In this article NFLX Netflix is expanding its push into mobile gaming. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Netflix has canceled development on “Pearl,” an animated series created by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, marking the latest cost-saving moves after the company reported a disappointing first quarter. The cancellation is part of strategic decisions Netflix
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In this article BRK.A BTC.CM= Bitcoin has steadily been gaining acceptance from the traditional finance and investment world in recent years but Warren Buffett is sticking to his skeptical stance on bitcoin. He said at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder meeting Saturday that it’s not a productive asset and it doesn’t produce anything tangible. Despite
In this article AMZN A worker sorts out parcels in the outbound dock at Amazon fulfillment center in Eastvale, California on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. Watchara Phomicinda | MediaNews Group | The Riverside Press-Enterprise via Getty Images Amazon is cutting paid time off for front-line U.S. workers who test positive for Covid-19, effective Monday. All
In this article DIS Disney employee Nicholas Maldonado holds a sign while protesting outside of Walt Disney World on March 22, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. Employees are staging a company-wide walkout today to protest Walt Disney Co.’s response to controversial legislation passed in Florida known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Octavio Jones | Getty
In this article GOOGL AMZN Getty Images; Chris Ratcliff | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Amazon and Google parent Alphabet just closed out their steepest monthly drops since the 2008 financial crisis. The internet giants both reported weaker-than-expected quarterly results this week, hurt by a combination of macroeconomic factors, the war in Ukraine and
In this article AAPL Apple CEO Tim Cook greets customers at the new Apple Store on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 24, 2021. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Apple will report second-quarter earnings on Thursday after the bell. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting from Apple in the second quarter, according to Refinitiv
In this article AMZN Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks with CNBC’s Jon Fortt. CNBC Amazon will report first-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting: Earnings: $8.36 per share, according to Refinitiv Revenue: $116.3 billion, according to Refinitiv Here are some other key revenue numbers: Amazon Web Services: $18.27 billion
In this article TWTR Musk would have been appointed to Twitter’s board on Saturday, but the world’s richest man informed the company on the day that he would not, in fact, be taking the board seat. Andrew Burton | Getty Images News | Getty Images Twitter is set to report earnings for the first quarter
In this article FB Mark Zuckerberg told the world last October that he was rebranding Facebook to Meta as the company pushes toward the metaverse. Facebook | via Reuters Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is set to report first-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday. Here are the key numbers: Earnings per share:
In this article TWTR In this photo illustration Elon Musk Twitter seen displayed on a smartphone screen with Twitter logo in the background in Chania, Crete Island, Greece on April 23, 2022. Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, could be required to pay Twitter a termination fee
Silhouettes of laptop and mobile device users are seen next to a screen projection of the YouTube logo. Dado Ruvic | Reuters During the pandemic, YouTube was one of Alphabet’s prime growth engines as more people were glued to their screens while stuck at home. The video site continued its rapid expansion last year as
In this article TSLA TWTR Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk attends the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China August 29, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person on paper, is buying Twitter, the social media platform he has relied on for years to promote his
SpaceX founder Elon Musk reacts at a post-launch news conference after the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft, lifted off on an uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 2, 2019. Mike Blake | Reuters The Twitter board has agreed
Jack Guez | Afp | Getty Images ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is expanding into the Middle East and will open its regional headquarters in Abu Dhabi after receiving a full license to operate a regulated trading platform in the UAE. “We’re incredibly excited to be able to set up
In this article TWTR Entrepreneur and business magnate Elon Musk gestures during a visit at the Tesla Gigafactory plant under construction, on August 13, 2021 in Gruenheide near Berlin, eastern Germany. Patrick Pleul | AFP | Getty Images Twitter could be becoming more receptive to a takeover bid from Elon Musk after the billionaire disclosed
Autonomous driving start-up Pony.ai can collect fares for robotaxi rides in parts of two major Chinese cities as of Sunday. Pony.ai handout BEIJING — Self-driving start-up Pony.ai announced Sunday it received a taxi license, the first of its kind in China. The license allows Pony.ai to operate 100 self-driving cars as traditional taxis in the