by James Van Bramer | Sep 22, 2023
A strike may have halted movie and film television production, but investors are staging their own walkout on the stocks of streaming companies. Netflix, which has handsomely outperformed the market this year, fell 9% through the first three weeks of September. Roku...
by Trina Mannino | Dec 2, 2022
When venture capitalist Sheel Mohnot went to book an accommodation on Airbnb recently, he found that the additional fees he was required to pay tallied up to nearly the same amount as the actual booking rate. He made his displeasure known in a tweet. Disgruntled...
by Randi Love | Nov 28, 2022
Antidepressant drugs have been on the market since the 1950s, but Axsome Therapeutics is betting its new treatment will have a major impact on patients and doctors. In late October, the company launched Auvelity, a prescription-only, fast-acting, oral medication aimed...
by Cailley LaPara | Nov 25, 2022
Fashion rental startup Rent the Runway touted an audacious goal for about a year: become the “Amazon Prime of Rental.” In March 2019, co-founder and chief executive Jenn Hyman gave CNBC anchors an idea of what she meant. “Anything that you do not use...
by James O'Donnell | Nov 21, 2022
By James O’Donnell For JP Weiss, a pharmacy technician at a CVS store in California, he’s seen first hand that business has been booming for the healthcare giant. What he’s less confident about is whether CVS is setting up its stores and employees to...
by Ana Teresa Solá | Nov 21, 2022
Andrew Litt, a video game enthusiast based in New Jersey, is drawn to virtual reality. When he saw the Meta Quest 2 headset available on Facebook Marketplace for $150, he could not resist the deal. But after two weeks, using the headset for hours each day, it was...