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Facebook (FB) Sees Heavy Early Pressure
September 25, 2017 9:49 AM EDTFacebook (NASDAQ: FB) is down 2.7% off the open. On Friday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that he anticipates selling 35M to 75M shares of Facebook stock over approximately 18 months from the date of this report in order to fund the philanthropic initiatives.
... MoreAmazon.com (AMZN) Announces the Opening of New AWS Data Centers in Middle East by Early 2019
September 25, 2017 5:39 AM EDTAmazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced that it plans to open an infrastructure region in the Middle East by early 2019. The new AWS Middle East (Bahrain) Region will consist of three Availability Zones at launch. Currently, AWS provides 44 Availability Zones across 16 infrastructure regions worldwide, with another 14 Availability Zones, across five AWS Regions in China, France, Hong Kong, Sweden, and a second GovCloud Region in the U.S. expected to come online by the end of... More
