Quibi Was Supposed to Revolutionize Hollywood. Here’s Why It Failed.

The startup, headed by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, promised short-form content designed specifically for mobile phones, and investors poured $1.75 billion into the idea. The duo’s instincts about what would sell proved wrong.

The Wall Street Journal |  2020-11-03 | Fuente original

S&P 500, Dow Industrials Close Higher as Election Looms

U.S. share benchmarks jumped ahead of an election that will shape the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and economic downturn.

The Wall Street Journal |  2020-11-03 | Fuente original

Tech Workers Take to the Mountains, Bringing Silicon Valley With Them

The diaspora of tech talent is apparent in towns around the Rockies, where wealth and business activity are rising, along with property prices and wage competition.

The Wall Street Journal |  2020-11-02 | Fuente original

Doctors Begin to Crack Covid’s Mysterious Long-Term Effects

Severe fatigue, memory lapses, heart problems and other complications are plaguing patients who weren’t that badly hit initially. ‘It’s been so long already, it’s kind of daunting.’

The Wall Street Journal |  2020-11-02 | Fuente original

NASA’s Osiris-REx Mission Is on Track to Return Asteroid Grit, a U.S. First

U.S. spaceflight engineers safely stowed primeval grit collected from the asteroid Bennu for return to Earth, meeting the mission’s scientific goal after overcoming a high-stakes spill, officials at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Thursday.

The Wall Street Journal |  2020-10-30 | Fuente original

Big Tech Companies Reap Gains as Covid-19 Fuels Shift in Demand

Amazon and Google report strong quarterly sales and profits in the midst of a debate over their market power.

The Wall Street Journal |  2020-10-30 | Fuente original

U.S. States Face Biggest Cash Crisis Since the Great Depression

The drop in income and sales tax revenue has created a historic crisis for states, with a total shortfall expected in the hundreds of billions of dollars. The projected gaps are greater than 2019’s K-12 education budget for every state combined, or more than twice the amount spent that year on state roads and other transportation infrastructure.

The Wall Street Journal |  2020-10-29 | Fuente original