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Tesla shrugs off sudden unintended acceleration claims to become first $100B publicly traded US carmaker
On Tuesday it became the first US carmaker, that publicly sells shares, to be valued at over $100 billion.
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CNN: Bitcoin was the best investment of the decade
Numbers from the Bank of America show that investing $1 in Bitcoin at the start of this decade would earn you more than $90,000. ...
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DATA: Robinhood users are really bad at portfolio diversification
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
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Robinhood users are gravitating towards loss-making companies
Can Robinhood users actually call themselves Robinhood’s, or is it just another tool for the rich to rob the average Joe? ...
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Porcelain business raises suspicion amid China's blockchain renaissance
A porcelain and education business has attracted the suspicion of Chinese regulators after its stock recently boomed, CoinDesk ...
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Moonday Morning: China goes crazy over blockchain
Hello, happy Monday and welcome to another Moonday Morning – Hard Fork's roundup of the weekend’s top cryptocurrency ...
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FBI suspects tea company that 'pivoted' to blockchain of insider trading
Long Island Tea Corp changed its name to Long Blockchain Corp in 2017. Now the FBI is investigating the company suspecting ...
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Everything you need to know about China's new Nasdaq-style STAR Market
25 companies have begun trading on China's new STAR Market today, in a move that marks the first step towards major capital ...
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Here’s how much you would have made if you invested in Netflix stock instead of a subscription
Our digital media addiction is costlier than you might think
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Watch: Shutterstock recreates the Stranger Things trailer using only stock footage
There's a lot you can do with Shutterstock's generic video footage.
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This is how rich you’d be if you bought Apple stock instead of its products
Here you go – an easy way to feel bad about your childhood life decisions in one simple article.
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CHEAP: EVERYTHING on ThinkGeek is half price, so move fast!
ThinkGeek is a great site filled with an array of nerdy gear. But you know what's even better? EVERYTHING IS 50% OFF OH MY ...
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Bitcoin is the ‘King of the Asset Class Hill’ in 2019, analysts say
Bitcoin posted four consecutive months of solid returns, making it one of the best performing global assets of the year so ...
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'Blockchain' won't save your bad business from going bust
Blockchain name-dropping seems to be dying as one Hong Kong tea maker tried and failed to perk up its stock price just by ...
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Bitwise Asset Management applies for Bitcoin-backed ETF
Bitwise Asset Management, a cryptocurrency index fund provider, has applied for a new bitcoin-backed exchange-traded fund ...
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Tech stocks are overvalued and it’s killing innovation
We’re entering an unprecedented era of advanced technology and behemoth tech companies driving its development. Earlier ...
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Basic lessons in arbitrage for new cryptocurrency traders
Arbitrage is super simple, and has been utilized for decades on the stock market. Here's how the concept is being applied ...
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Tesla’s woes unlikely to end soon, but startups can take a cue
“Funding secured.” When Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk tweeted the above statement early August, it kickstarted a ...
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SEC charges Elon Musk with fraud
Elon Musk, Tesla's controversial CEO, is now being sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over his tweets last ...
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Women get just 47 cents in equity for every $1 awarded to male colleagues
The gender pay disparity isn't a secret. We know that women make $0.82 for every dollar a man makes, still, in 2018. It's ...
