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: Marqeta stock surges after company makes Visa veteran its next CFO
Shares of Marqeta Inc. were soaring in after-hours trading Wednesday after the financial-technology company appointed a Visa Inc. veteran to be its new chief financial officer and disclosed that it expects to come in ahead of its previously issued forecast for the December quarter.
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Personal Finance Daily: Workers are burned out and want more flexibility — but remote work may not be the cure, survey says and the No. 1 way cybercriminals use employees to attack office equipment with malware
Wednesday’s top personal finance stories.
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: Uber stock jumps as it keeps getting bigger, says bookings almost back to pre-pandemic levels
Uber on Wednesday said it continued to grow in the fourth quarter, with gross bookings for its rides business almost back to pre-pandemic levels.
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The Ratings Game: AMD stock is a ‘buy’ as ‘impressive share-gain story is intact,’ analyst says in upgrade
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s “impressive share-gain story is intact,” and that’s one reason to feel good about the chipmaker’s stock, according to an analyst.
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Earnings Results: Zynga reports record results, stock mostly unmoved after hours pending acquisition by Take-Two
Zynga Inc. reported record results the extended session Wednesday with a slight bottom-line miss but shares of the videogame publisher were placid after hours given its pending acquisition by Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.
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: The No. 1 way cybercriminals use employees to attack office equipment with malware — and why workers fall for it
A new report cautions where employees are most vulnerable to being scammed.
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: Disney stock soars after record revenue, $1 billion-plus in earnings and a streaming success
The Walt Disney Co. blew away expectations for the holiday season, producing a record revenue total and more than $1 billion in profit by adding more subscribers to Disney+ and other streaming services than expected amid a rebound for theme parks.
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: Gensler’s aggressive agenda continues as SEC proposes shortening settlement times in wake of GameStop saga
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler has been one of the most active regulators appointed by President Joe Biden, proposing a slew of new regulations at a pace that could make his chairmanship the most significant era of financial reform since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act more than a decade ago.
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Market Extra: Will Thursday’s inflation data kill the stock-market bounce? Here’s what investors want to see
The latest reading on U.S. consumer inflation looms Thursday. Here’s what investors say will decide how the market reacts.
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Market Extra: Here’s why the chief equity strategist of one major bank sees U.S. inflation persisting for the next two to three years
Too much U.S. stimulus, along with higher wages, are the key ingredients pointing to persistent inflation over the next few years, says Credit Suisse Securities’ Jonathan Golub.