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Facebook has become a "thriving marketplace" for illegal online wildlife trading, allowing the sale of many critically endangered species, a report by the U.S.-based campaign group Avaaz said on Wednesday. Avaaz researchers said an investigation into the social media platform uncovered 129 posts listing endangered species that were up for sale, including baby tigers, African grey parrots and the pygmy marmoset, the world's smallest monkey. "Avaaz's research shows that, on Facebook, wildlife trafficking takes place in broad daylight," said Ruth Delbaere, senior legal campaigner with Avaaz...

By Denny Jacob Planet Green Holdings Corp. shares jumped roughly 37% to $1.12 during a volatile trading session Wednesday. Trading was paused for volatility.....

The overall charge comprises of 30% hardware platform fee for sales made through Meta Quest Store, where it sells apps and games meant for its virtual reality headsets, and a further 17.5% cut as its Horizon platform fees, a Meta spokesperson told Reuters on Wednesday. On Monday, the tech giant said it would start testing tools for creators to sell digital assets and in turn make money on Horizon Worlds, a key part of its plan for creating a metaverse...

Meta’s first-quarter earnings report is due on April 27 after the close...

The Russian government has cracked down on social media and so-called misinformation during the Ukraine conflict...

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Yahoo Finance's Dan Howley details Facebook parent company Meta's outlook on selling accessories and experiences in the metaverse, amid the company's longest losing streak since May 2019...

Shares of Amazon , Meta Platforms and Netflix may have dropped in recent months, but Bill Nygren portfolio manager at Oakmark isn't giving up on them. As for retail/technology giant Amazon, it has its appeal. "Recently, concerns about rising investment spending have weighed on the stock — as they have in times past — providing us another opportunity to purchase shares at an attractive multiple of normalized earnings and a discount to its peer-weighted enterprise value-to-sales multiple," Nygren said in a letter to Oakmark Fund shareholders, cited by MarketWatch...