On the eve of MicroStrategy’s 1998 stock market debut, founder Michael Saylor stayed at the Lotte New York Palace, with Merrill Lynch covering the costs, before watching the stock open on the Nasdaq the next morning. MicroStrategy’s shares rose 76%, kicking off the dot-com boom. In 2024, Saylor urged Microsoft to invest in bitcoin, with MicroStrategy already holding $42 billion worth of the cryptocurrency, leading to a market cap increase from $1.1 billion to $82 billion.
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Man gets his street evacuated after pulling pin on WWII grenade from antique market
An entire residential road in Bixton Close, Northwick, Worcester, was evacuated by a bomb squad after a man accidentally pulled the pin on a World War Two RG-42 grenade he bought for £30 at an antiques market over a year ago. Upon pulling the pin, the grenade emitted a noise, prompting him to evacuate the property and alert neighbors before calling the police, who established a 100m cordon. The bomb squad x-rayed the device, confirming...
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