Technology
Singapore start-up Nium seeks up to $400 million in deals to take on Europe’s crowded fintech market
Europe’s fintech sector is fiercely competitive, with privately-held start-ups worth tens of billions of dollars vying to steal market share from incumbent banks. Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty Images LONDON — Nium, a $2 billion digital payments start-up based out of Singapore, has big plans for its European business. The company, whose software helps […]
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Is the SPAC boom over? Deals in Singapore and Hong Kong appear to be fizzling out
It’s been a slow and cautious start for SPACs that launched in Hong Kong and Singapore in recent months. George Rose | Getty Images, Reuters It’s been a slow and cautious start for SPACs that launched in Hong Kong and Singapore in recent months — in stark contrast to last year’s SPAC boom in the […]
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Amazon’s cloud business grows almost 37%, but slows from last quarter
Amazon’s cloud unit grew 36.5% year over year in the first quarter, a bit faster than analysts projected. But Amazon shares were down about 9% in after-hours trading, as investors focused on the e-commerce giant’s $3.8 billion overall net loss. The cloud business results point to lighter but still brisk demand for computing, storage and […]
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Intel beats but offers disappointing guidance
Intel shares fell 4% in extended trading on Thursday after the chipmaker issued a lower-than-expected forecast for its fiscal second quarter. Here’s how the company did: Earnings: 87 cents per share, adjusted, vs. 81 cents as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. Revenue: $18.35 billion, vs. $18.31 billion as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. […]
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Robinhood shares fall as retail brokerage reports shrinking revenue, fewer active users
The logo for Robinhood is displayed on a smartphone in an arranged photograph. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Retail brokerage firm Robinhood reported a wider-than-expected loss and shrinking revenue for the first quarter, showing signs that the small-dollar trading boom that captivated Wall Street a year ago may have run out of steam. […]
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Apple posts big beat and 9% revenue pop, authorizes $90 billion buyback
Apple CEO Tim Cook greets customers at the new Apple Store on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 24, 2021. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Apple’s revenue grew nearly 9% on an annual basis in the quarter ending in March, the company said on Thursday, showing strong growth and bucking investor worries about a […]
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Amazon takes $7.6 billion loss on Rivian stake after EV company’s stock plunge
R.J. Scaringe, Rivian’s 35-year-old CEO, introduces his company’s R1T all-electric pickup and all-electric R1S SUV at Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, November 27, 2018. Mike Blake | Reuters Amazon invested in electric vehicle maker Rivian in 2019 as part of a plan to go green. During the first quarter, it saw nothing […]
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Amazon shares plunge on weak sales forecast
Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon and then CEO of Amazon Web Services, speaks at the WSJD Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, October 25, 2016. Mike Blake | Reuters Amazon shares plummeted as much as 10% in extended trading on Thursday after the company issued a revenue forecast that trailed analysts’ estimates. Here’s how the company […]
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Elon Musk will be the most indebted CEO in America if the Twitter deal goes through
The world’s richest person could soon add another title to his name – America’s most leveraged CEO. Two-thirds of Elon Musk’s financing for the $44 billion deal to take Twitter private will have to come out of his own pocket. That pocket is deep. He has a net worth of about $250 billion. Yet because […]
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How Headspace Health is tackling the global mental health crisis
In this weekly series, CNBC takes a look at companies that made the inaugural Disruptor 50 list, 10 years later. In 2013, the idea of an app for mental health-care may have seemed novel, if not monumental in terms of a global challenge for a disruptive start-up. But times have changed. A global pandemic that […]
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