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Amazon  (AMZN) – Get Amazon.com, Inc. Report founder Jeff Bezos’s space company Blue Origin on Saturday completed its third human spaceflight this year, returning to earth with guests including “Good Morning America” co-anchor Michael Strahan and Laura Shepard Churchley, daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard. “Touchdown has a new meaning now!” Strahan tweeted about his spaceflight Saturday.…

Better.com CEO Vishal Garg FRED R. CONRAD /The New York Times A week after firing 900 employees during a Zoom call, Vishal Garg, the CEO of Better.com, is taking leave “effectively immediately,” according to an internal memo sent to employees Friday. In the note sent to employees seen by Forbes, Paula Tuffin, the fintech company’s…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline A booster shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine provides sufficient protection against the omicron variant of the coronavirus, Pfizer and BioNTech announced Wednesday based on early results from an initial lab study of the variant, which also showed just receiving two shots of the vaccine may protect against…

DOHA, Qatar, Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — New research published today by Economist Impact, and commissioned by Qatar Foundation, has revealed that most education leaders are making personalized learning a priority for their schools – and that COVID-19 has accelerated adoption. However, to ensure personalized learning can reach its full potential, there needs to be further…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline Tesla CEO Elon Musk criticized the Biden administration’s proposal to boost subsidies on electric vehicles (EV) in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Monday, where he also reiterated his opposition to efforts by Democrats to tax billionaires. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he hoped Biden’s Build…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Linkedin Working late on a laptop in an office getty Ongoing technological advancement is perhaps the single biggest force shaping the modern business landscape. Breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, cryptography, robotics, virtual reality, and countless other fields seem to happen every day, creating new business opportunities and altering consumer behavior…

TEMPE, Ariz., Dec. 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wrap Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: WRAP) (the “Company”), a global leader in innovative public safety technologies and services, today announced that its President and CEO, Tom Smith, will be presenting at the Benzinga Global Small Cap Conference. The Benzinga Global Small Cap Conference will take place virtually on…

Now that the post-Thanksgiving food coma has worn off, Elon Musk has resumed selling Tesla shares with unprecedented vigor. He exercised options to buy 2.1 million shares on Thursday, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings, and immediately unloaded 924,091 shares, worth about $1 billion, to cover the tax bill from the transaction.  All told,…

NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Gaotu Techedu Inc. f/k/a GSX Techedu Inc. (NYSE: GOTU, GSX) between March 22, 2021 and March 29, 2021, inclusive (the “Class Period”), of the important December 20, 2021 lead plaintiff deadline. SO WHAT: If…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline Former President Donald Trump’s new media company said Saturday that it has lined up $1 billion in funding from a “diverse group” of institutional investors contingent on the consummation of its planned merger with the blank check company Digital World Acquisition Corp. Former President Donald Trump (Photo by Tom…