It has gone from bad to worse for mobile chipmaker Qualcom, which just days after getting sued by the US government, which accused the chipmaker of engaging in monopoly tactics over mobile phone components, was also sued this afternoon by the world's biggest company. Apple filed a $1 billion lawsuit against its supplier, accusing Qualcomm of overcharging for its chips and refusing to pay some $1 billion in promised rebates for chip purchases.
Ever get the feeling you’re being watched?
It’s because you are – and, as Visual Capitalist's Jeff Desjardins details, for a rough proxy of this, use the browser extension Ghostery to see how many tracking scripts are watching you on a typical media site. (It doesn’t work for everything, but a large media site like Vice.com has 50+ trackers, with 40 of them focused on advertising).
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We discuss the Macro and Micro outlook for the Oil Market, and everything in between in this latest market video. Oil is being propped up on forward looking fundamentals right now, it very easily could be much lower based upon current inventory levels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnRLYK-ly1U
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We discuss the Financial Markets from Equities, VIX, Gold, Copper to Bonds, Currencies and Oil in this General Market Commentary video. Watch the Front Month VIX Futures Contract for your sign to 'Get Out Of Dodge'!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AFx_TjnzGg
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Because the rise in popularity of alternative and populist candidates in Germany and elsewhere around the world can't possibly by a legitimate rejection of politicians who simply skewed policies too far to the left over the past decade, Germany and Facebook have announced an accelerated effort to crack down on "Fake News" (i.e. anything that is deemed critical of Angela Merkel) ahead the country's elections in September.