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Following chatter of an Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) partnership, Nutanix Inc (NASDAQ: NTNX) confirmed a strategic alliance with Google Cloud to collaborate on an expanding Internet of Things (IoT) and to merge the companies’ cloud environments for enterprise applications. The...

Shares of Nutanix Inc (NASDAQ: NTNX) spiked higher by more than 8 percent Wednesday morning after the company stuck an agreement with Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL). Nutanix sells hardware and software that makes it easier for companies to move between on-site servers and large cloud...

Another day, another deal in the autonomous vehicle space. Zenuity, a joint-venture between Volkswagen AG (ADR) (OTC: VLKAY) and Autoliv Inc. (NYSE: ALV), will partner with NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) to develop their own self-driving cars. Get stories like this and the latest in business...

Continuing the trend of retail giants looking for fresh revenue in basic health care, Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT) says it will partner with Quest Diagnostics Inc (NYSE: DGX) to offer blood tests and other lab work in at least 15 stores by year’s end. The sites will be rolled out at...

Avis Budget Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CAR) announced Monday it has formed a partnership with Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)’s autonomous car business, Waymo. Under a multi-year agreement, Avis will service and store 600 of Waymo’s self-driving cars. The fleet is part of Waymo...

A lawsuit that seeks to block the use of public school funds for the Detroit Pistons’ move from the suburbs to the Little Caesars Arena under construction downtown could “kill” the project and trigger a municipal bond default, the city’s attorney said Monday. Community...

Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX) on Monday announced a $100 million partnership with Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) to produce bite-sized dramas and comedies for the platform. The deal involves two years of ads and up to 10 original shows from Time Warner properties HBO, Turner and Warner Bros. The content is...

Investors are shrugging off Friday's announcement that McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) and the International Olympic Committee mutually agreed to end their partnership. Shares of McDonald's were trading slightly higher by 0.3 percent early Friday morning after McDonald's Global Chief Marketing...

Updating the M&A scenario in the chemicals space, Bernstein said in a note on Monday that there are currently six M&A live deals in its covered chemicals space, now that the PPG Industries, Inc (NYSE: PPG)–Akzo Nobel N.V. (ADR) (OTC: AKZOY) deal has been called off. Analysts Jeremy...

A bill to permit e-contracts in auto financing in California has alarmed consumer advocates and attorneys representing victims of unethical auto sales. “E-contracts allow fraud on a scale I’ve never seen,” says San Diego attorney Hal Rosner, who represents hundreds of car buyers...

Protagonist Therapeutics Inc(NASDAQ: PTGX) shares are trading higher by $3.54 — over 43 percent — at $11.76 in Tuesday's session. Investors are aggressively purchasing shares of the company following the announcement that the company has entered a agreement with Janssen to co-develop...

For the last year or so, the future of private prisons has been marked by uncertainty. Officials of the Obama Administration pushed to wean off contractors as overflow of federal inmates diminished, before the Trump Administration thrust support behind the private model. But it seems the contracted...

After several months of poor daily-active-user figures by Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP), Evan Spiegel, Snapchat CEO and co-founder, is determined to drive user-engagement. The DAU decline occurred right after Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s Instagram Stories launched, and Spiegel has taken notice. Specifically...

Harley-Davidson Inc (NYSE: HOG), which used the “buy American” credo for much of its marketing efforts, plans to build an assembly plant in Thailand to better embrace the Asian market. Harley was down 1.59 percent, at $52 on Wednesday, after word about the plant opening leaked out....

Following Rep. Ro Khanna (D–CA)'s letter to the Department of Defense, dated March 17, urging additional scrutiny on TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE: TDG)'s contracting process, Height Securities said Congressional support for review may be growing. Alleviating Audit Burden Meanwhile,...