Eric Yao

The Story of Snap and Its IPO Snapchat began as a lean startup founded in 2011 by Stanford University students Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown, as a social n...

Caterpillar's Bad Week The multinational industrials giant Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) has experienced a rough week. Because of an ongoing series of events, its stock...

NBC Universal and Buzzfeed Try Out TV Comcast Corp's NBC Universal (NASDAQ: CMCSA), a multinational media conglomerate, invested $200 million in BuzzFeed, the private American in...

Trouble at Tiffany's For the luxury goods giant Tiffany & Co (NYSE: TIF), the new year has been turbulent so far. After Tiffany's stock price reached a 1-year hi...

China As An Environmental Leader The People's Republic of China has long been thought of as a country that treats its environment poorly, thanks to overpopulation and overde...

How Watson and Competitors Are Changing... In the age of information, technological innovation not only helps companies reap record profits but also greatly improves the welfare of pe...

A Profile of Corning The materials and technology company Corning (NYSE: GLW) was founded in Massachusetts in 1851. Today it is a New York-based multinational gi...

Samsung versus Apple: Intellectual Prope... The two electronics behemoths, Samsung (KRX: 005930) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), have been litigating a series of patent infringement lawsuits...

Hillary Clinton and Wall Street It is no secret that Hillary Clinton is a close friend of Wall Street. In the 2016 presidential election, her relationship with Wall Street...

Donald Trump and Wall Street The 2016 US presidential election has themes of socioeconomic inequality, financial and tax reform, and the controversial histories of candi...

Stock Markets and American Elections The upcoming US presidential election has many investors nervous and fearful. Justifiably so: the intersection of wealth and power is embodi...

September Rate Hike Uncertainty Along with the end of the second quarter earnings season, US stock markets had been positive and placid throughout August. But on Friday, th...

Ford Versus Wall Street Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is an iconic American company. Founded by industrialist Henry Ford in 1903, the company introduced countless in...

When Will the US Be Energy Independent? The United States has historically struggled to be energy independent and eliminate of imports of energy from foreign sources. Ever since cr...

Stock Market Records in the US and UK Last week history was made as two stock markets indices, the S&P 500 (INDEXSP: INX) in the United States and the FTSE 100 (INDEXFTSE: UKX) i...

Bitcoin's Halving On July 9th, the block reward for Bitcoin mining halved from 25 BTC to 12.5 BTC. That marked the second time in history a halving occurred.W...

The Student Debt Crisis Student loan debt in the United States is a major economic, political, and social issue. As of today, total US student loan debt stands at o...

President Obama's Economic Legacy President Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. He will leave office on January 20, 2017. As the last few months of his a...

Green Travel with Companies and Cities With the dangers of anthropogenic climate change and the rise of environmentalism and socially responsible investing, many companies and gov...

Digital Privacy and Cyber Anti-Terrorism... The ongoing debate between privacy and counterterrorism continues as the American and European governments pursue different approaches. Priv...

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