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Month: December 2021
At its $69.89 peak, investors’ confidence in Jumia Technologies (NYSE:JMIA) also reached its highest point. The euphoria ended when the Nasdaq sank well below its February 2021 highs. JMIA stock fell steadily throughout the rest of the year. There’s a good chance that Jumia will fall further even though it’s trading close to its 52-week
Dear Quentin, My dad died on Nov. 12, with no will, in Indiana. He has three children. He moved to be near his home town in Indiana from Louisiana about four years ago. One of my siblings was there during his illness and signed a do-not-resuscitate. My dad has a small life-insurance policy, a 401(k),
A software rendering shows a recreation of Russia’s anti-satellite weapons test and the destruction of satellite Kosmos 1408, with the debris field in red. AGI The Pentagon called for a global halt to anti-satellite weapons testing on Wednesday, further decrying the practice after Russia’s destructive demonstration last month showered low Earth orbit with debris. “We
In this article CRM VRTX LEN Salesforce signage outside office building in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Wednesday: Allbirds — Allbirds shares sunk more than 13% after the shoe maker’s losses grew in the third quarter, even as its revenue rose from last year. The quarterly
Last year, Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) was a darling of the financial markets. It seemed as if everybody and his uncle wanted to buy PINS stock and the share-price rally was relentless. Source: tanuha2001 / Shutterstock.com Presumably, this occurred because of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns. As people were stuck at home, they turned to social-media platforms like Pinterest
As you may recall, shares in online textbook and tutoring company Chegg (NYSE:CHGG) cratered in price last month. After reporting underwhelming quarterly results and guidance on Nov. 1, CHGG stock dropped 48.8% the following trading day alone. It tanked from just under $60 per share, to around $32 per share. Source: Casimiro PT / Shutterstock.com In
The General Electric Co. (GE), founded in 1889 by American inventor and businessman Thomas Edison, became one of the largest industrial conglomerates in the U.S. It even became the nation’s largest company in the year 2000, worth as much as $600 billion. But GE, which currently operates businesses that span the power, renewable energy, aviation,
Spatial data company Matterport (NASDAQ:MTTR) went public in July following a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with Gores Holdings VI. Matterport received $605 million in total cash in this SPAC deal, including $310 million from Gores Holdings VI and $295 million from other institutional investors. That’s a lot of money for the company, but is
Thanksgiving and Black Friday are done; bring on the country’s most famous Christmas tree. Yes, it’s already time for the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting ceremony in New York City, an annual holiday tradition spanning almost 90 years. While the COVID-19 pandemic closed off last year’s lighting ceremony to the public, this year, people are
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center on Nov. 5, 2021. Taylor Mickal / NASA The first National Space Council of the Biden administration is meeting on Wednesday, with Vice President Kamala Harris set to outline the White House’s approach to space policy. Revived after two decades under the previous presidency,
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images The market is facing a conundrum. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has thrown a monkey wrench into the investor playbook. Investors have been worried they will
In this article BOX CRM The Salesforce Tower, left, and the Salesforce West office building in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Salesforce — Shares of the software giant dropped more than 6% in after
It isn’t hard to identify exactly the moment that Decentraland (CCC:MANA-USD) became instantly relevant. A cursory glance at its price chart shows that moment occurred on Oct. 28. Source: shutterstock.com/Piotr Swat That was the day that Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his social media giant would be changing its name to Meta Platforms. The
Deciphera Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:DCPH) is a biotech company that develops drugs mainly for the treatment of cancer. Right now, DCPH stock shares are down nearly 85% year-to-date (YTD), at $7.70 as of the close of Nov. 29. Source: Iryna Imago / Shutterstock.com Of course, with Thanksgiving just over, it’s probably appropriate to note that I’m thankful for
Before the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law in March 2010, the words pre-existing condition and experimental procedure were often bad news for patients in the United States. In many cases, health insurance providers were not required to cover associated costs or would even deny coverage to individuals with pre-existing conditions. However, under the ACA,
If you bought shares of Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ:RIVN) at or near its peak in mid-November, it’s been a bad couple of weeks for you. RIVN stock is 34% off its high of $179.47, made days after the electric vehicle maker went public. And, unfortunately, I don’t see RIVN stock making a comeback any time soon.
Before the omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 emerged, global supply chains were hanging by a thread due to labor shortages, factory shutdowns and elevated demand for goods, especially leading up to the holiday season. Now omicron, which the World Health Organization has deemed a “variant of concern,” is making that thread even thinner.
In this article AMZN GS David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs & Co., listens during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Monday, April 29, 2019. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs is getting into the cloud computing business. The bank is opening up access to