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Apr 2023
21m 44s

Meta's Big Pop, Google's New Threat

The Motley Fool
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For the first time in a while, Facebook's parent company gave shareholders reason to smile. (00:21) Bill Mann discusses: - Meta Platforms starting the fiscal year with a bang - The Reality Labs division posting an operating loss of (gulp) $4 billion - The current state of regional banks and the magic word he's seeing appear in the financial media (14:25) H ... Show More
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