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Fintech startup Shares has raised $90 million for its stock trading app. And yet, the service is only available to people who live in the U.K. But that’s about to…
Shares has closed a $40 million Series A funding round led by Valar Ventures. The company has been working on a mobile app that lets you easily buy and sell…
Shares is a new stock trading app with a focus on social features
Meet Shares, a new European startup that wants to add a social twist to financial investment — in this case, the company means “social” as in “social network”. The startup…
Crunch Report | GoPro Cuts 200-300 Jobs
App revenue reached $60 billion in 2017, Travis Kalanick is selling 29 percent of his Uber shares and GoPro cuts 200-300 jobs. All this on Crunch Report.
IBM shares dropped like a rock today
How do you solve a problem like IBM? Yesterday evening the company reported its 20th straight consecutive quarter of year-on-year losses. The company’s quarterly earnings beat expectations, but that wasn’t…
New law changes the liquidity game for tech company founders, workers and investors
Late last year, Congress passed legislation that substantially improved the legal landscape for startups, early-stage companies and the stakeholders in the ecosystem. You might have read about, for example, Congress…
Congratulations, you now own stock in a private company… but can you sell any of it? The considerations that go into answering this question have changed over time as the…
Activist Investor Carl Icahn Asks Apple To Speed Up Share Repurchase Program
Apple CEO Tim Cook received another letter from activist investor Carl Icahn today, which marks the second time the shareholder has lobbied Apple to step up its repurchase program. The letter…
Microsoft Experiences Its Biggest Drop Of The Century As Shares Fall 12 Percent
Microsoft shares (NASDAQ:MSFT) dropped 12.2 percent, representing the biggest single-day drop in over 13 years. On April 24, 2000, shares dropped 15.6 percent — since then, Microsoft has never experienced…
Apple Shares Dip Below $400, Representing A 16-Month Low
Apple shares (NASDAQ:AAPL) are currently trading down at $398.11, 6.6 percent below yesterday’s closing price of $426.24. It represents a stark downturn for the stock as well as a 16-month…
Salesforce Shares Reach All-Time High As Stock Pops 7.2% In Wake Of Favorable Earnings
Salesforce shares (NYSE:CRM) are trading today at their highest price ever — $181.46 a share. It represents a 7.23 percent increase compared to yesterday’s closing price. Today’s trend is directly…
Tesla Shares Drop 9.7% As It Reports Another Quarterly Loss
Shortly after market opening, Tesla shares (NASDAQ:TSLA) dropped 9.68 percent to 34.81 in the wake of yesterday’s earnings. The company disappointed investors as it reported a quarterly loss of $89.9…
Zuckerberg Now Owns 29.3 Percent Of Facebook’s Class A Shares And This Stake Is Worth $13.6 billion
Facebook announced in an SEC filing that founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg now owns 29.3 percent of Facebook shares (NASDAQ:FB), up from a 28.2 percent stake on the day of…
Apple Drops 6.4% Due To Volatility And Uncertainty: The iPad Mini Is Out, Now What?
Today, Apple shares fell 6.43 percent to 538.79, which represents a $34.8 billion market cap write-off. Analysts have been looking for reasons for the drop all day long without finding…
Groupon Shares Pop 11.6 Percent After CEO Andrew Mason Defends His Vision And Leadership
Groupon shares (NASDAQ:GRPN) closed at 4.42, 11.62 percent above yesterday’s level. CEO Andrew Mason’s interview was highly anticipated today. Yesterday, AllThingsD reported that the board questioned Mason’s vision.
Surprise: Facebook Stock Up 28% In Past Month, Highest Since July
Today, Facebook shares (NASDAQ:FB) have jumped 5.28 percent, closing at 24.32. In fact, it represents a four-month high for Facebook, as shares have not traded at this level since the…
HP Stock Price Drops 12.4 Percent After Unexpected $8.8 Billion Loss
At market opening today, HP took a big hit, with shares (NYSE:HPQ) trading at $11.65, 12.41 percent below yesterday’s level. The company announced disappointing earnings before market opening. As analysts…
Apple Shares Close Up 7.21% After Recent Fall-Off
Apple’s share price rose considerably today, climbing 7.21 percent during today’s trading to a closing total of 565.73. The climb comes after the company’s stock hit a six-month low last…
Apple’s Stock Price Crashes To Six Month Low And There’s No Bottom In Sight
The good times can’t last forever. Eventually the music dies off, the balloons pop and everyone goes home. Without sounding the hyperbole alarm, let’s look at the facts. Apple’s stock…
Facebook Stock Price Up 10.3 Percent On The Day As Biggest Lockup Expires, Irrational Changes Are Over
Facebook share prices are up today, with shares at 21.91, 10.32 percent above yesterday’s level. It represents a 4.6 billion market capitalization gain. Today the company is experiencing its biggest…
Facebook Shares Drop 5 Percent As Employee Lockup Expires
At market opening today, Facebook took another hit, with shares trading at 20.94, 5.02 percent below Friday’s level, the last day trades were made since Hurricane Sandy barreled over the…
