Kirk: How Ivanka and President Trump Are Fulfilling Their Promise to Middle America
President Trump and Ivanka Trump hosted a gathering Thursday to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Pledge to American Workers.
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Gabby Giffords Lauds Salesforce for Mandating Retailers End AR-15 Sales
Gun control proponent Gabby Giffords is praising business software maker Salesforce for demanding that its firearm retail customers cease selling AR-15s.
Software Maker Salesforce Tells Gun Retailers to Stop Selling AR-15s
Business software maker Salesforce is telling gun retailers they must stop selling AR-15s if they want to continue using the company’s business applications.
Two Salesforce Security Engineers Fired After Revealing Details During DEF CON
Two top-level Salesforce security engineers have lost their jobs over the details of an IT defense tool they revealed at the annual DEF CON hacking conference.
Why Disney Passed on Buying Twitter
Although Disney seemed like the perfect suitor for Twitter, the company passed on the strategic acquisition over concerns that social media’s bullying, raunchy language and hate speech risked undermining the Magic Kingdom’s wholesome family image.
Twitter Buy-out Hopes Crash After Teen Survey Finds No Interest
Twitter’s stock collapsed on October 14 — at one point falling over 8 percent — after potential suitor Salesforce withdrew its interest following the release of a “Teen Survey” that found virtually no interest in the Twitter brand by youth.
Silicon Valley Shocked as Oculus VR Founder Backs Pro-Trump Group
In Silicon Valley, it is a worse “crime” for the founder of Oculus VR, Palmer Luckey, to have donated in support of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump than for Facebook to have potentially engaged in fraudulently inflating its average video viewing times for the last two years.
Apple Inc. Says Its Tax Rate of 0.00045 Percent Is ‘Fair’
Apple Inc. is promising to appeal the European Commission’s decision that it owes $14.5 billion in European taxes because it says the company’s current effective tax rate of 0.00045 percent is “fair.”
Media Leak of Trump’s Silicon Valley Fundraiser Forces Cancelation
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich had scheduled a fundraiser with Donald Trump at his Silicon Valley home on June 1, but it had to be canceled after someone leaked it to the media.
CEOs of Silicon Valley’s Top Firms Reveal Diversity
Silicon Valley often gets knocked for a lack of diversity, but historically excluded groups are making an impressive showing at the top spot of the most valuable companies. Just looking at the top ten companies based in Silicon Valley by NASDAQ market cap, 40% are run by someone who is a woman, an immigrant, or non-white. By individual demographics, 20% are women, and 30% are foreign-born.
