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World Wrestling Entertainment, Bed Bath & Beyond, Tesla, Costco

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World Wrestling Entertainment — Shares advanced 9.7% Costco — Shares of the wholesale retailer dipped more than 1% in premarket even after the company reported solid sales number for December. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images. Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Costco reported net sales of $23.8

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Lessons of “Number Go Up”

Barry Ritholtz

Recently, a post utterly perplexed me: “One doesn’t get a favorable impression of crypto from Number Go Up but in fact one doesn’t learn much about crypto at all. Thus, I was entertained by Number Go Up , but didn’t learn much.” Because Number Go Up technology means it’s going higher! Jury is still out.

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The Future Of Entertainment? Try Professional Gaming

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“It is the juxtaposition of social networking and entertainment and sports all combined,” said Glen Calvert , chief operating officer of Fnatic , a London-based eSports outfit that hires professional gamers, runs tournaments and sells branded gaming apparel and gear. It's not just a video game.

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Square Names Blizzard Entertainment Executive As Next CFO

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Square , Jack Dorsey’s digital payments company, announced Thursday (January 3) that it named Blizzard Entertainment chief financial officer Amrita Ahuja as its new CFO. She has been with Activision Blizzard for eight years, holding a number of finance and strategy roles in the company.

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Payroll In Entertainment A Challenging Production, Says GreenSlate

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In the entertainment industry, there are certainly commonalities with businesses of other sectors. For example, Mike Leiba, COO of GreenSlate , said the continued reliance on paper checks challenges both the accounts payable (AP) and payroll functions of entertainment industry employers. There’s a high churn rate.”

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Amid Job Numbers Blowout, Gig Economy Thrives

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The number was eye-popping in that it beat expectations by 130,000 jobs. Beyond the BLS data, the strong January growth was presaged earlier in the week by numbers from ADP , which showed that there was a 213,000 job increase in the month for nonfarm private sector employment. News came on Friday (Feb. percent in the first quarter.

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Digital Shifts In Entertainment, Retail Logistics And Dining

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70K : Number of miles of test drives Walmart conducted before getting approval to run driverless trucks. Data: 1978 : The year Family Video opened its first store. 800 : Approximate store count that Family Video had as its peak. 90% : Share of Americans who live within 10 miles of a Walmart.