 billion. The electric car maker posted an EPS of $2.14 against the expected $1.71. The company said that its Model 3 deliveries were up 45% YoY and it expects...

The coronavirus has had an unignorable effect not just in China but also in the rest of the world. Apart from stock markets that are taking a plunge, just the fear alone is creating major problems. Interestingly, one major effect of the coronavirus outbreak is that many more companies are slowly transitioning, or at least experimenting with remote work. Working from home now seems like the only option for these businesses.Remote Work Effect of the CoronavirusWhen the outbreak initially began...

Panasonic Corp reported on Monday its first quarterly profit in U.S. battery business with Tesla Inc. The news comes after the U.S. electric vehicle maker reported its second successive quarterly profit last week, as vehicle deliveries hit a record. Tesla also said it would comfortably make more than half a million units this year, pushing its shares to new highs.Panasonic’s Chief Financial Officer Hirokazu Umeda said, referring to battery cell production, that the company is catching up as...

As it was predicted by market analysts last week, the coronavirus epidemic plunged stocks in mainland China as markets reopened. The markets had remained closed because the government extended the Lunar New Year Holiday in efforts to curb the spread of the outbreak. Before now, the world was already feeling the effects of the spread. Several financial markets had plunged and now, China has joined the plunge.Coronavirus Crashes Stocks in ChinaOn Monday, stocks generally crashed by at least 7%....

Most of the cryptos grew on Monday amid terrible trading in Asia. After the extended Chinese New Year shutdown, mainland markets finally opened for trading. However, it was not going as it was expected.Bitcoin price was rising as well. However, at the time of writing, it was falling 0.43% to $9,347.Major stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region tumbled by the most since an equity bubble burst in 2015. They resumed trading Monday, in the first opportunity for many investors in China to react...

The Coronavirus has slowed sales of Apple‘s iPhones. Reports indicate that the technology giant decided to shut down its stores in China. This comes as the coronavirus has spread all over China and entered several other countries. Analysts have speculated that this decision amid the coronavirus could lead to a sales slowdown of up to 1 million iPhones. However, this accounts for only around 3% of Apple’s total annual Chinese iPhone sales. Analysts have speculated that this won’t affect the...

Brexit could “unleash the full potential” of the United Kingdom, though there will be “bumps in the road”, said the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his first speech since Britain formally left the European Union. In his next speech that regards a trade deal with the bloc and other countries, Johnson will probably mention that he is ready to cut all the talks with the EU regarding the trade in case he doesn’t get it his way. He already set Australia as a successful example of a country that...