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According to Forbes’ annual ranking of the wealthiest Americans, there is a new No. 1 for the first time since 1994. This year, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder and CEO Jeff Bezos surpassed Bill Gates’ 24-year run as the richest person in the United States. Gates’ No....

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s Google has come a long way since its initial search engine function launched in 1998. In the past two decades, the company has become one of the most valuable in the U.S. and revolutionized the internet in the process.  What Happened...

Many of us, especially millennials, have experienced a situation when video games received a bad rap. Whether it was a mom saying you're “frying your brain” during the navigation of a "Halo" campaign, or societal labeling of expert gamers as “nerds,” just ...

Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one. Those two sentences in Google’s 2004 Founders’ IPO Letter introduced the company to the public (investor) world. From its unconventional dutch-auction IPO, to giving employees 20% time to explore any interest related...

Brian Singerman, a general partner at Founders Fund, was ranked fifth on the Forbes annual Midas List, which is a ranking of the top venture capitalists. Among some of the fund's holdings include Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and privately held Spotify, Lyft, Airbnb, SpaceX and Palantir. Speaking...

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s co-founder and CEO Larry Page needs to build a close relationship with President-elect Donald Trump, at least according to Adam Zuckerman, the founder of Fosterly. Speaking to CNBC, Zuckerman argued that Alphabet is one of the largest companies in the...

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s Google unit wanted to begin selling robotic arms it created to manufacturers, warehouse operators and other clients, but the technology failed CEO Larry Page's test. According to a Bloomberg report, Google's robotics unit had a prototype robotic arm...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) was trading higher by nearly 4 percent Monday morning on yet another report the company is close to selling itself. Bloomberg, citing "a person familiar with the arrangement," reported that Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s Google unit is working with...

Shares of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) were trading higher by nearly 20 percent Friday following a CNBC report the company is in discussions to sell itself to salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE: CRM), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG), among other unnamed technology companies. Here is a look back at what Recode...

Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOG) founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, were spotted visiting Singapore. The two aren't exactly hiding in the country and dodging media, rather their visit isn't exactly as public. Recode cited Today Online, a Singapore-based publication, in reporting the...

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) confirmed on Monday it reached an agreement to sell its Internet properties to Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) for $4.83 billion. Taking a look back at Yahoo's M&A opportunities, the going price for Yahoo's assets today could have been in the hundreds of...

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) CEO Larry Page may be doing more to radically change the future of transportation than even his visionary friend Elon Musk. Page just doesn’t like to talk about it. Bloomberg’s Ashlee Vance reported that while Musk’s Tesla Motors Inc (...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) and Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) are the latest companies hoping that a blast from the past can kick-start their businesses. Both companies are struggling with generating profits, and both have recently named founders of the company to the CEO position in an effort to turn...

Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) surprised just about everyone when the firm announced its plans to form a new company called Alphabet. "I am really excited to be running Alphabet as CEO with help from my capable partner, Sergey, as President," Google CEO Larry Page wrote in the company's...