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The History of Bitcoin, the First Cryptocurrency 02/03/2022 07:00pm • From humble beginnings in 2008 to its 2021 price peak, Bitcoin (BTC) has taken investors and the world for quite the ride. In just over a decade, the first cryptocurrency has spiked and crashed and rallied and fallen again, over and over, on the way to a price in the tens of thousands. Bitcoin is a 7 Best Cloud Stocks to Buy 02/03/2022 07:00pm • Analysts are bullish on cloud stocks in 2022.Cloud stocks are thriving as the global economy shifts to doing more and more business online. Gartner estimates that global cloud services spending will grow to at least $482 billion in 2022, compared with $313 billion in 2020. Many cloud service stocks DHS announces creation of new cybersecurity review board 02/03/2022 05:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday the creation of a new Cyber Safety Review Board that will have public and private sector experts examine significant hacking incidents and recommend improvements. The new board is modeled after the National Transportation Sa Meta, formerly Facebook, faces historic drop as stock tanks 02/03/2022 04:29pm • Meta is putting a lot of virtual eggs ��� and billions of dollars ��� into the metaverse basket, and Wall Street is pretty anxious about it. Shares of the company formerly known as Facebook saw a historic plunge Thursday after the social media giant reported a rare profit decline due to a sharp ris Japanese game maker Nintendo's profits hurt by chips crunch 02/03/2022 04:19am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Nintendo���s profit for the nine months through December slipped 2.5%, as shortages of computer chips hurt production, the Japanese video game maker behind the Super Mario and Pokemon franchises said Thursday. Kyoto-based Nintendo Co. recorded a 367 billion yen ($3.2 billion) profit f Asian shares mixed as earnings fuel gains on Wall Street 02/02/2022 11:27pm • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday as the latest batch of company earnings reports kept investors in a buying mood, driving gains on Wall Street. Markets in China remained closed for Lunar New Year holidays. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index lost 1.1% to 27,244.12 while the S&P/ASX 20 Shares of Facebook parent Meta plunge 23% on lower profits 02/02/2022 11:08pm • Newly renamed Meta is investing heavily in its futuristic ���metaverse��� project, but for now, relies on advertising revenue for nearly all its income. So when it posted sharply higher costs but gave a weak revenue forecast late Wednesday, investors got spooked ��� and knocked almost $200 billion o For Taiwan's Olympics team, everything is in a name 02/02/2022 10:04am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� For Taiwan, every appearance on the global stage is fraught with politics ��� and even more so when that stage is China. The four Taiwanese athletes competing in Beijing at the Winter Olympics, which open Friday, can���t use Taiwan���s flag. They have long competed under a na 9 Top-Rated ETFs to Buy 02/01/2022 07:00pm • Analysts say these are some of the top ETFs around.At the end of 2021, total assets under management in U.S. exchange-traded funds amounted to more than $7.2 trillion, according to the New York Stock Exchange. Part of the reason for the popularity of this asset class, according to DJ Tierney, senior Google's Q4 ad sales soar again, parent plans to split stock 02/01/2022 06:53pm • SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) ��� Google���s digital advertising empire turned in another strong performance during the holiday shopping season, propelling a 36% increase in its corporate parent���s profit during the final three months of 2021. The results announced Tuesday underscore how technology giant 5 of the Best Stocks to Buy for February 01/31/2022 07:00pm • January was one of the worst months for the stock market since March 2020 when the pandemic first affected financial assets. The Federal Reserve appears intent on raising interest rates several times over the coming year. The effort to stamp out inflation threatens to drain liquidity out of growth e Safety app for drivers debuts in flood-plagued Virginia city 01/31/2022 12:44pm • The sun was shining when Kim Williams hopped in her Honda Odyssey to visit a friend at a nursing home. But an unexpected downpour on the drive back left her trapped in a maze of flooded streets. Williams made turn after turn to avoid rising waters in a century-old neighborhood in Norfolk before s Teen girl charged with manslaughter in 'accidental' Prince George's Co. shooting 01/28/2022 09:24am • A 15-year-old girl from District Heights has been charged with manslaughter following what police are calling an "accidental" shooting in Prince George's County, Maryland, on Wednesday. She will be charged as a juvenile in the shooting that killed a 16-year-old boy from Oxon Hill. More Executive overseeing investments leaves Japan's SoftBank 01/28/2022 04:18am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Marcelo Claure, who joined SoftBank Group after turning around one of its key investments, office-sharing business WeWork, is leaving, the Japanese technology company said Friday. Claure has long been seen as a close aide to SoftBank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son, forging a partnersh Google to invest $1 billion to push India's digitalization 01/28/2022 02:04am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� Google will invest up to $1 billion in partnership with India���s Airtel to provide affordable access to smartphones to over a billion Indians and speed up use of cloud-based computing for business, the two companies said on Friday. The investment will help India���s small busines