The winds of the gig economy are blowing. Over the past year, many people turned to freelancing to supplement their income as a result of pandemic-related layoffs and furloughs. For Upwork, whose online platform connects businesses with freelancers in 180 countries, user growth has surged.
Stocks ticked higher this morning following yesterday’s sell-off. The tech sector bounced back on positive earnings news from Activision Blizzard (ATVI) and ride hailing company Lyft (LYFT).
Many economists believe China will overtake the United States as the world’s largest economy by 2028 given its current growth...
Stocks slipped in early trading this morning. The pullback follows a robust kick-off to the month yesterday. “Many of the factors driving markets remain in place, including vaccine optimism, the economic reopening, and accelerating earnings, though inflation and valuation concerns remain,” said Mark Hackett, Nationwide’s chief of investment research.
Stocks ticked higher in early trading this morning, to kick off the first session of May. Investors are gearing up for another busy earnings week. Lyft, Inc (LYFT), GM (GM), Square (SQ) and PayPal (PYPL) are just some of the headliners reporting this week.
There has been a massive turn-up...