Maureen Farrell, reporter at The Wall Street Journal, and Emily Bary, reporter at MarketWatch, discuss the details of Spotify's public offering. Instead of going the traditional IPO route, the streaming giant will instead do a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
We discuss the benefits of this type of filing as well as the risks associated with it. Bary and Farrell talk about how Spotify stands out from its competitors in the music streaming business. If Uber and Airbnb ever go public, they will reportedly pursue a direct listing, similar to Spotify.
Amazon.com Inc. surpassed $2 trillion in market value for the first time in afternoon trading on Wednesday. The push higher for Amazon’s stock market valuation comes a little more than a week after Nvidia hit $3 trillion and briefly became the most valuable company on Wall Street. Nvidia’s chips are used to power many AI application and its valuation has soared as a result. Amazon has also been making big investments in AI as global interest has grown in the technology. Most of the company’s focus has been on business-focused products.
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While Nvidia's meteoric rise led it to briefly dethrone Microsoft as the world's biggest public company, there's a lot more going on in this market than A.I.
The Russian company said in a statement that the Commerce Department's decision would not affect its ability to sell its cybersecurity products in the U.S.