ConocoPhillips Crushes Expectations
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) has worked hard to differentiate itself from other oil companies by focusing on creating value for investors as opposed to growing at all costs. That plan continued paying dividends during the first quarter, as the company blew past expectations. That strong showing sets the U.S. oil giant up for an exceptional year. […]
What to Watch When IMAX Reports Earnings Next Tuesday
The past year has been an uncertain time for those invested in film exhibitors, with a combination of factors contributing to the doubt. The growing adoption of streaming, fears involving a potentially shrinking theatrical release window, and a weak slate of summer movies in 2017 all conspired to weaken demand and keep movie-goers at home […]
Why American Airlines Stock Dropped 6% Today
What happened Shares of American Airlines Group (NASDAQ: AAL) closed 6.4% lower on Thursday after reporting earnings — and that’s the good news. The bad news is that, at one point, American Airlines stock was down more than 10%. American Airlines reported profits per diluted share of $0.39 for its fiscal first quarter, down 42% […]
Qualcomm Inc.’s Chip Business Rises as Licensing Plunges
On April 25, wireless chip giant Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced its financial results for the second quarter of its fiscal year 2018. Although the company’s licensing business, which was previously responsible for generating most of Qualcomm’s operating profits, plunged amid an ongoing dispute with a few major smartphone manufacturers, its chip business continued to hum […]
Students make hippotherapy more accessible with robotic horse
Mechanical engineering students at Rice University have designed a robotic horse that can mimic the movements of the real thing. The device, dubbed Stewie, is geared towards individuals requiring equine-assisted therapy, also known as hippotherapy, who may not be able to travel to or afford a facility that offers it. Hippotherapy is believed to be […]
Apple iTunes finally arrives in the Windows Store
With Microsoft’s BUILD 2018 conference right around the corner, the company just made good on a promise from last year’s conference; Apple iTunes is finally coming to the Windows Store. The music software was originally forecast to arrive by the end of 2017, but it took a bit longer to finally find its Windows home. […]
Amazon plans to give Alexa a ‘memory’
Amazon has big plans to make Alexa a much more useful assistant. Among them: The company plans to add a “memory” feature that will allow its assistant to store information on demand. The upcoming feature will enable Alexa to “store arbitrary information you want and retrieve it later,” according to Amazon. It’s a bit like […]
Snap’s updated Spectacles are doubling down on an unfulfilled vision
Snap showed off a new update to it’s fabled Snap Spectacles today. They’re new, but only sort of, and it’s not clear that they’ve learned much since the glasses first debuted in fall of 2016. The changes they did make with V2 (water-proofing, higher-def video, slightly updated design) have fundamentally been tweaks towards perfecting a […]
Cities being redesigned to protect pedestrians from vehicles
Businesses and architects respond to call for better protection for pedestrians Brad Done watched carefully as a machinist drilled a hole into a bright yellow metal tube about a metre long and 10 centimetres across at his Surrey, B.C., business, Reliance Foundry. The pole is called a bollard, designed to be set into the ground […]
Plane crew that landed on Calgary road did ‘exemplary job’, says company
6 people were on board the Piper Navajo that clipped a light post before landing safely The crew of a small plane that landed on a northeast Calgary street early Wednesday morning is receiving critical incident counselling. Super T Aviation of Medicine Hat, Alta., owns the Piper Navajo aircraft. The company said it will be […]