PayPal's $ 45B Bid For Pinterest
PayPal Holdings has made an offer to purchase digital pinboard site Pinterest Inc for $45 billion, a combination that may presage additional financial technology and social media mergers in e-commerce.
Go Deeper (3 min read)Futu And Tiger Brokers Under Pressure
Futu Holding and UP Fintech Holding (the company behind Tiger Brokers), both U.S.-listed Chinese online brokerages, face regulatory concerns when China's new personal data privacy law takes effect on November 1, according to an analysis on the People's Daily website.
Go Deeper (2 min read)All Eyes On India
Investors have been directing money into India's stock market, which Goldman Sachs predicts could rise to more than $5 trillion in three years, making it the world's fifth largest.
Go Deeper (3 min read)Meituan Hit With $ 534m Antitrust Fine
China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) announced on Friday that Meituan had abused its monopoly in the country's online food delivery market.
Go Deeper (2 min read)Twitter Sells MoPub To AppLovin For $ 1.05B
MoPub was purchased by Twitter for $350 million in 2013 and will be sold for $1.05 billion in cash. According to Twitter, MoPub helped the business generate $188 million in revenue last year. Twitter had previously stated that it wanted to double its yearly revenue by 2023.
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Peloton's Growth Is Slowing, Cuts Prices
The fitness bike maker is expected to cut the price of its flagship bike as people head back to their local gyms and do less exercise at home. The company is also starting to shift its business mix back toward treadmill sales, which are less profitable than its cycles.
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Warby Parker's Direct Listing
Its net revenue grew to $ 394m in the most recent fiscal year yet its net loss widened to $ 56m. For comparison, its sales stood at $ 273m in 2018 and $ 273m in 2019 while its net loss reached $ 22.9m in 2018 and it broke even in 2019.
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A previous draft of the law said that tech companies must ask for the user's consent to collect its data and users can withdraw at any time. On top of this, companies can't refuse to serve users that do not opt in unless the data is necessary for the provision of the product or the service.
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Upwork, The Work Enabler
Upwork is the first online marketplace with over $100 million in United States staffing revenue, thereby ranking it among the top United States (US) staffing and talent engagement firms.
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Qt’s net sales for the second quarter amounted to EUR 33,925 thousand (EUR 18,081 thousand), up 87.6 percent. License sales and consulting grew by 119.6 percent, while maintenance revenue increased by 5.8 percent.
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Roblox Acquires Guilded
Roblox announced Monday that it acquired Guilded, a company building a chat platform for gamers. While Discord has grown beyond the competitive gaming world, Guilded has stayed focussed on it and added features such as events planning and calendars.
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