Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumps nearly 2%; Afterpay shares in Australia surge after Square deal announcement – CNBC
Shares of Afterpay in Australia soared more than 19% after U.S. fintech firm Square announced it had agreed to buy the buy now,…
Fintech company Square to buy Afterpay for US$29 billion as buy now, pay later booms
U.S. fintech company Square Inc said on Monday it had agreed to purchase Australian buy now/pay later firm Afterpay Ltd for about…
HSBC, Union Bancaire side with China stock signals on downside while Dalio tells sceptics not to be scared after US$1.2 trillion sell-off
Chinese stocks in the mainland and Hong Kong markets cratered last week, wiping out US$1.2 trillion in market value along the…
Jack Dorsey’s Square Buys Australian Fintech Company Afterpay for $29 Billion
Financial tech company Square, founded by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, will buy Australian company Afterpay in a $29 billion all-stock…
China’s crackdown on online-education business marks a turning-point – Stuff.co.nz
ANALYSIS: Investors interpret move as a slap-down to China’s best-known billionaire and a warning for plutocrats not to get too…
Afterpay to be bought by US giant Square in $39 billion deal
Buy now, pay later market darling Afterpay enters into a deal with payments firm Square, which values it at $39 billion.
No traces of coronavirus found in tests at major English railway stations – The Guardian
Trains and stations in Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool and London free of surface and airborne particles
Author Michael Lewis on optimism, luck and more
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The Downsides of Retirement That Nobody Talks About
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Square to buy Afterpay, which offers a ‘buy now, pay later’ service, for $29 billion in stock – The Verge
Square plans to acquire Australian company Afterpay, which offers a “buy now, pay later” service, for $29 billion in stock. Square…