In modern San Francisco, rows of skyscrapers have begun lining the downtown streets and recasting the skyline, monuments to the triumph
of the tech sector.
This may sound like a fuzzy job title but for fintech companies like the rest
of the tech sector, the «cool factor» is key.
What's less clear is how this scandal will play out for Facebook — and the rest
of the tech sector — in the long run.
These efforts highlighted direct praise for supporting growth
of the tech sector in the north of England by the UK prime minister Theresa May.
The collapse
of the tech sector in 2000 is an excellent example of what can happen and how it can decimate a portfolio that lacks adequate diversification.
The fact that India's currency is in a depreciation mode against the US Dollar has actually worked in the favor
of the tech sector.
But its rich yield helps offset the low yield
of the tech sector, with which it is paired in XLK.
It is at the heart
of the tech sector and by and large many agree it is a good thing.
The Partnership has launched an Innovation Council that will work to identify and resolve legal and regulatory challenges that threaten the continued growth
of the tech sector.
A stronger link to these cities will be vital to the future
of our tech sector, and a stronger presence in Washington D.C. will be vital for the years ahead as there may be a marked shift in U.S. trade policy.
According to Figure 3, if the market valued KLAC's cash flows on par with the rest
of the tech sector, it would have an enterprise value divided by invested capital of 13.95.
04/02/2018 Fresh off a three - day holiday weekend, stocks sold off sharply today on renewed concerns about international trade disputes, in conjunction with a retreat in leadership on the part
of the tech sector.
In part, this will come from the consolidation
of the tech sector and expansion of small firms still in a high - growth phase, comprising a large share of current serviced office users.
Twitter operates in the most fast - paced area
of the Tech sector and acquisitions are always a possibility.
Viewed as a bellwether
of the tech sector and a prominent player in the S&P 500, Apple was the first domino to fall.
Of that three dozen, the majority would appear familiar to investors with even a modicum
of tech sector knowledge.
Paul Holland, Foundation Capital general partner, discusses the business impact of the data scandal for Facebook and the rest
of the tech sector.
When a dinner was held for President Barack Obama by
some of the tech sector's most notable leaders, Hastings was there, alongside Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, and Mark Zuckerberg.
Programs designed to discover and launch promising startups are no longer the domain
of the tech sector.
«Antitrust enforcers may need to take a close look to see whether competition is suffering and consumers are losing out on new innovations as a result of misdeeds by a monopoly incumbent,» Delrahim said
of the tech sector.
In fact, a majority of the top 10 most valuable companies are part
of the tech sector.
The FT reported that, in a written submission to the parliamentary committee scrutinizing the draft «Investigatory Powers Bill», Apple argued the law would «immobilize substantial portions
of the tech sector and spark serious international conflicts.»
Outside
of the tech sector, 150,000 tech workers are employed in New York City.
To ensure we're not left behind, Canada will have to reform the immigration system with the needs
of the tech sector in mind.
It's a major player in a massive number
of tech sectors, including OSes, PC hardware, PC and console gaming, software development, enterprise systems and IT management, AI, and Windows Mixed Reality.
Not exact matches
In light
of the stock market's recent decline, investors seem increasingly to be giving the
tech sector the cold shoulder, with stunning drops in value
of once high - flying stocks, among them the micro-blogging site Twitter, whose stock is down more than 50 percent compared to September
of 2014.
The real significance
of the Google Patent Starter Program is instead more subtle, and should be seen against the backdrop
of other moves Google is undertaking to change the economic incentives that have made patents such a problem for the
tech sector in the first place.
While progressive farmers like Willemse have been dabbling in «precision ag» (also known as agri -
tech) for nearly a decade, the past few years have seen scores
of companies, old and new, blitz the
sector.
Tech is also one
of the
sectors where analysts expect to see the greatest earnings growth in 2018.
While
tech IPOs are at their lowest number since 2008, health care, including biotech, is one
of the hottest
sectors of the year for number
of filings, per Renaissance Capital's third quarter report.
The
tech sector in general dominates the list, accounting for nearly half
of the ranked companies.
The booming
tech industry in Texas's state capital gets most
of the attention, but the education, health, and leisure - and - hospitality
sectors have added more than 11,000 jobs in the past year.
Canada has become an unlikely hub for the development
of e-commerce platforms, with market leader Shopify, big - brand focused Elastic Path and small storefront ShopLocket all coming out
of this country's
tech sector.
Shares
of the
tech giant are down 2.4 percent, while the S&P 500 is down 1 percent and the
tech sector is up more than 3 percent this year.
Founded by David Tedman, Ryan Holmes and Dario Meli as a design and development agency, Invoke evolved into a startup generation engine, spawning one
of the country's most promising
tech firms in Hootsuite (
of which Holmes is CEO), as well as other buzzy names in the
sector, like Foodee, Quietly (
of which Meli is CEO) and Memelabs.
A comprehensive research briefing last September by CB Insights
tech analyst Deepashri Varadharajan, for example — which tracked AI startups across industries from 2012 through the fall
of 2016 — showed healthcare dominating every other
sector, from security and finance to sales & marketing.
And a version
of that is playing out in the stock market as the once invincible
tech sector suddenly looks vulnerable.
«If you look at the percentage
of companies in the
tech sector above their 200 - day moving average, it's actually some
of the best breadth we see across
sectors.»
The need could become even more pressing; a leaked draft
of another executive order suggests major restrictions to America's H - 1B visa program, which helps bring highly skilled foreigners to the U.S.
tech sector.
Mossavar - Rahmani: In our view, this concern about the
tech sector and saying that this looks like the late»90s, 2000, is a bit misplaced, this type
of concern.
Since I'm writing for Data Sheet this week, and not CEO Daily, I should point out that all
of this Change - the - World - Don't - Be-Evil stuff started in the
tech sector — even if some players (looking at you, Facebook) have wandered astray.
One
of the biggest hurdles to growing Canada's
tech sector is attracting and retaining seasoned executives who know how to spur that growth.
Earlier today, the Ontario government announced that it is «partnering with Cisco Canada to launch the largest job - creating investment in the history
of the province's
tech sector.»
The Vision Fund has upended
tech investing in Silicon Valley by chasing after some
of the
sector's flashiest companies, Recode reports.
While she has tendered the odd offer to a
tech business, Minhas has largely steered clear
of the
sector due to her lack
of expertise.
This week, fresh from a tour
of Israel's
tech sector, I'm going to run through some
of the highlights — as well as a lowlight or two — that I experienced.
It certainly seems like this is the beginning
of the downturn in the private
tech sector that VCs like Benchmark's Bill Gurley have been warning about for a year now.
More good news for Canada's
tech sector: Toronto - based Wattpad, often described as the YouTube
of eBooks, announced this morning that it has raised $ 46 million in Series C funding.
But whatever the appropriate amount
of celebration, it's clear that the Canadian
tech sector is in fine form — as Sebastian noted, the Toronto - Waterloo corridor has the highest concentration
of startups in the world bar the Valley.
The Silicon Valley worker benefits and perks — the free, fresh produce and transcendental meditation pods — have become symbols
of the riches created in the
tech sector and how good it has been to workers, but the hype belies the truth that many
of the employees operating within big
tech companies are working on second - class contract terms.