Project Loon

In October, ARK Investment CEO Cathie Wood started buying shares of small-cap Raven Industries (NASDAQ: RAVN), a technology company that helps agricultural, industrial and defense customers. What Happened: Wood made purchases of Raven Industries for the Ark Autonomous & Robotics ETF (...

"You cannot 'disrupt' without incremental innovation being part of the process." — Pearl Zhu The above quote by Pearl Zhu pretty much sums up the need for innovation. In Zhu's "Unpuzzling Innovation: Mastering Innovation Management in a Structural Way," the author elaborates, "Innovation is...

Utilizing an “everything but the kitchen sink” approach, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) is adding a fleet of satellites to its “Internet for everyone” tool bag, according to sources who spoke to The Wall Street Journal. The latest attempt would be in addition to Google’s “Project Loon”...

U.S. stocks rose to start off the holiday-filled shortened trading week on a positive note as investors found plenty of reason to be optimistic on retail sales which jumped the most since 2012. Investors were also encouraged by Citigroup's better than expected earnings which eased investor...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) on Monday announced that it has agreed to buy solar atmospheric satellite maker, Titan Aerospace, according to the Wall Street Journal. Google has since confirmed, in an emailed statement to Benzinga, it is welcoming Titan to the Google family. Titan Aerospace will remain at...

Hiring military veterans isn’t just a “feel good” move, it’s also a “smart” move. Especially in the tech sector, according to speakers in a presentation at Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) headquarters in New York Friday. Many “hire a veteran” efforts emphasize the debt owed to returning servicemen and...

On Saturday, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) launched balloons. If you’re wondering why an internet company is getting into the balloon business, join the mass of people who asked the same question. Digging a little deeper into the story, it’s not as “out there” as the headline would suggest. There are 2...