late capitalism
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Stock Trading App Robinhood May Hold an IPO in Just a Few Months
Stock trading app Robinhood is seeking financial advisers to help it go public as soon as the spring of 2021, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
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GrubHub Reportedly Considering Merging With Another Parasitic Food Delivery Service
Food-delivery giant GrubHub is mulling the possibility of selling itself off, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, as part of a strategic review of its options amid increasing competition and a declining valuation.
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Here’s How Much Weed Apple Could Buy With Its $245 Billion Cash Pile, And Other Useless Calculations
Tech giant Apple last year took advantage of Republican tax cuts to announce it was bringing home a hoard of $352 billion it had stashed overseas at a meager 15.5 per cent tax rate $140 billion of which it later said would go to stock buybacks). As of Tuesday, when the company announced its first-quarter…
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Gizmodo’s Biggest Purchase Regrets Of 2017
99.9 per cent of the time, I’m sure every Gizmodo writer is just like you: thoughtfully researching what products to buy, carefully anticipating how each purchase might turn out, and smartly considering our budgets, before handing over our hard-earned cash. But despite what you may think, we aren’t perfect, people! Sometimes we make mistakes. Other…