10-year-old boy in Texas sells his GameStop stocks for a 5,000% profit Posted April 20, 2021 A 10-year-old boy in San Antonio, Texas, made a killing by selling GameStop stock on Jan. 27. Jaydyn Carr sold his 10 shares of the stock for more than 50 times t…
News Mash-up: Japanese Exports Posted April 1, 2021 Japan’s record-breaking anime film Demon Slayer lands in US cinemas The record-breaking Japanese anime film …
Google to Shut Down Its Game Development Studios Posted March 26, 2021 Google announced that it is shutting down its game development studios for Stadia, the tech giant's cloud-based video game platform. Launched in 2019, the gami…
Game Developer Experiences Stock Price Boost after Tweet from Elon Musk Posted March 18, 2021 CD Projekt Red, the company that developed the role-playing video game Cyberpunk 2077, experienced a massive stock boost after Tesla founder Elon Musk tweeted tha…
Coca-Cola with Coffee Now Available in US Market Posted March 14, 2021 Coca-Cola has launched a coffee-infused drink in the United States. The new product called Coca-Cola with Coffee uses the advertising tagline …
Department of Justice Stops Visa’s Deal with Startup Posted March 8, 2021 Visa’s plans to acquire Plaid, a US-based financial technology startup, have fallen through after the Department of Justice (DoJ) objected to the…
Ford, Nissan Pause Car Production Because of Material Shortage Posted March 2, 2021 Car manufacturers Ford and Nissan have trimmed their production of certain vehicles because of a semiconductor shortage. Semiconductors, also known as chips, a…
Chicken Companies Face Lawsuits for Controlling Market Prices Posted February 24, 2021 Chick-fil-A and Target are suing poultry processors because of alleged collusion to manipulate chicken prices. The two companies filed separat…
Major Airline Plans Budget Cuts during Pandemic Posted February 14, 2021 Major American low-cost airline JetBlue Airways is planning budget cuts for 2021 amid the pandemic. According to a company memo, JetBlue’s top executives, who received …
Resellers Using Bots to Buy High-Demand Game Console Posted February 10, 2021 Resellers have been using so-called scalper bots to buy the PlayStation 5 (PS5), causing the console to quickly go out of stock. Scalper bots are software prog…