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Tech titans curb hiring in a 'challenging macro environment'

Business May 15, 2022

Tech titans curb hiring in a 'challenging macro environment'

Corporate belt-tightening is a common theme as big tech firms reported earnings from the first three months of this year.

Crypto attracts more money in 2021 than all previous years combined

Business / Tech Dec 20, 2021

Crypto attracts more money in 2021 than all previous years combined

by Crystal Kim

Venture capital funds have poured about $30 billion into crypto, or more than in all previous years combined for the little more than a decade-old technology.

GameStop and other Reddit-favored stocks plunge as trading frenzy fizzles

Business / Financial Markets Feb 3, 2021

GameStop and other Reddit-favored stocks plunge as trading frenzy fizzles

Analysts predicted that the market frenzy, which has drawn the attention of regulators and politicians, was likely to fade, and said it was just a question of how soon.

GameStop's 'Reddit rally' puts scrutiny on social media forums

Business | ANALYSIS Jan 30, 2021

GameStop's 'Reddit rally' puts scrutiny on social media forums

by Paresh Dave, Katie Paul and Elizabeth Culliford

Social media services restrict discussions about weapons, drugs and other illegal activity, but their rules do not specifically mention another lucrative regulated good: stocks.

Trading curbs by Robinhood reverse GameStop rally, angering upstart traders

Business / Financial Markets Jan 29, 2021

Trading curbs by Robinhood reverse GameStop rally, angering upstart traders

by Kate Kelly, Matt Phillips and Gillian Friedman

Investors claimed that the very apps that had democratized trading — Robinhood in particular — were now doing the bidding of Wall Street.

GameStop's ‘French Revolution’ is a crypto-farce

Commentary / World | GameStop Jan 29, 2021

GameStop's ‘French Revolution’ is a crypto-farce

by Lionel Laurent

If WallStreetBets is checkmate for old-school finance, then surely they'd want to win fair and square.

Four things to know about the GameStop insanity

Business / Financial Markets Jan 29, 2021

Four things to know about the GameStop insanity

by Matt Phillips

The stock moves come from a mix of traditional investing, rampant enthusiasm, stock-market mechanics and the belief that anyone can meme a fortune into existence.

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