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Snap Just Bought A Student Calendar App: How It Could Reinvent Snapchat
Friday, June 20, 2025 - 4:47pm | 483Snap, Inc. (NYSE:SNAP) confirmed on Friday that it has purchased Saturn, a calendar app designed to help students organize and share their school schedules. The Details: The terms of the acquisition were not made public, and Saturn will remain available as an independent app, the company told...
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Timeline: General Motors Stock Since 2010 Initial Public Offering
Friday, November 28, 2014 - 11:46am | 960The General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) IPO launched on November 17, 2010. Since then, much has happened with the “new” General Motors. Over the past four years, from November 17, 2010, when the “new” GM launched, to now, General Motors Company share prices were down...
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Tesla's Model S Is A 'Laptop On Four Wheels' (TSLA)
Friday, August 9, 2013 - 11:19am | 931Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) Model S and Model X come equipped with a beautiful touch display that dwarfs the full-size iPad. Tesla isn't in the business of producing tablets, however. It created the Model S to change the automotive industry and redefine the merits of an electric car. Even so, Global...
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SLIDESHOW: A History Of Video Game Console And Handheld Flops
Sunday, August 4, 2013 - 10:00am | 257Consumers have not always been kind to console and handheld manufacturers. While Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have earned a degree of loyalty for producing iPhones and iPads, gamers are less likely to stand by their favorite hardware maker. This became evident the moment that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT...
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Battlefield 3 Kills Call of Duty; Was That a Headshot or a Hand Grenade?
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 3:17pm | 830After several failed attempts, Electronic Arts may finally have what it takes to beat Activision's leading FPS. Just over one decade ago, EA (NASDAQ: ERTS) was all but the king of first-person shooters. At that time, Steven Spielberg was riding high on the success of Saving Private Ryan, and he...
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Automobiles and the Disappearing Brands
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 12:55pm | 397Saturn. Pontiac. Mercury. These are just some of the brands that are being eliminated as automakers struggle to become more efficient. More often than not, their reasons are justified: Pontiac was too niche to survive, Saturn wasn't profitable, and Mercury had become a higher-priced clone of Ford...