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.
UAW president Shawn Fain said the union would strike at a small number of Ford, General Motors and Stellantis factories, but that if the Big Three "continue to give us insulting offers, then our strike is going to continue to grow."
Hundreds of Milwaukee bar patrons who hoped to score free drinks through its offer to pay their tabs whenever the New York Jets, and former Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, lose had to pay up after the Jets got an overtime win despite an injury that took Rodgers out of the game.
The HBCU Transformation Project, a coalition of 40 historically Black colleges and universities, on Wednesday announced a $124 million gift from philanthropic funders Blue Meridian Partners to increase enrollment, graduation rates and employment rates for the schools' graduates.