Meta sued

Plus, Spotify’s surprise profit

*past 24-hour performance

  • Visa beats: Visa (V) posted a Q4 profit that beat Wall Street estimates as consumer card spending climbed; the company also announced a new $25 billion stock repurchase plan. (Marketwatch)

  • No more Cruise control: California has ordered General Motors' (GM) Cruise unit to remove its driverless cars from state roads, calling the vehicles a risk to the public and saying the company had "misrepresented" the safety of the technology. (Reuters)

  • Forever stock? Coca-Cola Co (KO) raised its annual sales and profit forecasts for a second time this year, riding on resilient demand from consumers for its sodas, juices and energy drinks as well as higher prices. (Reuters)

  • Meta sued: California and a group of more than 30 states are suing Meta (META) over claims that Instagram and Facebook exploit youths for profit and feed them harmful content. (Bloomberg)

  • Spotify’s surprise profit: Spotify (SPOT) shares closed 10% higher yesterday after the company reported a surprise profit for Q3 — its first quarterly profit in a year and a half — as price increases and cost-cutting measures took hold. (Axios)

  • World’s largest sovereign wealth fund loses big: Norway's $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, posted a $33.80 billion loss in Q3, after sustaining heavy drops in the value of equities and bonds. (Reuters)

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