Opinions expressed by: Entrepreneur: contributors are their own. The stock market in 2022 has been one of the most volatile markets on record. The S&P 500 has seen a nearly 20% drop so far YTD and the Nasdaq 100 has seen almost a 30% drop YTD. Growth stocks have also taken a beating, with many…
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Five years ago, the European Union passed rules which largely ended mobile roaming fees for citizens traveling with their devices across borders within the bloc. Today lawmakers are reupping the regulation that lets EU citizens “roam like at home” for a full decade, meaning European consumers can keep avoiding most extra fees when traveling within…
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Opinions expressed by: Entrepreneur: contributors are their own. If your company is anything like ours, you’ve decided to make the shift to remote work permanent. Once the pandemic hit, we all figured working from home would be a temporary solution. However, as time passed and the ups and downs kept coming, we found that our…
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Storytelling platform Wattpad is introducing a new creator program for writers that can earn them up to $ 25,000 in compensation. The company is also debuting a new metric called “Engaged Readers,” to help writers gauge readers’ interest in their stories, and Wattpad Creator Portal, a new site for writers to get tips and tricks…
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Motto:a São Paulo-based motorcycle rental startup, has raised $30 million in equity in a Series B round of funding. The company, which: aims to give independent couriers a way to work for logistics and food delivery apps, also secured $10 million in debt financing. Most, if not all, the workers have little to no, or…
On April 4, the: UK’s development finance institution, Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) Group, formally changed its name to British International Investment. As part of the name change, the development finance institution (DFI) announced that it surpassed its pledge to invest £2 billion in Africa over the last two years. It was a reminder of the…
Aiming to compete with Bilt in the nascent property renter rewards market, Stake, a startup that provides cash back and banking services to renters, today announced that it raised $ 12 million in a Series A round led by RET Ventures’ new RET Ventures ESG Fund. Enterprise Community Partners, Hometeam Ventures, Operator Stack, Shadow Ventures,…
When Yoeal Haile started Aspira, a lending service, in 2017, he wanted to give Kenyans more choice about buying stuff on credit. The business eventually grew to a point where it offered over $ 1 million in loans to customers monthly. Still, Haile noticed a bigger underserved opportunity on the other side of the spectrum:…
Consumer packaged goods companies — think PepsiCo or Nabisco — face steep challenges from the rising cost of living and distribution. As inflation continues unabated, consumers’ disposable income isn’t going as far as it used to while products are becoming more expensive to ship. The pressure is on businesses to place their bets on the…
Specialty electronics, appliances, and furniture retailer: Conn’s (NASDAQ: CONN) stock has lost (-60%) year-to-date in 2022 bear market. Inflationary pressures, supply chain disruption, and rising logistics expenses are some of the headwinds taking the steam out of the regional home products retailer. The Company enjoyed the pent-up demand pressures as stimulus money was spent on…
