Eric Schmidt

Alphabet, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) advisor Eric Schmidt, who also previously served as the Chairman and CEO of its Google unit, showered Elon Musk with praise during a public appearance in Ukraine. What Happened: Schmidt recently visited Ukraine on a personal mission to scope...

Reliance on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE: TSM), which manufactures 92% of the world's all advanced chips, puts the national security of the U.S. at risk, according to Eric Schmidt, former chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) Schmidt,...

Chainlink Labs, the organization linked with the Chainlink (CRYPTO: LINK) token, announced Tuesday that Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) subsidiary Google has joined as a strategic advisor. What Happened: Schmidt served as the Google CEO from 2001 to...

In 2006, Google made its biggest acquisition in company history in a move that transformed it and is considered by many experts to be among the best acquisitions of all time. The YouTube Acquisition: On Oct. 9, 2006, Google announced it was paying $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock deal to...

Google shares debuted in 2004 and it didn’t take long for the company to hit the $100 billion market cap level. About Google: Founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page in 1998, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has gone from a search engine to a technology conglomerate. The company hired Eric Schmidt as CEO...

TikTok has until Sept. 15 to sell its popular social media app to an American buyer, according to an order from President Donald Trump — but there might be a simpler way to keep everyone happy, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said on CNBC's "Squawk Box." What...

Former Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt will end an 18-year tenure on the board, the company announced Tuesday. After 18 years of board mtgs, I'm following coach Bill Campbell's legacy & helping the next generation of talent to serve. Thanks to...

Reviewing Amgen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN)'s third-quarter results, Cowen said the results were boring but very safe. The firm maintains its Buy rating and $209 price target for the shares of the company. At the time of writing, shares of Amgen were trading down 1.67 percent at $174.54. Analysts...

Shares of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALXN) were trading higher by more than 5 percent early Tuesday morning after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its therapy called Soliris (eculizumab) for the treatment of adults with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG). GMG represents a...

What will a major city look like in the future? Anyone's guess was as good as the other, but we may now have an answer. Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) inked a deal with the city of Toronto to create a digital utopia, The Verge reported. Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Alphabet, will...

Cowen analyst Eric Schmidt thinks the experimental drug TNT009 could change the way investors think about Bioverativ Inc (NASDAQ: BIVV). Schmidt upgraded the company from Market Perform to Outperform and raised its price target from $47 to $80. Bioverative spun off from Biogen Inc (NASDAQ: BIIB)...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) founder Jack Ma recently discussed the ways the world is changing and the implications for the global economy in an interview with CNBC. Over the next 30 years, technology will evolve in a way that will make millions of jobs obsolete. While the transition will...

Kite Pharma Inc (NASDAQ: KITE) is preparing to launch Axi-Cel, a chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients, later this year. Kite is pursuing an FDA label for patients with relapsed, aggressive and non-transplant eligible forms of the disease, a group of...

Loup Ventures is siding with the machines, concluding on Friday a series of notes analyzing the growth of robotics in the economy. “We believe a cultural shift is underway and robots are playing an increasingly crucial role in our everyday lives,” said analyst Andrew Murphy. Murphy...

Doug Clinton of Loup Ventures says Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Chairman Eric Schmidt is wrong when he says automation won’t wipe out the majority of jobs now performed by inferior humans. “The five-year picture of automation isn’t going to result in mass job loss,...