Amazon Web Services (AWS) said in the filing that it wants to depose President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and former Defense Secretary James Mattis over a $10 billion Pentagon’s JEDI contract awarded to Microsoft.Amazon Web Services (AWS) spokesperson blames United States President Donald Trump for using his executive powers in order “to advance his personal agenda.” They also claim that the example of this was awarding of the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense...
Read More »Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Continues His Shares Selling Spree, AMZN Stock Price Stays Stable
In a quest to fund the Blue Origin project, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos continued with his initial plan to sell shares. He has now sold $3.5 billion worth of shares in a week after AMZN stock jumped higher and the company joined the $1 trillion club.Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has sold almost $3.5 Billion worth of Amazon’s (AMZN) shares in the last one week, in the quest to fund his aerospace project Blue Origin. According to filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Jeff sold slightly...
Read More »Salesforce and Samsung Join Digital Asset’s Second Series C Funding
Venture divisions of Salesforce and Samsung joined a second Series C funding round for a startup called Digital Asset that had already gathered $35 million from investors.Digital Asset, a New York-based financial technology company that builds products based on distributed ledger technology for regulated financial institutions, has acquired investments from Salesforce Ventures and Samsung Venture Investment Corp in the second closing of its Series C funding round. It was revealed on Tuesday,...
Read More »Amazon Is a New Member of $1 Trillion Club after Months of Flirting
Amazon joined Microsoft, Apple, and Google (Alphabet Inc) to rank among the wealthiest companies in the U.S. with a market cap of over one trillion dollars on February 4, 2020. Now it is a new member of the elite $1 trillion club.Amazon joined Microsoft, Apple, and Google’s parent Alphabet to tank among the wealthiest companies in the U.S. The other three entered the elite club for the first time in January 2020. All of them together make up the “Trillion Dollar Club.”Up to today, only these...
Read More »Visa’s Quarterly Earnings Excite Many and Here’s Why
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...
Read More »Asana Files for IPO via Direct Listing
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...
Read More »Investment Insights from a Self-Made Billionaire
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...
Read More »Oracle Adds New Cloud Locations, ORCL Stock Is Slightly Up
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...
Read More »Visa and Mastercard Could Become Next Members of $1 Trillion Club
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...
Read More »Amazon (AMZN) Stock Jumps 13% as Record Holiday Sales Send Capitalization toward $1 Trillion
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...
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