Posts Tagged: Wall street

Look at Carvana Stock Surge!

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According to theStreet.com, Carvana stock surged as much as 33% today! But why? Questions: 1. What do some traders speculate that the change is due to? Explain. 2. What happened to Carvana stock in 2022 and why? 3. During the COVID pandemic, how many times did Carvana go into debt? Source: Chang, E. (2023). Carvana… Read more »

A Valuable Mineral for Electric Vehicles

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As the first new large-scale lithium mine in the United States in more than a decade is preparing for blasting in Nevada, the project, known as Lithium Americas, is in the courts and has drawn protests from members of a Native American tribe, ranchers and environmental groups. Questions List the bullet point objections to the… Read more »

Not a Very Magical Kingdom

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According to the Washington Post, COVID-19 continued to hammer Disney in the final months of 2020, with the company’s revenue dropping 22 percent over the holiday period and a much smaller profit than usual. Questions Was the revenue better or worse for October to December 2021 than analysts predicted and by how much? What was Disney’s… Read more »

Not a Greek Salad

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According to the New York Times, Taboola, a company with catchy clickbait links, previously planned to merge with its chief rival. Now it plans to go public on its own. Questions: When do companies advertising through Taboola pay? What is the Taboola platform described as? What are the concerns that Taboola has in common with… Read more »