The GameStop/Reddit Stock Saga Is Already Being Made Into a Movie – IGN – IGN

Despite the GameStop/Reddit stock situation not being over, the rights to a movie based on these events is already in the works.As reported by Deadline, MGM has acquired the book…

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Trump announces new impeachment legal defense team – New York Post

Former President Donald Trump announced his new impeachment legal team on Sunday night after parting ways with his previous lawyers due to a disagreement over his defense strategy. Trial lawyers…

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AMC, GameStop stock go wild: Reddit’s ‘insane’ ‘train wreck”Ponzi scheme’ – CNET

GameStop shares are on an epic roller coaster that's pushed them to the stratosphere. But for how long? Getty Images Many of today's adults spent their youths in GameStop stores. They bought…

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Los Angeles vaccination site temporarily shut down after protestors block entrance | TheHill – The Hill

A Los Angeles coronavirus vaccination site was temporarily forced to shut down after protesters blocked the entrance. David Ortiz, a firefighter with the Los Angeles Fire Department, told The Hill…

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What we can learn about economics from professional sport during Covid-19 | VOX, CEPR Policy Portal – voxeu.org

Carl Singleton, Alex Bryson, Peter Dolton, James Reade, Dominik Schreyer 31 January 2021 Sport can offer rare moments of clarity to social scientists within an otherwise complex real world. The…

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This big Wall Street player made out like a bandit on AMC stock – MarketWatch

Private-equity firm Silver Lake made out like a bandit this week by piggybacking off the stock market frenzy stoked in recent weeks by users of a Reddit message board. Silver…

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AMC backer Silver Lake sells shares for $113 million profit amid surge – Business Insider – Business Insider

Silver Lake sold its shares in AMC Entertainment for a $113 million profit Thursday, the firm disclosed. The private-equity firm converted its debt into equity in AMC after Wednesday's share-price…

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GameStop Erased the Stock Market’s January Gains. February Could Be Worse. – Barron’s

A GameStop store in Rome. Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg This was supposed to be the Teflon stock market, able to absorb political turmoil, a resurgent virus, and mediocre data, and keep on…

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Biden and Top Economic Officials Stress Urgency of More Pandemic Aid – The New York Times

WASHINGTON — President Biden and his top economic aides brushed aside criticism from Republicans on Friday about the administration’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package and vowed to forge ahead with the…

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