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Google, Amazon, Alibaba, Baidu, Wal-Mart Ready Drones

Search giant Google announced it’s readying to launch a drone delivery service using robot aircraft sometime in 2017 as retailers Amazon.com (AMZN) and Wal-Mart (WMT) and China Web giants Alibaba (BABA) and Baidu (BIDU) also experiment with drone delivery, according to a media report. Robot craft made by Google, a subsidiary of parent firm Alphabet (GOOGL), will start delivering goods to customers via Project Wing, said the BBC on Monday. “Our

Apple Ad-Block Won’t Trip Criteo In Q3: Report

Criteo (CRTO) reports Q3 earnings on Wednesday and how the ad tech firm fares will shed a light on whether Apple’s (AAPL) new ad blocking has taken a toll on the company, and whether a rumored but not confirmed alliance with China e-commerce giant Alibaba Group (BABA) ever materialized. Paris-based Criteo embeds browser cookies — tiny text files that let websites recognize users and their preferences when they return to a site — on behalf of

Alibaba Earnings Relieve Concerns Of Slower Growth

Alibaba (BABA) turned in stronger than expected earnings Tuesday morning, sending the stock higher and also giving a boost to shareholder Yahoo (YHOO). The China e-commerce giant reported revenue of $3.49 billion for the company’s fiscal second quarter, which ended Sept. 30 — up 32% in local currency from the same quarter a year earlier and topping the consensus estimate of $3.35 billion. The 32% revenue growth was an acceleration from growth of