Amazon’s vision of future personal computing is completely different from Apple’s

In the late 1970s, Jef Raskin, a pioneering technologist who was one of Apple’s earliest employees, sketched out a radical vision for the future of computing. Computers, he argued, should work like home appliances. The ideal computer would require almost no...

Sterling surges to 3-week high, FTSE falls on Carney rate hike signal

Britain’s main FTSE 100 stock index fell on Wednesday, after Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said the Bank was likely to need to raise interest rates and would debate this “in the coming months”. The pound jumped a cent to $1.2943 after the...

Goldman Sachs raises year-end S&P 500 forecast, but still sees benchmark lower from here

Goldman Sachs raised its official 2017 target for the S&P 500 on Wednesday, but still thinks a drop is in the cards for the market benchmark from here. Higher rates will ultimately keep the market in check, the investment bank said. Goldman raised its year-end...