5 First Things You Should Do After Becoming the Victim of a Hack

Instead of relying on a company to protect your identity, consumers need to follow these five tips once their personal data has been compromised. Hackers are always on the prowl for more victims, as the incidences of identity theft continue to rise while massive data breaches among companies and government agencies become the norm.

Wal-Mart Takes Latest Shot at Amazon

Wal-Mart Stores will offer U.S. shoppers free two-day shipping on a minimum order of $35 starting Tuesday, its latest attempt to compete with rival Amazon.com popular Prime shipping program. Free shipping will replace ‘Shipping Pass’, Wal-Mart’s existing two-day shipping program that charges shoppers an annual membership fee of $49.

Walmart’s latest bid to battle Amazon: Free two-day shipping on 2 million items, without a membership

Walmart announced Tuesday that it is now offering free two-day shipping on millions of items on its website when they’re combined into orders that total at least $35, an aggressive play to snatch e-commerce business away from Amazon.com. One of the cornerstones of Amazon’s online shopping dominance has been its Prime program, in which members pay $99 per year for two-day shipping on many purchases.

1 Key Reason NVIDIA Corporation Stock Could Fall

Large-cap stocks simply don’t increase 280% in a single year without a clear and meaningful catalyst. That’s exactly the case with graphics semiconductor giant NVIDIA As you’ll see, NVIDIA’s central role in several of the fastest-growing markets in technology should fuel its continued revenue and profit growth for years to come.

AMD’s Last Report Before Ryzen: What to Expect

Ryzen, its upcoming high-end CPU, will launch sometime during the first quarter, and Vega, its new high-end GPU, is set for some time during the first half. AMD is expected to grow revenue during the fourth quarter compared to the prior-year period, but a steep decline compared to the third quarter is also expected.

Misys CEO Targets New IPO, Machine Learning and P2P Lending

Despite presiding over the largest U.K. initial public offering to be pulled last year, the chief executive officer of Misys Group Ltd. is keen for the company to return to the public market. Misys CEO Nadeem Syed said in an interview that he still hoped to list the company, however he declined to comment on potential timing.

Elon Musk really isn’t as aligned with Trump on manufacturing…

Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is now part of two advisory committees under President Donald Trump: the economic advisory board and the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative . He has met with Trump on two separate occasions, once with tech leaders in New York, and once earlier this week at the White House for a discussion on US manufacturing.

Smaller states rejoice as Amazon finally collects sales tax

Many online shoppers in the United States have for years had to pay state sales taxes whenever they buy goods from Amazon. But the Seattle e-commerce giant has dragged its feet on collecting sales taxes in small and sparsely populated states where it doesn’t have any distribution centers or corporate offices.

Smaller states rejoice as Amazon finally collects sales tax

Many online shoppers in the United States have for years had to pay state sales taxes whenever they buy goods from Amazon. But the Seattle e-commerce giant has dragged its feet on collecting sales taxes in small and sparsely populated states where it doesn’t have any distribution centers or corporate offices.

Better Buy: Baidu, Inc. vs. Facebook

The divergent fortunes of Facebook and Baidu shares over the past year only reinforce their apparent differences. However, though their core businesses today touch different areas of the global technology market, Facebook and Baidu are united in their ongoing efforts to shape some of technology’s most important future growth markets.

Alphabet Earnings Marred by Taxman, While Revenue Jumps

Alphabet Inc. reported better-than-expected revenue thanks to a fast-growing cloud-computing business and booming YouTube video advertising, but the taxman spoiled the party. Fourth-quarter revenue, after payments for online traffic from distribution partners, was $21.2 billion, up 23 percent from a year earlier, the company said in a statement Thursday.

New Fears for Future of Net Neutrality

Ajit Pai, named the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission by President Donald Trump yesterday, is likely to seek changes to the organization’s stance on Net Neutrality. Pai was one of two commissioners to vote against the FCC’s 3-2 approval of the Open Internet Order in early 2015.

Amazon.com, Inc. Earnings: Will Big Investments Weigh on Profitability?

On the heels of a nice 37% gain in the company’s stock price in the past twelve months, the pressure is on for Amazon.com to deliver strongly when the e-commerce and cloud-computing giant reports fourth-quarter results on Thursday, Feb. 2. Ahead of the quarterly update, here’s a brief overview of what to watch when Amazon posts its earnings release. For Amazon’s fourth quarter, management expects the company to post strong revenue growth.

Trump FCC Chair Pick Puts Net Neutrality in Crosshairs

Ajit Pai, named the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission by President Donald Trump yesterday, is likely to seek changes to the organization’s stance on Net Neutrality. Pai was one of two commissioners to vote against the FCC’s 3-2 approval of the Open Internet Order in early 2015.

Ad Industry Expects New FCC Chair…

It’s “highly likely” that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai will grant the ad industry’s request to revisit tough broadband privacy rules, the Association of National Advertisers predicted today. “Chairman Pai is a very thoughtful leader who understands the critical role advertising plays as a financial foundation for the online and media marketplace,” the ANA said in a blog post hailing Pai’s appointment.

3 Stocks That Are Up 20% in January

The S&P 500 has risen less than 1% since the beginning of the year, but plenty of stocks posted double-digit gains during that time. Let’s take a closer look at three stocks that have rallied about 20% in January — Shopify provides a cloud-based e-commerce platform for small to medium-sized businesses.

IBM Finally Turns the Corner

The tech giant reported its fourth-quarter results on Jan. 19, beating analyst estimates on all fronts and surpassing its goal of producing at least $13.50 in adjusted per-share earnings for 2016. IBM expects to produce at least $13.80 in adjusted EPS in 2017, a small but important increase.

NVIDIA Corporation Volta Architecture Rumor Emerges

A while back, Fudzilla reported that Volta, like Pascal, will be manufactured in TSMC’s 16-nanometer technology. This rumor made sense, considering Volta is probably going to be launched too early to be manufactured on TSMC’s 7-nanometer technology, and it’s unlikely that NVIDIA would use TSMC’s 10-nanometer technology for high-performance graphics processors, as the 10-nanometer technology is widely viewed as a “stop-gap” technology aimed squarely at mobile processors.

What to Watch When PayPal Reports Earnings

PayPal has been a very consistent, growing its business for a long time, and its strong momentum should have continued through the holiday season. As I wrote about in a previous article , the most important numbers to watch are active customer accounts and transactions per active customer account.

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The anchoring bias is a pretty cruel mechanism. In investing, this happens when we “anchor” to the price of a stock at a given time — and use that as a reference point out into the future.