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Tesla whale calls for $15 billion stock buyback after share price craters
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is trying to buy Twitter and manage multiple companies at the same time. James Glover II | Reuters Billionaire Leo Koguan, who claims to be the third largest individual shareholder of Tesla stock, is calling on the carmaker to announce a $15 billion stock buyback as the company’s share price continues […]
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Strategist says U.S. stocks are undervalued right now — and names his top picks to buy the dip
Morningstar’ s David Sekera thinks the market sell-off is looking overdone — and reveals the tech stocks he thinks are attractive right now, as well as his picks to ride the return of consumer spending. After years of beating the market, tech stocks have been slammed this year as expectations of aggressive tightening by the […]
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Facebook’s IPO 10 years later — new name, same CEO and a familiar problem
A decade ago, Facebook told the public markets that it was pouring money into smartphone apps because mobile usage was key to the company’s growth, even though it did “not currently directly generate any meaningful revenue” at the time. That was in the prospectus for its Nasdaq debut, which took place ten years ago Wednesday […]
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Musk met Twitter execs for 3 days before making a bid, unclear if they discussed bots
Elon Musk has said he won’t move forward with his $44 billion Twitter acquisition until he has more details about fake accounts on the platform, but he met with the company’s top brass for three days to discuss its business before he publicly announced his bid, according to a new securities filing. The filing with […]
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Netflix lays off 150 employees as the streaming service contends with big subscriber losses
Netflix’s revelation that it lost 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter put further pressure on an already beleaguered tech sector, but top tech analyst Mark Mahaney believes the current weakness in the sector presents several opportunities for investors. Aaronp/bauer-griffin | Gc Images | Getty Images Netflix is laying off around 150 employees across the company, […]
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Coinbase to slow hiring amid plunge in cryptocurrencies and tech stocks
Coinbase reported a 27% decline in revenues in the first quarter as usage of the platform dipped. Chesnot | Getty Images Coinbase has become the latest tech company to warn of a slowdown in hiring. The crypto exchange told staff Tuesday it would slow hiring and reevaluate its headcount, reversing earlier plans to triple its […]
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Mastercard launches tech that lets you pay with your face or hand
Mastercard’s biometric checkout technology lets users pay by scanning their face or palm. Mastercard Mastercard is piloting new technology that lets shoppers make payments with just their face or hand. The company on Tuesday launched a program for retailers to offer biometric payment methods, like facial recognition and fingerprint scanning. At checkout, users will be […]
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The co-founders of DeepMind and LinkedIn have raised $225 million for their A.I. lab
DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman Greylock Partners Inflection AI, the new artificial intelligence start-up from DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, has secured $225 million in funding, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week. The funding, first reported by TechCrunch, has been raised at an undisclosed valuation […]
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Elon Musk wants to know how many fake accounts Twitter has, but experts say his approach is all wrong
Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent Twitter shares tumbling on Friday when he said he was going to put his $44 billion acquisition of the social network “on hold” while he researches the proportion of fake and spam accounts on the platform. Though Musk later clarified that he remains committed to the deal, he continued to hammer […]
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Elon Musk can’t just walk away from his Twitter deal by paying a $1 billion breakup fee
Musk’s plan to buy Twitter has worried policymakers around the world. Joe Skipper | Reuters Elon Musk can’t just walk away from his deal to acquire Twitter by paying an agreed-upon $1 billion breakup fee. It’s not that simple. Musk Friday tweeted that he has decided to put his acquisition of Twitter “on hold” as […]
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