How ‘Cyber Guards’ Patrol Networks Looking For Hackers Given the ever-increasing and seemingly unstoppable pervasiveness of hacks and cyber thefts, every year seems to be the year of the data breach. And because of that, cybersecurity firms are racing to come up with solutions to stop hackers from getting into companies’ computers, and make inordinate […]
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EquityZen in cnbc.com
Japanese messaging app Line to mark biggest tech IPO so far this year Line Corp. is preparing to test the public markets next week, the second significant tech IPO of 2016. The Japanese messaging app company is set to raise as much as $1.12 billion, or 116 billion yen, amid one of the most chaotic […]
Tortoise’s Take on Energy in Forbes
Energy Is Getting A ‘Green Flag’ From Investors, At Mid-Year Now that we’ve reached midyear, we thought it would be good to highlight a few topics that are driving the energy markets in 2016. Investors who dove into an energy market at the beginning of the year found the water was murky and the sea […]
Tortoise in Bloomberg
Oil Falls After Smaller-Than-Projected U.S. Crude Supply Decline Oil retreated after a government report showed U.S. crude stockpiles dropped by less than expected. Crude supplies fell 2.22 million barrels in the week ended July 1, Energy Information Administration data show. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg had forecast the EIA would report a 2.5 million decline. The […]
Tortoise’s Thummel on CNBC
US oil reserves surge Rob Thummel, Tortoise Capital Advisors Managing Director, looks at a new study that confirms the U.S. holds more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia and Russia. Source: http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000531790
Tortoise on Yahoo
Never mind the Brexit — here are energy stocks still worth buying: Portfolio manager Oil prices have been volatile since the Brexit vote, but there may be opportunities in the energy space, according to one portfolio manager. Read more here: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/never-mind-brexit-energy-stocks-000000196.html
Tortoise on Brexit and MLPs
Understanding Brexit’s Impact on Midstream MLPs Monday was shaping up to be a tough day for midstream master limited partnerships. The sector-tracking Alerian MLP ETF (AMLP) was down more than 4% by early afternoon as the price of crude fell 3.4%. Crude has been falling since the Brexit vote, but MLPs held up okay on […]
Steve Kalafer in WSJ
Volkswagen to Pay More Than $10 Billion to Settle Emissions Claims Company will pay diesel car owners at least $5,100 on top of buyback or fix Volkswagen AG is nearing a $10 billion civil settlement, the largest in the auto industry’s history, to compensate U.S. owners of vehicles affected by the German car maker’s emissions-cheating […]
root9B in WSJ
root9B Awarded Subcontract Supporting U.S. CYBER COMMAND COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 3, 2016 — root9B, a root9B Technologies (OTCQB: RTNB), company and leading provider of advanced cybersecurity services and training for commercial and government clients, announced today that it has been awarded a subcontract from prime contractor Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). The USCYBERCOM multiple […]
Tortoise on OPEC
Tortoise Capital’s Thummel on top energy investment strategy – Tortoise Capital energy portfolio manager Rob Thummel talks with Bobbi Rebell about OPEC, oil inventories, and where he believes the best opportunities are in the sector.
CNBC credits Tortoise
Thummel: OPEC is becoming less relevant Rob Thummel, Managing Director at Tortoise Capital Advisors, discusses the OPEC meeting, his outlook for the oil market and gives his picks in the energy sector. Source: http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000522456
Col. Jacobs on Hiroshima visit
Obama visits Hiroshima, talks nuclear weapons – Colonel Jack Jacobs comments on President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima, Japan becoming the first sitting president to visit there.
Tortoise Capital Advisors on CNBC
Crude oil rallies – Discussing oil price forecasts, with John Kilduff, Again Capital partner, and Matt Sallee, Tortoise Capital Advisors.
root9B in WSJ
root9B Technologies Provides 2016 Financial Outlook Forecast Calls for Net Revenue of Approximately $48.0 Million; Cybersecurity Revenue Expected to Increase by 370% from 2015 NEW YORK, May 24, 2016 — root9B Technologies (or “the Company”) (OTCQB: RTNB) announced today its outlook for certain financial and operating metrics for the year ended December 31, 2016. For […]
Root9b technologies provides 2016 financial outlook
root9B Technologies Provides 2016 Financial Outlook Forecast Calls for Net Revenue of Approximately $48.0 Million; Cybersecurity Revenue Expected to Increase by 370% from 2015 Expects Annual Operating Loss to Significantly Narrow, with a Projected Operating Profit by Q4 2016 Announces Corporate Name Change to root9B Holdings Conference Call Scheduled for Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at […]
root9B Remains #1
root9B Statement on Remaining #1 in the Cybersecurity 500 In response to being named #1 in the Cybersecurity 500 for the 2nd consecutive quarter, root9B’s Chief Executive Officer Eric Hipkins issued the following statement: “It’s an honor to be #1 on the Cybersecurity 500 for the 2nd straight quarter. Cybersecurity Ventures does an exceptional job […]
Lottery kudos for Ferrara
Princeton ad agency honored for Lottery spot Princeton-based advertising agency Ferrara & Company won a Best TV Award at La Fleur’s annual Lottery Symposium, it announced recently. Ferrara & Company’s “Anthem” 30-second spot for the New Jersey Lottery was chosen from among 39 lottery spots. Ferrara & Company, which worked in partnership with Northstar New […]
Quad visits Yahoo
Reasons to be concerned about the markets – Several warning signs are flashing for the U.S. markets, warns Peter Borish, chief strategist at the Quad Group.
root 9B and Dick Grasso rule
Cyber investing recap for CISOs The 2016 Cyber Investing Summit was held at the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street earlier this week. For CSOs and IT security executives who couldn’t make the sold-out event, here’s the five best-of-show nods — according to a CSO blogger who was on hand (yours truly). Read more […]
Peter Borish on Bloomberg
KKR Suffers First-Quarter Loss on First Data Slump | iPhone Sales Expected to Hurt Apple’s Earnings (Source: Bloomberg)
Tortoise makes an acquisition
Tortoise Credit Strategies acquiring Bradford & Marzec Tortoise Credit Strategies is acquiring a majority stake in fixed-income money manager Bradford & Marzec, said separate news releases from the companies. Read more here: http://www.pionline.com/article/20160422/ONLINE/160429946/tortoise-credit-strategies-acquiring-bradford-marzec
Additional coverage for Carnival
Cuba relents, allows Cuban-born travelers on historic cruise MIAMI (AP) — Cuba has loosened a policy banning Cuban-born people from arriving by sea, allowing Carnival Corp. to go forward with the first U.S. cruise to the island in a half-century, the Cuban government and the Miami-based cruise line announced Friday. Read more here: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/carnival-cuba-cruise-sail-cuban-121155876.html
Carnival effects change in Cuba
Cuba reversal appears to clear way for Carnival cruise Havana, Cuba (CNN) – The Cuban government said it would scrap a long-standing ban on letting people born in Cuba come to the island by cruise ship, the Communist Party newspaper Granma reported Friday. Read more here: http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/22/travel/cuba-cruise-ship-policy-change-carnival/index.html
Tortoise in WSJ
OPEC Officials: May Discuss Oil Freeze at June Meeting OPEC is ‘still alive’ as a force in the oil market, says secretary-general Abdallah Salem el-Badri OPEC spoke on Thursday, but the market wasn’t listening. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries could revive talk of freezing oil production along with nonmembers at its next meeting […]
Steve Kalafer on NBC Nightly News
Volkswagen Reaches Deal With Feds Over Emissions Scandal – The federal government has reached a broad agreement with Volkswagen that will mean compensation for car owners via cash and buybacks.
Tortoise on CNN
Oil producers face stark choice in key meeting – When the world’s major oil producers gather this weekend in Doha, they face a stark choice: agree to freeze crude production at current levels, or risk sending prices into another downward spiral.
EquityZen CEO on CNBC
Movement in secondary market – Atish Davda, EquityZen CEO, talks about investing in the secondary market, and his company’s aim of helping private shareholders and early investors free up liquidity.
Tortoise on CNBC
Oil higher to start the week – Is oil going higher or lower from here, with Rob Thummel, Tortoise Capital Advisors, and Bob McNally, Rapidan Group founder.
root9B featured on cybersecurity
Springs focused on being hub of industry Colorado Springs’ economic future could depend on how it fits within an emerging industry to tackle hackers. Millions, even billions, of dollars could be in the offing for the cities that become cybersecurity central in the United States. All that money is tied to changes in how the […]
Tortoise in Barron’s
Energy Roundtable: 12 Oil Rebound Picks Four pros guide investors through the sector’s turmoil—and pick stocks and bonds for the next boom. Energy investors have arrived at the fifth stage of grief—acceptance. It hasn’t been easy. The price of oil has dropped 62% in the past two years, as easy access to credit helped fuel […]