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Sharks arrive at the GameStop party: Morning Brief

Wednesday, February 3, 2021 A version of this article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Retail traders have had a great year. Investing pros are having their say, too. On Tuesday, we highlighted the performance of stocks favored by retail traders over the last year. These returns suggest the current rally from the March 2020 lows has been a golden age of retail traders sticking it to hedge… Source link

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From taking on Yahoo to being tamed by China’s Communist Party— it’s been a roller coaster decade for Jack Ma

In a pandemic year that saw businesses across the world take a big hit, Alibaba wasn’t immune to the impact of COVID-19, especially given the fact that the coronavirus pandemic began in China. Alibaba’s market value is a whopping $600 billion, and hopes are pinned on the dual IPO in Shanghai and Hong Kong bourses. But a massive blow comes for the e-commerce giant as Alibaba and Ant Group’s $34 billion initial public offering (IPO) was suspended by the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The Shanghai… Source link

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Many Georgia Republicans put Trump ahead of party and expect him to stay as president, hurting chances in Senate runoff

VALDOSTA, Ga. — Georgia Republicans are facing a dilemma at a historic turning point in their state’s politics, having to choose between loyalty to their party and loyalty to their party’s national leader — President Trump, who will be out of office next month. At least, that’s what the election results indicate, including in their own state. But many refuse to believe it. “At the end of all this, on January 20th, you will see Trump being sworn in again,” a Trump supporter who… Source link

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Roger Stone’s commutation is more of the same from the Republican Party

Roger Stone walks out of a federal courthouse following a hearing in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Jan. 25, 2019. (Lynne Sladky / Associated Press) To the editor: Columnist Jonah Goldberg omits President George H.W. Bush’s pardons, not merely commutations, of six defendants relating to the Iran-Contra scandal, four of whom were already convicted or had pleaded guilty. (“It’s Roger Stone’s Republican Party now,” Opinion, July 13). Lawrence Walsh, the special prosecutor, said: “It demonstrates that… Source link

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At least 43 test positive for coronavirus after Michigan house party, 66 more exposed

At least 43 people have tested positive for coronavirus after attending a large house party in Michigan, health officials said Monday. The majority of the cases are among people between the ages of 15 and 25 years who went to or came in contact with someone who went to a house party between July 2 and 3 in the area of Saline, about 10 miles south of Ann Arbor, the Washtenaw County Health Department said in a statement. Another 66 people, not including family members who live with the 44 who… Source link

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