Snow Crash author Neal Stephenson on the ‘metaverse stock price’

Snow Crash author Neal Stephenson on the ‘metaverse stock price’ | The DeanBeat

Neal Stephenson wants to see the open metaverse become reality. He coined the word "metaverse" in his novel Snow Crash that debuted in 1992.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 8

Super Micro Computer Stock Crashes, Wall Street Concerns Grow

Shares of the Nvidia customer have crashed since its accounting firm, Ernst & Young, resigned.

Business - Inc. - November 1

Car crashes into Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan's tea store in suburban Chicago, authorities say

A car crashed Wednesday into Madame ZuZu’s, a popular suburban Chicago tea shop owned by Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, officials said, leaving his mother-in-law injured.

US and European hydrogen stock prices collapse as prospects deflate

Projects face lower than expected demand, regulatory uncertainties and growing investor scepticism

Business - Financial Times - October 27

The stock market hasn’t priced in a Trump win, Morgan Stanley strategist says

The chief U.S. stock-market strategist at Morgan Stanley says the fact that financial stocks are rallying has more to do with fundamentals than with the approaching election.

Business - MarketWatch - October 28

Hershey’s stock dips as high cocoa prices eat into profit

The chocolate maker’s stock dropped after its adjusted earnings missed analyst estimates.

Business - MarketWatch - November 7

23andMe to lay off 40% of its workforce as stock price plummets

The genetic testing company 23andMe is cutting 40% of its workforce and ending its therapeutics program as its stock price continues to plummet. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans has more on what ...

Spirit Airlines mulls bankruptcy, sending its stock price into nosedive

Spirit Airlines, weighed down by mounting debt, is considering filing for bankruptcy protection.

Elon Musk predicts ‘hardship,’ economic turmoil and a stock-market crash if Trump wins

Musk’s agenda is like your new family doctor promising a major dose of brutal chemotherapy when you are perfectly healthy and cancer-free.

Business - MarketWatch - October 31

Civil rights campaigner Dr Paul Stephenson dies age 87

His family issue a statement to say he died on Saturday after a "courageous battle" with Parkinson's disease.

Paul Stephenson, 87, Dies; Advanced Britain’s Civil Rights Movement

The bus boycott and one-man pub sit-in that he led in the mid-1960s helped pave the way for a law outlawing discrimination in public places.

World - The New York Times - November 11

Oil prices drop over 6% after Israeli airstrikes spare Iran’s oil facilities

Oil futures fell sharply Monday, with U.S. and global benchmark crude posting the largest one-day percentage decline in over two years after widely anticipated Israeli airstrikes against Iran did ...

Business - MarketWatch - October 28

Trump's social media company is now worth more than Musk's X after recent surge in stock price

Donald Trump’s Truth Social is now worth more than Elon Musk’s X

Tech - ABC News - October 29

Kraft Heinz’s stock drops as sales volumes fall again, more than prices rise

Kraft Heinz misses sales expectations again, as volumes keep falling, and the stock heads for a three-month low.

Business - MarketWatch - October 30

Reddit stock price soars after social media player reports rare profit

Reddit's stock leaps nearly 40% after the social media company reported a quarterly profit amid strong user growth.

Meta's stock drop tells the wrong story on earnings — so, we're boosting our price target

Don't let the after-hours stock action fool you, Meta delivered one heck of a strong quarter and rosy revenue guidance.

Business - CNBC - October 31

Trump’s ‘DJT’ reports narrowing quarterly loss on Election Day. Stock jumps after hours following regular-session slump.

Investors in the parent of Trump’s Truth Social appeared to suddenly turn pessimistic toward the former president’s odds of winning at the polls as Election Day progressed.

Business - MarketWatch - November 6

Amazon launches fixed pricing for treatment of conditions such as hair loss. Hims & Hers stock drops 24%

Amazon announced Prime members can access new upfront pricing for treatment of five common conditions such as erectile disfunction and men's hair loss.

Business - CNBC - November 14

Stanley Black & Decker updates targets, plus Nvidia and Palo Alto earnings on deck

Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.

Business - CNBC - 3 days ago

Ford’s troubles continue. Its stock price slumps as automaker plans job cuts

Ford outlined plans to lay off 4,000 employees in the U.K. and Germany in response to a series of losses it blamed on unprecedented competitive, regulatory and economic headwinds in Europe’s car ...

Business - MarketWatch - 3 days ago

How Gamefam’s Founder Taps His ‘Inner Child’ to Bring Brands to the Metaverse

Gamefam has carved out a unique niche in the gaming space: Creating high-quality experiences, like Sonic Speed Simulator, on Roblox.

Business - Inc. - October 25

Looking forward to high-level insights at GamesBeat Next 2024 | The DeanBeat

I’m looking forward to GamesBeat Next 2024 on Monday October 28 and Tuesday October 29 in San Francisco. We’ve got a lot of speakers who can deliver high-level insights into the state of the game ...

Tech - VentureBeat - October 25

Alibaba cuts 'dozens of employees' at metaverse unit as hype in sector cools down

World - Yahoo News - November 3

How gaming can get back to balanced growth | The DeanBeat

This week, we had 42 sessions and 97 speakers at our GamesBeat Next 2024 event. Thank you all for coming and listening.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 1

Why luxury cheese is being targeted by black market criminals

How cheese has become so valuable that it's being stolen to order

Animoca Brands raises $10M for open metaverse platform Mocaverse

Animoca Brands has raised an additional $10 millino for Mocaverse, a platform for building an open metaverse.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 12

Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg is a gaming, AI, and industry growth optimist | The DeanBeat

Matthew Bromberg painted a path forward for game developers in one of his first public talks as Unity CEO at GamesBeat Next 2024.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 15

Colorado-Kansas: Takeaways, highlights from KU's third straight ranked upset

The Buffaloes can clinch a spot in the Big 12 title game and the Jayhawks can play spoiler again.

Sports - ESPN - 12 hours ago

Wall Street hits record high after Trump election win, as US dollar, bitcoin and Tesla shares surge – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as investors pile into Trump trades after US election result. Donald Trump elected US president in stunning political ...

World - The Guardian - November 6

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney’s path to the open metaverse is via enlightened self-interest

To get to the open metaverse, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney wants platforms to embrace enlightened self-interest.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 28

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