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Tuesday, 9 February 2021

Chesapeake Energy emerges from bankruptcy and shifts back to natural gas

Chesapeake Energy emerges from bankruptcy and shifts back to natural gas

U.S. shale producer Chesapeake Energy Corp on Tuesday exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy with business plan that nods to its founders' emphasis on natural gas after a recent push into crude oil.

In meeting with business leaders, Biden backs stricter income limits for stimulus checks

President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he agreed with a proposal by Democratic lawmakers that would limit or phase out stimulus payments to higher-income individuals as part of his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill.

Nasdaq closes higher; stimulus in focus

The Nasdaq ended at a new closing high on Tuesday but the broad market closed slightly lower as investors rotated out of large-cap tech names into other sectors seen as benefiting from President Joe Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion stimulus bill.

Lyft maintains goal of profitability by end-2021, sees rides recovery in second quarter

Lyft Inc said on Tuesday it stood by its goal to become profitable on an adjusted basis by the end of this year despite the pandemic, forecasting a rebound in ride-hail demand beginning in the second quarter of 2021.

Cisco forecasts third-quarter sales above estimates on remote work boost

Cisco Systems Inc forecast current-quarter revenue above analysts' estimates on Tuesday as the pandemic-induced rise in remote working drives up demand for its networking and teleconferencing tools.

JP Morgan's board rejects switch to stakeholder-focused entity

JPMorgan Chase & Co CEO Jamie Dimon has led calls for companies to consider the needs of workers, communities and customers as well as those of shareholders.

Twitter warns user growth to slow, beats sales and profit targets

Twitter Inc on Tuesday posted 27% user growth, missing Wall Street estimates, and warned this rate would slow in the upcoming quarters as a boost from the pandemic fizzles.

A Tesla for a bitcoin: Musk drives up cryptocurrency price with $1.5 billion purchase

Bitcoin took another large stride toward mainstream acceptance on Monday after billionaire Elon Musk's electric vehicle company Tesla Inc revealed it had bought $1.5 billion of the cryptocurrency and would soon accept it as a form of payment for cars, sending the cryptocurrency shooting higher.

Buy a car with bitcoin? Some car dealers were years ahead of Musk

Georgia car dealer Christopher Basha was way ahead of Elon Musk in embracing bitcoin as a currency for selling vehicles.

Musk's Bitcoin investment follows months of Twitter talk

Tesla's $1.5 billion Bitcoin investment unveiled on Monday may not surprise CEO Elon Musk's followers on Twitter, where he has shown himself as a major proponent of the soaring cryptocurrency.

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