Shares of GameStop jumped before the bell on Wednesday, setting the videogame retailer on track for its longest streak of daily gains in six months and extending a rally that has already doubled the company's market value.
The retailer says it saw same-store sales gains of 9 per cent in the first five weeks of the fourth quarter but that pace is ‘unlikely to be sustained’
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AeroPay flies high on $5 million venture round 10 March 2021
Source: AeroPay AeroPay, a Chicago-based digital payments platform powering bank transfer payments for businesses, announced today the closing of a $5+ million Venture Round. The round was led by Chicago Ventures, a firm that leads investments in early-stage startups. The Chicago Ventures portfolio includes online financial services company M1 Finance, celebrity video-sharing website Cameo, digital parking marketplace SpotHero, and peer-to-peer review site G2. We ve kept an eye on what the team at AeroPay has been building and we re impressed by their ability to execute. They ve done it without cutting corners, said Stuart Larkins, Co-Founder and General Partner of Chicago Ventures. We firmly believe they are changing the
WINNIPEG Members of local 2034 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) took to the picket line Wednesday morning outside Manitoba Hydro headquarters in downtown Winnipeg. Job action by IBEW’s members started Tuesday afternoon as a series of rotating strikes began. A statement Hydro provided Tuesday to CTV news indicated IBEW’s current strike would last 24 hours. Manitoba Hydro has contingency plans in place to ensure it can continue to provide its essential and emergency service to customers and maintain public safety around its facilities and infrastructure, said Bruce Owen, media relations officer, in an email. Owen said IBEW turned down a three-year contract which featured a 0.75 per cent wage increase in the third year retroactive to Jan. 1, 2021.