Apple's HomePod speaker: Either way late or way early
Apple's smart speaker HomePod may be late to the party but it beats Amazon, Google and Sonos in sound.
Shutdown less likely as Senate closes in on budget agreement
Buoyed by the sudden likelihood of a budget pact, lawmakers are on track avoid a repeat of last month's government shutdown — though President Donald Trump unexpectedly raised the possibility of closing ...
Copper miner Freeport-McMoRan reinstates dividend on stronger outlook
Freeport-McMoRan Inc reinstated its cash dividend on Tuesday, three years after suspending it, reflecting a stronger financial position, improved market conditions and a positive outlook for cash generation. Freeport, the world's biggest publicly listed copper producer, declared a quarterly dividend of 5 cents a share. If that rate is maintained it would equal the 20 cent annual dividend it suspended in December 2015 to save cash and repay debt at a time of weak copper prices.
Trump criticizes release of Democratic intel memo
Former South Carolina GOP Sen. Jim DeMint reacts to the Democratic rebuttal to the GOP FISA abuse memo.
SpaceX just launched its most powerful rocket ever
Elon Musk took one giant leap to the front of the space industry on Tuesday.
Gilead (GILD) Posts Earnings Beat, Total Product Sales See YoY Decline
Gilead Sciences (GILD) just released its fourth quarter fiscal 2017 financial results, posting earnings of $1.78 per share and revenues of $5.95 billion. Shares are down 2.4% to $78.50 in trading shortly after as a result.
Cryptocurrency comes storming back after a blockbuster regulatory hearing on Capitol Hill
Bitcoin picked up more than 12% in afternoon trading, and the cryptocurrency market added $40 billion in value. Lawmakers pressed the two top financial regulators during a morning hearing on cryptocurrency — and now the market for digital currency is storming back. At the time of writing, the coin was trading up 12% against the US dollar at $7,756 — a more than $1,700 increase from its daily low set early Tuesday morning.