Year: 2024
Netflix sets streaming record with Christmas Day NFL games
A detailed view of a Netflix Christmas Gameday sign during the regular season NFL football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers on December 25, 2024 at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, PA. Icon Sportswire | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images Christmas came right on time for Netflix, as the streamer set records for […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Rigetti Computing, KULR Technology, MicroStrategy and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Rigetti Computing , Quantum Computing , D-Wave Quantum – Stocks tied to quantum computing were surging in premarket trading, building on a strong year-end rally for the budding industry . Shares of Rigetti rose 27%, while D-Wave Quantum’s stock jumped 5% and Quantum Computing shares added […]
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What is a VPN and do you need one?
Almost nothing you do on the internet is private. Whether it’s your internet service provider tracking your browsing activity or a company collecting data for targeted ads, your digital footprint is constantly under scrutiny. That’s where VPNs come in. A VPN, short for virtual private network, is a tool that can help shield your internet […]
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Google CEO Pichai struggled to navigate a pressure-filled year
NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 01: Sundar Pichai, C.E.O., Google Inc. speaks at the New York Times DealBook conference on November 1, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images) Stephanie Keith | Getty Images News | Getty Images Google’s blowout earnings report in April, which sparked the biggest rally in Alphabet shares […]
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5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday
Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Green Christmas A Christmas tree stands in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), on the day U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to ring the opening bell at NYSE to celebrate being named Time magazine’s ‘Person of […]
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OpenAI says it needs ‘more capital than we’d imagined’ as it lays out for-profit plan
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, during a fireside chat organized by Softbank Ventures Asia in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, June 9, 2023. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI said Friday that in moving toward a new for-profit structure in 2025, the company will create a public benefit corporation to oversee […]
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Tech stocks ruled 2024, but hopes for a big market rotation in the new year are uncertain
We are closing out 2024 with a bit more volatility than normal, but the overall trend remains up. To everyone who stops me on the street and asks me, “Why is the stock market up so much?,” I give a fairly simple answer: It’s because the overall profits and margins remain at near record levels. If […]
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Ad revenue should stabilize for media companies in 2025 — if they have sports
The New York Liberty celebrate after wining the 2024 WNBA Championship against the Minnesota Lynx during Game 5 of the 2024 WNBA Finals on October 20, 2024 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. David Sherman | National Basketball Association | Getty Images The advertising market has positive momentum going into 2025 — especially for […]
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German president dissolves parliament for Feb. 23 snap elections
Members of the Bundestag debate before passing a resolution on Nov. 30, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday dissolved Germany’s lower house of parliament to pave the way for snap elections on Feb. 23 following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-way coalition. […]
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10-year Treasury yield back above 4.6% after mixed jobless claims data
Treasury yields were slightly higher early Friday after a mixed set of data on weekly jobless claims. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury was 3 basis points higher at 4.607%, slightly down from its peak earlier in the week but back above the 4.6% level it had not breached since May. The 2-year Treasury was fractionally higher […]
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