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The agency says Nuvei kept billing customers' cards for a tech-support scam even after Visa flagged the merchant for fraud in 2020.
Meridians Money Desk · 10 September 2026 · 4 min read
Broadcom beat Wall Street estimates on both revenue and profit. Shares fell anyway, and none of the coverage we found fully explains why.
Meridians Money Desk · 7 September 2026 · 3 min read
CrowdStrike's fiscal second-quarter revenue rose 26% to $1.47 billion and net new annual recurring revenue hit a record $332.8 million. The cybersecurity company raised its full-year ARR growth outlook by more than six percentage points.
Meridians Money Desk · 31 August 2026 · 4 min read
Warsh, sworn in as Federal Reserve chair in May after the tightest confirmation vote in the job's history, speaks Friday amid bond-market volatility, a divided policy committee and inflation still running above target.
Meridians Money Desk · 25 August 2026 · 5 min read
The deal closed August 20, giving Cox Enterprises about a 26% stake in the combined company while every market keeps the Spectrum brand.
Meridians Money Desk · 22 August 2026 · 5 min read
A one-time tariff refund helped margins, but slower store traffic and price-conscious shoppers pulled US comparable sales below forecasts. Walmart raised its full-year outlook regardless.
Meridians Money Desk · 21 August 2026 · 5 min read
The AI lab's latest infrastructure deal follows a $30 billion funding round and revenue that has more than tripled in eight months, and most of the new capacity is going on US soil.
Meridians Money Desk · 9 August 2026 · 5 min read
Gross margin is one of the most revealing single numbers in a set of accounts — and one of the easiest to misread.
Meridians Money Desk · 28 May 2026 · 6 min read
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01 Small-business software
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