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PayPal Investors Ask for Refund on Pinterest Talks
By Martin Peers · Oct. 20, 2021 5:01 PM PDT
Pinterest's San Francisco headquarters. Photo by Bloomberg.
We got a very clear sense of what investors think of the prospect that PayPal might buy Pinterest from how the two stocks reacted to news of deal talks between the companies, first reported by Bloomberg. PayPal stock dropped nearly 5%, slicing about $15 billion off the digital payment company’s market capitalization. Pinterest shares, conversely, rocketed 13%—adding $4.6 billion to the company’...
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U.S. Authorities Restrict Sales of Hacking Tools to Russia, China
By Kevin McLaughlin · Oct. 20, 2021
Bitcoin Hits All-Time High, Nears $67,000
By Hannah Miller · Oct. 20, 2021
PayPal Exploring Pinterest Acquisition
By Martin Peers · Oct. 20, 2021
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Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian in 2019; photo by Bloomberg
Exclusive Enterprise Google
Why a Key Google Cloud Product Ended Up Generating Less Than 0.1% of Revenue
By Kevin McLaughlin and Amir Efrati
Three months after becoming CEO of Google Cloud, Thomas Kurian tried to shake up the cloud market and gain an edge on his bigger rivals, Amazon and Microsoft.
Illustration by Danielle Davis
Exclusive Startups E-commerce
Heavy Losses, Big Funding: Instant-Delivery Startups Battle for Customers
By Berber Jin
The instant-delivery wars have hit New York City—and they will soon spread across the country.
Art by Mike Sullivan
Exclusive Startups Facebook
Facebook’s Ad-Tracking Loss Is Startups’ Gain
By Malique Morris
Apple’s clampdown on ad tracking has prompted some small online merchants to cut back their ad spending on social media sites like Facebook, which they see as a less effective outlet than in the past.
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How TikTok Is Changing YouTube
By Sarah Krouse and Sahil Patel
YouTube isn’t just trying to mimic TikTok, the viral short-form video app that has taken the world by storm.
Clockwise from upper left: Brian Brooks, Catherine Coley, Venkata “Murthy” Renduchintala, Brian Boland, Kirthiga Reddy and Janice Min
Free Agents
On the Market: Executives From Facebook, SoftBank, Intel and Binance.US
By The Information Staff
The wave of job changes dubbed the Great Resignation includes top tech and media leaders. Executives who have left roles at Intel, SoftBank, Facebook and crypto exchange Binance.US in the last year are among those on the move.
Kyle Samani, Multicoin Capital co-founder and managing partner. Screenshot via YouTube. Art by Mike Sullivan.
Exclusive Crypto Venture Capital
Multicoin Capital Targets $250 Million for Third Crypto VC Fund
By Kate Clark
Multicoin Capital, which operates a hedge fund focused on crypto tokens, is planning to raise $250 million for its third venture fund to back crypto startups, according to fundraising materials viewed by The Information.