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Shopify Sees Bigger Black Friday Orders, More In-Store Sales Versus Last Year

Nov 25, 2022 · 1:06pm PST
Shopify sellers saw a 9% increase in the average Black Friday order price this year, up to $109.60. Despite the increase, sales volumes haven’t reached the same peak as 2021 as inflation continues to squeeze shoppers.
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Meituan’s Revenue Rises 28% as Covid Lockdowns Boost Food Delivery Demand

Nov 25, 2022 · 5:23am PST
Meituan's solid growth stands out when most other Chinese internet giants are struggling to cope with the country's economic slowdown.
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Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Offer Amnesty to Some Suspended Accounts

Nov 25, 2022 · 12:52am PST
Musk's decision to reinstate more suspended Twitter accounts comes after the app recently reinstated Donald Trump's account.
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Apple Faces Further Setbacks After Thousands of Workers Leave iPhone Factory

Nov 25, 2022 · 12:41am PST
The workers left a Foxconn factory in China after unrest over pay and working conditions under Covid lockdowns.
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Yandex Dutch Parent Company Wants to Cut Ties With Russia Units

Nov 25, 2022 · 12:25am PST
The Dutch owner of Yandex, dubbed Russia’s Google, wants to insulate itself from its Russian units to protect its artificial intelligence and autonomous driving ventures.
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Foxconn Offers Workers $1,400 to Contain Protests at iPhone Factory in China

Nov 24, 2022 · 1:08am PST
The move comes after violent protests erupted at the world's largest iPhone factory over unpaid wages and tough Covid-19 restrictions.
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Genesis Approached Binance, Apollo as it Struggles to Raise Cash

Nov 23, 2022 · 8:28am PST
The crypto firm has been looking for a lifeline after halting customer withdrawals last week.
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Senators Urge Amazon to Up Safety Measures After Worker Deaths

Nov 23, 2022 · 6:46am PST
Three people died at Amazon facilities in New Jersey over the summer.
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U.S. House Republicans Accuse TikTok of Giving Misleading Information on Data

Nov 23, 2022 · 3:56am PST
A letter from Republican representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers and James Comer said the Chinese social media giant shared information that was “untrue or misleading.”
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Violent Protests Erupt at Largest iPhone Factory in China

Nov 23, 2022 · 1:17am PST
The protests, which came after weeks-long Covid restrictions at the factory due to an outbreak, highlight the risks facing Apple in China.
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FTX Lawyer Says “Substantial Amount” of Assets Missing from Company in Hearing

Nov 22, 2022 · 2:33pm PST
FTX owes its top 50 creditors more than $3.1 billion and has roughly $1.24 billion in cash, according to court filings.
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Bankruptcy Filing Shows FTX Has $1.24 Billion Cash Balance

Nov 22, 2022 · 6:13am PST · 1 comment
The court filing estimated that FTX would spend $23 million on salaries and benefits, vendor payments and other costs over the next five weeks.
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China Plans to Fine Ant Group More Than $1 Billion

Nov 22, 2022 · 3:31am PST
The penalty, which could be finalized as early as the second quarter of next year, could pave the way for Ant to seek to go public in the future.
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JD.com Cuts Senior Managers’ Salaries As Much as 20% to Help Fund Employee Benefits

Nov 21, 2022 · 11:41pm PST
The cuts ranging from 10% to 20% come amid China’s push for “common prosperity” including targeting “excessive” banker salaries to address income inequality.
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Twitter to Hold Off Relaunching Verification System

Nov 21, 2022 · 5:32pm PST
Musk had said Twitter would relaunch the verification system on Nov. 29 but now he says the timing is unclear.
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Zoom Shares Drop 5% As Sales Slowdown Continues

Nov 21, 2022 · 2:54pm PST
Zoom has had a rough year with shares down 56% so far, but one ray of hope is the growth of its sales to large corporate customers.
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Musk Appoints New Head of Ads After Firing Former Sales Lead

Nov 21, 2022 · 2:27pm PST
The company has lost a string of high-profile executives in recent weeks.
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Bob Iger Returns as Disney CEO, Chapek Out

Nov 20, 2022 · 7:58pm PST
Disney's reshuffling of its leadership comes as the company has shown steep losses from its streaming business.
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FTX Owes Top 50 Creditors More Than $3.1 Billion

Nov 20, 2022 · 5:56pm PST
The 10 largest creditors of the bankrupt crypto exchange each have more than $100 million in unsecured claims.
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Elon Musk Reinstates Donald Trump’s Twitter Account

Nov 19, 2022 · 5:39pm PST · 1 comment
Twitter suspended Trump’s account in January 2021, after judging that Trump's tweets after the January 6 insurrection violated Twitter’s ban on inciting violence.