Month: February 2019

In a blog headlined “No thank you, Mr. Pecker,” Jeff Bezos claims David Pecker’s National Enquirer threatened to post sexual pictures that the Amazon CEO had texted to his mistress, Lauren Sanchez, including a “below the belt selfie.” In the blog post published Thursday, Bezos CEO accused AMI, the tabloid’s publisher, of blackmail and extortion.
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Skechers stock rocketed 16 percent higher in premarket trading after the shoemaker gave strong profit guidance for the quarter ahead while reporting better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings Thursday evening. “2018 was a year of record sales—our first fourth quarter of over a billion dollars and, combined with three previous record quarters, a new annual sales record of
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Apple this week pulled a Facebook app from the App Store. It’s called Facebook Research, and its purpose was to let Facebook watch everything that its users did on the phone. Apple says the snooping app is too invasive, even if users consented to letting Facebook watch their every move. That raises some questions. How
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OakNorth said Friday it secured a $440 million investment from Japan’s SoftBank and Singapore’s Clermont Group. The British digital bank, which lends to small-to-medium enterprises through its digital platform, said it had raised $390 million from SoftBank’s $100 billion Vision Fund, with the remaining capital coming from Clermont. The deal gives the three-year-old firm an
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Tapestry blamed falling tourist spending and a slowing global economy for a cut in its forecast for full-year adjusted profit on Thursday, as it reported disappointing holiday numbers and a fall in sales at Kate Spade handbags. Shares of the New York-based fashion house fell 12 percent to $34.53 in early trading after it said
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An estate on Indian Creek Island sold for $50 million, making it the most expensive single-family home ever sold in the Miami area, according to people familiar with the deal. The property, at 3 Indian Creek Island Road, was not officially listed, but had sold in 2012 for $47 million. At the time, that marked
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