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Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) confirmed Friday it began offering free ad credits to advertisers running vertical video promotions on competing platforms. A company representative told Benzinga Snap is targeting direct response, app install, e-commerce and other mid-market advertisers featured on the likes...

The Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) acquisition rumor mill is back in full force but with a new name involved. E-commerce giant Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), fresh off its acquisition of Whole Foods, should acquire the social media company, according to Recode's Kurt Wagner. Many investors and analysts...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) continues to expand its global empire, extending far beyond its core social media platform. In the latest attempt at this type of expansion, the company reportedly presented a bid of $600 million for a five-year deal to stream Indian cricket games, Recode reported. While...

Jeffrey Immelt, the former CEO of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), reportedly isn't ready to retire from the business world and wants to take over the vacant CEO spot at Uber. Despite his experience in running a Dow-component global behemoth, he may not have the full support of Uber's investors...

Jeff Immelt didn't have to wait long for a job offer after resigning as CEO of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) back in June, Recode reported. The executive is now considered to be the front-runner candidate to take over the vacant position of CEO of Uber. Immelt brings to the table the...

Travis Kalanick was ousted from Uber Technologies Inc., the ride-hailing company he co-founded in 2009. Sounds familiar? It should as the late Steve Jobs co-founded Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in 1976 only to resign in 1985. But Jobs came back to lead Apple in 1997 as an "interim" CEO...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE: HPE)'s CEO Meg Whitman is not leaving her job to fill the vacant CEO post at Uber Technologies, Inc. The executive's name has been floating around this week as a possible successor to Uber's co-founder and recently ousted CEO Travis Kalanick. A spokesperson...

Uber Technologies, Inc. has a vacant CEO spot after the company's co-founder Travis Kalanick was pushed out. One of the most notable names being floated around to assume top ranks at the ride-sharing platform is current Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE: HPE) CEO Meg Whitman. Whitman, former...

Investors are quick to rightfully point out that Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP)'s stock performance has a public company has been a bust. With shares trading nearly $2 lower than its initial offering price of $17, many may be tempted to throw in the towel. But before losing complete faith in Snap's stock,...

Rocket ships, brain chips, music streaming, autonomous driving, solar power, underground roads with elevators — it might be easier to list all the stuff that doesn’t capture Elon Musk’s active imagination. Best known as a car mogul, the founder and CEO of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)...

It’s not often that management changes have a significant impact on a company or its stock. However, the recently announced departure of former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick could trigger a major boost in Uber’s business. Kalanick’s vision for the Uber ride-sharing model has changed...

Sheryl Sandberg left her job as vice president of global sales and operations at Google (parent company, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)) to join Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and serve as its chief operating officer in 2008. But perhaps more important, her job at Facebook provided the...

Movie theater investors should be worried about the sector's outlook, a Recode report suggested. For many decades, the movie industry followed a basic formula: new films are released in theaters followed by a minimum 90-day waiting period after which the movie can make its way to a consumer's home...

What one word could best describe Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s WWDC conference presentation on Monday? How about a term typically used to describe a food buffet of various hot and cold items: "smorgasbord." Smorgasbord is a good term to describe Apple's event, as the company introduced nearly...

“Gig workers” make up almost 34 percent of the workforce, and Recode expects this number to double in four years. Gig workers are the Uber drivers, AirBnB property owners, the freelance writers, the self-employed musicians — the workers who make their own schedule and find their...