Russia is restricting access to WhatsApp as it accelerates its campaign to shift Russians away from Western-based messaging platforms outside its control and onto homegrown equivalents approved by the government. It also is throttling Telegram, now based in the United Arab Emirates, which is widely used by Russian soldiers. It has said that companies that own platforms operating inside Russia, inc...
Russia is restricting access to WhatsApp as it accelerates its campaign to shift Russians away from Western-based messaging platforms outside its control and onto homegrown equivalents approved by the government. It also is throttling Telegram, now based in the United Arab Emirates, which is widely used by Russian soldiers. It has said that companies that own platforms operating inside Russia, including Telegram and WhatsApp, are violating Russian law by refusing to comply with a range of restrictions.
Travel and tourism are hot activities these days, but you wouldn't know that from the drubbing TripAdvisor (NASDAQ: TRIP) stock was taking on Thursday. A lackluster earnings report led investors to aggressively sell off the travel portal operator's shares; as of mid-session trading, they were down by almost 15%. TripAdvisor published its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results well before market...
Travel and tourism are hot activities these days, but you wouldn't know that from the drubbing TripAdvisor (NASDAQ: TRIP) stock was taking on Thursday. A lackluster earnings report led investors to aggressively sell off the travel portal operator's shares; as of mid-session trading, they were down by almost 15%. TripAdvisor published its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results well before market open that day. For the quarter, the company's revenue was essentially flat year-over-year at $411 million. Net income not according to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) swooned by 12% to $5 million, or $0.04 per share. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Getty Images The Direxion Daily MU Bull 2X Shares ETF ( MUU ) is a leveraged exchange-traded fund designed to provide investors with 2x the daily performance of Micron Technology, Inc. ( MU ) shares. With demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips expected to continue to grow as an embedded component of advanced AI chips while NAND and DRAM fluctuate based on memory supply and demand, MUU can be...
Getty Images The Direxion Daily MU Bull 2X Shares ETF ( MUU ) is a leveraged exchange-traded fund designed to provide investors with 2x the daily performance of Micron Technology, Inc. ( MU ) shares. With demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips expected to continue to grow as an embedded component of advanced AI chips while NAND and DRAM fluctuate based on memory supply and demand, MUU can be used as a tactical strategy for traders seeking to amplify daily exposure to MU shares. Given the risky nature of trading leveraged strategies, investors should only consider MUU for daily exposure while employing strict risk management protocol in order to protect their investment. About Direxion Daily MU Bull 2X Shares ETF MUU was launched by Direxion ETFs on October 10, 2024. MUU has a net expense ratio of 106 bps, aligned with peer leveraged trading strategies. MUU exhibits strong liquidity with $1.05 billion in net assets and an average of $218.6 million in share value changing hands on a daily basis, at the time of writing. Seeking Alpha MUU was designed to provide investors with 200% exposure to MU shares. MUU does this by investing in both MU shares and swap derivatives in order to gain the appropriate exposure to achieve 2x the daily performance of MU. Swap derivatives were designed to provide the receiver with exposure to the returns on the underlying asset in return for a fixed rate. Swap agreements are settled at the close of each trading day based on the day’s performance, resetting the following day. As a result of the daily reset, MUU shares’ performance will reset on a daily basis, which may result in a compounding effect if held for longer than a single trading day. MUU shares will reflect the combined compounded performance of MU swaps and, to a lesser degree, the rolling performance of MU shares. MU shares account for roughly 9% of the portfolio weight. TradingView The price of MUU shares can be impacted by a variety of factors that may lead to performan...
Getty Images The Direxion Daily MU Bull 2X Shares ETF ( MUU ) is a leveraged exchange-traded fund designed to provide investors with 2x the daily performance of Micron Technology, Inc. ( MU ) shares. With demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips expected to continue to grow as an embedded component of advanced AI chips while NAND and DRAM fluctuate based on memory supply and demand, MUU can be...
Getty Images The Direxion Daily MU Bull 2X Shares ETF ( MUU ) is a leveraged exchange-traded fund designed to provide investors with 2x the daily performance of Micron Technology, Inc. ( MU ) shares. With demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips expected to continue to grow as an embedded component of advanced AI chips while NAND and DRAM fluctuate based on memory supply and demand, MUU can be used as a tactical strategy for traders seeking to amplify daily exposure to MU shares. Given the risky nature of trading leveraged strategies, investors should only consider MUU for daily exposure while employing strict risk management protocol in order to protect their investment. About Direxion Daily MU Bull 2X Shares ETF MUU was launched by Direxion ETFs on October 10, 2024. MUU has a net expense ratio of 106 bps, aligned with peer leveraged trading strategies. MUU exhibits strong liquidity with $1.05 billion in net assets and an average of $218.6 million in share value changing hands on a daily basis, at the time of writing. Seeking Alpha MUU was designed to provide investors with 200% exposure to MU shares. MUU does this by investing in both MU shares and swap derivatives in order to gain the appropriate exposure to achieve 2x the daily performance of MU. Swap derivatives were designed to provide the receiver with exposure to the returns on the underlying asset in return for a fixed rate. Swap agreements are settled at the close of each trading day based on the day’s performance, resetting the following day. As a result of the daily reset, MUU shares’ performance will reset on a daily basis, which may result in a compounding effect if held for longer than a single trading day. MUU shares will reflect the combined compounded performance of MU swaps and, to a lesser degree, the rolling performance of MU shares. MU shares account for roughly 9% of the portfolio weight. TradingView The price of MUU shares can be impacted by a variety of factors that may lead to performan...
The Epstein files have revealed more about the pedophile’s relationship to 4Chan. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images On October 24th, 2011, Jeffrey Epstein was emailing back and forth with Boris Nikolic, a biotech venture capitalist who would later be named as a backup executor of Epstein's will. The two appeared to be discussing a meeting Nikolic had helped arrange between Epstein a...
The Epstein files have revealed more about the pedophile’s relationship to 4Chan. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images On October 24th, 2011, Jeffrey Epstein was emailing back and forth with Boris Nikolic, a biotech venture capitalist who would later be named as a backup executor of Epstein's will. The two appeared to be discussing a meeting Nikolic had helped arrange between Epstein and "moot," the screen name for Christopher Poole, who created the platform 4chan in 2003. Nikolic asked Epstein if he liked moot, and Epstein wrote back that he liked him a lot, thought he was very bright, and had driven him home. All of these emails were published for the first time alongside 3.5 million other documents in the latest (delayed) release of Epstein files by the … Read the full story at The Verge.
Through social-media posts and even a resignation letter in the New York Times, former employees of companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are not leaving quietly.
Through social-media posts and even a resignation letter in the New York Times, former employees of companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are not leaving quietly.
2025 was a slow year for initial public offerings (IPOs), with just 61 companies going public in the U.S. But in 2026, Goldman Sachs is forecasting "a record year for IPOs in absolute dollar value," as the artificial intelligence (AI) titans OpenAI and Anthropic race to tap into public markets first. Likewise, The Wall Street Journal predicts a "blockbuster year" for IPOs, with Elon Musk's SpaceX ...
2025 was a slow year for initial public offerings (IPOs), with just 61 companies going public in the U.S. But in 2026, Goldman Sachs is forecasting "a record year for IPOs in absolute dollar value," as the artificial intelligence (AI) titans OpenAI and Anthropic race to tap into public markets first. Likewise, The Wall Street Journal predicts a "blockbuster year" for IPOs, with Elon Musk's SpaceX also rumored to be preparing to go public. SpaceX's IPO could hit over $1 trillion, according to people familiar with the matter, while OpenAI is also laying the groundwork for a $1 trillion valuation. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Alex Wong/Getty Images News Kraft Heinz’s ( KHC ) announcement to remain as a single entity eclipsed fourth quarter results Wednesday. But for J.P. Morgan’s Thomas Palmer and Brandon Cohen, the lackluster outlook and risks associated with the cost to drive growth warranted a downgrade to Underweight. “We see ongoing challenges that could limit KHC’s expected volume inflection as 2026 progresses,” ...
Alex Wong/Getty Images News Kraft Heinz’s ( KHC ) announcement to remain as a single entity eclipsed fourth quarter results Wednesday. But for J.P. Morgan’s Thomas Palmer and Brandon Cohen, the lackluster outlook and risks associated with the cost to drive growth warranted a downgrade to Underweight. “We see ongoing challenges that could limit KHC’s expected volume inflection as 2026 progresses,” Palmer and Cohen said, adding that if the cost of driving growth for its underperforming segment proves higher than KHC anticipates (which has been the case for General Mills and others in the space), the company might find itself with less flexibility, given that the dividend should absorb nearly 80% of 2026 free cash flow. The analysts cite North American volume decline of more than 3% in each of the past 19 quarters, despite investments in innovation, marketing, price, and brand renovation. “The declines have been the result of both weaker category performance (which is less of a headwind lately than in the past) and market share losses (which show little signs of abating),” Palmer and Cohen write. According to Nielsen data, volumes are trending lower in 13 of KHC’s largest U.S. retail categories, and the company is losing volume share in 10 categories, including packaged lunch meat. Investments in marketing might be the “right choice” in the longer term, but these investments take time to translate into higher sales. KHC assumes these investments will start to ramp in the second quarter of this year and further into the second half and that volumes will closely follow. But Palmer and Cohen are skeptical. “On this basis, we wonder to what extent KHC’s 2026 outlook is conservative,” they say. More on Kraft Heinz The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript The Kraft Heinz Company 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Kraft Heinz: Berkshire May Be Out Of The Equation And What That Means For Shareholders Kraft Heinz stock tests key moving averages...
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In January 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finally approved the first batch of spot Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) exchange-traded funds ( ETFs ). Unlike the earlier Bitcoin ETFs, which mainly tracked Bitcoin futures, these ETFs were directly backed by Bitcoin reserves and pegged to the cryptocurrency's market price. Retail and institutional investors could easily buy those ETFs to gain ...
In January 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finally approved the first batch of spot Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) exchange-traded funds ( ETFs ). Unlike the earlier Bitcoin ETFs, which mainly tracked Bitcoin futures, these ETFs were directly backed by Bitcoin reserves and pegged to the cryptocurrency's market price. Retail and institutional investors could easily buy those ETFs to gain exposure to Bitcoin without using crypto wallets. The iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (NASDAQ: IBIT) , which holds $52.6 billion in assets, is now the top spot Bitcoin ETF. But how many of its shares would be equivalent to a single Bitcoin? Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading