Why this market has left behind direct-to-consumer companies like Warby Parker, AllBirds and Rent the Runway

View in Browser April 3, 2024 Dow 39,127.14 0.11% S&P 500 5,211.49 0.11% NASDAQ 16,277.46 0.23% Last updated April 3 at 5:14 PM ET     Why this market has left behind direct-to-consumer companies like Warby Parker, AllBirds and Rent the Runway US markets have had a great 15 months. The S&P 500 rallied 24% in 2023 and hit 22 new all-time highs in the first quarter of 2023.    Read full article   Two investors in Trump Media insider trading case plead guilty Florida venture capitalist Michael Shvartsman and his brother Gerald Shvartsman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to participating in an insider trading scheme linked to the blockbuster deal that brought former President Donald Trump's social media business public.    Read full article   Disney fends off activist shareholders in a major win for Bob Iger Disney won a hard-fought proxy battle against a group of activist investors who sought to secure seats on the company's board of directors. The shareholder vote served as a legacy-defining victory for CEO Bob Iger.    Read full article   Blinken grounded by problems with his Boeing jet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is the latest person dealing with problems with a Boeing jet.    Read full article   Why 'dynamic' pricing feels like such a scam Your Uber costs more at 5 pm on a Tuesday than it does at 8 pm. Buying a plane ticket the day before you fly is more expensive than buying it six months early. These are surge pricing tactics so ingrained in our consumer experience, we hardly notice or care. It's just the way things are.    Read full article   New York closes bridges for its marathon. Runners should pay for the unpaid tolls, the MTA demands The Metropolitan Transit Authority says it wants the organizers of New York City's marathon to pay $750,000 a year, citing the steep loss of bridge toll revenues for closing the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, the Staten Island-Brooklyn connection that has served as the starting point for the race for decades.    Read full article   Today's movers ACB 7.21 44.06% Aurora Cannabis Inc. XTIA 4.59 31.14% XTI Aerospace, Inc. CGC 10.89 30.42% Canopy Growth Corporation ASCA 3.01 67.14% A SPAC I Acquisition Corp. Class A JZXN 1.49 60.27% Jiuzi Holdings, Inc. GCTS 6.86 55.74% GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc. Class A Last updated April 3 at 4:10 PM ET Have feedback? We'd love to hear from you. Send your questions and feedback to marketsnow@cnn.com   You are receiving this newsletter because you signed up for Markets Now. To stop receiving this newsletter, unsubscribe or sign up to manage your CNN account   Learn more about the CNN app |  Get CNN web alerts  |  Sign up for a free CNN account   ® © 2024 Cable News Network. A Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All Rights Reserved. 1050 Techwood Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30318