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Epic Games “Fortnite” continues to be the biggest game in the world, with tens of millions of monthly players across seven different platforms. Even though the game is free, it managed to pull in nearly $ 2.5 billion in 2018, according to Nielsen’s SuperData tracking arm. “Fortnite” offers a seasonal Battle Pass, which costs $ […]
Troubled three-wheel car startup Elio Motors is getting a $ 2.5 million lifeline from online retailer Overstock.com to help it pay off debts and accounts payable and fund capital expenditures. Elio simultaneously announced plans to launch a security token offering of a “ElioCoin” cryptocurrency to help it put the vehicle into production. Overstock.com is buying […]
Just over two years ago, Google announced it would convert a 1,300-acre former Hemlock Semiconductor facility in Clarksville, Tennessee into a new $ 600 million data center. Today, the search giant broke ground on the site — and Google CEO Sundar Pichai used the opportunity to announce the company will invest $ 2.5 billion to […]
A 50p coin is selling for an enormous sum on auction site eBay. Five million of the coins are scattered across the country, but eBay listers are hoping to get whopping sums for them. Last weekend Express.co.uk reported that one of the coins was selling for £3,000 online. Now it seems sellers are hoping to […]
Mark Lennihan/AP In March, asset manager State Street — and advertising agency McCann New York — put a bronze statue of a defiant girl in front of Wall Street’s iconic charging bull statue. On Monday, Fearless Girl swept the Cannes Lions, picking up the Grand Prix in the Glass, PR and Outdoor Lions categories at […]
SWNS ‘Beautifully derelict’ one-bedroom mews house put on market for £2.5 million Mews properties houses were originally used to house staff and horses before becoming popular among businesses such as garages. But over the past 30 to 40 years they have become extremely desirable family homes, with buyers loving the quirky designs and cobbled streets. […]
Rachael Levy A statue of a little girl standing defiantly in front of Wall Street’s iconic bull caught the public’s imagination this week. The statue was installed by State Street Global Advisors, a nearly $ 2.5 trillion investor and unit within State Street Corp., ahead of International Women’s Day. Business Insider’s story on the statue has been […]
Microsoft’s Azure public cloud business is certainly growing. What’s not certain is exactly how big it is. An analyst at J.P. Morgan has taken a guess, as the Wall Street Journal reported today. If the analyst is right, Azure pulled in around $ 2.7 billion in revenue in all of 2016. Put another way, in […]
Mischief actually resulted in some good. Blizzard announced today that it raised over $ 2.5 million for the Make-A-Wish foundation thanks to sales of the World of Warcraft in-game pet Mischief and a plush toy of the adorable fel-kitten. All sales from those items from December 2 through December 31 benefited the foundation, which grants wishes […]
