Month: February 2022

Predicting a “brighter year ahead,” Expedia Group Inc. said Thursday that the impact of the omicron variant on travel was not as severe as previous COVID-19 disruptions. Expedia Group’s EXPE, +0.29% total gross bookings were $17.5 billion in the fourth quarter, down 25% compared with the fourth quarter of 2019. The company said that was
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Zhao Changpeng, founder and chief executive officer of Binance, speaks during an interview in Singapore, on Nov. 19, 2021. Wei Leng Tay | Bloomberg | Getty Images Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, is making a $200 million strategic investment in Forbes, the 104-year old magazine and digital publisher, CNBC has learned. The funds will
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Key Takeaways Gross bookings came in at $25.9 billion, surpassing analysts’ expectations. Gross bookings measure the total dollar amount that Uber generates across its business platforms. Uber said that the omicron variant had an impact on its business in late December but that it’s already bouncing back to continue its ongoing recovery from the pandemic.
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When conservative talk radio host Larry Elder went head-to-head against incumbent California governor Gavin Newsom during last year’s recall election, it had significant implications for DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG). You see, Elder has some libertarian views, but he’s not too fond on gambling, which of course would have boded poorly for DKNG stock had he won. Source:
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Shares of Facebook-parent Meta Platforms Inc. bounced off a 20-month low Wednesday, as a widely followed technical indicator sank to the most oversold level seen since just a few months after the company went public 10 years ago. The stock FB, +4.37% climbed 3.0% in midday trading, after plunging 31.8% amid a four-day losing streak
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Web 3.0 — also referred to as the decentralized web or Web3 —  is getting plenty of attention on Wall Street. Some regard it as a paradigm shift that will make the internet immersive for the masses. Others highlight, “Web3 is about ownership. It’s about the direct connection between creators and consumers, obfuscating the gatekeepers.”
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Thomas Paine, Napoleon, and Martin Luther King, Jr., don’t have much in common at first glance. Nor do socialists and libertarians—or Finnish bureaucrats and Silicon Valley tycoons. Some policies have a habit of creating strange bedfellows, but none more so than the idea that governments should guarantee their citizens a minimum level of income. Not by
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Digital World Acquisition (NASDAQ:DWAC) is a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Even in a brutal downturn for SPACs, DWAC stock has managed to succeed beyond everyone’s wildest expectations. That’s because Digital World announced a merger with former President Trump’s emerging media and internet company, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), which is planning on launching
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Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler kicked off an ambitious regulatory agenda this year – and his agency is pushing forward
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Clover Health (NASDAQ:CLOV) was supposed to be one of Chamath Palihapitiya’s biggest special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) wins. When Palihapitiya announced plans to take Clover public, traders gravitated to the play as a natural fit. The idea? CLOV stock would upend the sleepy health insurance industry with a big dose of Silicon Valley expertise. Source:
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