Twitter COO Anthony Noto is stepping down to take the top job at SoFi, a personal finance start-up. Effective March 1st, Noto will become CEO at SoFi, and Twitter's COO role will be filled by “other members of Twitter’s leadership team,” according to the company. Twitter shares tumbled following the announcement.
Netflix posts a record-breaking Q4, adding more than 8 million subscribers worldwide. The earnings report painted a picture of a very successful 2017, with plans to invest much more next year. The streaming company credits its growth to an increase in original content.
Union leaders and Hollywood studios reached a tentative agreement Sunday to end a historic screenwriters strike after nearly five months, though no deal is yet in the works for striking actors.
The Week's Top Stories is a guided tour through the biggest market stories of the week, from winning stocks to brutal dips to the facts and forecasts generating buzz on Wall Street. This week we're highlighting, Microsoft and Activision Blizzard, the UAW strike, Fox Corp. and News Corp. shake-up, interest rate decision, and Cisco scooping up Splunk.