Text size Carl Hof / Getty Images SoftBank Group made big bets on Amazon. com, Alphabet, Adobe, and other technology stocks in the June quarter as part of their program to temporarily stash proceeds from recent asset sales. As of June 30, SoftBank had a $ 1 billion stake in …
Read More »Pinterest adds Andrea Wishom to board, her third female board member
Pinterest named Andrea Wishom, president of Skywalker Holdings and former executive vice president at Harpo Productions, as the third woman on the company’s board. Erika Dufour thanks to Pinterest Pinterest on Monday appointed a third female director to the company’s board, days after a former female executor accused the company …
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While lawmakers and privacy advocates continue to push for anti-trust integration from four of tech’s biggest companies, some big names in video gaming could speed things up. This is one of the initial conclusions of legal experts and developers following the lawsuit filed by Epic Games Inc. against Apple Inc. …
Read More »What did people do with their $ 1,200 incentive checks? Finally an answer
Lower-income Americans were more likely to spend their stimulus checks, but more Americans could also spend their stimulus checks if more businesses were open when the checks began in late April, research found. (Photo: Getty.) What did people do with their stimulus controls? People who spend most of their stimulus …
Read More »Robinhood announces another mega-round, rating runs up to $ 11.2B
In this photo illustration, a Robinhood Markets logo is displayed on a smartphone. Rafael Henrique | SOPA images | LightRocket via Getty Images Venture capital investors are betting big on Robinhood this year with pandemic-plagued years when people sitting at home, especially younger investors, jump into trading with a stock …
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