Lots of big investment firms, such as hedge funds, had bet on GameStop to lose a lot of value, meaning they borrowed shares in the company and then sold them, with a promise to buy them back at a later date. This is called “short selling” or “shorting” and the idea is to make money as the share price falls.
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Daily Facebook users up again after first-ever decline
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French finance minister: Brexit made UK supply chain crisis worse
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Amazon online sales improve despite economy fears
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EU investigates Instagram over handling of children’s data
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Ryanair denies passengers must pay to download boarding pass
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ChatGPT owner in probe over risks around false answers
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