[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Amazon.com Inc chief executive Jeff Bezos said on Thursday that the company would announce a decision on where it would build a second headquarters before the end of the year. Amazon previously announced 20 finalists in North America, including Toronto, for its planned investment of $5 billion and 50,000 jobs. At a…
[ad_1] By David Ingram and Rishika Sadam Facebook Inc surpassed quarterly profit and revenue estimates on Wednesday as the social media giant found more ways to attract advertisers to its mobile app including its centerpiece product, the Facebook News Feed, sending its shares to an all-time high. The company’s stock was up 1.6 per cent…
[ad_1] Microsoft Corp reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue, helped by a strong performance in its fast-growing cloud business. The company’s shares rose as much as 1.5 per cent in trading after the bell on Thursday. They had touched a record high of US$74.30 in regular trading. Microsoft said revenue from its cloud unit,…
[ad_1] Canada’s BlackBerry Ltd reported a fall in first quarter revenue that missed estimates as it received fewer orders from its enterprise customers, sending the company’s U.S.-listed shares down 6 per cent in premarket trading. The company said it got more than 3,000 orders from enterprise customers in the quarter, down from over 3,500 orders…