Stocks

Stocks are a type of security that gives stockholders a share of ownership in a company. Stocks also are called “equities.”

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Slowdown in eCommerce Contributes to Amazon Losing $1T in Market Value
Slowdown in eCommerce Contributes to Amazon Losing $1T in Market Value
November 09, 2022  |  Amazon

In an environment of falling values of stocks in the tech and growth sectors and economy-wide fears of a recession, Amazon has reportedly become the...

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Report: Tiger Global Cuts Tech Investments by Billions of Dollars
Report: Tiger Global Cuts Tech Investments by Billions of Dollars
November 09, 2022  |  Investments

As declining technology stocks have hacked the value of investor Tiger Global Management’s public stocks this year, the company has also slashed the value of...

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Zuckerberg Doubles-Down on Costly Metaverse Bet as Stock Slumps to 7-Year Low
Zuckerberg Doubles-Down on Costly Metaverse Bet as Stock Slumps to 7-Year Low
October 26, 2022  |  Meta

Another quarter, another huge earnings miss, another massive profit slide, and another nearly 20% drop in Meta’s share price. And there’s the metaverse right in...

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CE100 Index Led Higher by Peloton’s 25% Surge
CE100 Index Led Higher by Peloton’s 25% Surge
October 10, 2022  |  Connected Economy

The whipsaw action in the stock market feels a bit more like whiplash. A brief few days of rallies, and then a plummet — and...

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FinTech IPO Index Flat as Billtrust Surges on Go-Private Deal
FinTech IPO Index Flat as Billtrust Surges on Go-Private Deal
September 29, 2022  |  IPO

Tech stocks have had a reckoning in the past several days — a rally proved short lived, a blip. But the FinTech IPO Index managed...

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Walmart to Delist Africa’s Massmart in Deal to Buy Out Retailer
Walmart to Delist Africa’s Massmart in Deal to Buy Out Retailer
August 29, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Walmart has struck a deal to fully acquire Massmart and purchase the shares it doesn’t already own for 62 rand ($3.65) each, with the deal...

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Affirm and Zoom’s Post-Earnings Slumps Haul CE100 Lower by 3.7%
Affirm and Zoom’s Post-Earnings Slumps Haul CE100 Lower by 3.7%
August 29, 2022  |  Connected Economy

No respite here. The Connected Economy 100 (CE100) Stock Index was off 3.7% for the week — though its performance was better than the major...

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Chinese FinTech Stocks Climb; US Lenders Tumble
Chinese FinTech Stocks Climb; US Lenders Tumble
August 28, 2022  |  Stock Index

In the past week, three of the biggest gainers in financial stocks have been Chinese FinTechs, boosted by an agreement that gives U.S. authorities access...

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Investor Ryan Cohen Selling 10% Stake in Bed Bath & Beyond
Investor Ryan Cohen Selling 10% Stake in Bed Bath & Beyond
August 18, 2022  |  Retail

GameStop chairman Ryan Cohen plans to sell his 10% stake in retailer Bed Bath & Beyond, the activist investor said this week in an SEC...

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