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The site of a roof collapse at an Amazon.com distribution center in Edwardsville, Illinois. Drone Base | Reuters Gary Quigley was nearing the end of his Amazon delivery route on Friday when he noticed the winds were picking up.  Quigley had been listening to local radio stations in Edwardsville, Illinois, all afternoon to keep an

In this article CERN ORCL A sign is posted in front of Oracle headquarters on December 09, 2021 in Redwood Shores, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Enterprise software giant Oracle will buy electronic medical records company Cerner in an all-cash deal for $95 per share, or approximately $28.3 billion in equity value. The deal, expected to

The future of bitcoin is anyone’s guess, but one academic has warned that the world’s most popular cryptocurrency could fade out in the near future. Eswar Prasad, senior professor of international trade policy at Cornell University, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” earlier this month: “Bitcoin itself may not last that much longer.” Bitcoin’s price has

Chesnot | Getty Images For years, the U.S. government has maintained a side hustle auctioning off bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Historically, Uncle Sam has done a pretty lousy job of timing the market. The 500 bitcoin it sold to Riot Blockchain in 2018 for around $5 million? That’s now worth north of $23 million. Or

Chairman of Disney Michael Iger arrives for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 06, 2021 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images New year prediction pieces are a journalism standard. But instead of giving my own projections, I asked 10 media executives, the promise of anonymity, to give me their

Workers transferring cryptocurrency mining rigs at a farm in Sichuan province AFP | Getty Images Kirk is mining for bitcoin in the Chinese province of Sichuan, hoping every day that he doesn’t get caught by the authorities.  Like other crypto miners who have gone underground since Beijing cracked down on the industry earlier this year,

Asana CEO and Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA | AFP | Getty Images Dustin Moskovitz is buying the dip. Again. The billionaire co-founder and CEO of cloud software vendor Asana bought $81 million worth of the company’s stock this week as part of a pre-arranged trading plan, bringing his purchases for the

In this article SEZNL Z1P-AU APT-AU AFRM An Afterpay logo is seen displayed on a smartphone. Igor Golovniov | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Shares of several “buy now, pay later” firms sank sharply after the U.S. consumer watchdog opened an investigation into the sector. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday it

An aerial view of Apple Park is seen in Cupertino, California, United States on October 28, 2021. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Apple told staff on Wednesday that it is delaying a planned return to offices for corporate workers until an undetermined date, according to reports from Bloomberg News and NBC News

In this article HRB SQ Pedestrians walk past an H&R Block office in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, March 8, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images H&R Block filed a trademark infringement lawsuit over Square’s new name, “Block” on Thursday. The tax preparation service seeks to keep Block from using the

In this article AMZN The Amazon Pharmacy home screen on a smartphone arranged in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon‘s former Prime boss has been moved to a role overseeing the company’s health efforts. Neil Lindsay last month was elevated to

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks during a Reuters interview at the Department of Commerce in Washington, September 23, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said she is committed to the administration’s goal of universal broadband by 2030, but cautioned that distributing funds from the new infrastructure law to meet that deadline

In this article GOOGL Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., gestures while speaking during a discussion on artificial intelligence at the Bruegel European economic think tank in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. Pichai urged the U.S. and European Union to coordinate regulatory approaches on artificial intelligence, calling their alignment critical. Geert

The Desperate ApeWives NFT collection on display at Art Basel Miami on Dec. 1, 2021. Erika Goldring | Getty Images A non-fungible token trader reportedly sold a highly sought-after NFT for $3,000 rather than $300,000 due to a “fat-finger” error. The trader, identified only as Max or “maxnaut” online, told tech news website CNET that

The site of a roof collapse at an Amazon.com distribution center in Edwardsville, Illinois. Drone Base | Reuters The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating a collapse at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, an agency spokesperson said Monday. The collapse was caused by a tornado that devastated the area and killed six workers.

In this article IT A gamer plays on Sony’s Playstation 5 console at his home in Seoul. Yelim Lee | AFP via Getty Images The global chip shortage has been rumbling on all year and still hasn’t gone away. But what does that mean for Christmas? Will some presents be harder to get hold of

Chris Wallace on the set of “Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace” at FOX News D.C. Bureau on June 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. Paul Morigi | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Fox News anchor Chris Wallace abruptly announced on Sunday he’s leaving the network after 18 years, effective immediately. The host of the

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky delivers a keynote address during the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas on November 30, 2021. Noah Berger | Getty Images Amazon Web Services on Friday published an explanation for an hours-long outage earlier this week that disrupted its retail business and third-party online services. The company also said