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Elon Musk’s Twitter Bot Problem Is Fake News
With his professed concern about fake accounts on Twitter, TWTR -2.79% Elon Musk appears to be grasping at legal straws…
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Here’s what just happened that triggers stock market drops 71% of the time, warns Credit Suisse
Wall Street’s in an unusually bullish mood Tuesday morning. Tim Holland, chief investment officer at Orion Advisor Solutions, argues the…
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Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘cannot move forward’ without more data on spam bots
“This deal cannot move forward until he does.” That was Elon Musk in an early Tuesday tweet, where the Tesla…
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Why are investors so jittery about streaming?
Therese Poletti writes the Tech Tales column for MarketWatch. Jeremy Owens is MarketWatch’s technology editor and San Francisco bureau chief…
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Marriott Rolls Out Media Network That Lets Brands Reach Travelers on Its Apps and TV Screens
Marriott International Inc. is introducing a media network this month with Yahoo Inc. that will help advertisers target consumers, in…
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15 stocks that have fallen at least 33% but by these measures are still standouts in their sectors
During a year in which more than half of the stocks in the S&P 500 Index have declined 10% or…
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Elon Musk says $44bn Twitter deal is on hold
Elon Musk said his deal to buy social media platform Twitter is on hold because of pending calculations over spam and…
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Regulators are investigating Elon Musk’s late disclosure of his Twitter stake
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are investigating Elon Musk’s late disclosure last month of his sizeable stake in Twitter, according to…
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WSJ News Exclusive | Elon Musk’s Belated Disclosure of Twitter Stake Triggers Regulators’ Probes
WASHINGTON—Federal regulators are investigating Elon Musk’s late disclosure last month of his sizable stake in Twitter Inc., TWTR -2.48% according…
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Elon Musk says he would remove Twitter’s ban on Donald Trump
Elon Musk said he would reverse Twitter ban on former President Donald Trump. “I do think that it was not…
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Binance pledges $500m as Elon Musk gets $7bn in fresh funding for Twitter takeover
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has committed $500m in financing to help Elon Musk buy Twitter. The firm is…
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Digital-Advertising Giants Are Coming Back to Earth After Pandemic Boom
The supercharged advertising growth that some of the world’s largest technology companies reported during the pandemic is decelerating. A round…
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WSJ News Exclusive | Ad-Tech Firms Didn’t Sound Alarm on False Information in Gannett’s Ad Auctions
At least 15 advertising-technology companies had sufficient information to detect that publisher Gannett Co. GCI -0.61% provided inaccurate data to…
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Twitter investor slams Elon Musk’s $44bn offer: ‘This is someone who wants to buy himself a toy’
Twitter shareholders are unconvinced that Elon Musk’s $44bn takeover bid is the best possible deal, with some claiming the price offered…
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Elon Musk says he plans to take Twitter public
Elon Musk, who has agreed to take Twitter private in a $44bn deal, has told potential investors he could return…
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Facebook Struggles With E-Commerce as Meta Looks to Revamp its Ads Business
Facebook FB -0.42% parent Meta Platforms Inc. FB -0.42% developed e-commerce services in 2020 as people shopped more from home…
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Elon Musk sells nearly $4 billion in Tesla stock following Twitter deal
Elon Musk sold nearly $4 billion in Tesla Inc. stock this week, after reaching an agreement with Twitter Inc.’s board…
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Netflix’s Battle for Asian Subscribers Pits It Against Rich Rivals, Hundreds of Local Upstarts
When Netflix Inc. NFLX 5.39% recently disclosed it had suffered its first subscriber pullback in a decade, only one region…
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Why did Elon Musk mock Twitter’s top legal boss with a meme?
Elon Musk, whose takeover bid for Twitter was accepted two days ago, continued to use the site to criticize executives…
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Hwang’s Archegos deceived Wall Street firms, federal government says
One of the biggest Wall Street cases in years was brought Wednesday — essentially, over duping Wall Street firms. The…
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Facebook earnings beat sends Meta stock soaring, but sales hit slowest growth in a decade
Meta Platforms Inc. is the latest tech giant to feel an economic pinch, as Facebook’s parent company reported its slowest…
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Pinterest stock soars as earnings and revenue beat, users increase for first time in a year
Pinterest Inc. overcame a difficult online-ad environment to increase revenue more than expected and break a streak of sequential user…
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If Elon Musk and Twitter don’t complete their deal, one of them will have to pay $1 billion
If Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk doesn’t end up owning Twitter, one of the two entities is going to…
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Google Sales Growth Expected to Continue Despite Broader Economic Concerns
Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOG -2.75% is expected to report strong sales growth despite global economic turmoil, propelled by digital…
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Durable-goods orders snap back in March — and so does business investment
The numbers: Orders at U.S. factories for long-lasting goods such as computers and cars rose 0.8% in March and business investment…
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Twitter Accepts Elon Musk’s Offer to Buy Company in $44 Billion Deal
Twitter Inc. TWTR 5.66% on Monday accepted Elon Musk’s bid to take over the company, which would give the world’s…
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Twitter accepts $44bn takeover offer from Elon Musk
Twitter on 25 April accepted Elon Musk’s bid to take over the company, giving the world’s richest man control over the influential social…
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Twitter agrees to be bought by Elon Musk for $44 billion
Twitter Inc.’s board agreed to sell the social-media company to Elon Musk on Monday, changing course after initially gearing to…
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Musk would pay $54.20 a share, sources say, as Twitter buyout edges closer
Twitter shares rose 5% premarket on 25 April, after Reuters said the social media site is set to accept Tesla…
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Musk says his $47bn Twitter bid is ‘not a way to make money.’ That bothers critics
So Elon Musk was serious about his bid for Twitter. Given his erratic record and cryptic statements since his stake…
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Therese Poletti: Are you sharing a Netflix password? Not for long
Therese Poletti writes the ‘Tech Tales’ column for MarketWatch After an unprecedented downturn in subscriber growth in the first quarter,…
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Why Elon Musk should turn to Twitter investors to help his $46bn bid
Maybe Elon Musk should turn to Twitter investors to help his $46.5bn bid for the company. One possibility is that…
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WSJ News Exclusive | Twitter Re-Examines Elon Musk’s Bid, May Be More Receptive to a Deal
Twitter Inc. TWTR 3.93% is re-examining Elon Musk’s $43 billion takeover offer after the billionaire lined up financing for the…
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Companies Try to Sell Videogaming as the Next Big Advertising Channel
An advocacy group this week accused Roblox Corp.’s online gaming platform of deceiving players partly by failing to clearly distinguish…
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Snap’s stock rises despite revenue shortfall amid ‘a challenging operating environment’
Snap Inc.’s stock gained in volatile after-hours trading Thursday despite quarterly revenue that didn’t meet Wall Street estimates. The company…
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CNN+ Streaming Service Is Shutting Down a Month After Launching
CNN is shutting down its direct-to-consumer streaming service CNN+ about a month after it launched, a remarkably fast reversal that…
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Elon Musk says he has lined up $46bn to fund Twitter deal
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk said he has lined up $46.5bn to fund his bid for Twitter, answering the…
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Elon Musk says he has received funding commitments for Twitter buyout and is exploring tender offer
Funding secured? Elon Musk confirmed in a Thursday filing that he was “exploring whether to commence a tender offer” for…
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How Meta Platforms Fell Behind in Indian Mobile Payments
Mark Zuckerberg has pinned his hopes on commerce to save his business from stagnating user engagement and decelerating advertising revenue…
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AT&T tops profit expectations in last full quarter with WarnerMedia
AT&T Inc. topped profit expectations for its latest quarter on Thursday, the last full period to contain results from the…
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Bill Ackman dumps hedge fund’s stake in Netflix
Billionaire investor William Ackman said his hedge fund sold its stake in Netflix on 20 April, implying a loss of about $400m,…
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Madison Avenue Loves the Idea of a Netflix With Ads
The advertising industry welcomed Netflix Inc.’s NFLX -35.12% decision to explore offering a lower-priced ad-supported version of its service, a…
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Netflix stock drops 30% as analysts question strength of model
Netflix shares were on course for their worst day in nearly a decade after the streaming giant reported that it lost subscribers in…
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Netflix subscribers shrink for first time in a decade and it is expected to get worse —stock plunges more than 20%
Netflix Inc. disclosed Tuesday that it lost streaming subscribers overall for the first time since the service was in its…
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Apollo weighs backing bid for Twitter
Apollo Global Management is considering participating in a bid for Twitter, according to people familiar with the matter, after Elon Musk’s $43bn bid…
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Why consider the Dow transports when they point to a slowing economy? Because these 7 stocks are cheap
The Dow Jones Transportation Average has long been considered a good forward indicator of the direction of the U.S. economy.…
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U.S. stock futures fall headed into big earnings week
U.S. stock-index futures fell Sunday, ahead of a big week of earnings reports. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.38%…
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Tesla Stock Drops After Elon Musk Offers to Buy Twitter. This Is Why.
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered to buy the social- media…
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‘Beer man here… for your empties’: Anheuser Busch and MLB will add recycling hawkers to the stands
Anheuser-Busch is linking up with Major League Baseball and the National Football League to launch what it’s calling the National…
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Twitter shareholder sues Elon Musk over delayed disclosure of his stake
A Twitter Inc. shareholder is suing Elon Musk, claiming he and others suffered financial losses because of the billionaire’s delay…
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