2019年8月7日
Match Group spikes 20% after its Tinder app adds 500,000 new users in the second quarter
Match Group soared as much as 20% in aftermarket trading on Thursday after its second-quarter earnings report showed a surge of more than 500,000 new Tinder users. The company didn’t give specific figures for its updated yearly revenue guidance, but shifted its expectation to “high teens” from “mid teens.”
Here are the key numbers:
Revenue: $US498.0 million, versus the $US489.2 million estimate
Earnings per share: $US0.430, versus the $US0.405 estimate
Average Tinder subscribers: 5.2 million, up 37% year-over-year
Average revenue per user: $US0.58, up 1.8% year-over-year
Tinder’s massive second-quarter popularity served as the primary reason for the company’s revenue boost, as it drove 46% direct revenue growth over the three-month period. Tinder now has more than 5.2 million average subscribers. The company’s other online dating products saw more modest growth. The company also announced an investment in Egypt-based dating app Harmonica, furthering its global expansion. Match has already acquired dating apps in Japan and hired consultants to configure its existing products to better fit different cultural preferences.
The ASX is slowly clawing back yesterday's losses after global markets were rattled by US-China tensions
Investors are looking uncertain as the Australian stock exchange (ASX) opened on Wednesday. The market got off to a shaky start after one of the worst days in three years saw 2.5% wiped off the ASX200. That’s with futures indicating a 0.8% jump in today’s trade. Much of that was likely based on confidence flowing from a bounce in the US.
In the US, the Dow Jones (1.21%), tech-heavy Nasdaq (1.39%), and S&P 500 (1.3%) all had a positive day, regaining a little under half of what they lost the day previous.
That was in contrast to Europe which continued to flounder. The FTSE100 closed 0.72% lower, as did Germany’s DAX (0.78%) and France’s CAC (0.13%).
Those results have provided mixed messages to the Asian region as it opened on Wednesday.
Japan’s Nikkei again plunged as trading kicked off, down 0.56% in the first half-hour of the session. At 1 pm it was sitting 0.81% lower.
Either way that the ASX ends today, it looks sure to be another rollercoaster day.
How these companies are using real-time data to fight the war on waste
Given the state of the climate and a growing push for companies to start taking stock of their environmental footprints, more and more businesses are turning to data analysis to evaluate their impact. Across the globe, refined sustainability practices are becoming more of a necessity rather than a nice-to-have option, as companies are being held accountable for their energy consumption and waste output.
Schneider Electric is one of the companies developing data analysis technology that allows companies to monitor their day-to-day output — keeping track of exact energy and waste levels in order to identify problem areas. The technology utilises the Internet of Things (interconnectivity between physical devices) to collect in real time waste, gas and electricity data and send to a cloud-based analytics platform.
Whirlpool’s initial goal was implementing an actionable waste-reduction strategy across 40 manufacturing sites internationally which would see the company enact a ‘zero waste-to-landfill’ policy by 2020. A case study from Schneider Electric found that by utilising the EcoStruxure Resource Advisor, Whirlpool has since achieved the zero waste-to-landfill goal in three Brazilian locations (ahead of schedule) with more to follow.
According to Schneider Electric, entertainment venue management company AEG has saved over $3 million dollars and diverted 53% of their worldwide waste from winding up in landfill since using the technology. AEG manages some of Australia’s biggest venues like Sydney’s ICC and Qudos Bank Arena plus global icons like London’s O2 and the NBA Champion’s Golden State Warriors home arena in California.
By using the Resource Advisor to identify the core energy needs of the business and leveraging those insights to procure better rates across the venue locations, AEG was reported to save millions in excess energy costs. The tangible impact that this had on AEG’s operational expenditure has meant that it can focus its sights more narrowly on furthering the elimination of waste-to-landfill in the future.
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