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Shares of PayPal Holdings Inc. rose 1.7% in Wednesday morning trading after BMO Capital Markets analyst Paulo Ribeiro raised his target price on the stock to $85, from $80. He's upbeat about PayPal's November decision to sell its loan portfolio to Synchrony Financial and thinks that the move will be less dilutive to PayPal's earnings per share than Wall Street predicts. He believes that consensus figures underestimate operating expenditures for the credit business and therefore overestimate how... Читать дальше...

Federal Election Commission will take up this week whether political ads on Facebook must include disclaimers showing who bought them.

Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa state has declared that the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari come 2019 was already a done deal.

In an earlier, better time, late night was the place where smart comics got to write mostly meaningless jokes about transitory crap. 

According to news reports, Trump aide/hanger-on Omarosa Manigault was fired by the President last night as the drama in Alabama unfolded -- and escorted from the White House to boot. Other reports claim, however, that she resigned.

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The amount of external traffic Facebook sends to publishers has dropped significantly in 2017, while the amount of publisher traffic Google generates has increased substantially in the same timeframe, according to data from digital analytics company Parse.ly, per Recode.

Parse.ly’s data comes from 2,500 publishers — including Time Inc.... Читать дальше...

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• Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Alibaba will hold the lion's share of the cloud market, according to Goldman Sachs analyst Heather Bellini.
• She sees massive consolidation in the cloud market with companies that are highly differentiated and can invest a significant amount of money upfront as being on top.
• Check out the live stock price of Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Alibaba.

As businesses and individuals migrate their work and personal lives to the cloud... Читать дальше...

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Almost exactly a year ago, on December 17, 2016, Tesla CEO Elon Musk was stuck in traffic and issued the following tweet: "Traffic is driving me nuts. Am going to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging..."

And thus, The Boring Company was born.

There's still much to be done before The Boring Company can achieve its goal to vanquish "soul-destroying traffic" — you can learn much more about the company's advantages and obstacles here... Читать дальше...

The Palestinian Embassy and Moviment Graffiti held a "gathering of solidarity" on Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Around 60 people gathered in front of Parliament to listen to the acting head of the Palestinian Embassy Fadi Hanania, Moviment Graffiti activist Andre Callus and Imam Mohammed el Sadi call for an end to the occupation of Palestine. Read: Abela to Netanyahu: We don't take sides between Israel and Palestine The international community... Читать дальше...

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Prague (dpa) - Andrej Babis, the multi-billionaire media magnate who took office as the Czech Republic‘s new prime minister last week, introduced his new minority government at Prague Castle on Wednesday.President Milos Zeman swore in 14 ministers belonging to Babis‘ minority cabinet during a ceremony at the castle.It remains unclear how Babis will win the confidence of parliament. On its own, his right-wing populist ANO (Yes) party holds only 78 of 200 seats in the lower house of parliament. "We will not wait for any tolerance or support... Читать дальше...

Amsterdam (dpa) - The Netherlands has joined Austria in filing suit against neighbour Germany for the country‘s plan to launch a motorway toll in 2019 they say would discriminate against foreigners and defy European regulations.The Dutch Transportation Ministry made the announcement on Wednesday, some two months after the Netherlands signalled its intention to join Austria‘s lawsuit, filed at the European Court of Justice, in October.It is unclear when the court will make its decision on the case."The cabinet finds... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN says Anderson Cooper's Twitter account was hacked after a since-removed tweet from his handle called the president a "tool" and a "pathetic loser" following Democrat Doug Jones win in Alabama's Senate election. The cable network tweeted early Wednesday that "someone gained access" to Anderson's account and sent the tweet to the president. "We're working with Twitter to secure the account," it said. Cooper in his own tweet says he woke up to find out "someone gained access" to his account. Читать дальше...

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday complained that there has been a lack of substance in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) expressions of solidarity with struggling Muslim nations. He was speaking at an emergency conference of the OIC.

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Rival executives are monitoring the OKC situation closely, as things haven't gone smoothly since the Thunder added Paul George and Carmelo Anthony.

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Wien (dpa) - Die Air-Berlin-Tochter Niki hat mehrere Abflüge vom Airport Wien-Schwechat für diesen Donnerstag gestrichen. Das geht aus der Website des Flughafens hervor. Zuvor hatte die Lufthansa ihr Kaufangebot für Niki zurückgezogen. Daraufhin hatte die Bundesregierung mitgeteilt, sie rechne mit «Insolvenz und Grounding von Niki». Eine Niki-Sprecherin erklärte, die Flüge seien schon länger nicht mehr im Flugplan gestanden. Plangemäß fliege nur ein Niki-Flug von Wien ab, und zwar nach Marrakesch. Читать дальше...

Berlin (dpa) - Kurz vor dem EU-Gipfel hat die Bundesregierung die Kritik von EU-Ratspräsident Donald Tusk an den bestehenden Flüchtlingsquoten der Europäischen Union zurückgewiesen. Aus deutschen Regierungskreisen hieß es am Mittwoch, man teile die Auffassung Tusks nicht, dass das 2015 etablierte Quotensystem «ineffektiv» sei und Entscheidungen zu Flüchtlingsfragen nur noch im Konsens entschieden werden sollten. «Wir finden, dass das eine gesamteuropäische Aufgabe ist», hieß es am Mittwoch aus deutschen Regierungskreisen. Читать дальше...