Less than a month after it first began accepting bitcoin, Dell has received 85 BTC (over $50,000) for a PowerEdge server order. NewsBTC first reported the story after Dell CEO Michael Dell tweeted the following:”Recieved PowerEdge server order @ http://dell.com for more than 85 #bitcoin (~$50K USD) #Dellbitcoin” It’s not known exactly who placed the…
Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) released an earnings report that impressed the market on Thursday afternoon, but not all of the company’s numbers were positive. The firm’s Cost Per Click, or CPC, is a key measure of the quality of its advertising, but the metric contracted in the second quarter. Though analysts were expecting the declines,…
Apple (NASDAQ AAPL) is the latest technology company to fall victim to government restrictions in China. The Chinese government has removed ten Apple Inc. NASDAQ:AAPL products from its official government procurement list, including the iPad, iPad Mini, Macbook Air and Macbook Pro. The full list of exclusions has not yet been released, but will presumably…
Facebook (NASDAQ FB) is witnessing quite a few insider selling since past few weeks, with Vice president Fischer being the latest. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) VP David B. Fischer has sold 36,000 shares of the company’s stock holding in a transaction completed on August 7th. Fischer sold the shares at an average price of $73.19…
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ (REGN) second quarter 2014 adjusted earnings (including stock-based compensation expense) of $1.89 per share were well short of the Consensus Estimate of $2.33. The company had earned $1.36 per share in the year-ago quarter. Results were impacted by higher costs. Including one-time items, earnings increased 3.8% to 82 cents per share. A higher…
Driven by a desire to promote human dignity, Dignitas International, a Malawi-based charity that has provided medical assistance to 200,000 residents in the land-locked nation since 2004. The organisation is now turning its attention to a challenge of an entirely different kind: transaction fees. “Dignitas has to deal with high credit card and transaction fees…
