Google IPO banker tracks two-decade journey from Silicon Valley upstart to $2 trillion

Google IPO banker tracks two-decade journey from Silicon Valley upstart to  trillion

Twenty years ago, as Morgan Stanley banker Michael Grimes was helping lead the public offering for the young company behind the Google search engine, one of the most anticipated IPOs of the decade, he was among the first people offered a new email service. He had his pick of any identifier he wanted, so he … Read more

Lawyer on Deutsche Bank’s Postbank settlement offer

Lawyer on Deutsche Bank’s Postbank settlement offer

A Deutsche Bank branch in the financial district of Frankfurt, Germany, on May 6, 2022. Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty Images A lawyer representing plaintiffs in a long-running case against Deutsche Bank on Friday slammed a proposed settlement from the German lender as a “late low ball” offer. The crux of the challenge against … Read more

Bayer shares soar after U.S. legal win against Roundup cancer claims

Bayer shares soar after U.S. legal win against Roundup cancer claims

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – MAY 14: Roundup weed killing products are offered for sale at a home improvement store on May 14, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. A jury yesterday ordered Monsanto, the maker of Roundup, to pay a California couple more than $2 billion in damages after finding that the weed killer had caused their cancer. … Read more

Inside the $93 million Wall Street heist that stemmed from Russia

Inside the  million Wall Street heist that stemmed from Russia

The money Vladislav Klyushin made from stolen financial information literally piled up, filling a safe with stacks of hundred-dollar bills. At one point, he was hoarding over $3 million in illegal gains. In less than three years, Klyushin’s cybersecurity scam amassed more than $93 million. His company, M-13, acted as a front for Russian hackers … Read more

Klarna launches bank-like personal account, cashback ahead of IPO

Klarna launches bank-like personal account, cashback ahead of IPO

Buy now, pay later firms like Klarna and Block’s Afterpay could be about to face tougher rules in the U.K. Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Financial technology firm Klarna is pushing deeper into banking with its own checking account-like product and a cashback offering that rewards users for shopping via its app. The … Read more

Seeing softness and slight trade down in U.S. hotel space

Seeing softness and slight trade down in U.S. hotel space

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Ariane Gorin, Expedia CEO, joins ‘Squawk on the Street’ to discuss the company’s quarterly earnings results, where consumers are trading down, and where the weakness in the consumer is coming from. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an … Read more

Cryptocurrencies resume their rebound, bitcoin tops $60,000

Cryptocurrencies resume their rebound, bitcoin tops ,000

Omer Taha Cetin | Anadolu | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies resumed their rebound from their big sell-off earlier in the week, with bitcoin topping $60,000 late Thursday. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 11% at $61,232.36, according to Coin Metrics, rising above the $55,000 floor that has supported it for much of … Read more

stocks, news, data and earnings

stocks, news, data and earnings

Commercial office buildings in the City of London, UK, on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. Betty Laura Zapata | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — European markets were higher on Friday as they looked to shake off recent choppiness and follow Wall Street and Asia-Pacific stocks higher. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was 0.09% higher at 2:48 … Read more

Correction in yen was overdue and may be ‘healthy’: former ECB head

Correction in yen was overdue and may be ‘healthy’: former ECB head

The recent rapid strengthening of the Japanese yen can be seen as an overdue and healthy correction — and it’s not time to panic about the wider market impact, the former head of the European Central Bank said Tuesday. A combination of Japanese monetary policy turning hawkish, geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and disappointing … Read more

Economists fear Fed rate cuts could be a problem

Economists fear Fed rate cuts could be a problem

Pedestrians walk past a currency exchange shop in central Tokyo on April 17, 2024. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images Rapid interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve could make matters worse for the global “carry trade” unwind, according to economists at TS Lombard. The warning comes as market participants seek to aggressively … Read more