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LendingClub: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Jan. 28, 2025 17:09 PM EST

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — LendingClub Corp. (LC) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $9.7 million. On a per-share basis, the San Francisco-based company said it had profit of 8 cents. Earnings, adjusted for asset impairment costs, came to 11 cents per...

Upstart Chinese AI company DeepSeek's founder started out as a low-key hedge fund entrepreneur

Jan. 28, 2025 11:35 AM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — The 40-year-old founder of China’s DeepSeek, an AI startup that has startled markets with its capacity to compete with industry leaders like OpenAI, kept a low profile as he built up a hedge fund and then refined its quantitative models to branch into artificial intelligence. ...

Google pledges to crack down on fake reviews after UK watchdog investigation

Jan. 24, 2025 07:46 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — Google pledged to crack down on fake online reviews with tougher punishments for rogue reviewers and businesses that try to profit from them, British regulators said Friday following an investigation. The Competition and Markets Authority said that Google has...

Amazon to close 7 warehouses in the Canadian province of Quebec and eliminate 1,700 jobs

Jan. 22, 2025 17:04 PM EST

Online retailer Amazon said Wednesday that it's closing all seven of its warehouses in the Canadian province of Quebec in the next two months. The e-commerce giant said the move would provide “even more savings to our customers over the long run." However, a Canadian union that...