Wefox CEO Julian Teicke. Wefox HELSINKI, Finland — The boss of European digital insurance startup Wefox offered a damning response to tech companies that have laid off workers en masse. The likes of Meta, Amazon and Twitter have laid off tens of thousands of employees in response to pressure from investors, who want to see them cut
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Binance’s Co-founder & CEO Changpeng Zhao has given several interviews discussing the outlook for cryptocurrency following a turbulent couple of weeks in the market. NurPhoto / Contributor / Getty Images Cryptocurrency exchange Binance on Thursday announced new details about its industry recovery fund, which aims to prop up struggling players in the wake of FTX’s
Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO of Klarna, speaking at a fintech event in London on Monday, April 4, 2022. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg via Getty Images HELSINKI, Finland — Klarna will become profitable again by next year after making deep cuts to its workforce, CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski told CNBC. Klarna lost more than $580 million in the
Federal Reserve officials earlier this month agreed that smaller interest rate increases should happen soon as they evaluate the impact policy is having on the economy, meeting minutes released Wednesday indicated. Reflecting statements that multiple officials have made over the past several weeks, the meeting summary pointed to smaller rate hikes coming. Markets widely expect
In this article CSG.N-CH DE MANU JWN C Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Bloomberg Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Wednesday: Citigroup — The stock dropped 2.3% after Citigroup was told it must address weaknesses in its management of financial data by U.S. banking regulators. Those regulatory groups said the issues
The logo of Swiss bank Credit Suisse is seen at its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland March 24, 2021. Arnd Wiegmann | Reuters Credit Suisse shareholders on Wednesday approved a 4 billion Swiss franc ($4.2 billion) capital raise aimed at financing the embattled lender’s massive strategic overhaul. Credit Suisse’s capital raising plans are split into two
In this article FTT.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A major exchange executive says he detected red flags months before the historic FTX collapse. CME Group chairman and CEO Terry Duffy said he suspected corruption at the cryptocurrency exchange the day of his first one-on-one meeting with founder Sam Bankman-Fried. “I told my team
In this article ANF DKS BBY TOL URBN AMD A Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A pedestrian stands outside of the Abercrombie & Fitch store on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Craig Warga | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Abercrombie & Fitch – Shares of
Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said Monday inflation will need to show more signs of progress before she’s ready to stop advocating for interest rate increases. While acknowledging that recent data has been encouraging, the central bank official told CNBC that the progress is only a start. “We’re going to have more work to
In this article DELL A ZM URBN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Detail of a home office setup on a kitchen worktop, including a laptop computer with Zoom video conferencing software, taken on September 9, 2020. Phil Barker | Future Publishing | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Zoom
This illustration photo shows a smart phone screen displaying the logo of FTX, the crypto exchange platform, with a screen showing the FTX website in the background in Arlington, Virginia on February 10, 2022. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images Embattled cryptocurrency exchange FTX owes its creditors north of $3 billion, according to a
This restaurant, along with many others in Beijing’s business district of Chaoyang, had to suspend dine-in services over the weekend as Covid infections soared. Jade Gao | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — Three people died over the weekend after contracting Covid, the first deaths from the virus that mainland China has recorded since May,