April 17, 2023
“Japanese gaming giant Sega announced Monday it has made a 706 million euro ($776 million) offer for the maker of the Angry Birds puzzle game, Finland’s Rovio Entertainment Oyj. The deal would be for the entirety of Rovio’s outstanding shares… Continue Reading…
April 5, 2023
“The Justice Department on Tuesday criminally charged Charlie Javice, founder of college financial planning platform Frank, with defrauding JPMorgan Chase out of $175 million. Javice, 31, is accused of “falsely and dramatically” inflating the number of customers Frank actually had… Continue Reading…
March 31, 2023
“Electric heavy-truck maker Nikola said that its planned $100 million secondary stock offering, announced on Thursday after U.S. markets closed, has priced at $1.12 per share – 20% below the stock’s closing price of $1.40. Shares fell more than 15%… Continue Reading…
March 13, 2023
“Saudi Arabia’s state-controlled oil giant Aramco on Sunday reported a record net income of $161.1 billion for 2022 — the largest annual profit ever achieved by an oil and gas company. Aramco said net income increased 46.5 percent over the… Continue Reading…
February 3, 2023
“The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics says a whopping 517,000 non-farm jobs were created in January, way above estimates of 183,000. “Job growth was widespread, led by gains in leisure and hospitality (+128,000), professional and business services (+82,000), and… Continue Reading…
January 18, 2023
“Bankrupt crypto firm FTX said on Tuesday that $415 million worth of crypto was hacked from the exchange’s accounts, representing a sizable portion of the identified assets the company is trying to recover… At the time, the stolen crypto was valued at… Continue Reading…
January 3, 2023
“Elon Musk’s re-usable rocket maker and satellite internet company, SpaceX, is raising $750 million in a new round of funding that values the company at $137 billion, according to correspondence obtained by CNBC. Last month, Bloomberg first reported that SpaceX was allowing… Continue Reading…
December 23, 2022
“FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was released on $250 million bond while awaiting trial for fraud and other criminal charges, a New York federal judge ruled Thursday. Bankman-Fried stepped out of U.S. District Court in Manhattan, flanked by his parents, his legal team,… Continue Reading…
December 15, 2022
“EDITOR’S NOTE: Markets were closely watching the Jobs Report in the first week of December, worried that job growth beyond consensus estimates would signal a continuation of inflation, especially amid a high level of job openings. Citi’s recent statement peers beyond… Continue Reading…
December 6, 2022
“…According to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA), roughly 20 million households in the U.S. — one out of six homes — are behind on their utility bills. As of August, these families owe about $16.1 billion in total,… Continue Reading…
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