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You can find “fintech” in nobody’s thesaurus, and there’s a good chance the word won’t be around when the financial services sector catches up to the rest of the world’s technology. What's In A Name? “Fintech becomes irrelevant in a couple of years,”...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) may soon attempt to solve its revenue growth problem by charging users for premium membership. According to a new survey Twitter sent out to certain users, the company is assessing the viability of a paid membership option that would be free of advertisements and provide...

LinkedIn (previously traded (NYSE: LNKD)), the business professional social media giant that was acquired by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), introduced earlier this year a list of the most promising jobs for 2017. LinkedIn's vice president of talent solutions and careers Daniel Shapero...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported its Q2 2017 revenue and EPS significantly ahead of expectations. Going ahead, the key indicators of the company’s success would be the performance of Dynamics 365 with the integrated LinkedIn functionality and the extent of Office 365 and Azure...

Bank of America expects the software space to see M&A transactions in 2017 similar to that of 2016, with salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE: CRM), ServiceNow Inc (NYSE: NOW), Splunk Inc (NASDAQ: SPLK), Tableau Software Inc (NYSE: DATA) and Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSOD) seen as potential...

Abigail McAlpine is a marketing consultant in the United Kingdom. She gained her 15 minutes of fame this week after posting a screenshot of a very unprofessional message she got on the professional networking site, LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD). The man, identified as Dermot Conway, wrote McAlpine a...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) wasn't the only company looking to oversee a large scale M&A deal and acquire LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD). LinkedIn released a regulatory filing, which it submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), detailing the events leading up to its...

The much anticipated and heavily followed "Brexit" vote will occur Thursday. The impact of Britain separating itself from the European Union continues to be debated among investors and market experts, but one segment of the population is particularly nervous — job seekers. It is not clear...

LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD) compiled a list of the top 40 companies in the U.S. that are attracting and keeping the brightest minds in the workforce. Here is a list of the top 10. 1. Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google's head-office offers employees a working condition that "few can...

Featured stories this weekend in Barron's ponder the prospects for a leading biotech and an unprofitable payment processor. The prospects for a U.K. auto parts supplier are also examined. Other articles offers a look at who wins if Brexit loses and the 100 best hedge funds. "...

Randle Reece of Avondale Partners recommended LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD) shareholders should take the money and run after the company agreed to sell itself to Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) for $196 per share. Reece pointed out that shares of LinkedIn were trading within 2 percent of the...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced Monday morning it has reached an agreement to acquire LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD) for $196 per share, or $26.2 billion, inclusive of LinkedIn's net cash. Shares of LinkedIn closed at $131.08 on Friday and quickly surged higher by nearly 50...

Featured stories in this weekend's Barron's offer a look at the prospects for a leading pharmaceutical, an overlooked banking bargain and more. A CEO discusses how he plans to take on his company's larger sports apparel rival. Also, check out eight stocks that have dividend staying power. "...

Three Internet giants are on deck to share their latest earnings results this week. Analysts are looking for strong earnings growth from Google-parent Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and LinkedIn Corp (NYSE: LNKD). Expectations for Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) are considerably more...

July concluded with a plethora of earnings and the release (and heavy promotion) of Windows 10. Twitter Showed Signs Of Improvement Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) expert Sean Udall said firm's revenue of $502.38 million was a "huge beat." "[And] they actually guided the full-...