IT company pays over €5m for Gamestop Ireland’s former HQ
Estuary House comprises high-spec industrial facility with office accommodation and extends to 41,290sq ft
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Did Roaring Kitty manipulate the stock market?
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Meme stock mania is unlikely to last
Shares in GameStop and cinema chain AMC almost quadruple after Roaring Kitty tweets
Trump Media valuation is insane
Ex-president’s business looks a lot like a meme stock: wildly inflated and destined for collapse
Gamestop calls in liquidator, cementing Irish exit
Video game retailer announced closure of 35 stores in the Republic last year
GameStop’s closure of Irish business cost about €13m
Company incurred severance costs of €183,532 as 224 people lost their jobs when 35 stores closed
Dumb Money: GameStop short-squeeze film will have you shouting ‘Sell, for God’s sake!’ at the screen
Director Craig Gillespie was inspired by his own son’s involvement in the strange Covid-era financial phenomenon
Reddit-led meme stock gains evaporate
Short-selling hedge funds were right with betting on meme stocks being a losing bet
Is the dash for trash cause for investor concern?
Stocktake: Almost anything that was slaughtered in 2022 has soared in 2023 but many are calling it a junk rally
Carl Icahn reported to hold short position in Gamestop
Pandemic ‘meme stock’ at centre of Reddit forum short squeeze has fallen 71% since January 2021
‘Everything rally’ turns ugly as markets fret central banks will choke activity
Great unknown hanging over markets is how long the war in Ukraine will last
Klarna and Gamestop partnership expands to offer virtual shopping
Games retailer set to provide video calls with in-store experts and faster checkouts online
European shares end five-day upward streak with 1% decline
Stoxx 600 index now more than 8% lower than record highs reached earlier this year
Cinema giant AMC revives Hollywood golden age – just not in a way anyone expected
Silver screen? Silver mining is the new big thing for owner of Odeon chain
European shares retreat on rising bond yields
Rapid spread of Omicron Covid variant also dents sentiment
The A to Z of financial markets in 2021
Apple soared and Zoom slumped in a year that saw markets surge to record levels
Reddit confidentially files to go public
San Francisco-based company was valued at $10bn earlier this year
European shares end lower as IMF warns on cost of pandemic
Covid-19 worries weigh on airlines, while tech and energy stocks also fall
Revealed: Google’s most popular searches of 2021
Squid Game, Bernie Sanders’s mittens and how to wear skinny jeans dominate global trends
The investment landscape is changing – here are the trends to watch out for
While many businesses and individuals were hit hard by the pandemic, others are emerging with more money than before
European stocks claw back most of daily losses after ECB statement
Airlines and video game companies among the fallers in Thursday trading
Bitcoin bruised after chaotic debut as legal tender in El Salvador
Central American state became first country to adopt it as legal tender
Reddit seeks to hire advisers for US IPO, sources say
Online message board operator valued at $10 bn in a private fundraising round last month
Angel investors roll in behind Aikido in near €1m fundraise
Dublin-based fintech says it is intent on democratising quantitative investing
Robinhood becomes the latest meme stock
Stocktake: Worst-ever market debut for IPO of its size made suprising comeback
Robinhood shares surge 50%, as investors scoop up ‘the meme of memes’
Wednesday marked first day that investors could trade options on shares in online brokerage
Robinhood prices IPO at bottom of indicated range
Disruptor stock trading app makes closely watched trading debut
Is US trading app Robinhood too much of a gamble for investors?
App luring newbies into stocks and cryptos valued at up to $40bn ahead of flotation
Stocktake: Free stock trading is coming to Ireland
Gotrade promises investment ‘without borders, barriers or minimums’
Irish traders target short sellers as meme stocks move up
Stocktake: Redditors piled into AMC and GameStop stocks in 2021, says Degiro
Lights, camera, action: cinemas reopen after five months
Light House programme manager Charlene Lydon is confident the crowds will return
AMC launches new share sale as it warns investors they may lose money
Some Wall Street analysts say the cinema operator is already heavily overvalued
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