Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon Katherine Taylor | Reuters Shares of Amazon, Tesla, Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet, Facebook and Netflix appeared on Monday, adding $ 291.66 billion in combined market valuation. Technology stocks have been among the best-performing during the Covid-19 pandemic, with many reaching record highs in recent weeks despite …
Read More »More than half of US states have state-level mask mandates
With Governor Asa Hutchinson’s Arkansas state mask mandate effective Monday, more than half of the United States now has state mask mandates to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, an analysis of state policies shows. from CNBC. Twenty-eight states have statewide orders that require facial coatings in public. The …
Read More »Alibaba’s Ant Group, reportedly valued at $ 200 billion, plans double IPO
Ant Group, an Alibaba subsidiary, announced plans for its long-awaited dual listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong on Monday. The company is known for running Alipay, one of China’s most popular mobile payment systems. But Ant Group has been expanding its reach in everything from wealth management to microcredit. And …
Read More »UBS earnings Q2 2020
Sergio Ermotti, CEO of UBS Group Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | fake pictures UBS announced a net profit of $ 1.23 billion for the second quarter of 2020, below 11% from the same period last year ($ 1.4 billion) when the coronavirus pandemic weighed on earnings. Analysts surveyed by the …
Read More »No hackers working for the Russian government, says Russia
The golden domes of the Kremlin’s churches and cathedrals are illuminated at sunset in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 9, 2018. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | fake pictures Russia has rejected allegations that it coordinated piracy attempts against academic and pharmaceutical organizations in the West, and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told …
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