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Senate won’t vote on tech antitrust bill before summer recess, Klobuchar says
U.S. Senate Rules and Administration Committee Chair Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) presides during a Senate Rules and Administration Committee oversight hearing to examine the U.S. Capitol Police following the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, one day before the anniversary of the attack in Washington, U.S., January 5, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters The […]
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A decline in paying subscribers could hurt Bumble shares, Jefferies says in downgrade
Investors should keep an eye on the number paying subscribers for Bumble , according to Jefferies. Analyst Brent Thill downgraded shares of Bumble to hold from buy, expecting dwindling revenue growth, among other challenges, for the online dating company. “While our 3P data checks show an acceleration in Q2 rev and downloads for the Bumble […]
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Elon Musk countersues Twitter over merger, but details aren’t yet public
Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Patrick Pleul | AFP | Getty Images Elon Musk countersued Twitter on Friday, intensifying the conflict between the Tesla CEO and the social networking company he agreed to buy, but the lawsuit is not yet available to the public. It wasn’t clear why Musk wanted to carry out a countersuit in […]
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The Elon Musk-Twitter trial will start October 17
“The past two years have been an absolutely nightmare of supply chain disruptions, one thing after another, and we are not out of it yet,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said. Patrick T. Fallon | Reuters Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk will go to trial starting on October 17 in Delaware to resolve Musk’s attempt […]
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Roku shares crater after company misses on earnings and warns of ‘recessionary fears’
A video sign displays the logo for Roku Inc, a Fox-backed video streaming firm, in Times Square after the company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market in New York, September 28, 2017. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Roku shares plummeted more than 25% in extended trading on Thursday after the company missed expectations on the top and […]
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Amazon records $3.9 billion loss on Rivian investment, bringing markdown for the year to $11.5 billion
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy tour one of the company’s electric delivery vans. Amazon Amazon’s stake in electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive was once worth $27 billion. That was in November, shortly after Rivian’s IPO, which took place just before the Nasdaq peaked. But with investors rotating out of risk in […]
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Instagram rolling back changes after Kardashians slammed the app for being like TikTok
Kris Jenner, Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian on May 8, 2018 in New York City. Dimitrios Kambouris | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Meta is ending a test version of its Instagram app that earned the ire of many people, including celebrity sisters Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian. Instagram chief Adam Mosseri […]
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Meta shares fall following disappointing earnings
Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, October 23, 2019. Erin Scott | Reuters Shares of Meta are down nearly 7% on Thursday, a day after the company released second-quarter earnings that missed on the top and bottom lines. Meta’s revenue fell almost 1% from a […]
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Facebook lawsuit delivers on FTC chair Lina Khan’s progressive agenda
FTC Commissioner nominee Lina M. Khan testifies during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 21, 2021. Graeme Jennings | AFP | Getty Images Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan’s lofty vision of bringing challenging cases to expand the bounds of antitrust enforcement is no […]
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Mark Zuckerberg says economic downturn is here, so Meta must do more with less
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Georgetown University in Washington on Oct. 17, 2019. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on the company’s second-quarter earnings call Wednesday that the economy seems to be in a downturn that will hurt digital advertising, so the Facebook parent company must […]
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