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Liftoff Mobile IPO: Stock listing date nears for Blackstone-backed advertising technology startup
Liftoff Mobile, a California-based mobile app marketing provider, announced on Thursday that it plans to launch... into the public markets. The company, backed by Blackstone, is targeting a valuation of nearly $5.2 billion for its IPO, and is…
Kobo is using AI Images to advertise a sale
Rakuten Kobo has announced a new Valentine's Day sale on its color e-readers. They are selling their Clara Colour and Libra Colour with a $20 discount, which is not substantial but typical for Kobo. What is more egregious is that they are using AI…
Dealer caught advertising drugs via text message
A dealer running a Bristol drugs line has been jailed after his marketing campaign backfired. Scott Collins, of Knowle West, was caught advertising the sale of drugs in South Bristol via text message. The 33-year-old was arrested in October 2025…
Prediction markets allow trading on Super Bowl commercials, prompting insider trading questions
Prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket are offering contracts on which companies will air Super Bowl ads. Trades on events where the outcome is already known by a group of people lead to questions of potential insider trading. NBCUniversal has…
Benedict Financial Advisors Inc. Purchases Shares of 15,362 Lamar Advertising Company $LAMR
Benedict Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in Lamar Advertising Company (NASDAQ:LAMR - Free Report) during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 15,362 shares of the real estate…
Stock Market Takes Kevin Warsh's Fed Nomination in Stride
|Stock Market Takes Kevin Warsh's Fed Nomination in Stride https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/politics/stock-market-kevin-warsh-fed.html Investors seemed broadly unfazed with the nomination of Kevin Warsh to become the next chair of the Federal…
2016 trends from Pokemon Go to poke bowls amid viral internet nostalgia
Nostalgia for 2016 has been circulating on the internet over the last few weeks. People welcomed the new year by reminiscing 10 years into the past, sharing decade-old photos of themselves online. There is even a Wikipedia page for “2026 is…
Venezuela opens oil industry to foreign investment
Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Venezuela's National Assembly has unanimously approved a partial reform of the Organic Hydrocarbons Law that eases regulations in the oil sector and seeks to attract private and foreign investment in the country's main industry.
Real estate trends and predictions for 2026 and beyond, part one
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin, Tribune Content Agency Every year, Ilyce and Sam offer buyer, seller and personal finance resolutions. This year, they're adding some trends and predictions for 2026. If…
Report: Prediction markets on prohibited list for Super Bowl LX commercials
Prediction-market commercials are among the list of prohibited categories for Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8, according to a report in Front Office Sports. Commercials for prediction markets, which include companies such as Kalshi and Polymarket, have…
Hong Kong gamblers ride to the rescue of an industry in trouble in South Africa
Hong Kong racegoers are doing more than pumping cash into the local economy, they are also helping to prop up an industry that is struggling to survive elsewhere in the world. Nowhere will that be more evident than in Cape Town this weekend, when…
Ant Group's open-source push aims to move robots from lab demos to real-world work
Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has open-sourced its first artificial intelligence models for robotics, as it steps up efforts to build machine intelligence capable of handling complex real-world tasks. The move signals a deeper push by the…
Patriots Predicted To Add Seahawks Safety In Free Agency After Super Bowl Clash
New head coach Mike Vrabel built a Super Bowl-contending roster for the New England Patriots in just one offseason. The team has very few contracts expiring after Vrabel's first season, but there are many areas that can still be improved. For…
Chinese car brands could disappear from Europe, says industry expert
European car buyers investing in Chinese cars have been warned that they may be left high and dry, with some Chinese car makers not likely to last in Europe. Skoda's member of the board responsible for sales and marketing, Martin Jahn, has…
Andrew pictured looming over woman in latest Epstein files
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is pictured in the Epstein files, crouched on all fours, looming over a woman lying flat on the floor. The former prince is seen looking at the camera as the woman, whose face is redacted, lies on her back between…
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