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• Fiat Chrysler and Renault are reportedly in talks for a major deal that could shake up the global auto industry (FCAU)

  25-05-2019 21:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Fiat Chrysler and Renault are in advanced talks for a deal that would combine major segments of their businesses, according to a report Saturday by the Financial Times.  
  A deal would help the carmakers tackle the slowdown in consumer demand for new cars.
  Fiat Chrysler may also join the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, which is pondering its future after Nissan's chairman was arrested and ousted last year. 
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• People laughed at startup guru Eric Ries' idea to reinvent Wall Street, so he started a new stock exchange to prove them wrong

  25-05-2019 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  People laughed at Eric Ries, startup guru and author of the Lean Startup, when he first pitched the idea of a long-term stock exchange. 
  Initially Ries wanted someone else to run with his idea, he told Business Insider. But when no one did, he decided to start the Long-Term Stock Exchange, a competitor to Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange that requires companies to look beyond quarterly earnings.
  On May 10, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved the LTSE's application. Now it
  
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• Tesla's tanking stock price is actually the best thing that's happened to the company recently (TSLA)

  25-05-2019 14:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tesla's stock price has plummeted 35% since the beginning of the year.
  A wave of Wall Street reassessment is now underway, as analysts cut their target prices and develop new arguments for whether Tesla will succeed or fail.
  Tesla's stock has long been overpriced, and that has distorted the company's triumphs. A lower stock price, with less trading action, could be a boon for the company's future.
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• A key weapon that helped the US economy recover from the Great Recession could soon wreak havoc on financial markets — and the Fed just confirmed the risk

  25-05-2019 12:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Federal Reserve recently debated reviving its so-called Operation Twist to fight the next recession. 
  Back in 2011, the Fed exchanged short-term bonds for their longer-dated counterparts to keep some borrowing costs like mortgage rates low. 
  But minutes from the Fed's recent policy meeting showed that there are new risks to investors if this tool is adopted again. 
  Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.One of the big mysteries that has dogged investors since the e
  
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• A Wall Street firm figured out how much money Google will sacrifice by cutting off Huawei (GOOG, GOOGL)

  25-05-2019 05:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  President Trump's blacklisting of Huawei led Google to announce that it would be pulling its Android license from smartphones made by the Chinese manufacturing giant.
  That means users with new Huawei devices will no longer be able to download apps from the Play Store, which could cost the tech giant hundreds of millions of dollars per year. 
  Analysts at Nomura Instinet wrote that Google could lose between $375 million and $425 million per year in a "worst case" scenario from the Huawei
  
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• The trade war is speeding up tech manufacturers' plans to move out of China, a longtime industry analyst says

  25-05-2019 03:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  The trade war is prompting tech manufacturers to speed up plans to shift production out of China, said Gregor Berkowitz, a longtime tech industry consultant.
  Wages have been rising rapidly in the country, taking away one of the key reasons many companies set up shop there, he said.
  The latest threatened tariffs could make Chinese-goods significantly more expensive than those made elsewhere, he said.
  The big Taiwanese manufacturers are already shifting production from China back to Taiwan and are
  
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• THE TECH COLD WAR: Everything that's happened in the new China-US tech conflict involving Google, Huawei, Apple, and Trump (GOOG, GOOGL, AAPL)

  25-05-2019 01:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  From tariffs and levies to the Huawei ban, the global tech industry is at the center of an escalating cold war between the US and China.
  This clash affects giant tech companies with global supply chains, like Apple, Intel and Qualcomm. And Chinese tech giants like Huawei that want to do business with US companies. 
  Among the causes for the standoff are accusations of unfair trade practices, economic espionage and military links. It's involved everyone from government officials and tech exec
  
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• Hewlett Packard Enterprise is projecting a strong outlook for the rest of the year — but the CEO says that the overall data center market slowdown is his 'biggest worry' (HPE)

  25-05-2019 00:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Hewlett-Packard Enterprise CEO Antonio Neri says the tech giant is grappling with market uncertainty marked by longer sales cycles.
  The tech giant's most recent financial results, announced on Thursday, were welcomed by Wall Street— especially after HPE raised its outlook.
  But Wedbush's head of technology trading says the results underline HPE's struggles in the cloud.
  Visit Business Insider's homepage for more storiesHewlett Packard Enterprise boosted its profit outlook for the year, whic
  
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• The managing director of a nonprofit founded by BlackRock and McKinsey explains the one thing companies can do to be more like Amazon

  25-05-2019 00:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Want to be more like Amazon? Think long-term, says Alison Loat, the managing director of FCLT Global, a nonprofit that researches and advocates for long-term investors.
  Amazon's board of directors has a statement of purpose that explicitly says that their job is to look out for long-term shareholders. Just creating a statement of purpose can make a difference in the right direction, Loat said last month at the Milken Institute Global Conference. 
  But this is just one strategy public compani
  
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• A Wall Street firm focused on disruption is delusional when it comes to Tesla (TSLA)

  25-05-2019 00:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ark Invest is sticking to its bullish predictions about Tesla's future production capabilities.
  Much of the firm's case hinges on the creation of a Tesla autonomous ride-hailing network. But it's now proposing a $1,200-a-share (or higher) case based on the premise of Tesla selling over 1.5 million electric vehicles by 2023.
  There's a major problem here: Tesla currently lacks the manufacturing capacity to build more than 500,000 vehicles a year.
  It would be nearly impossible for Tesla to build en
  
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• Samsung could emerge as the big winner from Huawei's miserable week (GOOG, INTC)

  25-05-2019 00:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  Huawei is Samsung's biggest competitor in the worldwidesmartphone market. But without Google's Android, it could be difficult for Huawei to expand outside China.
  This could make Samsung's position at the top of the smartphone market all the more certain, leaving Apple as the only meaningful threat to its dominance.
  If Huawei's foldable smartphone, the Mate X, does not run on Google's Android, it could make the device noticeably less appealing — therefore leaving an opportunity for Samsung
  
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• The Boeing 737 Max's return to the air has reportedly been delayed by regulators looking into emergency procedures on older Boeing jets (BA)

  25-05-2019 00:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Boeing 737 Max's return to commercial-airline service is reportedly being further delayed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
  US government officials told The Wall Street Journal that the FAA is evaluating the emergency procedures for not only the Max but also the older generations of the 737, including the hot-selling Boeing 737 NG.
  "While we are working with the FAA to review all procedures, the safety of the 737 NG is not in question, with its 20-plus years of service and 200 mi
  
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