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Mike Cole insists that, until a few months ago, he gladly would have accepted $500 in exchange for his unused ticket to Michael Jordan’s 1984 NBA debut. Thankfully for him, nobody ever made him that low-ball offer. A ticket that Cole stashed for years in his basement alongside some other old keepsakes turned out to have more than just sentimental value. It was one of two tickets that nearly doubled the previous record for the most expensive vintage sports ticket when their auctions closed… Source link

Moscow, Amsterdam, January 20, 2022 – Yandex (NASDAQ and MOEX: YNDX), one of Europe’s largest internet companies and the leading search and ride-hailing provider in Russia, today announced that the Russian credit rating agency ACRA has assigned Yandex a first-time long-term issuer credit rating of ‘АA+(RU)’ with a Stable Outlook. According to ACRA’s published report, the key rating drivers included, among others, Yandex’s leading position in number of the key markets… Source link

KT‘s AI/DX Convergence Business Division head Song Jae-ho (third from right) and Yandex Self-Driving Group CEO Dmitry Polishchuk (fourth from right) pose for a photo with officials at a signing ceremony held in Moscow, Russia. (KT) South Korean telecom carrier KT looks to launch autonomous delivery vehicles in Korea before the end of 2022 by partnering with Russian autonomous rover maker Yandex Self-Driving Group, KT said Tuesday. The two companies have signed a memorandum of… Source link

KFC (YUM) is going above and Beyond…Meat, that is, as plant-based items continue to encroach on fast food’s turf. Late Tuesday, KFC announced the nationwide debut of Beyond Fried Chicken, after a two-year testing period. The anticipated menu item will be available to purchase at participating KFC locations in the U.S. beginning January 10. Customers can order the item as KFC’s first ever plant-based combo meal or à la carte in six or 12-piece orders. Created in partnership with Beyond… Source link

WeWork shares made their public debut on Thursday, marking a milestone for the shared workspace company after a failed initial public offering two years ago.  WeWork’s stock closed at $11.78 per share in its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “WE.” The listing came following a merger with the special purpose acquisition company BowX Acquisition Corporation. Shares of BowX had closed at $10.38 apiece on Wednesday.  The deal provided WeWork with gross cash… Source link

Bitcoin sits above $64,000 on Tuesday, zeroing in on a record high as excitement over its first exchange-traded fund (ETF) — and another soon to come — reached a fever pitch. As the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization rallied by over 4% on the day, The Proshares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO) launched on the the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) — the first ever BTC (BTC) related fund available to U.S. investors. While some market participants have questioned the utility of the… Source link

* Shares fall as much as 20% below IPO price * Worries about China crackdown on gaming sector * Worst debut for S.Korean listing since 2004 (Updates with milestone, closing price, market capitalisation, KOSPI ranking, adds analyst comment) By Joyce Lee and Scott Murdoch SEOUL/HONG KONG, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Shares in Krafton Inc , the Tencent Holdings-backed South Korean company behind blockbuster video game “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” (PUBG), fell as much as 20% on their trading debut on… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Robinhood Markets Inc. wanted to make history with its initial public offering, and now it has — for the wrong reason. Shares in the broker behind the meme-stock revolution fell 8.4% below the IPO price in the company’s first trading session. That’s the worst debut on record among 51 U.S. firms that raised as much cash as Robinhood or more, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. It dethroned the 2007 IPO by another brokerage, MF Global Holdings Ltd., as the worst debut… Source link

Nigel Kinrade/NKP/Motorsport Images/Shutterstock / Nigel Kinrade/NKP/Motorsport Images/Shutterstock Baby Doge, a “new crypto birthed by fans of the Doge Coin online community,” is making its NASCAR debut Saturday, as the coin’s branding will be featured on driver Brandon Brown’s No. 68 Chevrolet Camaro. See: Visa Crypto-Linked Cards Have Amassed $1 Billion in Spending so Far this Year, Company Launches New Card with BlockFiFind: Is the Shiba Inu Coin the Cryptocurrency You Should Be… Source link

Shares of Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Global (DIDI) ended their first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange at $14.20 apiece, kicking off what is set to be a busy summer of initial public offerings on the U.S. exchanges. The price represented an increase of 1.4% from Didi Global’s IPO price of $14 per American depository share on Tuesday. Earlier, shares opened at $16.65 apiece and climbed to as high as $18.00 during the session.  The company said it sold 316.8 million shares to… Source link