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Good morning from Fast Company. Here's our daily look into what’s driving today’s creative business leaders. Reddit users intent on taking GameStop and other heavily shorted stocks to the moon last week are bringing Webull along for the ride. The upstart trading platform saw a huge bump on Thursday after its more established competitor, Robinhood, restricted trading of a number of stocks caught up in last week’s market frenzy. By late afternoon, Webull had reached No.

Good morning from Fast Company. Here's our daily look into what’s driving today’s creative business leaders. GameStop’s astounding saga captivated America this week, as it rocketed to new heights fueled by starry-eyed retail investors from Reddit’s WallStreetBets. The video-and-computer-game vendor’s stock soared from $40 per share in mid-January to, at one point, $470 per share this Thursday.

Good morning from Fast Company. Here's our daily look into what’s driving today’s creative business leaders. Facebook Inc. posted its fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday, its first since the 2020 presidential election, when its role in the spread of misinformation became yet another flashpoint in the wider debate about Big Tech’s control over online speech.

Good morning from Fast Company. Here's our daily look into what’s driving today’s creative business leaders. Toys are the name of the game during COVID. U.S. retail sales for toys topped $25 billion in 2020, up 16% or $3.5 billion, according to the NPD Group. Note that unit sales didn’t change, but the average selling price did.

Good morning from Fast Company. Here's our daily look into what’s driving today’s creative business leaders. The beverage company that once laced its drinks with cocaine is now turning to coffee to provide drinkers with a pick-me-up. Coca-Cola on Monday unveiled in the U.S. new versions of its iconic Coke that will ensure you never nod off during a Zoom meeting again.

Good morning from Fast Company. Here's our daily look into what’s driving today’s creative business leaders. When it comes to speaking about politics, or just the political divisions in America, it’s a no-win situation for brands. That according to the global data intelligence firm Morning Consult. The firm has released the results of a survey polling Americans whether it was right for brands to take a political stance. Unsurprisingly, the results were divisive.

Good morning from Fast Company. Here's our daily look into what’s driving today’s creative business leaders. With two FDA-approved coronavirus vaccines well into the first phase of distribution, the race is on to get the second group of recipients into the shot seat. For many states, that group will include scores of essential workers, such as mail carriers, mechanics, gas station attendants, and grocery store clerks.

Good morning from Fast Company. Here's our daily look into what’s driving today’s creative business leaders. Amazon has offered to assist President Biden with distributing coronavirus vaccines in a letter sent from Dave Clark, the CEO of its worldwide consumer business, to Biden on the day of his inauguration.

Good morning from Fast Company. Here's our daily look into what’s driving today’s creative business leaders. COVID-19 has been good for the streaming industry in general, but it’s been really, really good for Netflix. On Tuesday, January 19, the company announced that in the last quarter of 2020—i.e., when countries around the world were locking themselves inside again due to winter surges in the virus—it added 8.

Good morning from Fast Company. Here's our daily look into what’s driving today’s creative business leaders. Minor workplace slights can have a significantly negative impact on susceptible employees, according to a new study out of West Virginia University. Researchers followed 279 depressed and bipolar employees over several months to track their experiences, job engagement, and suicidal ideations.