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Re:In Praise of Chris Krebs on Saturday November 21, 2020 @02:28PM (#25172119)
Can you please link to the documentation of the “100% Biden vote ballots”?
Re:Jeff Bezos has confirmed Amazon’s growth is slowing on Thursday April 11, 2019 @11:35PM (#19641732)
Seriously, and they grew faster than the ecommerce category as a whole. Plus, double digit growth in the 100’s of billions of GMV is incredible in its own right.
Re:Uber Posts $708M Loss as Finance Head Leaves on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @10:02PM (#14457409)
True, but Uber does know, and they probably have teams of data scientists and economists optimizing the fare charge to maximize revenue. My guess is that if Uber could eliminate their losses and suffer no decrease in fares by raising rates 6%, then they would have.
Re:Fast Trader Pulled a Fast One on Some Customers on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @12:58PM (#13428528)
I think you missed part of the article. Citadel's actions lead to lower prices for retail. Their actions are saving you money

"But the weirdest part is that Citadel is selling you the stock for a lower price than what's available on the public exchanges. For instance, if the public exchange shows the stock offered at $40.02, Citadel will sell you that same stock for $40.016, saving you like 40 cents on a 100-share order. (This is called "price improvement.") It's giving you a (slightly) better deal than you'd get elsewhere!"

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