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Meta Platforms Inc.
organizationNewly-renamed Meta is investing heavily in its futuristic “metaverse’ project, but for now, relies on advertising revenue for nearly all its income. So when it posted sharply higher costs but gave a weak revenue forecast late Wednesday, investors got spooked. The stock was down 24% in Thursday morning trading and on track to log its worst single-day percentage decline on record.
Meta Platforms
organizationFacebook-owner Meta Platforms' dour forecast sent its stock plummeting. Meta shares sank 26.4%, wiping around more than $200 billion off its market value. The decline in market capitalization was the largest ever recorded by a U.S. company.
Robin Thicke
personFormer New York mayor and adviser to Donald Trump unmasked on show. Two judges - Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke - walked off the set in protest. Episode with Giuliani will not be aired until next month.
Islamic State
organizationAbu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was “taken off the battlefield,” some speculated that the Islamic State (IS) leader didn’t even exist. President Joe Biden confirmed the death of the leader of the Islamic state in an operation by US military.
DUP
organizationDUP's Paul Givan is understood to have written a letter standing down. Decision will effectively collapse power-sharing government between DUP and Sinn Fein. Northern Ireland Assembly will be paralysed ahead of the May 5 elections.
Ofgem
organizationOfgem confirmed it will hike its energy price cap from April 1. Move will affect 22 million households and follows a 12% rise in October. Those on default tariffs will see an increase of £693. Prepayment customers will be worse hit, with a rise of £708.
Mark Zuckerberg
personMeta's stock fell 26%, erasing more than $200 billion in the biggest ever single-day market value wipeout for a U.S. company. Zuckerberg told staff to focus on short-form video feature Instagram Reels.
Keir Starmer
personPM has been criticised for falsely saying Sir Keir Starmer failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile. Johnson has backtracked to an extent but has refused to apologise for the claim. Munira Mirza, one of the PM’s most trusted lieutenants, has walked out.
Facebook's parent firm Meta lost over $200 billion in stock value -- comparable to the size of New Zealand's economy. Spotify dropped 16% after its user growth guidance for the first quarter failed to impress Wall Street. Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 518.96 points, or 1.49%.
Paul Givan
personFirst Minister Paul Givan is expected to resign with immediate effect. The move is part of a two-stage protest over the Northern Ireland Protocol. DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has been threatening to withdraw ministers since September over its opposition to the deal.
Pentagon
organizationPentagon: US counterterrorism operation in northwestern Syria was a "successful" mission. Responders and activists said it killed at least 13 people, including children. The US did not specify who the operation targeted, but the raid came after a series of attacks by the "Islamic State" group.
Rishi Sunak
personShadow minister Toby Perkins slams Rishi Sunak over 'pitiful' response. Mr Sunak announced £200 discount and £150 refund on council tax. Mr Perkins claimed that has not done enough and will have to be paid back.
Jeff Zucker
personCNN is delivering the largest declines in cable news this month – down roughly 80% in primetime and total day across the board. Since Zucker took the helm in 2013, CNN reportedly has not seen any ratings improvement – losing audience share, independent viewers and ratings throughout Zucker's tenure. An unnamed CNN insider is calling for 'Reliable Sources' host Brian Stelter to be fired.
Ken Jeong
personRudy Giuliani is said to have been revealed on The Masked Singer in the US. Judges Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke walked off the set in protest. Giuliani is accused of leading a scheme to overturn the 2020 election.
Edwin Poots
personPaul Givan is expected to announce his resignation by the end of the week. His colleague Edwin Poots has ordered a halt to agri-food checks at Northern Ireland's ports. European Commission has said the decision by Mr Poots to stop the checks creates “further uncertainty and unpredictability’
Allison Gollust
personBrian Stelter, 36, the network’s top media reporter and host of its “Reliable Sources’ Sunday show, either dropped the ball by not exposing Zucker and Gollust, or showed a stunning lack of awareness by being not privy to their romance, a CNN insider fumed. Female employees at CNN told The Post they’re furious that GollUST is allowed to keep her job despite “lying” about her affair with Zucker that went on “for years” One industry vet said that Steler had been Zucker's “waterboy” for years.
Meta
organizationFacebook parent company Meta plunged 24.5 per cent, erasing more than $US220 billion ($307 billion) in market value. Shares were down 25.6 percent shortly after the opening in New York. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had some $20 billion in value wiped from his personal holding by the rout.
Munira Mirza
personBoris Johnson's policy chief Munira Mirza quits over row over Keir Starmer. Johnson accused Starmer of failing to prosecute paedophile Jimmy Savile. Mirza said it was an inappropriate and partisan reference to a horrendous case.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
personBiden says ISIS leader "taken off the battlefield" with U.S. raid in Syria. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi succeeded ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 2019.
Jimmy Savile
personMunira Mirza, 44, has worked with the PM for 14 years, including when he was mayor of London. She quit over his use of a “scurrilous’ Jimmy Savile smear.