President Putin Approves New Russian Government

President on Tuesday signed a decree approving a new Russian government. “I have just signed decrees on the formation of a new government. I congratulate you on this. You have gone through the procedure for approval of the Duma in accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation&rdqu...

Melinda Gates Departs The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Melinda Gates, the wife of Bill Gates is reportedly leaving the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. As part of her departure, she will receive $12.5 Billion from Bill Gates to totally cut all ties with the foundation. Following her departure, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation will change its name...

Tesla is Again Asking Shareholders To Approve Elon’s $56 Billion Compensation

In an upcoming shareholder meeting, Tesla will again ask investors to vote and approve Elon Musk’s $56 Billion compensation package that was previously cancelled by a Delaware Judge. Also, the company said it’ll ask shareholders to equally vote to move the company’s state of incorp...

23andMe Plans To Go Private

Anne Wojcicki, the CEO of 23andMe, the DNA-testing company, is planning to take her company private. This comes after being a public company for three years. The move follows a collapse in the company’s valuation from a high of $6 billion down to $200 million. The company’s shares are cu...

Biden Administration Enters Into Partnership With Samsung To Build $40 Billion Chip Factory In Texas

In 2022, President Biden signed into law the $53 billion Chips and Science Act, with the goal of improving production of advanced computer chips in the US. This week, the Biden administration is making good on that commitment with a $6.4 billion funding to Samsung, to jointly develop an advanced chi...

Tesla Lays Off 10% Of Its Workforce

Tesla this week announced a 10% reduction in its workforce, globally. This, perhaps is due to challenging economic times at the company owing to its 31% stock price decline since the start of the year. The cut affects about 14,000 people. Elon Musk empathized with those being let go and said its ver...

Jamie Dimon Sells $183 Million Worth of JPMorgan Stock

Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan, Mr. Jamie Dimon has been selling company stock lately. In February, Mr. Dimon sold 800,000 shares valued at about $150 million. This was the first time he sold JPMorgan stock since he became CEO some 19 years ago. This Monday, he sold another $33 million worth of stocks...

Biden Administration Forgives $7.4 Billion of Student Debt

The Biden administration this week announced the cancellation of another $7.4 billion of student debt. This follows previous cancellations the administration had announced, bringing its year-to-date student debt cancelled to $153 billion. The total student debt cancelled to date is estimated to equa...

Softbank Hopes To Repeat Alibaba’s Success With It’s AI Investments

It was in 2000 when Softbank’s chairman, Masayoshi Son, saw fire in the eyes of Jack Ma and decided to back Ma’s one year old startup, Alibaba, with a $20 million investment. Fast-forward 23 years later, Alibaba became one of Son’s most profitable investments realizing over $72 bil...

Google and Meta To Build Their Own AI Chips

In light of the increasing demand for NVIDIA’s AI chips, technology companies are experiencing chip shortages to support their operations and applications. To this end, Google and Meta are reportedly building their own AI chips to power their inhouse applications. Granted, their chips won&rsqu...

Tesla To Open New Factory In India

In a post on X, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced he’ll be visiting India the week of April 22, to meet with prime minister Modi to discuss setting up a Tesla gigafactory and investments of about $2-$3 billion. Following a Tesla lobby, India agreed to lower import taxes on some electric vehicles f...

Barclays Analysts Start Covering Oil & Energy Stocks Again

Analysts at Barclays bank have again begun covering oil & gas stocks, sending a message to climate activist investors and other anti-fossil fuel players that oil & gas is still a vital world commodity and is here to stay. The coverage includes stocks of 18 oil & energy companies, includi...

SLB Announces Acquisition of ChampionX For $7.8 Billion

SLB, the energy technology and energy services company announced it is acquiring ChampionX in an all-stock transaction valued at $7.8 billion. The acquisition further enhances and strengthens SLB’s position as a global leader and provider of completions, production, reservoir recovery, and art...

Reddit Files For IPO

Reddit, the 19-year-old media company finally filed for its Initial Public Offering (IPO) with the New York Stock Exchange. The IPO was a success with shares rising as much as 70% on day one of trading, valuing the company at over $9.5 billion. Reddit is the first social media company to go public i...

Chevron to Close Two Biodiesel Plants

Chevron Renewable Energy Group, a subsidiary of Chevron Corp., has announced plans to shut down two of its biodiesel production plants in the US, as a result of unfavorable or challenging market conditions. The plants are located in Ralston, Iowa, and Madison, Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin plant has b...