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What’s in Your Wallet: Should You Get the Apple Credit Card?—Data Sheet

The war for the couch potato. The latest survey of Internet video boxes found Roku in command, with 39% of the market, and Amazon in second, with 30%. That left Apple and Google fighting over a shrinking portion of the pie with their hardware, Parks Associates said.

Lend a hand. After dumping its old-fashioned entertainment portfolio, Fox Corp. is adding digital assets. The Murdoch-controlled company is paying $275 million for 67% of Credible Labs, an online marketplace for mortgages and other consumer loans. 

From the article "What’s in Your Wallet: Should You Get the Apple Credit Card?—Data Sheet" by Aaron Pressman.

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