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BlueSnap Reaches $10 Million Settlement With FTC
Fintech & Ecommerce

BlueSnap Reaches $10 Million Settlement With FTC

BlueSnap and its former CEO settled with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for knowingly processing payment transactions for deceptive and fraudulent companies.

Zopa Bank Reports £4 Billion in Customer Deposits
Finance & Economics

Zopa Bank Reports £4 Billion in Customer Deposits

Zopa Bank has announced that it has managed to amass customer deposits of 4 billion pounds.

April US Job Growth Totals 175,000
Finance & Economics

April US Job Growth Totals 175,000

The United States economy added fewer jobs in April than initially expected.

OECD Says World Economy Looks to Dodge Stagflation Rut
Finance & Economics

OECD Says World Economy Looks to Dodge Stagflation Rut

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) stated that the outlook of the global economic system is improving.

Hong Kong Growth Beats Expectations
Finance & Economics

Hong Kong Growth Beats Expectations

The Hong Kong economy in the first quarter of the current year demonstrated growth rates that significantly exceeded preliminary expectations for the dynamic of the corresponding indicator.

AMD Reports First-Quarter Earnings
Science & Technology

AMD Reports First-Quarter Earnings

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on Tuesday, April 30, released information about the financial results of its operations in the first quarter of the current year.

Pinterest Shares Increase on Earnings Beat
Science & Technology

Pinterest Shares Increase on Earnings Beat

The share price of Pinterest on Tuesday, April 30, increased by 18% during extended trading.

Apple and OpenAI Reportedly Reopen iPhone AI Talks
Science & Technology

Apple and OpenAI Reportedly Reopen iPhone AI Talks

The media reports that Apple has resumed negotiations with OpenAI on the integration of artificial intelligence functions into the iPhone.

Global Situation Provides Advantages to Mexico’s Manufacturing Sector
Finance & Economics

Global Situation Provides Advantages to Mexico’s Manufacturing Sector

Centuries-old historical experience, in the vast, but perhaps not infinite space of which human life dissolves, at best leaving behind a trace, over time, with a high degree of probability, significantly fading or completely disappearing under the pressure of new times, indicates that changes in global processes are a kind of phenomenon that creates winners […]

Alphabet’s Value Exceeds $2 Trillion Mark
Science & Technology

Alphabet’s Value Exceeds $2 Trillion Mark

The market capitalization indicator of Alphabet Inc. on Friday, April 26, significantly exceeded the historical mark of $2 trillion.

South Korea Q1 GDP Growth Exceeds Estimates
Finance & Economics

South Korea Q1 GDP Growth Exceeds Estimates

South Korea’s economy showed growth in the first quarter of 2024, which turned out to be the fastest in more than two years.

Square Expands Offline Payments
Fintech & Ecommerce

Square Expands Offline Payments

Square has announced the expansion of offline payments for all hardware devices in each country.

Alphabet’s Cash Boom Stimulates Dividend Hopes on Wall Street
Finance & Economics

Alphabet’s Cash Boom Stimulates Dividend Hopes on Wall Street

Alphabet Inc. receives so much cash that against this background, hopes are growing that it will be able to take the page out of the playbook of Meta Platforms Inc. and start paying dividends.

China’s Q1 Fiscal Revenue Demonstrates Decline
Finance & Economics

China’s Q1 Fiscal Revenue Demonstrates Decline

In the first quarter of the current year, China’s fiscal revenue showed a decrease of 2.3% compared to the result for the same period in 2023.

S&P Says About Loosening of China’s Fiscal Stimulus
Finance & Economics

S&P Says About Loosening of China’s Fiscal Stimulus

Yunbang Xu, senior analyst at S&P Global Ratings, said that China’s fiscal stimulus program is gradually weakening.

TSMC Reports First-Quarter Revenue and Profit
Science & Technology

TSMC Reports First-Quarter Revenue and Profit

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on Thursday, April 18, released earnings data for the first quarter of 2024.