#Uber stock slides after UK court rules drivers are ‘workers’

#Uber stock slides after UK court rules drivers are ‘workers’

“#Uber stock slides after UK court rules drivers are ‘workers’” Uber’s stock price tumbled Friday after Britain’s top court said its drivers should be treated as “workers” rather than independent contractors. Shares in the ride-hailing giant slid 1.6 percent in premarket trading to $58.07 as of 9:17 a.m. following the UK Supreme Court’s ruling, which…

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# Congress is blaming Robinhood, not Reddit

# Congress is blaming Robinhood, not Reddit

“# Congress is blaming Robinhood, not Reddit ” Vlad Tenev, Robinhood’s CEO, very much occupied the hot seat in today’s hearing before the House Financial Services Committee over January’s market volatility.  None of the representatives seemed particularly interested in putting the screws to Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, and many seemed to give Keith Gill the…

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#COVID vaccine honchos sold 6M in stocks last year: report

#COVID vaccine honchos sold $496M in stocks last year: report

“#COVID vaccine honchos sold $496M in stocks last year: report” Pharma honchos cashed out nearly half a billion dollars in stock as their companies raced to develop life-saving coronavirus vaccines, a new report says. Executives and directors at 13 firms working on vaccines — including Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax — collectively sold more than 8.5…

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