The New York Stock Exchange has won the approval of regulators to allow companies new shares through direct listings, creating a cheaper alternative to the traditional first public offering. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday night in an order that it approved a new type of direct listing where …
Read More »Resident Evil Netflix series officially confirmed: will tell a ‘glowing story’
After more than a year of speculation about the possibility of Netflix developing a Resident Evil series, the streaming giant has finally confirmed that an adaptation of live action from Capcom’s legendary survival horror franchise is in the works. According to Netflix, Resident Evil will tell a brand new story …
Read More »Salesforce cuts 1k jobs, including some at Tableau, promises to keep company ‘reformed’
Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky, left, and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, right, at the Tableau Conference in Las Vegas in 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Salesforce cuts jobs after reporting record revenue, creating “shocked disbelief” in the company, one newly fired Seattle employee told GeekWire. The cuts, announced internally on …
Read More »NBA season in the air as Lakers and Clippers vote to stop playoffs | Sport
The NBA season is in balance with the board of directors and league players due to meet Monday through Thursday morning to discuss whether to continue with the playoffs. The Milwaukee Bucks, arguably the best team in the NBA, boycotted their playoff game against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday in …
Read More »Desperate to leave Beirut, Young Lebanese are also the ones repairing it
BEIRUT, Lebanon – The scooter engines sniffed out, and Sara el-Sayed swung herself to the pavement outside the third damaged building she had visited that afternoon, two carpenters in tow. Above had to repair a woman’s blown out doors. Cigarettes and a mobile phone in one hand, pen and paper …
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