The Tweet That Launched Threads
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The Tweet That Launched Threads

In the weeks following Elon Musk’s challenge to fight him in a cage match, Mark Zuckerberg has been overseeing the launch of Threads, the now-released Twitter clone the world’s seemingly been waiting for. Instagram’s new app was downloaded 30 million times in the first 16 hours, easily becoming the most rapidly-downloaded app ever.

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Disney has an image problem
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Disney has an image problem

Leonard Kinsey wrote a book about the dark side of Disney way back in 2011. In fact, that was the title. I haven’t read it, but the vibe I got from skimming through a handful of reviews on Amazon is it spends a lot of time focusing on tips and tricks to get into closed, off-limits or widely unexplored parts of the parks — kind of like a guidebook — from a guy who’d been there hundreds of times. Cool … but not quite the portrait of a less-than-pretty Walt Disney World, more specifically behind-the-scenes stuff the self-proclaimed “Happiest Place on Earth” doesn’t want you to know about, I was expecting. You know, the R-rated stuff.

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25 restaurant stocks to curb your portfolio’s cravings

25 restaurant stocks to curb your portfolio’s cravings

Don’t look now, but with the overall market down close to 5% over the course of the last three months, hungry investors looking to snack on outperformers have turned to a handful of restaurant stocks to curb their portfolios’ cravings.

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What the heck does Cathie Wood see in Roku?
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What the heck does Cathie Wood see in Roku?

It looks like, maybe, just maybe Cathie Wood is coming around to the fact that clients don’t love losing money. No matter how big the proverbial carrot dangling from the stick that is her long-term vision turns out to be. After all, as of now, that carrot is only as big as Cathie Wood says it is … and, based on her recent trades, it looks like it might be getting considerably smaller.

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Tesla is a cult of personality
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Tesla is a cult of personality

At some point in the next couple of decades, EVs will outnumber their gas-powered counterparts and Tesla, an undisputed leader in the industry, is in the driver’s seat to capitalize on the world’s gradual shift to sustainable energy.

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2 signs the Netflix selloff is overdone
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2 signs the Netflix selloff is overdone

Netflix isn’t dead. It’s popular and influential. Netflix has only started to scratch the surface of monetizing its audience. When the ad-based version hits the market — not if at this point, but when — I think people will be blown away by the recurring revenue it creates.

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