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Bipartisan Pair of Senators Seeks $54.6 Billion in New Aid for Ukraine – The New York Times

Bipartisan Pair of Senators Seeks $54.6 Billion in New Aid for Ukraine  The New York Times Behind the new bipartisan push for $55 billion for Ukraine  Axios US Senate committee backs more Ukraine funding, following Trump shift on aid  Reuters Exclusive | GOP Eyes European Money to Replace U.S. Weapons Donated to Ukraine  The Wall Street Journal Senate panel advances more than $1 trillion …

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Design Firm Figma’s Nearly $20 Billion IPO Makes Cofounder A Billionaire

Design Firm Figma’s Nearly  Billion IPO Makes Cofounder A Billionaire

Figma’s IPO on Thursday minted a $1.8 billion fortune for its cofounder and CEO Dylan Field. Gabriela Hasbun for Forbes When staff at San Francisco-based design startup Figma returned from the Christmas holiday in January 2024, they were met with sobering news. A $20 billion takeover by Adobe, which had been stuck in 15 months of regulatory purgatory, had fallen …

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Xbox Game Pass Makes $5 Billion, Microsoft Reports Huge Growth

Xbox Game Pass Makes  Billion, Microsoft Reports Huge Growth

Microsoft has announced that Game Pass has hit almost $5 billion in revenue over the last fiscal year, with 500 million active users. In fact, the whole of Microsoft has just reported annual revenue of $76.4 billion, up 18 percent on the previous year. These figures are being announced less than a month after the company fired 9,000 employees and …

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Figma IPO Brings Value Near $20 Billion From Failed Adobe Deal – Bloomberg

Figma IPO Brings Value Near $20 Billion From Failed Adobe Deal  Bloomberg Figma Poised to Open Trading at Nearly Triple Its IPO Price  Yahoo Finance Figma Is Largest VC-Backed American Tech Company IPO in Years  The Wall Street Journal Figma IPO: Stock Set to Nearly Triple; First Trade Later Today  Barron’s Design software maker Figma’s shares set to triple in blowout market debut  Reuters Source …

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Microsoft to spend record $30 billion this quarter as AI investments pay off – Reuters

Microsoft to spend record $30 billion this quarter as AI investments pay off  Reuters Microsoft tops $4 trillion in market cap after hours, joining Nvidia in exclusive club  CNBC Microsoft set for $4 trillion market cap after posting Q4 beat on top and bottom line on cloud, AI strength  Yahoo Finance Microsoft’s stock surges after earnings. Here’s the biggest number from the report.  MarketWatch …

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In second-biggest exit in Israeli history, Palo Alto buys CyberArk for $25 billion

In second-biggest exit in Israeli history, Palo Alto buys CyberArk for  billion

Palo Alto Networks, a Santa Clara, California-based cybersecurity firm founded by American-Israeli entrepreneur Nir Zuk, announced on Wednesday that it will acquire Israeli firm CyberArk in a deal valued at a staggering $25 billion. It marks the biggest ever acquisition of an Israeli company after Google’s $32 billion purchase of Israeli-founded cybersecurity unicorn Wiz earlier this year. The third-largest deal …

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Figma prices IPO at $33 a share, raising $1.2 billion – MarketWatch

Figma prices IPO at $33 a share, raising $1.2 billion  MarketWatch Figma prices IPO at $33, above expected range  CNBC Figma hits $20bn valuation in oversubscribed IPO  Financial Times CoreWeave Stock and 3 More IPOs to Consider as Figma Prepares to Go Public  Barron’s Design Software Maker Figma, Backers Raise $1.2 Billion in IPO  Bloomberg Source link

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Colorado lawmakers must cut $1 billion from state’s current budget because of GOP federal tax and spending bill

Colorado lawmakers must cut  billion from state’s current budget because of GOP federal tax and spending bill

Colorado lawmakers must cut about $1 billion from the state budget for the current fiscal year, which began July 1, to address tax revenue reductions caused by the federal spending bill passed by Republicans in Congress earlier this month.  Nonpartisan Legislative Council Staff and the Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting told top state legislators Wednesday that the so-called …

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Design Software Maker Figma, Backers Raise $1.2 Billion in IPO – Bloomberg.com

Design Software Maker Figma, Backers Raise $1.2 Billion in IPO  Bloomberg.com Figma raises $1.2 billion in US IPO after pricing above range  Yahoo Finance CoreWeave Stock and 3 More IPOs to Consider as Figma Prepares to Go Public  Barron’s Figma hits $20bn valuation in oversubscribed IPO  Financial Times Figma’s $1.2 Billion IPO Approaching 40 Times Oversubscribed (FIG)  Bloomberg.com Source link

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