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Uber just cut a chunk of its customer service workforce in the name of AI efficiency, and it is far from alone. The real question is whether these scattered layoffs signal the early edge of a wave that could reshape employment across entire industries.

India’s government has ordered the shutdown of Bitchat, the messaging app built by Block (NYSE: $XYZ) chief e...

Jack Dorsey is best known for helping to create Twitter and Square. The entrepreneur and investor has his eyes on another venture with the recent launch of Buzz. Here’s why investors in Salesforce Inc and Microsoft Corporation should be paying...

Block stock sits at an awkward valuation crossroads, with an intrinsic value estimate from the Excess Returns model pointing to meaningful upside while traditional market multiples paint a more demanding picture and the broader checks lean expensive after a 5 year stretch of weak returns. Block shareholders have seen the stock fall about 70.0% over the past 5 years, which means many investors are still sitting on heavy losses despite the more recent rebound. On the upside, new initiatives...

BlackRock (NYSE: $BLK), Strategy (NASDAQ: $MSTR) and Coinbase (NASDAQ: $COIN) are putting $15 million behind a Bitc...

Nine of the biggest institutional names in Bitcoin formed a consortium to fund the developers working to keep the network secure—including from future quantum computers.

Expeditors International earns Bull of the Day as rising earnings estimates and expanding logistics services contrast with Agnico Eagle Mines' weaker outlook.

Microsoft’s Teams and Salesforce’s Slack dominate the workplace messaging market, and investors are watching whether Block can gain traction with Buzz among enterprise customers.

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Block, Inc. (NYSE: XYZ), the Bitcoin (BTC)-centric financial technology company founded by Jack Dorsey, launched a new platform called Buzz on July 21. Built on the Nostr protocol, Buzz is a free, decentralized, and open-source platform where employees and artificial intelligence ...

TOST's AI agents show early sales gains while boosting efficiency, but investors watch whether adoption can drive stronger growth.

Here, we pick four Internet stocks - XYZ, U, AMZN and ANET - that are likely to pull off a beat this earnings season.

Unity Software leads a list of software firms positioned for earnings season as AI, cloud adoption and recurring revenue trends support growth expectations.

HTLD, LCNB and XYZ made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) momentum stocks list on July 22, 2026.

Honolulu Cookie Company is expanding its use of Block (XYZ) through Square, rolling the platform out across 14 locations and a new flagship store, giving investors another real world view of Block's merchant reach. See our latest analysis for Block. For investors, this Honolulu Cookie Company rollout lands at a time when Block's short term momentum is firm, with a 30 day share price return of 7.49% and a year to date share price return of 23.38%. However, the 5 year total shareholder return...

NU expands its banking footprint in Brazil and Mexico as rising customers, deposits and credit point to further growth.

Unity Software, HubSpot, Arista Networks and Block gear up for Q2 earnings, with AI and cloud growth supporting potential beats.

Block is set to report Q2 earnings next month, and analysts expect its EPS to dip by double digits.

On a podcast last week, the short seller said SoFi Technologies remains one of the most compelling short ideas amid its accounting practices that operate in a legal gray area.

David Sacks issued a sharp warning to tech executives cozying up to Washington regulators, while investors are already debating whether PayPal's reported takeover offer drastically undersells one of fintech's most contested assets.

Block (XYZ) possesses solid growth attributes, which could help it handily outperform the market.

A company that generates cash isn’t automatically a winner. Some businesses stockpile cash but fail to reinvest wisely, limiting their ability to expand.

Investing.com -- Stripe could gain consumer reach, merchant-processing scale and a stronger stablecoin position by acquiring PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL), though analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald, Bernstein and Mizuho questioned whether the reported $60.50-per-share offer would secure a deal.

Unprofitable companies can burn through cash quickly, leaving investors exposed if they fail to turn things around. Without a clear path to profitability, these businesses risk running out of capital or relying on dilutive fundraising.

A sum-of-the-parts analysis puts PayPal's value at $70 a share

Investing.com -- Clear Street launched coverage of the payments sector on Thursday, initiating Buy ratings on Visa and Mastercard while starting Block and PayPal at Hold.

TOST is expanding into enterprise, retail and international markets as stronger ARR growth and higher software revenues per location support its broader strategy.

Square announced that Honolulu Cookie Company has expanded its use of Square’s unified commerce platform across 14 locations in Hawaii, Nevada, and Guam, following the July 2026 opening of a Las Vegas flagship store that is three times the size of its standard locations. The partnership showcases how Square’s integrated tools, from loyalty and customer data to inventory and handheld devices, are being used to streamline operations and support Honolulu Cookie Company’s next phase of store...

Investing.com -- In a note to clients on Thursday, Cantor Fitzgerald published a sum-of-the-parts analysis suggesting a potential PayPal acquisition offer could be raised to approximately $70 per share, above the reported $60.50 per share bid.