Anyone who remembers the chaos of the “Unite the Right” march in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017, certainly also remembers the violence that erupted between the protesters, who were supporters of the right-wing and the extreme left.

One of the suspects in these fights was a girl named Lindsay Moers, an alleged affiliate of the left-wing anti-fascist “Antifa” movement. In an Instagram video reviewed by FBI agents, she is seen beating two people with hostility. She was there, according to the government, in opposition to protesters who stood in Virginia city to express their “right-wing” and “white supremacy” views, according to a search warrant on her Twitter accounts first filed in 2019, which was implemented earlier this month. Just.

Footage from the video showed a woman in black clothes beating a man in the back of his head. The FBI also saw video footage released by the ACLU of the incident to verify the attack.

Investigators said it appeared from other footage that Moers was running in support of an opposition protester who tried to steal the American flag from the “Unite the Right” demonstrators only to end up in a physical altercation. The FBI said Moyers was also seen hitting a man with a stick.

The decision to search Moers’ Twitter accounts included more information about her other online accounts that the FBI had raided before. When law enforcement reviewed these clips, investigators noticed the weapon used and wondered where you got it. After getting her Facebook data, messages from 2017 were discovered indicating unspecified online requests. So they went to Amazon and requested the logs associated with her Gmail account. In response to the memo, Amazon provided a list of Moers’ past shopping requests containing a stick, pepper spray, and stun gun, which it purchased in 2015, two years before the alleged crimes, according to FBI testimony.

Square Inc. (NYSE: SQ) today announced that it has entered into a final agreement to acquire a majority ownership interest in Tidal, a global music and entertainment platform that brings fans and artists together through music and content. And unique experiences. Square expects to pay a mix of cash and stocks worth $ 297 million for the majority shareholding, and the artists’ current shareholders will be the remaining stakeholders. Tidal will operate independently within Square Corporation, along with the Sealer and Cash Up application systems.

This acquisition broadens Square’s goal of economic empowerment into a new field of musicians. Artists are dreaming entrepreneurs who deserve access to the systems, tools, and financial freedom needed to fulfill their dreams at every stage of their careers. Square has helped millions of companies launch, operate, and grow by providing them with the tools necessary to achieve the desired success. Thanks to the Cash Up app, Square makes financial services relevant and available to millions of underserved customers who have long been classified as historically ineligible. Square seizes the opportunity to leverage these lessons to help musicians find new ways to support their business and make better decisions through the Tidal platform.

“It boils down to one simple idea of ​​finding new ways for artists to support their work. New ideas are created at the meeting points, and we think the catchy idea combines music and economics,” said Jack Dorsey, co-founder, and CEO of Square. I realized that Tidal is special once I tested it, and it will remain the best home for music, musicians, and culture. “

Alibaba shares plunged 4% in Hong Kong on Friday, tumbling nearly 33% from their peak in October. The company’s share fell 6.3% in New York after the announcement, down 35% from its peak in the same month of last year, after the company announced its first quarterly operating loss since it went public after it was subjected to a large fine imposed by anti-trust authorities in China.

The large Chinese e-commerce company posted an operating deficit of 7.7 billion yuan ($ 1.2 billion) for the fourth quarter ended in March. The loss came after Alibaba paid the highest-ever Chinese fine of 18.2 billion yuan ($ 2.8 billion) for engaging in monopolistic business practices. The technology company said it would have reported a 48 percent increase in operating income year-on-year at 10.6 billion yuan ($ 1.6 billion) without the penalty. The operating income for the full year was 89.68 billion yuan (14 billion dollars), down 2 percent year on year.

The corporate penalty was also reflected in the final result of Alibaba, as the large Hangzhou-based company saw a net loss of 5.5 billion yuan in the three months ending in March. It recorded a full-year net income of 150.3 billion yuan (23.3 billion dollars).

“During the past fiscal year, we faced all kinds of challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, fierce competition as well as antitrust investigation and sanction decision by Chinese regulators,” Chief Executive Daniel Chang said during the earnings announcement on Thursday. “We believe the best way to overcome this challenge is to look forward and invest in the long term,” he adds.

Alibaba reported better-than-expected revenue of 187.4 billion yuan in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year, up 64 percent year-on-year. Full-year revenue jumped 41 percent to 717.3 billion yuan ($ 111 billion).

Behind the growing number was the company’s core e-commerce business, which saw a total merchandise value of about 7.49 trillion yuan ($ 1.1 trillion) in the retail markets for the 2021 fiscal year. Alibaba Cloud, the affiliate cloud computing company, also contributed a 50% rise in revenue. On an annual basis, at 60.12 billion yuan (9.3 billion dollars). Alibaba said it expects to increase its revenue to 930 billion yuan in the fiscal year 2022.

Alibaba shares have been under pressure since its billionaire founder Jack Ma criticized China’s financial regulators during a high-profile speech at a financial forum in October. Authorities quickly took action against the large e-commerce company, including the sudden suspension of its $ 35 billion initial public offerings (IPO) of its subsidiary Ant Group.

Ant Group contributed 7.2 billion yuan ($ 1.1 billion) to Alibaba’s profits in the three months ending in March. Based on Alibaba’s 33% stake in Ant, the fintech unit reported a profit of 21.8 billion yuan in the December quarter, up 49.7% from the previous quarter.

In April, China’s central bank said that Ant must be restructured into a financial holding company, which means it will be subject to stricter regulatory controls.

Covid-19 has raised consumer spending in the electronic retail sector by $ 900 billion globally after the epidemic changed the behavior of people who had to stay at home and prompted them to boost online purchases.

The percentage of e-commerce out of total retail sales in the Middle East and Africa increased to 4.6% during the height of the pandemic, compared to 2.2% before the crisis.

The UAE witnessed an increase in consumer spending online during the year 2020, mainly driven by the increase in the number of electronic stores by 21% year-on-year, in addition to the increase in the number of e-commerce partners by 44% compared to 2019, according to the “Recovery Visions: E-Commerce” report issued by Master Card.

Covid-19 has accelerated the shift to e-commerce spending in markets such as the UAE and the United States, which have already started promoting digital transformation, along with countries that were in the early stages of the digital transformation of retail, such as Egypt and Brazil.

The online purchase rate of people residing in Saudi Arabia increased by 33% over the average over the past year, and the levels of electronic purchase in the UAE increased by 21%, in Russia by 29%, and in the United Kingdom by 22%.

E-commerce accounted for approximately one dollar out of every five dollars spent on retail, last year, while it was a dollar of every seven dollars spent in 2019, as e-commerce represented a lifeline for the retail sector. Face-to-face interaction, fearing the spread of the epidemic.

The report predicts that between 20% and 30% of the shift in online shopping related to Covid-19 will be permanent, even after the epidemic subsides.

Core retail sectors such as grocery, which held the smallest digital share before the crisis, saw some of the biggest gains as consumers adapted to buying online.

Two-thirds of online purchases in Saudi Arabia are made through websites based in the Gulf region instead of global platforms such as American Amazon and Chinese Alibaba, while Egyptians who shop online prefer Arab websites, according to a recent report issued last month by UNCTAD titled “Covid-” 19 and e-commerce. ”

E-commerce sales in the Middle East and Africa are currently stable at 2.4% of retail sales in the region after Covid-19 caused it to rise to 4.6% during the height of the epidemic, while it was at 2.2% before the crisis.

The proportion of e-commerce from retail sales in Europe increased to 11.6% during the height of the epidemic, compared to 7.5% before the crisis and 8.5% now.

E-commerce represented 11% of retail sales in the United States before the spread of Covid-19, but it rebounded to represent 22% at the height of the epidemic, to currently settle at 17%.

The proportion of e-commerce from retail sales in the United Kingdom increased to 31.3% during the spread of Covid-19, compared to 21.8% before the outbreak of the epidemic, when it stabilized at 24.1% during the current period.

Global consumer spending on e-commerce rebounded by 25-30% during the outbreak – from March 2020 to February 2021, in a year-on-year comparison, as the volume of sales increased and the number of different countries in which shoppers placed electronic orders.

The report suggested that groceries will be at the top of the sectors that will continue to benefit from the digital transformation in the field of e-commerce during the coming period, as only 7% of global grocery stores have electronic stores, but with the spread of Covid-19, the sector has rebounded. For example, a fifth of online grocery store shopping is currently taking place, as a result of pandemic-related closures.

The share of e-commerce in total global retail trade increased from 14% in 2019 to 17% in 2020, due to the digital transformation that Covid-19 has promoted, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

To keep the Geneva Luxury Watch Fair on schedule after it was canceled last year due to the pandemic, the organizers of this year’s landmark annual event for industry professionals chose a radical solution: to hold the exhibition in a fully virtualized version, at a time when the luxury Swiss watch sector is facing the increasing popularity of smartwatches.

Fans of fine watches can watch their screens to watch the “Watches & Wonders” platform, in order to discover the latest innovations from the 38 international brands participating in the event, which will continue until April 13th.

The event this year is full of remarkable products, including “Chanel” watches in bright colors inspired by the world of electronic music in the 1990s, a “Rolex” watch with a disc made of meteorite debris, and a bracelet made of a new material composed of 40% of plant materials from the remains of used apples In the food industry in one of the classic “Cartier” models, which is in the process of the recycling economy.
Edouard Milan, president of Swiss watch manufacturer H. Moser, said that this virtual version of the exhibition was “a good opportunity for learning”.

Milan expects that virtual events will be organized on a large scale in the future, even after the pandemic is closed. “This will never replace exhibitions and contracts signed personally. But it is in line with the requirements of the times,” he says.

Tesla announced, Friday, that it delivered 184 thousand and 800 cars in the first quarter of 2021, exceeding analysts’ expectations of about 7 thousand vehicles.

The Axios website stated that these results constitute more than double the vehicles that the electric vehicle manufacturer delivered at the same time last year, which is a strong start this year.

Despite the significant decline in the global economy due to the Corona pandemic, and many sectors were affected as a result of the repercussions of that crisis, the new figures confirm that Tesla has achieved record profits in light of that.

The site pointed out that it is unclear how the global shortage of chips will affect the electric car industry, including Tesla, as many companies around the world have been forced to extend the scope of production cuts.

The Corona pandemic has caused an increase in demands for chips used in the production of smartphones, televisions, and computers, as consumers try to make their long home lives somewhat bearable, allowing less capacity to achieve a more than expected recovery in vehicle demand.

On the other hand, despite the unprecedented records of wealth accumulation achieved by Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, in 2020, he was quickly hit by losses since March 8, after his company’s shares declined in the context of a wave of selling of shares of technology companies. Green.

Musk’s fortune fell to $ 156.9 billion, to move him to second place on the “Bloomberg Rich Index”, after Jeff Bezos topped it with an increase of nearly $ 20 billion, to become the richest person on the planet last week.