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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Nike, Las Vegas Sands, Boston Beer and more

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading Tuesday.

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Coinbase Global plans to cut 1,100 jobs, or 18% of staff

Coinbase Global says it plans to cut about 1,100 jobs, or approximately 18% of its global workforce, as part of a restructuring in order to help manage its operating expenses in response to current market conditions.

Coinbase plunges more than 20% as bitcoin dives

Coinbase makes a commission when people buy and sell cryptocurrencies. Monday's move appears to be tied to the tumbling crypto market.

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Meet the artist who is bringing new life to New York City's Times Square subway station

Commuters at the Times Square subway station will be greeted by vibrant mosaics created by artist Nick Cave.

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Robinhood to let users hold their own crypto and NFTs as it reaches for growth beyond stock trading

Robinhood will launch a stand-alone app that lets users custody their own cryptocurrencies and NFTs, putting it squarely in competition with Coinbase.

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Robinhood shares jump 22% after crypto CEO Sam Bankman-Fried acquires stake

Robinhood shares jumped 22% after the CEO of a major crypto exchange took a stake in the retail investing app Thursday.

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The stocks of several electric vehicle companies are surging

Beaten-up shares of several EV start-ups traded sharply higher on Thursday.

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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Coinbase, Roblox, Electronic Arts and more

See which stocks are posting big moves after the bell.

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Tech's latest IPOs are getting demolished, with Robinhood, Rivian, UiPath down over 70% from offer price

An ETF that tracks the most recent IPOs has lost almost 60% of its value since reaching a high in September.

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AMC shares rise after results outpace Wall Street expectations

AMC Entertainment posted a narrower-than-expected loss during the first quarter.

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Trial set to begin for man who drove car into Time Square tourists, killing Michigan woman

The man behind the wheel of the car that barreled through crowds of pedestrians in New York City’s Times Square, killing a Michigan woman and injuring 22 other people, is finally headed to trial. According to the Associated Press, prosecutors said Rojas said he wanted to “kill them all.” Rojas’ trial in Manhattan is expected to take several months. Alyssa Elsman, 18, of Portage, who was on a family trip when she was hit by the vehicle, was the only fatality. His trial has been delayed several times over the last five years due to the COVID-19 pandemic and court shutdowns that came with it. Rojas enlisted in the Navy in 2011 and served for part of 2012 aboard the USS Carney.

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Trial starts for driver who ran down Times Square tourists

The man behind the wheel of the car that barreled through crowds of pedestrians in New York City’s Times Square, killing a woman and injuring 22 other people, is finally on trial five years later.

Oh, rats! As New Yorkers emerge from pandemic, so do rodents

The deepest fears of some New Yorkers are crawling to the surface as the metropolis continues its recovery from the pandemic.

Conflict in Ukraine triggers fear of nuclear warfare

Some fear that a nuclear war could be on the horizon due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Robinhood, Amazon, Apple, Roku and more

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in premarket trading.

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Robinhood's revenue fell more than expected at year's start

Growth slammed into reverse at the start of this year for Robinhood Markets, whose trading app has turned millions of people into investors for the first time.

Robinhood shares fall as retail brokerage reports shrinking revenue, fewer active users

Robinhood was up against some tough comparisons in the first quarter, when interest in so-called meme stocks in 2021 fueled its rapid growth.

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McDonald's is about to report earnings. Here's what to expect

McDonald's and its franchisees have been raising prices in the U.S. as oil and other commodity costs soar.

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Robinhood cutting about 9% of full-time employees

The retail brokerage firm is cutting staffing levels after big growth in 2021.

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Trading starts of new Warner Bros. Discovery media giant

Shares of the new Warner Bros.

Manhole explosion in New York's Times Square sends crowd in terrified sprint

A manhole cover explosion in New York's Times Square Sunday night sent people in a panicked sprint away from the scene.

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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Robinhood, Chewy, RH, Lululemon and more

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.

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Olive Garden parent's earnings miss estimates, company lowers fiscal 2022 outlook

Darden Restaurants, which owns Olive Garden, reported quarterly earnings and revenue that missed analysts' expectations.

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Yoko Ono is known as a peace activist and as the woman who broke up the Beatles. There’s a lot more to her.

Ono’s latest effort at peace activism — billboards calling for peace in New York, London and other cities around the world — has more behind it than you might think.

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PayPal enables customers to send money to Ukrainians

PayPal says that its users will now be able to send money to Ukrainians, both in the war-ravaged country as well as those now refugees across Europe.

In America, a few days in March 2020 echo two years later

The conversations went like this: It will be just a few days.

'I think all Asians should die': Man filmed hurling racist remarks on Times Square subway

An unidentified man in a Times Square subway was recorded hurling anti-Asian remarks at an Asian American woman. Kat Yen, a New York City-based theater director and an M.F.A. candidate at Yale School of Drama, was on the Times Square subway when a man wearing a gray sweater and a black backpack started hurling anti-Asian remarks at her.

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Trading in NFTs spiked 21,000% to more than $17 billion in 2021, report says

Trading in nonfungible tokens hit $17.6 billion last year, an increase of 21,000% from 2020, according to a report from Nonfungible.com.

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WATCH: Gayle King surprises Jennifer Lopez with 1999 "TRL" clip

Jennifer Lopez and Maluma sat down with Gayle King to discuss their new movie, "Marry Me," which will be released on Friday.

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AMC to raise $500 million in bond sale as it seeks to refinance debt

Movie theater chain AMC Entertainment plans to sell $500 million in bonds in a bid to pay down maturing debt and related fees.

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Growth slows again for Robinhood; stock falls after earnings

Growth keeps slowing for Robinhood Markets, the upstart company that upended the brokerage industry, and its stock keeps falling.

Shares of Rivian and other EV start-ups tank amid stock sell-off

Shares of Rivian and other EV start-ups tumbled Monday to 52-week or record lows, as many investors seek safer investments amid a broader market sell-off.

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Lady Gaga's dad blasts 'mixed messages' on COVID

Joe Germanotta, owner of 'Joanne Trattoria,' discusses the impact of COVID-19 rhetoric on small business on 'Fox News Live.'

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Man accused of fatal subway shove arraigned on murder charge

The man accused of pushing a woman to her death in a New York City subway station has been arraigned on a murder charge and ordered held without bail.

Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker shares what happened inside Texas synagogue during hostage crisis

Texas Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker joined "CBS Mornings" on Monday to share his story of survival during this weekend's hostage crisis at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas.

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Nearby witness says fatal NYC subway push was "surreal"

Maria Coste-Weber says she's grateful to be alive since the victim was right next to her. ""That could have been me," she told CBS New York.

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Woman killed in subway shove at Times Square

Police say a woman was pushed to her death in front of a subway train by a homeless man at New York's Times Square station.

Homeless man shoves a woman in front of a train in Times Square, then confesses: NYPD sources

A homeless man shoved a woman to her death in front of a subway train in Times Square Saturday — then went to a lower Manhattan police station and allegedly confessed to what he had done, police and law enforcement sources said. The victim, an Asian woman, was waiting for an R train at the Times Square-42nd St. station about 9:30 a.m. when the 61-year-old suspect pushed her onto the tracks, ...

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Virgin Orbit lands in Times Square NYC to ring NASDAQ bell

Another kind of countdown hit New York City's Times Square Friday (Jan. 7) as a commercial spaceflight company celebrated joining the NASDAQ stock exchange.

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Virgin Orbit stock pops more than 20% as Branson's company shows off rocket in Times Square

Richard Branson's satellite-launching company Virgin Orbit brought a rocket to show off in New York City on Friday, as it celebrated going public.

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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Rivian, Allbirds, Humana, Lamb Weston and more

Check out the stocks making notable moves on Thursday, Jan. 6.

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Fourth stimulus checks not expected as federal government grapples with omicron surge

Covid-19 cases are rising to record levels. Yet this time around, help in the form of expanded unemployment or stimulus checks is no longer available.

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Clueless CNN Runs Raunchy Tweets During Times Square Celebration

"Ben Dover" and "Dixie Normus" piped up with tweets that scrolled along the bottom of CNN's screen New Year's Eve.

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Andy Cohen goes viral for roasting Bill de Blasio during New Year's Eve broadcast

"Sayonara sucka!" Cohen said after he and Anderson Cooper took a shot to ring in 2022.

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New Year's celebrations toned down as COVID cases hit record highs

2022 is the third calendar year of dealing with the coronavirus​ pandemic

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Andy Cohen Goes on Epic Drunken New Year’s Eve Rant Against Bill de Blasio: ‘Sayonara Sucka!’

CNNFour minutes into 2022, and about ten minutes before Miley Cyrus suffered a wardrobe malfunction over on NBC, Andy Cohen unleashed an incredible very drunken 45-second rant against outgoing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.The Bravo exec and his buddy Anderson Cooper were in the midst of co-hosting CNN’s New Year’s Eve special live from Manhattan’s Times Square when, after taking a shot of tequila, Cohen went in on the deeply disliked ex-mayor.good god this man is full of rage pic.twitter.c

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Limited revelers return to Times Square to usher in 2022

New York City said it limited the number of people in Times Square to about 15,000 this year, after forgoing a public event a year ago.

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Mild temperatures welcomed by NYE revelers in NYC

Due to COVID-19, a reduced number of people were welcome to watch the ball drop from Times Square this year.

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LIVE STREAM: Ball drop for New Year’s Eve in Times Square for 2022

Watch the 2022 New Year's Eve celebration in New York's Times Square, with the Ball Drop at midnight!

LIVE STREAM: NYC New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square for 2022

Watch the 2022 New Year's Eve celebration in New York's Times Square, with the Ball Drop at midnight!

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Watch the 2022 New Year's Eve celebration in New York's Times Square, with the Ball Drop at midnight!

New York City ushers in 2022 with ball drop in Times Square

The annual New Year's Eve ball drop in New York City's Times Square has arrived just as the year prior began, with the pandemic clouding an already uncertain future.

New York City is pressing ahead with Times Square New Year’s bash despite omicron surge

Even as coronavirus cases in New York hit record highs, Mayor Bill de Blasio has refused to cancel the annual celebration.

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Times Square Show Will Go On Despite Virus Surge

City officials previously announced plans for a scaled-back New Year's bash with smaller crowds and vaccinations required.

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Times Square show will go on despite virus surge, mayor says

Mayor Bill de Blasio says New York City will ring in 2022 in Times Square as planned despite record numbers of COVID-19 infections in the city and around the nation.

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Coinbase, Boeing, Carnival and more

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.

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As omicron spreads, here’s why advisors say it's more important than ever to overhaul your financial plans

The fast-spreading omicron variant has added new complexity to the outlook for 2022. But you can still set yourself up to achieve big financial goals.

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New Year's Eve celebrations will still be on in Times Square, but with smaller crowds

Viewing areas that normally accommodate about 58,000 people will be limited to about 15,000 to allow for more distancing, and everyone in attendance must show proof of vaccination and wear a mask.

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New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square scaled back amid rising COVID cases

The famous celebration will host less audience members and require them to wear masks and be fully vaccinated.

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New Year's Eve in Times Square still on, with smaller crowd

Revelers will still ring in the new year in New York’s Times Square next week, there just won’t be as many as usual under new COVID-19 restrictions.

New York will require masks and social distancing at scaled-back Times Square New Year's celebration

Attendees at the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration will now have to wear masks, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced.

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New York City weighs new restrictions for Times Square New Year's Eve celebration

New York City's Mayor Bill de Blasio said he will announce any changes to the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square by Christmas.

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There are 'no plans' to shut down Broadway even as Covid cases lead to canceled performances, theater group says

In spite of a string of cancellations, and at least two closed productions, Broadway won't be shutting down.

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De Blasio says 'No more shutdowns' as NYC faces virus spike

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he’s committed to keeping the city open as it grapples with yet another spike in coronavirus cases.

Omicron now the dominant U.S. Covid strain at 73% of cases, CDC data shows

The omicron variant is now the dominant Covid strain in the U.S., representing 73% of sequenced cases, according to data published Monday by the CDC.

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Photos: NYC is rattled by a stunning virus spike

More than 15,000 new positive COVID-19 tests Monday

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After reprieve, NYC is rattled by a stunning virus spike

Just a couple of weeks ago, New York City seemed like a relative bright spot in the U.S. coronavirus struggle.

New York City expects omicron infections to rapidly surge but peak in a matter of weeks, mayor says

"We're going to see a really fast upsurge in cases, we're going to see a lot of New Yorkers affected by omicron," De Blasio said

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Live theater in London, NYC grapple with new virus outbreaks

Many stages on both Broadway and the West End have been forced to go dark once more as the live theater community grapples with new backstage outbreaks of the coronavirus and its variants.

UK competition watchdog orders Facebook to sell off Giphy

The United Kingdom’s antitrust watchdog has blocked Facebook’s acquisition of Giphy and ordered the social network to sell off the GIF-sharing platform.

As tourism brightens, Times Square hopes to regain luster

Even as visitors again crowd below the jumbo screens in New York’s Times Square, the souvenir shops, restaurants, hotels and entrepreneurs within the iconic U.S. landmark are still reeling from a staggering pandemic.

Times Square is back open on New Year's Eve — with vax proof

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says crowds will once again fill Times Square this New Year’s Eve.

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Robinhood hit by data breach exposing users' emails, names

Popular investing app Robinhood said Monday that it suffered a security breach last week where hackers accessed some personal information for roughly 7 million users and demanded a ransom payment.

Robinhood's growth in the summer slowed as trading calmed

The meteoric growth of Robinhood Markets is coming back to earth, much like its stock price.

Facebook says it will pay French publishers for news content

Facebook says it's struck a deal with a group of French publishers to pay for links to their news stories that are shared by people on the social network.

UK fines Facebook $69.4 million for failing to supply data

Britain’s competition watchdog fined Facebook 50.5 million pounds ($69.4 million) on Wednesday for violating rules during the UK investigation into the social media giant’s purchase of Giphy.

This website helps you imagine what extreme climate change will do to your home

The other day I found myself looking at a startling image of my Northern California home, the daylight dampened by an eerie orange glow as wildfire smoke blocked the sun.

Facebook bans German accounts under new 'social harm' policy

Facebook has removed nearly 150 accounts and pages linked to anti-lockdown demonstrators in Germany Thursday under a new policy focused on addressing groups that work together to spread harmful content.

Facebook sorry for 'primates' label on video of Black men

The New York Times reports Facebook has apologized for putting a “primates” label on a video of Black men.

Robinhood to buy shareholder-communications company Say

Robinhood, the trading app that’s brought millions of new investors to the stock market, is buying a company that helps people communicate with the businesses whose shares they buy.

Robinhood discloses stock offering, shares down premarket

Shares of Robinhood are down more than 10% before the market open on Thursday as the company disclosed in a regulatory filing that it plans a stock offering of up to nearly 98 million shares.

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Robinhood shares fly again, soaring as much as 80%

Robinhood’s stock is flying again on Wednesday, jumping so much that its trading was temporarily halted three times in the first half hour of trading.

EU investigates Facebook's proposed purchase of Kustomer

European Union regulators are opening an in-depth investigation of Facebook’s plan to buy Kustomer over concerns that the deal would stifle competition for customer relationship management software.

Germany welcomes EU tax transparency deal for big companies

Germany’s finance minister has welcomed an agreement requiring large companies in the European Union to reveal how much tax they paid in which country.

Facebook-backed digital currency project Diem shifts to US

A once-ambitious Facebook-backed digital currency project — formerly known as Libra, now called Diem — is shifting operations from Switzerland to the U.S. and announced it plans to launch a cryptocurrency tied to the U.S. dollar.

Times Square shooting suspect arrested in Florida

A man suspected of shooting three people in New York’s Times Square, including a 4-year-old girl, was arrested Wednesday in Florida.

In the shadow of COVID-19, a toll on entertainment workers

A new survey by The Actors Fund illustrates the depths of need created by the COVID-19 pandemic in the arts community.

Irish watchdog opens another Facebook probe, over data dump

Ireland’s privacy regulator says it opened an investigation into Facebook after reports data on more than 500 million of its users was found dumped online.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, mayor open new Times Square vaccine site

“Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda joined New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at the grand opening of a Times Square COVID-19 vaccination site intended to jump-start the city’s entertainment industry.

Suspect in attack on Asian American woman in NYC is arrested

Police said Brandon Elliot, 38, is the man seen on surveillance video kicking and stomping the woman near Times Square on Monday. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called the attack “absolutely disgusting and outrageous” and said it was “absolutely unacceptable” that witnesses didn’t help the woman. Two lobby workers, described by their union as doormen, were seen on video witnessing the attack but failing to help Kari. This year in New York City, there have been 33 hate crimes with an Asian victim as of Sunday, police said. Joo Han, the deputy director of the Asian American Federation, called the plainclothes patrols a “knee-jerk response” that ignored misgivings she said many people in Asian communities have about law enforcement.

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New York City launches push to vaccinate theater workers

After the virus descended on New York, the only sounds in the streets were wailing ambulance sirens. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)NEW YORK – New York City is taking steps toward the reopening of the city's theaters, creating vaccination and testing sites for stage workers in a bid to restore a key part of New York's draw. It’ll be staffed by workers from the theater industry. The city also plans for a mobile unit that will serve off-Broadway theaters and pop-up testing sites at or near theaters. “Vaccination and testing sites for theatre workers are a great step towards recovery and bringing Broadway back," said a statement from The Broadway League.

Facebook to label vaccine posts to combat COVID-19 misinfo

With vaccination against COVID-19 in full swing, social platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter say theyve stepped up their fight against misinformation that aims to undermine trust in the vaccines. And their efforts to weed out other types of COVID-19 misinformation often with fact-checks, informational labels and other restrained measures, has been woefully slow. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)LONDON – Facebook is adding informational labels to posts about vaccines as it expands efforts to counter COVID-19-related misinformation flourishing on its platforms. “For example, we’re adding a label on posts that discuss the safety of COVID-19 vaccines that notes COVID-19 vaccines go through tests for safety and effectiveness before they’re approved," Zuckerberg said. And their efforts to weed out other types of COVID-19 misinformation — often with fact-checks, informational labels and other restrained measures, has been woefully slow.

Facebook moves to dismiss federal, state antitrust suits

FILE - This March 29, 2018, file photo shows the Facebook logo on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)Facebook has asked a court to dismiss state and federal antitrust lawsuits that accuse it of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors. The antitrust suits, filed in December by the Federal Trade Commission and 48 states, are seeking remedies that could include a forced spinoff of the social network’s popular Instagram and WhatsApp services. In an emailed statement, James said Facebook is “wrong on the law and wrong on our complaint." Lawmakers and consumer advocates have accused Facebook of anticompetitive behavior, most starkly in buying up aspiring smaller rivals like Instagram and WhatsApp and by copying competitors.

Judge approves $650M Facebook privacy lawsuit settlement

FILE - This March 29, 2018, file photo shows the Facebook logo on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York's Times Square. A federal judge on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data without permission of its users. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge on Friday approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data without the permission of its users. U.S. District Judge James Donato approved the deal in a class-action lawsuit that was filed in Illlinois in 2015. Nearly 1.6 million Facebook users in Illinois who submitted claims will be affected.

Facebook signs pay deals with 3 Australian news publishers

(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)CANBERRA – Facebook announced on Friday preliminary agreements with three Australian publishers, a day after the Parliament passed a law that would make the digital giants pay for news. Facebook said letters of intent had been signed with independent news organizations Private Media, Schwartz Media and Solstice Media. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the new Australian law was critical to the deals that Australian media businesses were negotiating with the two gateways to the internet. News Corp. Australia executive chairman Michael Miller said last week that his company had pay negotiations with Facebook. I think the door is still open,” Miller told a Senate inquiry into Australian media diversity.

Unfriended no more: Facebook to lift Australia news ban

Facebook said on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, it lift its ban on Australians sharing news after a deal was struck on legislation that would make digital giants pay for journalism. Google also had threatened to remove its search functions from Australia because of the proposed law, but that threat has faded. Ad“There is no doubt that Australia has been a proxy battle for the world,” Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said. The legislation was designed to curb the outsized bargaining power of Facebook and Google in their negotiations with Australian news providers. “We’re restoring news on Facebook in Australia in the coming days.

Facebook steps up vaccine misinfo efforts. Will it work?

FILE - This March 29, 2018 file photo shows the Facebook logo on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)A inoculation efforts for the coronavirus ramp up around the world, Facebook says it’s going all in to block the spread of bogus vaccine claims. Among Facebook’s new targets: claims include that vaccines aren’t effective or that they’re toxic, dangerous or cause autism, all of which have been thoroughly debunked for both the coronavirus vaccine and any other vaccine. AdIn the fall of 2020, the company banned advertisements that discourage vaccinations — with an exception carved out for advocacy ads about government vaccine policies — but at that time it didn't ban unpaid posts by users. It’s not clear if Facebook’s newly-expanded policy will be more effective than its past attempts to clamp down on COVID and vaccine-related misinformation.

'A long two days': Major storm pummels Northeast with snow

Although the heaviest parts of the storm had moved through the metropolitan area by Monday evening, lighter snow showers were expected to continue virtually all day Tuesday, forecaster James Tomasini said. “We’re looking at a long two days here,” New York Gov. Across the Northeast, many coronavirus vaccination sites closed Monday. AdHundreds of flights and many trains and were canceled, and aboveground New York City subway service stopped at 2 p.m. In recent days, a storm system blanketed parts of the Midwest, with some areas getting the most snow in several years.

UK opens formal investigation of Facebook's Giphy takeover

The U.K.'s competition watchdog launched a formal investigation on Thursday Jan. 28, 2021 into Facebook's purchase of Giphy over concerns it will stifle competition for animated images. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)LONDON – The U.K.'s competition watchdog launched a formal investigation on Thursday into Facebook's purchase of Giphy over concerns it will stifle competition for animated images. The watchdog started examining the deal last year, shortly after Facebook announced its plan to acquire Giphy in a deal reportedly worth $400 million. “We will continue to fully cooperate with the CMA’s investigation," Facebook said in a statement. Half of Giphy’s traffic comes from Facebook’s apps, which also include Messenger and WhatsApp, Facebook said when it announced the deal.

AP sources: Michael Strahan tests positive for COVID-19

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 file photo, Former New York Giant Michael Strahan poses for a picture at the opening of "NFL Experience" in Times Square, New York. Pro Football Hall of Famer and Good Morning America host Michael Strahan has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-quarantining, according to people familiar with the situation. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)Pro Football Hall of Famer and “Good Morning America” host Michael Strahan has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-quarantining, according to people familiar with the situation. Strahan, who also provides analysis on the “Fox NFL Sunday” pregame show, appeared remotely during last Sunday’s NFC championship game. The 49-year-old Strahan has been absent from the ABC morning show all week and it remains uncertain when he will be on again.

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