investors

An investor is any person or other entity (such as a firm or mutual fund) who commits capital with the expectation of receiving financial returns. Investors utilize investments in order to grow their money and/or provide an income during retirement, such as with an annuity.

Source: investopedia.com

eBay Cedes Board Seats To Activist Shareholders
eBay Cedes Board Seats To Activist Shareholders
February 27, 2019  |  Investments

eBay is nearing a settlement with shareholders Elliott Management and Starboard Value LP that would give each of the activist investors a board seat, with...

READ MORE >
eBay, Investors Discuss Future Of StubHub, Classifieds Biz
eBay, Investors Discuss Future Of StubHub, Classifieds Biz
February 27, 2019  |  Legal

According to reports, eBay is in settlement talks with activist investors in the hopes of avoiding a proxy fight on the online marketplace. Citing sources...

READ MORE >
Bitcoin Daily: FBI Searches For BitConnect Victims; Commerzbank Completes Blockchain Test
Bitcoin Daily: FBI Searches For BitConnect Victims; Commerzbank Completes Blockchain Test
February 24, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Japanese internet giant Recruit Holdings launched a $25 million blockchain fund, which closed in November and only became public after the company revealed an investment in...

READ MORE >
Options A Windfall For Pre-IPO Firms’ Employees?
Options A Windfall For Pre-IPO Firms’ Employees?
February 22, 2019  |  Investments

Stock options drum up images of the dot-com era, of IPO riches reaped for getting in on the ground floor of a promising tech startup...

READ MORE >
GoCardless Raises $75M In Funding For Organic Growth
GoCardless Raises $75M In Funding For Organic Growth
February 18, 2019  |  Investments

GoCardless, the global player in recurring payments, announced Monday (February 18) it has landed $75 million in venture funding. In a press release, the U.K....

READ MORE >
Grubhub’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Grubhub’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
February 08, 2019  |  Earnings

If bad days are measured by declines in stock market prices, then yesterday (Feb. 7) was a really bad day for Grubhub. It was the...

READ MORE >
eBay’s Lukewarm Growth Concerns Activist Investor
eBay’s Lukewarm Growth Concerns Activist Investor
January 31, 2019  |  Earnings

According to a report in Bloomberg, eBay, one of the internet’s first and most well-known eCommerce companies, has investors concerned over sluggish recent growth. Elliott...

READ MORE >
PayPal’s Hit And Miss For Q4
PayPal’s Hit And Miss For Q4
January 31, 2019  |  Earnings

PayPal kept its 2018 earnings beat streak alive, notching its fourth consecutive earnings beat with its Q4 results announcement yesterday (Jan. 30). Revenue, however, was a slight miss...

READ MORE >
Apple’s Earnings Pivot: It’s The Ecosystem, Not The Phone
Apple’s Earnings Pivot: It’s The Ecosystem, Not The Phone
January 30, 2019  |  Earnings

It’s all about the ecosystem, not the iPhones. If there was one takeaway from the earnings call yesterday (Jan. 29) with Apple CEO Tim Cook, that would be...

READ MORE >