European founders call for single EU startup body to boost tech sector

European founders call for single EU startup body to boost tech sector

Patrick Collison, CEO and co-founder of Stripe, speaking at 2022’s Italian Tech Week in Turin, Italy. Giuliano Berti | Bloomberg | Getty Images Founders of some of Europe’s largest technology unicorns on Monday backed an open letter calling for a “tech renaissance” fueled by the creation of a single pan-European entity to promote startups and innovation in … Read more

10 things to watch in the stock market Wednesday, including automaker downgrades

10 things to watch in the stock market Wednesday, including automaker downgrades

Top 10 things to watch Wednesday, Sept. 25 — Today’s newsletter was written by the Investing Club’s director of portfolio analysis, Jeff Marks. 1. The S & P 500 is on track for a muted open Wednesday following another record close Tuesday. Club holding Nvidia helped lift the market Tuesday but earnings loom from fellow … Read more

SoftBank earnings Q4 and full year FY 2023

SoftBank earnings Q4 and full year FY 2023

SoftBank’s Vision Fund, the brainchild of the company’s founder Masayoshi Son, has faced a number of headwinds including a slump in technology stocks as a result of rising interest rates, a tough China market and geopolitics. Kentaro Takahash | Bloomberg | Getty Images SoftBank posted a 724.3 billion Japanese yen ($4.6 billion) gain on its … Read more

Amazon and other retailers hit by refund fraud costing them billions

Amazon and other retailers hit by refund fraud costing them billions

A UPS seasonal worker delivers packages on Cyber Monday in New York on Nov. 27, 2023. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images Just before midnight on May 4, 2023, police were called to an Amazon warehouse in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to investigate a reported theft.  They were met by a loss prevention employee, who directed … Read more

Sheryl Sandberg says she’s leaving Meta’s board

Sheryl Sandberg says she’s leaving Meta’s board

Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook Inc. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Former Meta operating chief Sheryl Sandberg is leaving the company’s board of directors. “With a heart filled with gratitude and a mind filled with memories, I let the Meta board know that I will not stand for reelection this … Read more