The Securities and Exchange Commission is weighing new regulations on stock-trading apps after a frenzy in GameStop and other “meme stocks” earlier this year, according to a report issued by the commission Monday. The agency found that the trading mania, in which hundreds of thousands of investors piled into the …
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The mouths of tens of millions of Americans have a stake in the budget reconciliation debate now flaring on Capitol Hill. A Democratic push to add dental, along with hearing and vision, coverage to Medicare for the first time is butting up against industry organizations like the American Dental Association, …
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Two dating apps based in Texas have come out against a state law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, with the CEO of one starting a fund to help employees seeking abortions outside the state. The chief executive of Dallas-based Match Group, Shar Dubey, said she is setting up …
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Tesla has been ordered to pay roughly $1 million to a former employee who filed a legal complaint alleging he was called the N-word while working in the electric automaker’s factory in California. Melvin Berry was hired by Tesla as a materials handler in 2015, but quit only 17 months …
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Blizzard Entertainment President J. Allen Brack on Friday apologized for his company’s punishing a star Hong Kong video game player named “Blitzchung” for remarks he made in support of pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong. “You know, Blizzard had the opportunity to bring the world together in a tough Hearthstone esports moment …
Read More »The New York attorney general has launched an investigation into the parent company of the embattled movie subscription service MoviePass, Helios and Matheson Analytics, the company has confirmed. The state’s AG, Barbara Underwood, is looking into whether the company misled investors. Helios and Matheson denied that it did so, and …
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Netflix’s stock price continued to slide, a sign investors are worried the video-streaming service’s faltering subscriber growth could augur a broader slowdown. The company’s shares fell more than 13 percent shortly after the start of trading Tuesday before rebounding, with the stock trading down nearly 6 percent as of 2:40 p.m. …
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