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Apple Pay, Facebook ‘Buy’ Button May Boost M-Commerce

Apple Pay and Facebook’s (FB) “buy” button could help solve a problem with mobile commerce: Smartphone users tend to browse for products but often don’t pull the trigger to buy. Apple Pay, Apple’s (AAPL) mobile wallet, supports in-store shopping at retail checkout as well as “in-app” purchases for Uber, Groupon (GRPN), Target (TGT), Disney (DIS) stores and others. “There is no support for mobile browser-based payments yet, though I speculate we’ll

8point3 Energy Partners IPO Off To Low-Wattage Start

The newly formed yieldco 8point3 Energy Partners (CAFD) began trading Friday on the Nasdaq, with shares flat after pricing high. 8Point3 Energy Partners opened at 20.75, down from its initial price, and remained near that price in midday trading in the stock market today. 8point3 Energy Partners — it takes 8.3 minutes for light from the sun to reach the earth, hence the name — raised $420 million Thursday, pricing 20 million shares at 21, the high

Tekmira Tumbles On Ominous Signs For Ebola Drug

Biotech Tekmira Pharmaceuticals (TKMR) fell more than 10% Friday to a six-month low after an update on its Ebola program induced a loss of investor confidence. Tekmira said that the phase-two trial of TKM-Ebola-Guinea — one of two drugs the firm is working on to treat two strains of the virus — had closed enrollment because “the endpoint indicated that continuing enrollment was not likely to demonstrate an overall therapeutic benefit,” according