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- Marketeditorpen3 days ago
Lyft sees best week for rides since pandemic began, stock rises sharply
In the best sign yet of a recovery in ride hailing, Lyft Inc. said Tuesday that it saw its largest…
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Chairman of Alibaba’s Ant Group insists IPO is still on the cards
The head of the Chinese fintech company Ant Group, which was prevented from listing in November by the country’s central…
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Zoom earnings roared to nearly $1 billion in 2020, and the stock is rising again
Zoom Video Communications Inc.’s rip-roaring ride resumed its meteoric trajectory Monday, with shares jumping as the company detailed the results…
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EU signals short-selling crackdown amid GameStop mania — raising ire among market bears
Short-sellers could be faced with increased scrutiny when targeting European companies following the GameStop furore in the US, according to…
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GameStop saga illustrates rising ‘noise-trader risk’ that could feed market volatility, warns quantitative analyst
The wild trading saga surrounding GameStop Corp. and other meme stocks targeted by bands of individual investors ostensibly out to…
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Hedge funds slash bearish bets in GameStop aftermath: ‘Wow, this could be me’
Investors have pared back their bearish bets a full month after the GameStop frenzy took off, showing the lasting effects…
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Beyond Meat lands deals with McDonald’s, KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut; stock surges despite lukewarm earnings
Beyond Meat Inc.’s stock initially tumbled 15% in extended trading Thursday after the company came up short on quarterly estimates.…
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DoorDash shares sink as revenue more than triples but loss more than doubles
DoorDash Inc., the food-delivery app whose pandemic-fueled boom helped it pull off one of 2020’s biggest IPOs, said in its…
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EU regulator to probe zero-commission stock trading: ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’
European market officials will analyse the risks of zero-commission stock trading apps such as Robinhood in the wake of the…
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Bitcoin fall pushes Jeff Bezos to overtake Elon Musk as world’s richest man
Elon Musk no longer holds the title of the world’s richest man after Tesla’s shares dropped 8.6% on February 22,…
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Lucid Motors finally confirms SPAC deal, and the stock is plunging
After weeks of spiking share prices for a blank-check company rumored to be targeting the acquisition of electric-vehicle company Lucid…
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GameStop frenzy fuels SEC to weigh more short sale transparency
Wall Street’s main regulator is weighing whether to require more transparency of short-selling and the opaque network of stock lending…
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Robinhood, Citadel CEOs grilled by lawmakers in wake of GameStop saga
Robinhood chief executive officer Vlad Tenev offered an apology for the company’s decision to temporarily curb trading in some stocks,…
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