Category: Capital

July 22, 2021

Shares of private-equity fund Blackstone Group Inc. (BX) – Get Report shares were rising Thursday after the company reported second-quarter earnings that topped estimates and the firm saw record appreciation in the value of its investments. The New York-based company […]

June 22, 2021

If you are waiting to hear about more price increases from your favorite companies, don’t hold your breath. Instead, their CEOs are spewing jargon like: “We are engaging in holistic margin management” and “net price realization.” I kid you not. […]

June 7, 2021

US consumers reported $52.6 million in losses from crypto scams to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the first quarter of this year. The figures represent a roughly 80% increase from the fourth quarter of 2020 when consumers reported $29.3 […]

May 19, 2021

On-demand payment fintech, DailyPay raised $175 million from investors this week while the banking payments fintech Amount landed nearly $100 million, they said in press releases. The investments underscore how the industry has become a magnet for money. New York-based […]

April 22, 2021

Thistle Technologies, a new security company addressing the connected device market, today announced $2.5 million in seed funding from True Ventures. Thistle was founded by Window Snyder, who formerly served as chief security officer at Square, Mozilla, and Fastly, in […]

March 19, 2021

It took the SPAC market just three months to outdo its record-breaking 2020, but sustaining that level of jaw-dropping growth will be no easy task. The funds raised via U.S. special purpose acquisition companies have totaled $87.9 billion so far […]

March 15, 2021

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman said Monday he donated his entire stake in Coupang — worth more than $1 billion — to charity following the South Korean e-commerce company’s IPO last week. Ackman, who runs the Pershing Square Capital Management hedge […]

March 4, 2021

Billionaire investor Ron Baron sold 1.8 million shares of Tesla for clients since August despite believing the stock will increase to $2,000 over the next 10 years. Baron, a longstanding Tesla shareholder, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Thursday that his […]

March 3, 2021

Tuesday’s dramatic and abnormal spike in the stock of Rocket Companies created a major windfall for founder Dan Gilbert, at least on paper. Shares of Rocket, where Gilbert is the majority shareholder, jumped more than 70% on Tuesday, adding $17.30 […]

February 25, 2021

More and more wealthy art collectors are cashing in on low interest rates to borrow against their Picassos and Basquiats, adding to risks of a leveraged boom and bust in the art market. The Fine Art Group, an art advisory […]