Visa card
April 24, 2024 BY Robert Bell

Visa Beats Profit Predictions As Credit Card Spending Grows

The company’s better-than-expected results were said to be linked to increased credit card spending in the US, where Visa obtains over 40% of its overall global revenue. Adjusted net income for the quarter climbed by 17% to $5.1bn, working out as $2.51 per share. This was $0.07 better than the average analyst prediction. Don’t miss…

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Meta building
April 23, 2024 BY Robert Bell

Meta Looking For Tech Partners To Use Meta Quest

2023 saw Meta’s Reality Labs division lose $16bn, so CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Monday that it will be opening up the system so that other tech companies can make hardware using it. His announcement pointed out that Microsoft, ASUS and Lenovo are among the selected early partners that will be working with Meta on…

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Netflix on screen
April 22, 2024 BY Robert Bell

Netflix Suffers Big Fall Despite Positive Results

This disappointing day followed a weak revenue forecast and confirmation that it will stop reporting subscriber numbers next year. Despite this fall, Netflix is still up 14% so far this year following a strong start to 2024. Expectations for the streaming giant’s Q1 results had been climbing recently, as analysts predicted excellent gains. When the…

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Dubai
April 19, 2024 BY Robert Bell

Binance Licensed To Offer Crypto Services In Dubai

This was confirmed with the news that the company, which runs the world’s biggest crypto exchange, has received a licence to operate as a full virtual-asset services provider (VASP). The licence has been issued by Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). The regulatory process goes through four stages in Dubai, with Binance entering the third…

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Johnson & Johnson
April 17, 2024 BY Robert Bell

Johnson & Johnson Shares Drop After Mixed Results

The share price dropped by more than 2%, while the overall S&P 500 declined by just 0.2% on the same day. JNJ reported sales of $21.38bn in the first quarter of 2024, which represents a 2% increase on a year-on-year basis. The firm’s net income rose by close to 4%, giving a total of $6.58bn,…

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Trump tower
April 16, 2024 BY Robert Bell

Trump Media Continues To Slide Amid Fears

This followed a turbulent week of trading when the parent company of the Truth Social platform lost over 20% in a single day. While each DJT share was valued at over $66.22 in late March, they have now fallen to nearly $27. Analysts have suggested that the dropping price may be linked to the filing…

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Trading on a mobile
April 15, 2024 BY Robert Bell

Millennium Management Accused of Stealing a Trading Strategy

It seems likely to lead to a bitter court dispute. Jane Street Group has accused Millennium Management of using its in-house trading strategy. The roots of this dispute date back to earlier this year, when traders Daniel Spottiswood and Douglas Schadewald moved from Jane Street to Millennium. Both were heavily involved in creating the proprietary…

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FCA reports
April 12, 2024 BY Robert Bell

Link Funds Solutions’ Failures Listed By The FCA

The investigation covered the period between 31 July 2018 and 3 June 2019, which was the period when the fund was suspended due to liquidity issues. During that time, LFS didn’t manage the liquidity of the fund. This is necessary so that investments can be turned into cash and investors can access their funds quickly.…

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Moderna vaccine
April 10, 2024 BY Robert Bell

Moderna Jumps 6% On Vaccine News

MRNA shares rose as high as 9% during the day, continuing their recent steady climb. This was enough for MRNA to lead the S&P 500’s list of top movers on Tuesday. The company presented details at the annual American Association for Cancer Research meeting on Monday. Here, it revealed interesting data on the use of…

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