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WTOP Wins 2023 National Association of Broadcasters Marconi Radio Award 10/26/2023 07:25am • For Immediate Release                                                                            October 26, 2023 (Washington, D.C.) WTOP received national recognition at the Annual NAB Marconi Radio Awards Show held last ni Stock market today: Asian shares slide after Wall St rout driven by high yields, mixed earnings 10/26/2023 12:47am • BANGKOK (AP) — Shares skidded Thursday in Asia after Wall Street tumbled as bond yields tightened their chokehold. U.S. futures slipped and oil prices also fell after some of the most influential U.S. companies turned in mixed profit reports. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 sank 2.1% to 30,628.04 and the K Facebook parent Meta posts sharply higher profit in 3Q thanks to increase in ad revenue 10/25/2023 06:21pm • Facebook parent Meta on Wednesday posted sharply higher earnings for the third quarter, boosted by an increase in advertising revenue and lower expenses after it laid off thousands of workers. The stronger-thank-expected results followed Google parent Alphabet's report Tuesday showing a rebound in e How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 10/25/2023 10/25/2023 04:21pm • Wall Street sank back to where it was in May, pulled down by steep drops in several Big Tech companies. The S&P 500 fell 1.4% Wednesday after rising bond yields tightened their chokehold on the stock market and some of the most influential companies turned in mixed profit reports. The Dow lost Alphabet, Thermo Fisher fall; Microsoft, General Dynamics rise, Wednesday, 10/25/2023 10/25/2023 04:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Wednesday: Microsoft Corp., up $10.14 to $340.67. The software giant reported strong fiscal first-quarter earnings and revenue. Alphabet Inc., down $13.20 to $125.61. The owner of search engine giant Google reported di 9 Best Mutual Funds to Buy Now 10/24/2023 08:00pm • In the age of exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, many investors think that mutual funds are the kind of old-timey investments that were good for our grandfathers but useless to us in the 21st century. They say mutual funds are overpriced, harder to trade and just plain inefficient. While there certainl California regulators suspend recently approved San Francisco robotaxi service for safety reasons 10/24/2023 07:06pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California regulators have revoked the license of a robotaxi service owned by General Motors after determining its driverless cars that recently began transporting passengers throughout San Francisco are a dangerous menace. The California Department of Motor Vehicles' indefin Google's ad sales growth accelerated in 3Q, but investors are unimpressed with the performance 10/24/2023 05:48pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s digital advertising sales growth accelerated during the summer, advancing a recent revival that helped its corporate parent Alphabet Inc. to deliver a quarterly profit that exceeded analysts' projections. The third-quarter results released Tuesday for the July-Sept Alphabet: Q3 Earnings Snapshot 10/24/2023 04:22pm • MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) on Tuesday reported third-quarter net income of $19.69 billion. The Mountain View, California-based company said it had net income of $1.55 per share. The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate Apple App Store - Top Apps 10/24/2023 11:53am • Top Free iPhone Apps (US): 1. Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire, Temu 2. Lapse - Disposable Camera, Lapse 3. Microsoft Authenticator, Microsoft Corporation 4. Google, Google LLC 5. ChatGPT, OpenAI 6. TikTok, TikTok Ltd. 7. WhatsApp Messenger, WhatsApp Inc. 8. Instagram, Instagram, Inc. 9. YouTube: Watch The 10 Most Valuable Companies in the World by Market Cap 10/23/2023 08:00pm • Apple Inc. (ticker: AAPL) was the first company to reach a market capitalization of $1 trillion in 2018. The company continues to hold global attention as the most valuable company in the world since 2011, but it is still flirting with restoring its recent $3 trillion milestone. While the journey ha 8 Top Nancy Pelosi Stocks to Buy 10/23/2023 08:00pm • Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in 2022 that the Senate would soon vote on a bill banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks. However, as the final days of 2023 near, Democrats no longer control the House, Pelosi is no longer House Speaker and there has still been no vote on b Company bosses and workers grapple with the fallout of speaking up about the Israel-Hamas war 10/21/2023 02:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks accused a union representing thousands of its baristas of damaging the brand and endangering co-workers with a pro-Palestinian tweet. The CEO of a prominent tech conference resigned amid backlash for his public statements suggesting that Israel was committing war crimes. CEO of a prominent tech conference resigns amid backlash for public statements over Israel-Hamas war 10/21/2023 02:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Paddy Cosgrave, the chief executive officer of a prominent European tech conference called Web Summit, resigned from his role on Saturday amid backlash for his public statements that suggested Israel was committing war crimes. A spokesperson for Web Summit, which organizes one of t Data Doctors: Google Maps vs. Waze 10/20/2023 05:26pm • Q: What's the difference between Google Maps and Waze for navigation? A: One of the most important smartphone apps we all use on a regular basis is a mapping app, but it’s become much more than getting from point A to point B. Google owns both mapping apps as they acquired Waze in 2013 but k