Elon Musk says he once considered selling Tesla to Apple, Tim Cook didn't want to take a meeting
It was a rare admission from the mercurial CEO that he once considered giving up control of the company he helped build.
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Cryptocurrency XRP plunges 25% after SEC files lawsuit against Ripple
The SEC is suing Ripple and two of its executives over the alleged sale of unregistered securities.
Coronavirus sped up digital transformation by 6 years for companies, Twilio CEO says
"The trends that have already been going on in our society around [digitization] ... those trends all got accelerated by Covid," Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson said.
Bill Gurley says direct listing rule change will end traditional IPOs
"Let's not let these intermediaries and gatekeepers hand allocate who gets this underpriced stock," tech investor Bill Gurley told CNBC.
Lidar stocks soar after report that Apple is working on a car for 2024
Velodyne and Luminar shares both rose more than 20% on Monday.
Apple's long flirtation with the car business divides analysts, who see pros and cons
Some analysts pointed to the huge market and time spent in cars as reasons why Apple would want to get into a low-margin, capital-heavy business
Trump got all of Obama's followers on official Twitter accounts, but Biden won't get Trump's
Users following the institutional accounts will have the chance to opt to continue following them once they change hands, according a Twitter spokesperson.
DoorDash and Airbnb pops were absurd, IPO process has gotten worse in last five years, says Gurley
The public offerings reignited a debate around traditional IPOs, with critics looking at the money left on the table.
SEC charges cryptocurrency firm Ripple and two execs with conducting $1.3 billion unregistered securities offering
Ripple is best known for cryptocurrency XRP. The SEC is charging Ripple, co-founder Christian Larsen and CEO Bradley Garlinghouse.
Researcher says Tesla stock is too expensive and in bubble territory following Apple car report
Tesla stock is too expensive and in bubble territory, according to Vitali Kalesnik, head of research in Europe at Research Affiliates.
Op-ed: At some point, sky-high valuations will matter just like they did for the dot-com busts
Up-and-coming tech companies have boosted this year’s market rally. But don’t forget that today’s darlings can become tomorrow’s dogs.
Facebook reportedly offered to help start a new rival social network to prevent the government's antitrust lawsuits
Facebook's lawyers told investigators it could help a new social network get off the ground by licensing its code to another firm, The Washington Post reported.
Cryptocurrency firm Ripple expects to be sued by the SEC; XRP plunges
XRP declined sharply following news of the expected SEC suit, with the cryptocurrency falling over 17% to around 46 cents.
IAC shares jump after Vimeo spinoff announcement
Vimeo will become an independent publicly traded company after the deal closes, expected in the second quarter of 2021.
Google and Facebook reportedly agreed to help each other against potential antitrust action
Google and Facebook pledged to help each other if they ever faced an antitrust investigation into their deal to work together in online advertising, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
Attorney General Barr breaks with Trump, says SolarWinds hack ‘certainly appears to be the Russians’
By singling out Russia, Barr sided with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the rest of the national security establishment but contradicted Trump.
SoftBank launches blank-check company to join SPAC craze
Why that ad for butt-flap pajamas is following you all over the internet
On Sunday, an ad of a woman wearing butt-flap pajamas starting showed up for many on a popular Elle magazine article.
Robinhood CEO says SEC charges 'don't reflect Robinhood today'
Robinhood is building out the "best compliance and legal and regulatory teams," CEO Vlad Tenev said after the company reached a settlement with the SEC.
Tesla shares fall 6% as it enters the S&P 500 with 1.69% weighting, fifth largest
The electric car maker is set to join the S&P 500 at Monday's open with a 1.69 weighting, the fifth largest.
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