Markets Now Thursday, April 18, 2024

Analysis: US regional banks are still under pressure. That’s likely to continue

Despite overcoming a crisis in 2023, the pain isn’t over for regional banks. Higher-for-longer interest rates are hurting.  
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Netflix gained 9.3 million subscribers this year as it adjusts streaming strategy

Netflix, the dominant player in streaming, says it grew sales, profits and added more than 9 million subscribers as it revealed first-quarter results on Thursday.  
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Why this acclaimed restaurateur has no men in her kitchen

In 2015, at the age of 45, Asma Khan opened her acclaimed restaurant, Darjeeling Express. Her secret? Her team of cooks, many of them female Asian immigrants in their 50s and 60s.  
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Wayfair is opening its first-ever physical furniture store

Online furniture and home furnishings seller Wayfair is set to open its first-ever namesake store next month, the company announced Thursday.  
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The ‘halving’ — bitcoin bros’ World Cup — is nigh

Put simply, the halving is an automatic 50% reduction in the number of bitcoin entering circulation. That should, in theory, push the value of bitcoin higher.  
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Taylor Swift fans lose at least $1 million to Eras Tour scams in the UK

Thousands of Taylor Swift’s UK fans have been duped into buying fake tickets for her upcoming Eras Tour concerts, according to a major British bank.  
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Source: CNN Business