Why the Best Is Yet to Come for Caterpillar
Investors in Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) will need little reminding that, as I write, their stock is down around 6.5% on a year-to-date basis. Given such a price move, it’s a good idea to take a step back and examine whether the underlying fundamentals have gotten better or worse for the company. I think they’ve […]
This Oil Giant Continues to Quietly Strengthen Its Core
U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) has jettisoned assets left and right during the past few years, paring its portfolio down to a stronger core. The proceeds from those sales significantly bolstered the company’s balance sheet, and enabled it to jump-start its share repurchase program as well. Those catalysts helped fuel a nearly 30% gain […]
Amazon Has More Music Subscribers Than You Think
When you think of music streaming, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is unlikely to be one of the companies that first comes to mind. The market for paid music-streaming subscriptions is largely dominated by freshly public Spotify and Apple, which have approximately 75 million and 38 million paying subscribers, respectively. You might think that Amazon is a […]
Why Micron Technology Remains a Buy After Its Latest Earnings Report
The Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) juggernaut isn’t showing any signs of stopping, as it thumped Wall Street’s expectations with a solid fiscal second-quarter earnings report and good forward guidance. The memory specialist’s strong showing wouldn’t have surprised investors as it has been enjoying favorable pricing conditions in the DRAM (dynamic random access memory) market. Still, […]
Google bought more renewable energy than it needed last year
Since 2017, Google pledged to power its data centres and offices with 100 percent renewable energy. Now the tech company said it’s surpassed that, announcing in a blog post that it purchased more power from solar and wind than was used by its operations globally last year. Google said it’s the first company of its […]
Watch Boeing refuel a huge military tanker mid-flight
Boeing successfully refueled a KC-46 Pegasus tanker from a fellow tanker — mid-air. Boeing transferred 146,000 pounds of fuel from one plane to another after taking off from Boeing Field, near Seattle. The fuel exchange was part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Supplemental Type Certificate, or STC, testing. The military tanker hit a “major certification […]
Tinder begins testing a new video looping feature to add to profiles
On Wednesday, April 4, Tinder announced it is testing out a new feature that will allow users to swipe through more than just photos. With “Loops,” you will be able to create a two-second loop from an existing video that you can then add to your profile. Currently being tested on iOS devices in Canada […]
A.I. helps Oscar the chatbot answer 75 percent of travel questions
Chatbots are only programmed to understand so many things but one travel chatbot named Bravo Oscar Tango has used artificial intelligence to go from answering just seven percent of questions to 75 percent. Air New Zealand recently brought Oscar the chatbot to the U.S. and Canada after first launching the chatbot in New Zealand and […]
Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy lives on in Montreal
On the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, crowds gathered at Montreal’s Union United Church to remember him and continue working toward his vision of an equal and just society. It was co-organized by Union United Church — which has a strong connection to the history of Montreal’s black community — along […]
World class squash talent to converge on P.E.I.
An exciting array of local and international talent is set to take the Professional Squash Association event in Charlottetown by storm this week. In conjunction with the Vogue Optical Atlantic Canada Open, some of the top players from around the globe will be on the Island for the province’s first-ever professional squash tournament. Players representing […]