Advert Envy: Facebook and Apple Go Head to Head for Advertising Business
By Robyn Ma
The Story
Amidst the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal (where Facebook gave information from over 50 million users to a voter-profiling firm without their consent), Apple CEO Timothy Cook urged...
BlackRock Must Hit Its ESG Targets
By Robyn Ma
The Story
BlackRock needs to show it can do more than pay mere lip service to ESG (environmental, social, and governance) related initiatives. The asset manager has entered a financing deal with a group of banks for a $4.4bn...
Check Mates: US Stimulus Package
By Robyn Ma
The Story
President Joe Biden and the Democrats have started to roll out a £1.9 trillion stimulus package. The American Rescue Plan forms part of Biden’s strategy to inject cash into the economy and encourage recovery from the pandemic. It...
Game Plan: Roblox's IPO
By Robyn Ma
The Story
Roblox (RBLX), an online video game company, went public on the New York Stock Exchange last week (CNBC). The platform allows users to play, create games and hangout with friends. Users who develop games can profit, with developers earning...
A SPAC-tacular Change in UK Listing Rules
By Robyn Ma
The Story
Following a government-backed review of the UK listing rules, UK Finance Minister Rishi Sunak has announced Britain will modernise its listing rules to attract new, fast-growing companies (Finimize; Reuters). Two changes...
Jay-Z Pops the Cork on New Deal
By Robyn Ma
The Story
Luxury brand LVMH’s Moet Hennessy has purchased Jay-Z’s Armand de Brignac Champagne brand. The rapper is looking to expand the reach of the “gold bottles of that Ace of Spade”, touted in his 2006 music video (MSN). Since Jay-Z...
Out With the Old, In With The New(s)? Not for Facebook Australia
By Robyn Ma
The Story
A proposed regulation in Australia would force Big Tech to pay news publishers for linking articles across their platforms (The New York Times). In response, Facebook has announced it will...
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