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Spotify and Major Labels Win $322 Million Judgment in Piracy Case

Spotify and the world’s biggest record companies have secured a sweeping court victory in their fight against online music piracy, winning a judgment worth roughly $322 million against the operators of Anna’s Archive, a website accused of distributing millions of copyrighted songs without permission. The ruling, entered in federal court in New York, marks one… Continue reading Spotify and Major Labels Win $322 Million Judgment in Piracy Case

Kraken Has Filed for an IPO

Kraken, one of the cryptocurrency industry’s longest-running trading platforms, has confirmed that it confidentially submitted a draft registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 19, 2025, laying the groundwork for a possible initial public offering. The filing remains private, meaning investors still have not seen a public prospectus, a price range,… Continue reading Kraken Has Filed for an IPO

Quarterly Reports 2026 2/2 – 2/6 Week 7

We’ve got another big for Large-cap companies. Be on the look out for your favorite company and take note of Amazon on Wednesday, they’ve just announced cutting another 16,000 jobs. Have a good day and go Get your Share! Medium-cap Small-cap Large-cap 02/02/26 MSFT Microsoft META Meta Platforms TSLA Tesla ASML ASML Holding LRCX Lam… Continue reading Quarterly Reports 2026 2/2 – 2/6 Week 7

Amazon to cut yet another 16,000 jobs.

Amazon just confirmed it’s cutting about 16,000 corporate roles worldwide, the second big wave of layoffs in roughly three months and part of a broader plan that totals around 30,000 corporate reductions since October. The “why” is pretty straightforward: Amazon is trying to run leaner and move faster after years of expansion, especially the pandemic… Continue reading Amazon to cut yet another 16,000 jobs.

Quarterly Reports 2026 1/26 – 1/30 Week 6

Let’s get to it with the 1st major reporting week for 2026! Medium-cap Small-cap Large-cap 01/26/26 NUE Nucor BRO Brown & Brown STLD Steel Dynamics WRB W.R. Berkley GGG Graco AGNC AGNC Investment CR Crane Company ARE Alexandria Real Estate Equities 01/27/26 UNH UnitedHealth Group RTX RTX Corporation BA Boeing TXN Texas Instruments NEE NextEra… Continue reading Quarterly Reports 2026 1/26 – 1/30 Week 6

Allegiant Travel Co. to acquire Sun Country Airlines

Allegiant Travel Co. has agreed to acquire Sun Country Airlines in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at roughly $1.5 billion including debt, a tie-up that would create a larger, leisure-focused low-cost airline with a combined fleet of about 195 aircraft and service spanning roughly 175 cities across more than 650 routes. (Reuters) The companies are framing… Continue reading Allegiant Travel Co. to acquire Sun Country Airlines

Time to invest in Oil?

In the nine days since the January 3 U.S. operation that captured Nicolás Maduro, Washington has moved quickly to turn Venezuela’s battered oil sector into the center of its leverage campaign—and, potentially, a repayment mechanism. U.S. officials and public statements have described a plan where the United States oversees sales of tens of millions of… Continue reading Time to invest in Oil?

Meta Buys New Chinese AI Manus

Meta confirmed on December 30, 2025 that it’s acquiring Manus, a fast-rising AI “agent” startup with Chinese roots that later relocated to Singapore—another sign that the AI race has shifted from chatbots that talk to systems that can do. Reuters+1 So what is Manus? Unlike a typical assistant that answers questions, Manus is built to… Continue reading Meta Buys New Chinese AI Manus

Major IPOs coming in 2026 you need to watch for

SpaceX sits at the top of the rumor mill because the scale being discussed is almost absurd by public-market standards. Reuters has reported SpaceX has been exploring a 2026 listing that could raise $25B+ and put the company at a valuation north of $1 trillion—a deal size that would instantly become one of the largest… Continue reading Major IPOs coming in 2026 you need to watch for

No Room Left for Roomba

iRobot, a Bedford, Massachusetts-based pioneer of consumer robot vacuums, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in mid-December after roughly 35 years in business. The filing is tied to a pre-arranged restructuring that would take iRobot private and place it under new ownership—its primary contract manufacturer and creditor, Shenzhen-based Picea Robotics—through a court-supervised process. (AP… Continue reading No Room Left for Roomba

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