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Amazon Stock Erases $184 Billion In Value After Inflation Triggers Unexpected Loss And ‘Ugly’ Selloff

Topline Shares of Amazon collapsed Friday after the ecommerce monolith reported worse-than-expected earnings spurred by high inflation and lingering supply chain constraints, pushing the stock down more than 30% below its record high and extending a slate of massive losses among formerly high-flying technology firms. Key Facts Amazon stock tumbled as much as 12.5% Friday…

Elon Musk Sells More Tesla Stock—Bringing Total Sales To More Than $8 Billion This Week

Updated Apr 29, 2022, 12:07pm EDT Topline As he looks to finance his massive acquisition of social media company Twitter, Elon Musk sold another 5.2 million shares of Tesla for roughly $4.5 billion, bringing his total share sales this week to nearly 10 million, according to new filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission released…

Nasdaq Posts Worst Month Since 2008 And Dow Plunges 900 Points: Market Sell-Off Continues

Topline Stocks plunged on Friday and hit new lows for 2022, wrapping up a brutal sell-off this month as investors continued to dump tech shares amid ongoing uncertainty around an economic slowdown caused by surging inflation and the prospect of aggressive interest rate hikes. Key Facts The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.8%, over 900…

Airport Chaos: U.S. Tourists Bring Unexploded ‘Souvenir’ Bomb To Israel’s Ben Gurion

A merican tourists caused a bomb scare at Israel's largest international airport yesterday when they tried to bring an unexploded artillery shell through a security checkpoint. A member of the family had reportedly picked up the explosive as a souvenir on a visit to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights , airport officials told The Times of…

Tennis Legend Boris Becker Given 2 1/2 Year Jail Term For Hiding Assets

Updated Apr 29, 2022, 04:18pm EDT Topline Former German tennis star Boris Becker—whose off-court troubles have overshadowed his athletic success—was sentenced Friday to two and a half years in prison after a U.K. court found he withheld hundreds of thousands of dollars in assets after declaring bankruptcy in 2017, according to multiple reports . Key…