Square Inc.’s lower-than-expected pricing should actually serve as a good reality check for Silicon Valley, a bit of a slap in the face by public market investors to the frothy valuations of the so-called unicorn tech companies.
Pandora Media Inc. will face an uphill battle as it enters an on-demand music streaming market dominated by Spotify and Apple Inc., and analysts think things are going to get worse for the digital radio company before they start to get better.
Pandora Media Inc. is building out its service after the acquisition of Rdio’s assets, looking to offer Spotify-like on-demand music in addition to its legacy online radio offering.
A 21st Century Fox Inc. bid for media counterpart Time Warner Inc. would make perfect sense in the current media and entertainment environment, Gabelli & Co. analyst Brett Harriss said in a note.
David Tepper, the billionaire hedge fund manager of Appaloosa Management, sold a combined 2.5 million shares in Apple Inc. and Alibaba Group last quarter, while also distancing himself from Alphabet Inc.
Efforts by the two biggest daily fantasy-sports companies to prevent New York’s attorney general from shuttering their operations in the state were shot down Monday.
Human-resources startup Zenefits Inc. is falling short of its aggressive revenue targets and has started to curb expenses, making it the latest highly valued venture-backed company struggling to meet investor expectations.
IAC/InterActiveCorp. on Wednesday made public its $512 million cash offer for Angie’s List Inc., a deal that could combine the services marketplace and consumer-review site with Internet brands such as About.com and Vimeo.
Facebook Inc. is experimenting with new advertising approaches for its Instant Articles platform after publishers encountered challenges generating ad revenue because of restrictions imposed by the social network.
Alibaba processed a record $14.3 billion in Singles Day sales, but aspiring Alibaba investors may have missed the boat if they were hoping to profit from the e-commerce bonanza.
Apple Inc. is in discussions with U.S. banks to develop a mobile person-to-person payment service that would compete with PayPal Inc.’s popular Venmo platform, according to people familiar with the talks.
Sports leagues and media companies have made sizable investments in fantasy sports websites, which have been major drivers of subscribers, viewers and advertising revenue.
A group of close to 40 CEOs and investors is calling for a new model that would give independent contractors benefits based on metrics such as hours worked.
Investigations, regulations and now a statewide ban on daily fantasy sports have focused on two young startups that popularized the games, but Yahoo’s similar product has so far avoided scrutiny.
Stock futures point to moderate opening losses for Wall Street, as investors continue to mull last week’s jobs data and continued strength in the dollar.
This week, MarketWatch took the pulse of the technology sector and compared it with the Internet-fueled gains of the late 1990s. What experts told us: If there is a bubble, it is nothing like the last one.
Facebook Inc. unveiled a new post format Thursday that allows users to listen to and share 30-second previews of a song or album on the social network.
Jason Wheeler, who some considered a natural fit to fill Google Inc.’s open finance chief position earlier this year, will become CFO of auto maker Tesla Motors Inc.
U.S. stocks have already taken flight with the best six months seasonally — November through April — just underway. In the process, the S&P 500 Index has rallied within view of record territory against a bullish longer-term technical backdrop.
Jaime Pate