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April 20, 2021 at 8:22 am

Dogecoin has its day; cryptocurrency is latest ‘meme’ craze

NEW YORK (AP) — Dogecoin had its day. After fans of the cryptocurrency touted April 20, long an unofficial holiday for marijuana devotees, as “Doge...

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April 15, 2021 at 9:17 am

A year after stocks soared, CEOs must show it was warranted

NEW YORK (AP) — It's time to show the receipts, CEOs. For more than a year, investors have been pushing up stock prices, even though...

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April 2, 2021 at 2:20 pm

Even with pretax profits, many big companies pay zero US tax

NEW YORK (AP) — Just as President Joe Biden is pushing to raise taxes on companies to help pay for his infrastructure plan, a report...

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April 2, 2021 at 12:28 am

Global stocks rise; Treasury yields rally after jobs report

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose in many of the markets worldwide that were open on Good Friday, while Treasury yields rallied after a report...

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April 1, 2021 at 7:08 am

Safety last: Risky investments soared at start of 2021

NEW YORK — Who needs safety when the world's about to get back to normal? Risky stocks seen as nearly untouchable a year ago burst...

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This photo provided by Robinhood shows the new animation on the Robinhood mobile app. Starting this week, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, Robinhood will begin retiring the confetti, which was meant to celebrate customers hitting milestones like making their first deposit or enabling new features, such as upgrading to its paid Gold-level membership. The last pops will go off next week, to be replaced with a suite of animations that are decidedly measured in pace, with nary a flake within them.(Robinhood via AP) NYBZ301 NYBZ301

March 31, 2021 at 6:03 am

Robinhood cans the confetti, unveils new celebratory designs

Robinhood will begin retiring the confetti animation, which was meant to celebrate customers hitting milestone but came to serve as a punchline for critics. The...