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May 6 2022 12:19PM

Consumer spending steady, Bitcoin down.

Block beats operating profit estimates

Block, the fintech firm led by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, said on Thursday it had not seen a decline in overall consumer spending through April, after reporting a first-quarter operating profit that topped Wall Street targets. Block's shares rose 10 percent in extended trading even ...

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