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Visa’s quarterly earnings came through last week. The first-quarter results were exciting for many investors. But they have been in line with expectations. Revenues hit about $6.05 billion. Earnings per share were about $1.46 as well. This has led to many wondering if centralized payments are still the way to go. It is also a 10% increase from 2018. It has also reinforced the common belief that the payments industry is still going strong. This also is in line with post-earnings forecasts...

Asana Inc., the developer of web and mobile app for organizing, tracking, and managing work, has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In the statement, Asana revealed their plan to enter the public markets via a direct listing. In other words, Asana files for IPO.Asana stated:“The public listing is expected to take place after the SEC completes its review process, subject to market and other conditions.”When...

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...

Tech and internet companies were the first that succeeded to reach $1 trillion in stock market value. However, the next U.S. companies that could join this prestigious clique are better known for something else. We are talking here about card companies as are Mastercard Inc. and Visa Inc.Take Mastercard for example. In its fourth-quarter earnings report, the company said that its GAAP earnings per share (EPS) surged incredible 138% in the fourth quarter to arrive at $2.07, while revenues...

Amazon has released impressive earnings figures for its fourth quarter. The figures show that the company beat its expectations for what its efforts for the quarter would yield. Amazon announced that its holiday sales profit crossed $3 billion. In response, Amazon stock jumped 13%, pushing its valuation into the neighborhood of $1 trillion.Amazon Holiday Sales Quarter HighlightsAmazon reported a total profit of $3.3 billion for the holiday quarter recently concluded with a total revenue of...

Google is starting a painful process of eliminating direct contact with key people in Wuhan, and across China. FAANG members officially closed four offices thanks to the virus. It is spreading fast, and the companies around the world understand that they have to act quickly.Numerous Companies Flee Away Because of Virus, Economic Freeze is OngoingGoogle is banned in China, but the locals are working as marketers, sales engineers and so on. They do not develop the local version of Google, they...

American technology company Microsoft Corporation has managed to beat analyst projections. It has become obvious from the earnings that it reports for its second quarter for the year 2020. The company said revenue grew by 14% compared to the same quarter a year earlier, landing at $36.9 billion.Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella stated:“We are innovating across every layer of our differentiated technology stack and leading in key secular areas that are critical to our customers’...

As per reports on January 28, 2020, CEO of Apex Clearing, Bill Capuzzi, stated that it is interesting to witness how the investing habits of millennials have shifted over the past year, claiming that millennials have proven to be unique and differed from their generational counterparts.Apex Clearing has disclosed the fourth-quarter Millenial 100 report that analyzed over 734,000 portfolios possessed by U.S.-based investors with an average age in the region of just 31 years. The result was...

Santa Clara-based multinational semiconductor company, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) first-quarter estimate of revenue has raised a lot of eyebrows as it came in far below the estimates of analysts. Such a situation is a result of declining demand from gaming console makers despite its data center and PC chips business tracking a revival in the chip industry. It has become known from the reports of January 28, 2020.AMD saw its stock price decline as much as 4% after the company announced...