Activist investors this week took aim at a beaten-down sector of the stock market: cloud software. It started early Thursday, when Ancora Holdings sent a letter to the board of Everbridge, whose software helps companies respond to emergencies. Everbridge’s last CEO resigned…
U.S.-listed shares of Chinese electric vehicle makers opened sharply lower on Monday, under pressure with other Chinese companies’ U.S.-listed issues amid a new round of delisting fears. Shares of Nio, XPeng, and Li Auto were all down over 10% in early trading…
JPMorgan Chase, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, is stepping away from Russia.“In compliance with directives by governments around the world, we have been actively unwinding Russian business and have not been pursuing any new business in Russia,” company spokeswoman Tasha Pelio…
Stock futures rose ahead of Friday’s session following a report that ceasefire talks could be gaining traction between Russia and Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that “certain positive shifts” have occurred in the talks. The report coincided with a sharp acceleration…
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies fell on Thursday as some of the initial excitement around U.S. President Joe Biden’s executive order on digital assets faded. Bitcoin was last down more than 6% at $39,324.04.On Wednesday, bitcoin surged as high as $42,577 after starting…
Payments company Square is launching a business dedicated to “decentralized financial services” using bitcoin. Square CEO and bitcoin bull Jack Dorsey said on Twitter late Thursday that the company is “focused on building an open developer platform with the sole goal of making it easy to…
The rapidly spreading delta variant of Covid-19 may be reason for Congress to extend federal unemployment benefits past their expiration in early September, according to some labor economists. Rising Covid caseloads, largely the result of the more transmissible virus strain, threaten to undermine the…
It’s important to know the pros and cons of credit cards if you want to use them to your advantage. Building credit, earning cash back and benefiting from fraud protection are just a few of the many advantages of using credit cards….
In a negotiation, does the other guy have to lose for you to win? As a small business owner, you’re going to negotiate many things – prices, deadlines, contract terms. And, unfortunately, you may find yourself in many disputes – with vendors,…
Still crossing your fingers that a second stimulus payment will show up soon? Unfortunately for those who haven’t received money yet, the latest relief rollout will not stretch out like we saw last year when some people received stimulus money in April…
