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Anthropic could beat OpenAI to IPO, and that could put it ahead financially

Paul Hill — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 05:38:02 +0000

Anthropic is reportedly preparing for an IPO early next year. This could help it raise substantial sums of money that could allow it to leapfrog OpenAI. Read more...

AMD latest to partner with OpenAI in Instinct GPU deal with option to buy 10% of AMD

Usama Jawad — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:16:01 +0000

OpenAI has partnered with AMD to deploy thousands of GPUs over the next few years, with the option to buy 10% of AMD too. Read more...

OpenAI employees to sell $6 billion in shares to investors

Hamid Ganji — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 08:22:01 +0000

Current and former OpenAI employees are in talks with a group of investors to sell $6 billion worth of their shares. Read more...

Reddit announces key filing on the path to a proposed public offering

Paul Hill — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:54:01 +0000

Reddit has filed key documents with the SEC for a proposed public offering. If the SEC approves, then Reddit will be allowed to sell its shares to the public. Read more...

Apple overtakes Microsoft to reclaim the title of the world's most valuable company, again

Steve Bennett — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 15:44:01 +0000

Following WWDC 2024's Apple Intelligence announcements, Apple's stock price continued to rise and overtook Microsoft to reclaim its position as the most valuable company in the world. Read more...

You can now buy shares in Raspberry Pi's commercial subsidiary

Paul Hill — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 04:44:01 +0000

The commercial arm of Raspberry Pi has gone public on the London Stock Exchange. Its shares currently sit at £3.85 per share after the first day of trading but initially debuted at £2.80 each. Read more...

Apple is within touching distance of a $3 trillion market cap

Paul Hill — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 01:19:41 +0000

Apple is very close to becoming the world's first $3 trillion company in history. The milestone could be achieved as soon as tomorrow. The share price needs to reach about $190.52. Read more...

Twitter shares to be suspended on NYSE as Musk closes toward a takeover

Hemant Saxena — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 09:38:01 +0000

Amid reports of Elon Musk coming close to sealing his $44 billion deal with Twitter, the NYSE website showed that the shares of Twitter Inc. will be suspended from trading on Friday. Read more...

Microsoft announces a 10% dividend increase for shareholders

Paul Hill — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 07:56:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it will be increasing dividend payments to shareholders later this year. Those who want the higher dividends must already hold the company's stock on November 17. Read more...

Elon Musk offloads $8.5 billion of Tesla shares to buy Twitter

Mehrotra A — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 12:46:02 +0000

According to an SEC filing, last week Elon Musk sold around 9.6 million Tesla shares worth $8.5 billion. On Friday, Musk confirmed that he does not plan to sell any more Tesla shares at the moment. Read more...

Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter for $43 billion

Usama Jawad — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 11:40:01 +0000

Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter for $43 billion and expressed intentions to take the company private and make it a bastion of free speech. If the offer is not accepted, he may dump his shares. Read more...

Elon Musk sued for artificially deflating Twitter share price

Usama Jawad — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 08:24:01 +0000

Elon Musk is the subject of a class-action lawsuit that alleges that the executive artificially deflated Twitter's share price, allowing him to buy more shares while cheating others out of a profit. Read more...

Starboard buys stake in GoDaddy, will push for improved financial performance

Paul Hill — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 18:56:01 +0000

The investment company Starboard has purchased a 6.5% stake in GoDaddy which has cost it around $800 million. Starboard typically tries to get seats on boards and boost companies' profitability. Read more...

Apple CEO Tim Cook sells five million shares for a $750 million payout

Usama Jawad — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 06:42:01 +0000

Apple CEO Tim Cook has reportedly sold five million shares worth roughly $750 million currently. The shares are part of his compensation package when he signed on as Apple's CEO in 2011. Read more...

Bumble dating app files to become a public company

Paul Hill — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 20:16:01 +0000

The dating app Bumble has filed with the SEC to become a publicly-traded company. Once all the paperwork is out of the way, the company will be traded under the symbol BMBL on the NASDAQ. Read more...

Spotify shares fell nearly 7% after Apple announced its subscriptions services bundle

Usman Khan Lodhi — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 20:40:02 +0000

Spotify's shares fell roughly seven percent on Wednesday after Apple's announcement of an all-in-one subscription bundle. It has criticized the Cupertino firm over its "anti-competitive behavior. Read more...

Apple becomes the first U.S. company to be worth $2 trillion

Paul Hill — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 21:02:01 +0000

Apple has become the first big tech firm to reach a market cap of $2 trillion. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Apple has seen a sharp rise in the price of its shares. Read more...

Tesla misses delivery targets predicted by Wall Street, shares down

Paul Hill — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 03:34:01 +0000

Tesla has reported that it shipped 97,000 vehicles in the third quarter which means it missed analyst targets by 447 units. To meet its yearly target it needs to deliver over 104,800 units in Q4. Read more...

Microsoft announces increase in quarterly dividend, authorizes $40 billion in share buybacks

Hamza Jawad — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 04:26:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced a new share repurchase program, along with a quarterly dividend increase. In addition, the tech giant's annual shareholders meeting is set for December 4, 2019. Read more...

Broadcom is close to a deal to buy Symantec for $15 billion

Paul Hill — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 06:28:01 +0000

The chip maker, Broadcom, is allegedly in the final phases of a deal to acquire the cyber security firm, Symantec. Broadcom could pay $15 billion for Symantec once the deal has been agreed. Read more...

Shares for Apple suppliers have dropped, suggesting disappointing demand for new iPhones

João Carrasqueira — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 19:16:01 +0000

Shares for suppliers of components for Apple's products have fallen drastically as they've reduced their earnings forecasts, suggesting that demand for the latest iPhones has been disappointing Read more...

In light of Facebook's dominance, Snap shares drop to all-time low

João Carrasqueira — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 19:14:01 +0000

Snapchat has been going through a rough patch for a while now, as Facebook keeps stealing attention from the platform. Now, Snap Inc.'s shares have dropped to their lowest value yet. Read more...

Apple beats tech rivals to the $1 trillion mark

Paul Hill — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 17:22:01 +0000

Apple has beaten its tech competitors to the $1 trillion market cap threshold. The achievement comes after it reported huge revenues during the second quarter in its earnings report. Read more...

Facebook stock loses over $120 billion in value, marking biggest one-day drop of all time [Update]

Hamza Jawad — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 19:10:01 +0000

In a surprising turn of events, Facebook's shares, which closed at an all-time high earlier this month, have dropped by over 19% today, making it the largest one-day drop in market value of all time. Read more...

Mark Zuckerberg becomes the third-richest person alive as Facebook stock hits all-time high

Hamza Jawad — Sat, 07 Jul 2018 11:14:01 +0000

Facebook Co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has moved ahead of Warren Buffett as the third-richest person alive. This movement in ranking has been driven by Facebook's stock reaching an all-time high. Read more...

Nintendo's stock plunges in the face of slower Switch sales

João Carrasqueira — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 17:42:01 +0000

Nintendo today saw a significant drop in the market value of its stock, possibly due to what analysts believe are slow Switch sales and the fear that there isn't a sufficient game lineup this year. Read more...

SoftBank is trying to buy Uber shares for 30% less

Paul Hill — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 05:18:01 +0000

SoftBank and a coalition of other companies looking to buy shares in Uber in exchange for a multi-billion dollar investment, are looking to buy shares on the cheap at around $33 each. Read more...

Uber's board wants to cut ex-CEO's power in next meeting

Paul Hill — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 11:24:01 +0000

The fight between ex-Uber CEO, Travis Kalanick, and the board is continuing. On Tuesday, the board will seek to limit the power Kalanick has by removing his allies on the board and ending supervoting. Read more...

Disney will end its deal with Netflix in 2019, start its own streaming services next year

Hamza Jawad — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 11:32:02 +0000

Disney will pull its movies from Netflix, effectively ending its streaming deal with the service in 2019. Instead, it will launch its own streaming services for movies and TV shows, starting in 2018. Read more...

Snapchat's disappointing growth leads to shares slump

Paul Hill — Thu, 11 May 2017 01:32:01 +0000

Snapchat failed to meet several targets that were expected of it by analysts in the last quarter. As a result of slower than expected growth the price of stocks slumped in after-hours trading. Read more...

Apple shares hit new all-time high, market cap just shy of $720 billion

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 08:44:01 +0000

Apple's stock price has hit a new record, closing higher than it ever has before. The company's rosy outlook for the rest of the year and excitement around the rumored new iPhone is driving price. Read more...

Stockholders question Satya Nadella's mobile division strategy at shareholders meeting

Cage Appleby — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 09:08:01 +0000

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, was under fire at the annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday. Windows Phone users were quick to ask Nadella what future lies ahead for the company's mobile division. Read more...

Microsoft's stock hits new all-time high after latest financial results

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 07:48:01 +0000

Microsoft's share price jumped in after-hours trading, following what is considered to be a positive financial report. The share price is now higher than the previous record, set back in 1999. Read more...

Samsung revises Q3 2016 earnings forecast as shares tumble

Usama Jawad — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 09:38:01 +0000

With the cancelation of the Samsung Galaxy Note7, the company has revised its Q3 2016 earnings forecast with share prices falling by almost 10% in two days - and a loss of $20 billion in market value. Read more...

Samsung's shares plummet amid fiery Galaxy Note7 fiasco

Justin Luna — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 10:36:01 +0000

With the wide recall of Samsung's Galaxy Note7, the issue has created even more bad news. Samsung's shares have started slipping, with the company losing billions of dollars from investors. Read more...

Nintendo stumbles as Wii U console sales crash; posts $49 million loss

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 08:20:01 +0000

Nintendo has just published its latest financial report and it's bad news for the popular company. It posted a loss as sales of its Wii U and 3DS consoles crashed as compared to last year. Read more...

Nintendo shares crash after investors discover who actually made Pokémon GO

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 08:02:01 +0000

Nintendo's shares dropped by more than they have in the last 25 years, because the company put out a press release saying Pokémon GO would only have a limited financial impact. Read more...

Facebook to Mark Zuckerberg: Never leave us or you'll pay

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 09:22:01 +0000

Facebook is asking its shareholders to vote on new rules that would strip away Mark Zuckerberg's control of the company if he ever decides to leave or gets fired from the giant social network's helm. Read more...

Microsoft shares dive after disappointing earnings, but outlook is stable

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 08:18:01 +0000

Microsoft's Q3 2016 earnings were disappointing according to investors and the company's stock has taken a quick dive. However, its future outlook is considered stable and encouraging. Read more...

LinkedIn just lost more than $8 billion in value as shares plunged 30%

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 11:26:01 +0000

Despite reporting seemingly positive earnings results for the last quarter of 2015, LinkedIn shares fell off a cliff with investors worried about the company's future earnings. Read more...