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New York, Jan 27 (EFE/EPA).- Gaming retailer GameStop's shares continued to skyrocket on Wednesday in New York, as an army of amateur traders are beating Wall Street's sophisticated investors at their own game. The electronic game retailer has seen its stock price soar from $3.25 in April 2020 to close at $347.51 on Wednesday.The company has drawn interest from investors in online chat groups and created as much as $3 billion in value losses for short sellers. (Camera: ALBA VIGARAY). B-ROLL OF GAMESTOP STORES AND WALL STREET IN NEW YORK, US.
Mexico City, Jan 5 (EFE) .- The traditional purchases ahead of the festival of Epiphany fell this year by almost 50% due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected the purchasing power of Mexicans and caused the closure of non-essential businesses in areas as important as the capital.(Camera: AMERICA NERI)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF MEXICO CITY STORES AHEAD OF THE TRADITIONAL FESTIVAL OF EPIPHANY.
On Wednesday, Lowe's reported quarterly same-store sales growth of more than 30%. Sales for the third quarter were $22.3 billion. That's compared to $17.4 billion in the same quarter in 2019. Lowe's said their online sales doubled in the third quarter. The company's earnings of $1.98 per share were one cent short of estimates from analysts, and its shares fell. Lowe's net income fell to $692 million, or 91 cents per share, for the quarter ending October 30, 2020.
Robinhood users have faced a series of attacks on their trading accounts in recent weeks. Bloomberg News reports that an internal review estimated the number of compromised users near 2,000. According to Business Insider, the online trading company has not disclosed an exact number. Robinhood security says security "is a top priority and something we take very seriously." In response to the breach, Robinhood has started encouraging users to implement two-factor authentication. The number of compromised accounts is a small fraction of the company's 13 million users.
Between COVID-19 and various efforts across the country to make it downright difficult to vote, the challenges of voting are becoming increasingly obvious. Following the lead of major retails, US tech giants like Twitter and Salesforce are giving their employees Election Day off in order to vote. According to Business Insider, rideshare company Uber is giving employees the day off as part of their 'Get Out the Vote' effort. Uber is providing links to voter registration sites through its app, and will assist in getting voters to the polls on election day. Other companies, like Apple and Facebook, are encouraging employees to volunteer to be poll workers.
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