Michael Scott

Writer, Safehaven.com

Contributor since: 28 Mar 2018

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• The Exorbitant Cost Of Getting Ahead In Life

  Published 11 July 2018 | viewed 7,487 times

  Some 84 percent of Americans claim that a higher education is a very or extremely important factor for getting ahead in life, according to the…

• Dell Is Returning To Wall Street With $21 Billion Deal

  Published 03 July 2018 | viewed 2,868 times

  Five years ago, computer giant Dell went private to undergo a major metamorphosis. Now, in a nearly $22-billion deal, it’s ready to go public again…

• What’s Behind Facebook’s Flip On Crypto Ads?

  Published 28 June 2018 | viewed 5,891 times

  After outright banning cryptocurrency ads in January, Facebook has now back-tracked, saying the ban wasn’t the right approach and not in the spirit of innovation.…

• Pot Stocks Soar As Canada Legalizes Cannabis

  Published 20 June 2018 | viewed 2,203 times

  Within a matter of weeks, Canada is poised to become the first G7 nation to legalize the recreational use of marijuana as the Senate moved…

• Almost Half Of San Francisco Residents Want Out

  Published 15 June 2018 | viewed 1,982 times

  Welcome to San Francisco, where high-paid techies have relocated in droves, and everyone else is moving out as the housing market explodes into the wildly…

• Samsung Commits To 100% Renewable Energy

  Published 14 June 2018 | viewed 2,023 times

  Samsung will soon draw 100% of its electricity needs from renewable energy sources across all its sites in the United States, Europe, and China, the…

• What’s Going On With America’s 5G Plan?

  Published 07 June 2018 | viewed 1,644 times

  Republicans aren’t known—traditionally—for befriending political-economic philosophies that mirror those of the Chinese Communist Party, so when Trump proposed nationalizing America’s 5G wireless network, he found…

• Airbnb Faces Off Against China And Teases Potential IPO

  Published 31 May 2018 | viewed 1,810 times

  Perhaps one of the biggest and most tantalizing question for investors waiting on tech unicorns to IPO is whether Airbnb—one of the key players on…

• What’s Next For PayPal After Fallout With eBay?

  Published 30 May 2018 | viewed 2,009 times

  Auction giant eBay may be transitioning away from PayPal, but investors shouldn’t be concerned: PayPal is a beast of quite another breed, and this divorce…

• Apple Doubles Down On Data Privacy

  Published 24 May 2018 | viewed 1,900 times

  Apple has officially launched a new privacy website to help its users navigate just how much of their data is collected by the company in a move…

• Nearly Half Of All Americans Are Struggling Financially

  Published 22 May 2018 | viewed 2,130 times

  The U.S. economy may be improving—but tell that to the millions of people still struggling to mete out a basic, middle-class living amid rising consumer…

• PayPal’s Latest Acquisition Has Competitors On Edge

  Published 18 May 2018 | viewed 2,182 times

  PayPal’s confirmation yesterday that it will acquire Swedish tech company iZettle for $2.2 billion should be cause for concern for Square, because this acquisition gives…

• Tech Giants Race For Credit Card Dominance

  Published 14 May 2018 | viewed 2,488 times

  The next evolution in credit cards is very likely to be a Golden Apple, with Apple Pay giving up Barclays for Goldman Sachs and a…

• Google's Controversial New A.I. Assistant

  Published 11 May 2018 | viewed 1,922 times

  Never having to make an annoying phone call to a hair salon, a doctor’s office, or your insurance company again might sound like a utopian…

• How The Biggest Name In Gaming Lost $6 Billion In A Month

  Published 08 May 2018 | viewed 1,932 times

  Mankind’s obsession with apocalyptic survival themes and last-man standing scenarios,  widespread frustration at a world gone mad, or just sheer boredom—whatever the reason, the online…

• Buffett’s Massive Bet On Apple Makes Sense

  Published 04 May 2018 | viewed 1,680 times

  Apple was up almost 4 percent in afternoon trading Friday, closing in on its all-time high as Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway gave it another big…

• Tesla Faces $2 Billion Lawsuit Ahead Of Earnings Report

  Published 02 May 2018 | viewed 1,507 times

  A truck start-up founded in 2014 has filed a lawsuit against Tesla, seeking $2 billion in damages for what it claims to be copyright infringements.…

• This Merger Could Create A New Telecom Giant

  Published 30 April 2018 | viewed 1,913 times

  Telecoms giant T-Mobile has agreed to merge with Sprint, valued at $26.5 billion, creating a new, formidable rival in a sector led by AT&T and…

• Barclays And PayPal Join Forces In The Fintech Race

  Published 27 April 2018 | viewed 2,024 times

  Amazon, Apple and Alibaba are triple A high-tech threats to banking as we know it, and big banks who now wish they were tech firms--and…

• The Amazon Effect On Housing Markets

  Published 26 April 2018 | viewed 4,591 times

  Having hit major sweepstake proportions, the competition to play host to Amazon’s second headquarters is down to 20 finalists, but it might end up being…