Technology
Pinterest shares rise 15% on better-than-expected guidance
Bill Ready, CEO of Pinterest, rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on May 15, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Pinterest shares rose 15% in extended trading Thursday after the company reported first-quarter earnings and provided better-than-expected guidance. Here’s how the company did, compared to analysts’ consensus estimates from LSEG: Revenue: $855 […]
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Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky sentenced to 12 years in multi-billion-dollar crypto fraud case
Alex Mashinsky, former chief executive officer of Celsius Network Ltd., arrives at court in New York, US, on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alexander Mashinsky, the former CEO of Celsius Network, was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to two counts of fraud, a […]
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Affirm drops 10% on weaker-than-expected guidance for current quarter
PayPal Inc. co-founder and Affirm’s CEO Max Levchin on center stage during day one of Collision 2019 at Enercare Center in Toronto, Canada. Vaughn Ridley | Sportsfile | Getty Images Affirm, the provider of buy now, pay later loans, gave a revenue forecast for the current quarter that trailed analysts’ estimates even as profit for […]
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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes loses bid to have appeal of fraud conviction reheard
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes arrives to begin serving her prison sentence for defrauding investors in the failed blood-testing startup, at the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, May 30, 2023. Go Nakamura | Reuters Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on Thursday lost her bid to have an appeal of her 2022 fraud conviction reheard. The […]
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Amazon adds pet prescriptions to its online pharmacy
Close-up of a hand holding a cellphone displaying the Amazon Pharmacy system, Lafayette, California, September 15, 2021. Smith Collection | Gado | Getty Images Amazon is expanding its online pharmacy to fill prescription pet medications, the company announced Thursday. The company said it has added “hundreds of commonly prescribed pet medications” to its U.S. site, […]
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Coinbase acquires crypto derivatives exchange Deribit for $2.9 billion
The Coinbase logo is displayed on a smartphone with stock market percentages on the background. Omar Marques | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Coinbase agreed to acquire Dubai-based Deribit, a major crypto derivatives exchange, for $2.9 billion, the largest deal in the crypto industry to date. The company said Thursday that the cost […]
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Shopify stock slips on light guidance, company notes tariff ‘uncertainty’
The logo of Shopify is seen outside its headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, September 28, 2018. Chris Wattie | Reuters Shares of Shopify dipped more than 5% in early trading on Thursday after the company posted mixed first-quarter results and issued soft guidance for the current period. Here’s how the company did: Revenue: $2.36 billion […]
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Steph Curry, Tom Brady and other celebrities excluded from most FTX investor claims, judge rules
Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors drives to the basket in the second quarter against Dyson Daniels #11 of the New Orleans Pelicans at Chase Center on April 12, 2024 in San Francisco, California. Kavin Mistry | Getty Images A Florida federal judge has dismissed most of the claims against high-profile celebrities and […]
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Trump crypto advisor David Bailey launching $300 million bitcoin investment company
Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images David Bailey, CEO of media group BTC Inc., and a key crypto advisor to President Donald Trump, has raised $300 million to launch a publicly traded bitcoin investment company, CNBC has confirmed. The deal, which has been in the works since January, consists of $200 million in […]
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Arm shares drop on weak forecast
Rene Haas, CEO of chip tech provider Arm Holdings, holds a replica of a chip with his company’s logo on it, during an event in which Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim officially announces a $250 million deal with the company, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 5, 2025. Hasnoor Hussain | Reuters Arm shares dropped more […]
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