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Posts Corrected by ‘Community Notes’ Ineligible for Creator Monetization, Musk Says

Oct 29, 2023 · 6:50pm PDT
X’s ad revenue sharing model had been criticized by misinformation researchers for creating a financial incentive for posting inflammatory and often misleading content.
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X Introduces $16 “Premium+” Subscription Tier

Oct 27, 2023 · 3:43pm PDT
The company, whose revenue is primarily driven by ads, now offers a dizzying array of subscriptions.
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Google to Commit $2 Billion to Anthropic

Oct 27, 2023 · 3:06pm PDT
Stronger ties to Anthropic would bolster Google’s business with AI startups, which have emerged as a voracious user of cloud computing.
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Google in 2021 Paid $26.3 Billion for Search Deals with Apple, Others

Oct 27, 2023 · 1:06pm PDT
Google’s payments represented roughly 58% of Google’s total “traffic acquisition costs” in 2021.
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Flexport In Talks To Buy Collapsed Freight Broker Convoy’s Technology

Oct 27, 2023 · 7:32am PDT
Flexport wouldn't acquire all of Convoy's business, or physical assets like trailers or real estate
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Jamie Dimon to Sell $141 Million in JPMorgan Shares

Oct 27, 2023 · 7:03am PDT
CEO plans to sell 1 million shares through a trading plan
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Tencent-Backed Logistics Giant’s Stock Market Debut Fails to Impress

Oct 27, 2023 · 12:04am PDT
The IPO of J&T Global Express is one of the biggest this year in Hong Kong, where listing volumes have plunged amid weak investor sentiment.
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Bankman-Fried Struggles in Testimony Without Jury

Oct 26, 2023 · 3:18pm PDT
Sam Bankman-Fried struggled to answer direct questions while under cross-examination in his criminal trial on Thursday, often giving long and convoluted responses to questions.
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Amazon’s Ad Growth Driven Mostly by Search, Not Video

Oct 26, 2023 · 2:36pm PDT · 1 comment
Ads at the “top of the funnel”—those that build broad awareness of a brand, such as television commercials—had been “slowing down this year," Amazon's CFO said.
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Amazon Has So-So Quarter But Advertising Shines

Oct 26, 2023 · 1:36pm PDT
Amazon's ad business grew 26% in the quarter, the fastest it has expanded in a year, while AWS' growth rate was 12%, in line with the second quarter.
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Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer Capossela Departs

Oct 26, 2023 · 10:14am PDT
Capossela worked at Microsoft for 32 years.
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SoftBank Vision Fund Pulls Back From China as Two Partners Change Roles

Oct 26, 2023 · 8:49am PDT
SoftBank was previously one of the most important investors in the country.
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NBCU’s Peacock Adds 4 Million Subscribers While Losses Fall Slightly

Oct 26, 2023 · 7:11am PDT
Peacock now has 28 million subscribers. It also lost $656 million on revenue of $830 million.
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Intel Expands AI Software Business

Oct 25, 2023 · 5:36pm PDT
The company plans to announce the initiative in the coming months.
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Silver Lake Looks to Take Hollywood Talent Giant Endeavor Private

Oct 25, 2023 · 3:44pm PDT
Silver Lake has a 71% of voting stake in Endeavor, which owns agencies WME and IMG and controls the company that runs UFC and WWE.
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Morgan Stanley Chooses Ted Pick to Succeed James Gorman as CEO

Oct 25, 2023 · 3:43pm PDT · 1 comment
Pick, who won a three-horse race to be the next CEO, will take over Jan. 1.
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Live Shopping Startup Supergreat to Close; Whatnot Hires Staff

Oct 25, 2023 · 2:42pm PDT
Whatnot, a live-shopping startup, is hiring most of the staff of Supergreat, a beauty-focused livestreaming and shopping app, which will shut down in December.
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UPS Will Acquire Happy Returns From PayPal

Oct 25, 2023 · 2:23pm PDT
The deal will expand the companies’ existing e-commerce returns partnership.
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Meta’s Q3 Revenue Rises 23% in Return to Healthy Growth Rate

Oct 25, 2023 · 1:43pm PDT
Meta's operating profit margin doubled, showing the impact of cost-cutting and surging revenue.
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ServiceNow Lifts Revenue 25%

Oct 25, 2023 · 1:12pm PDT
The revenue growth rate was broadly in line with the past few quarters, suggesting ServiceNow hasn’t been as affected by pullbacks in spending on software by companies as other firms.