Ratings: This Is Us Surges With Finale, Leading Rise to Solid Start

NBC’s This Is Us closed its sophomore run on Tuesday night with 10.9 million total viewers and a 2.7 demo rating, surging 23 and 17 percent to equal and hit its best numbers since Nov. 28. TVLine readers gave the wedding/flash-forwardy episode an average grade of “A-.” RELATEDNBC’s Rise Premiere: We’ve Got Burning Questions! Opening NBC’s […]

Snap surges above its IPO price after its big earnings beat (SNAP)

Markets Insider Snap shares skyrocketed as much as 29% Tuesday to more than $ 18 apiece in after hours trading, after the company beat Wall Street expectations.  The social media company posted an adjusted loss of $ 0.13, beating the $ 0.16 loss that was expected. Revenue came in at $ 285.7 million, beating the […]

Australian Open: Tsonga surges back in 5th set to overcome Shapovalov

Denis Shapovalov was eliminated in the second round of the Australian Open on Wednesday after falling 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-7 (4), 5-7 to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Tsonga will next face either Australia’s Nick Kyrgios or Viktor Troicki of Serbia, who played later Wednesday. The Frenchman won the match in three hours 37 minutes. He smashed nine […]

Hard disk maker Seagate surges 11% after a report it may own billions of dollars worth of Ripple’s XRP cryptocurrency

Markets Insider Shares of Seagate Technologies surged 11% Monday after a Seeking Alpha report suggested the hard-disk and memory card maker could own over $ 7 billion worth of Ripple’s XRP cryptocurrency, which has surged more than 30,000% in recent months. Seagate invested in Ripple’s Series A and B rounds. Ripple, which created the XRP to […]

Bitcoin shrugs off bubble talk and surges past $19,000

Enlarge / A Soyuz rocket launches from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (credit: NASA) Bitcoin’s price set a new record on Saturday as the virtual currency rose above $ 19,000 for the first time on the Bitstamp exchange. The gains came just hours after the currency crossed the $ 18,000 mark. Bitcoin’s value has doubled over the last […]

Georgia now has over 100 bitcoin ATMs as cryptocurrency interest surges

As bitcoin prices fluctuate near record highs and adoption picks up, the world’s largest bitcoin ATM provider is bringing its largest installation to-date to Georgia. Coinsource has placed 18 of its bitcoin ATMs in Atlanta which, along with 2 in Athens, add 20 new units to Georgia’s current bitcoin ATM network. Coinsource leadership says the large installation […]

Thanksgiving Ratings: Young Sheldon Surges to Hit Thursday High

CBS’ Young Sheldon gobbled up a generous helping of the 18-49 demo on Thanksgiving night, surging 30 percent week-to-week to score its best rating — 2.6 — since its special Monday preview. RELATED2018 Renewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Getting Cancelled? What’s on the Bubble? Leading out of that, Mom (8 mil/1.8) and Life in […]

Ratings: Sunday Night Football Surges, American Music Awards Steady

ABC’s coverage of the American Music Awards on Sunday drew 9.1 million total viewers and a 2.4 demo rating, adding 10 percent more eyeballs versus a year ago while holding steady in the demo. Leading unto that, The Toy Box (3.5 mil/0.6) ticked up with its sophomore finale. Over on NBC, Sunday Night Football’s Eagles/Cowboys […]

Pound to euro exchange rate: Sterling SURGES in response to positive UK growth data

The GBP/EUR exchange rate was able to surge on Wednesday as the pound broadly strengthened in response to better-than-forecast UK growth data.  The pound is now converting to €1.12 after falling to €1.116 on Wednesday morning.  The UK economy is estimated to have expanded by 0.4 per cent in the third quarter.  Laura Parsons, current […]

Russian tourism to Turkey surges in first half of 2017

Published time: 23 Oct, 2017 09:56 Edited time: 23 Oct, 2017 09:56 Turkey has started to win back Russian tourists, with visitor numbers growing tenfold in the first half of this year. Read more “The flow of tourists to Turkey increased significantly this year due to lifting restrictions that were introduced earlier for charter flights. […]