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Asana Rival ClickUp Hits $1B Valuation In Latest Funding Round: Bloomberg
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - 8:01am | 433Read More...California-based software startup Clickup’s value has jumped by approximately five times since its previous funding round earlier this year, Bloomberg reports. The workplace productivity software company’s valuation touched $1 billion based on the latest $100 million...
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Elon Musk's SpaceX Seeks To Double Valuation At $92B In New Funding Round: Report
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - 2:02am | 403Read More...Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, is in talks with investors to raise fresh funding, as per Business Insider. What Happened: The Elon Musk-led aerospace company is seeking a valuation of $92 billion in the funding round, which it intends to close by January, Bloomberg...
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PlayStation 5, Xbox Units Unexpectedly Arrived At GameStop Stores. Of Course, Chaos Ensued
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - 12:08am | 554Read More...Restocking of Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) PlayStation 5 and latest Xbox consoles left Gamestop Corporation’s (NYSE: GME) employees surprised, Bloomberg reported Monday. What Happened: The employees were given little notice of the...
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Fintech Focus For December 15, 2020
Monday, December 14, 2020 - 7:36pm | 1454Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago. And we now know that nothing — not even a pandemic or an abuse of power — can extinguish that flame,” Biden said in prepared remarks his transition team announced he would deliver at 7:...
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Private Equity EQT Offers To Acquire Swedish Pharma Recipharm For $2.1B
Monday, December 14, 2020 - 7:35am | 466Read More...Stockholm headquartered private equity group EQT AB will buy Swedish pharma company Recipharm AB for $2.1 billion, according to company's press release. The transaction will be routed through Roar BidCo AB, a limited liability company established on Nov. 10,...
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Pfizer Plans To Offer COVID-19 Vaccine To Placebo Group Trial Volunteers: Report
Monday, December 14, 2020 - 4:11am | 403Read More...Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (NASDAQ: BNTX) plan to allow the participants in the COVID-19 vaccine trials to learn if they were part of the placebo group and offer them free shots, Bloomberg reports. What Happened: Pfizer, in an emailed statement to Bloomberg,...
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'Liquidity Jumping': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, December 13, 2020 - 6:35pm | 1495Read More...The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: After auctioning to new all-time highs, U.S. index futures moved back into balance. Remember This: “With Global Liquidity jumping by some US $20 trillion in 2020, or some 25% of World GDP, there is a lot to spend... Consider that following the 1930s...
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As Oracle Becomes Latest Company To Move To Texas, Governor Says He's Been Talking With 'CEOs Across Country'
Saturday, December 12, 2020 - 2:11pm | 422Read More...Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) has joined the list of tech companies that haved their headquarters out of California, Bloomberg has reported. What Happened: The computer technology giant announced on Friday that it had moved its headquarters to Austin, Texas, from Silicon Valley....
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Seeking A Greater Fool Than I: Bloomberg Article Points To 'Robinhood Posse' As Pushing IPO Valuations Beyond Good Sense
Saturday, December 12, 2020 - 1:39pm | 405Read More...The IPO frenzy of the past week is part of a larger picture that has taken shape this year, and Robinhood traders are a big part of what's behind it, Bloomberg reports this weekend. Pandemic Idle Time: AirBnB Inc (NASDAQ: ABNB), DoorDash Inc (NYSE: DASH) and C3Ai Inc (NYSE: AI) each saw...
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Apple To Ditch Qualcomm For In-House Modem Chip
Friday, December 11, 2020 - 6:04am | 501Read More...Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) senior vice president of hardware technologies, Johny Srouji, disclosed in the virtual town hall meeting on Thursday that it has started building its own cellular modem chips for future devices, Bloomberg reports. What Happened: “This year, we...
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COVID-19 Led To Biggest Drop In Global Carbon Emissions
Friday, December 11, 2020 - 5:56am | 436Read More...Environmental impact research by the Global Carbon Project suggests that global carbon emissions from greenhouse gas could fall by 2.4 billion tonnes in 2020, 7% less than in 2019, the largest decline on record. On an absolute basis, the research puts the figure of CO2 emissions at 34...
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Tim Cook Says Apple Will Preserve Its Work Culture But Integrate COVID-19 Transformations
Friday, December 11, 2020 - 3:42am | 354Read More...Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) town hall meeting with employees took place virtually on Thursday. The company’s chief Tim Cook said that it is unlikely for most teams to return to the office before June, Bloomberg reports. What Happened: Cook said that Apple has an office-...
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Fintech Focus For December 11, 2020
Thursday, December 10, 2020 - 6:51pm | 2295Read More...Quote To Start The Day: US President Donald Trump and his backers, having been stymied dozens of times by judges and elections officials across the country, are confident one last-ditch lawsuit will overturn his election loss. “All I ask for is people with wisdom and with courage, that...
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Fintech Focus For December 10, 2020
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 - 5:44pm | 1806Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Two armies that fight each other is like one large army that commits suicide. Source: Henri Barbusse One Big Thing In Fintech: Stock trading app Robinhood Markets Inc has picked Goldman Sachs to lead preparations for an initial public offering (IPO) which could come next...
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SoftBank Contemplates Going Private Using 'Slow-Burn' Buyout: Bloomberg
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 - 8:23am | 365Read More...Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. (OTC: SFTBY) is considering going private by gradually buying back stock until founder Masayoshi Son has a significant enough stake to squeeze out the remaining investors, Bloomberg reports. What Happened: SoftBank's stock in Japan surged 5.6...













