Roku to acquire Nielsen's advanced video-advertising business
Roku Inc. undefined shares were up 4% Monday after it announced it has reached an agreement to buy Nielsen Holdings' undefined Advanced Video Advertising business, allowing Roku to offer a fully addressable advertising solution for TV programmers. Roku will acquire Nielsen technology that can replace ads in linear feeds with targeted, household-level spots on over-the-top streaming platforms. Additionally, the companies entered a multiyear deal in which data from Roku's platform will be incorporated into the forthcoming Nielsen One cross-media measurement solution. Financial terms of the deal were not revealed. The sale is expected to close in the second quarter.
Opinion: We should tax billionaires’ wealth to help pay for pandemic recovery
- Congress is staring down an unemployment cliff for 11 million workers — if lawmakers don’t extend COVID-19 relief programs
- $1.9-trillion relief package is now in Senate’s hands as Democrats eye March 14 deadline
- Chuck Reed warned of city services ‘insolvency’ after the Great Recession. He thinks the corona-crisis may be worse.
My wife has homeschooled our son and our best friends’ son since September due to COVID-19. Is it too late to bring up money?
‘She’s putting in about 15 to 20 hours each week. The two families have shared the costs of the curriculum, school supplies and art supplies.’
U.S. consumers made a record number of complaints in 2020 — this was their No. 1 grievance
‘As consumers dealt with the economic fallout of the pandemic, they increasingly faced problems with financial companies.’
Infineon to replace Nokia in Euro Stoxx 50
Microchip maker Infineon Technologies undefined is going to replace telecom equipment maker Nokia undefinedundefined in the Euro Stoxx 50 undefined, Stoxx said late Monday. The move is effective March 22. Stoxx didn't provide an explanation, but microchip makers have been buoyed by strong demand and a shortage of supplies. In early trade, Nokia slipped 1.3% while Infineon slipped 0.4%.
Bankrupt Boy Scouts offer sex-abuse settlement
The Boy Scouts of America are offering cash, artwork and other assets to sex-abuse victims under a bankruptcy plan filed Monday, an opening gambit by the youth group to move past the failures to protect children that have threatened its standing in American society.
