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Google‘s parent company Alphabet has hit a new milestone with its market hitting one trillion dollars. Google’s is the fourth global company to attain this feat just after Sundar Pichai became the CEO of Alphabet in December 2019.On Thursday, January 16 closing, the Alphabet stock was trading at $1450 with its market cap striking $1 trillion. In the last year, Alphabet’s stock has surged nearly 50% giving handsome returns to the investors. Thus, Alphabet stock was a shining start in 2019’s...

A potential ban of Nike super shoes is frustrating athletes. However, the ban of super shoes as they are called is already causing stock prices of Japanese rivals to rise. Shares of Japanese footwear maker Asics Corp. rose by about 8% on Thursday. Prices then settled to an average of about 4.7 %. This occurred after sources said that World of Athletics was considering banning Nikes Vaporfly shoes. The shares of Mizuno Corp. which is another competitor rose as high as 1.6%.Nike’s Vaporfly Next...

A global fitness F45 Training community is rumored to have filed for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in the U.S. The community has not provided any comment yet. The information is confidential, and those familiar with the matter have preferred to stay anonymous.Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are allegedly working with F45 Training community on the listing. However, their representatives have declined to comment. F45 Training co-founder Adam Gilchrist has also refused...

Crypto services startup Anchorage has surprised institutional investors with good news. Firstly, Anchorage is launching crypto brokerage service Anchorage Trading that offers numerous features to its clients. Secondly, the company announced its first acquisition. Anchorage has purchased Merkle Data, a provider of risk management and analytics software. The moves mark not only Anchorage’s expansion but also improving the quality of services it provides.Anchorage Crypto Trading PlatformThe news...

Multinational payment remittance platform MoneyGram has announced a partnership with the EbixCash network, to expand Moneygram’s presence in India. The partnership was announced in an official MoneyGram news release published on Monday, Jan. 13.The press release states that EbixCash is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ebix, Inc. The latter is an international supplier of application software products, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Starting immediately, EbixCash will be exclusively responsible for...

San Francisco based financial technology startup Fundbox Inc. hired a former investment banker Marten Abrahamsen as its first-ever chief financial officer (CFO), the Wall Street Journal reported on Jan. 14. Abrahamsen was brought in as CFO to bolster the company’s executive team as Fundbox prepares to launch a potential initial public offering (IPO) in the future.Founded in 2013 by three partners – Eyal Shinar, Toma Michaeli, and Yuval Ariav – the startup helps in expediting the payment of...

After closing Monday at $524.86, Tesla stock accelerated on Tuesday in premarket to yet another all-time high in just a span of days. At the time of writing the price was growing by 1.74% to $534.With the electric car maker’s market cap now crossing the psychological margin of $90 billion, the company’s CEO, Elon Musk is now pretty close to unlock the first tranche (out of 12) of his generous pay package that was announced in 2018.Musk’s compensation plan included numerous performance targets...

For the first time, FC Barcelona came in the top leading place of the world’s most money-spinning football clubs regarding the annual league table. This also marked the transaction of power in London and the north-west.The Spanish champions saw their revenue grow to €840.8 million (£741.1 million) last year. This represents a record figure for any team and it is almost 10 % more than a domestic competitor Real Madrid has.Manchester United said its income was €711.5 million (£627.1 million) in...

Credit card giant Visa is acquiring Plaid, San Francisco-based company that focuses on democratizing financial services through technology. The sum of the acquisition made up $5.3 billion, which is twice as much as Plaid’s valuation in 2018.We’re incredibly excited to share that Plaid is joining @Visa!Together, we’re looking forward to expanding our products for developers and connecting consumers with the fintech services that are making money easier for everyone. More details...

Tesla stock price has continued to rise after making spectacular gains at the weekend. Tesla stock closed at $478.15 apiece on Friday. This has made Oppenheimer and Co. Inc. give the biggest bullish price prediction yet. The New York-based investment firm has given a price prediction of $612 per share. Sources indicate that this is the highest share price prediction given by a Wall Street firm. The firm said in a note to its clients:“We believe the company’s risk tolerance, ability to...