TikTok to launch ad product that will give premium content creators 50% cut

(Reuters) – TikTok said on Wednesday it is launching a product that well let advertisers place ads alongside content produced by premium publishers, half of the ad revenue from which will be shared with those publishers. The social media platform said brands including Buzzfeed, DotDash Meredith, NBCUniversal, UFC and WWE will be the first to…

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Etsy tops revenue estimates on demand for personalized products, higher fees

By Granth Vanaik (Reuters) – Etsy Inc on Wednesday beat market expectations for quarterly revenue, benefiting from demand for products such as personalized gifts offered on its e-commerce platform as well as higher transaction fees, sending the company’s shares up about 2% in extended trading. Etsy – a marketplace for sellers of vintage or handcrafted…

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Trump calls rape claim ‘ridiculous’ in video testimony at civil trial

By Jack Queen (Reuters) -Donald Trump denied raping writer E. Jean Carroll in a deposition video played on Wednesday for a Manhattan federal jury, as the former U.S. president sought to defend himself in a civil trial without testifying in person. Trump, front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said in the October 2022 deposition…

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Equities choppy while Treasury yields, dollar retreat in choppy trading after Fed hikes rates

(Corrects firm name to RBC Wealth Management from RBC Portfolio Advisory Group in paragraph 5) By Sinéad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – MSCI’s gauge of stock markets around the world was advancing but trading was choppy on Wednesday while U.S. Treasury yields and the U.S. dollar steepened declines after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest…

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