Block shares soar 10% on entry into S&P 500

Block shares soar 10% on entry into S&P 500

Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chief executive officer of Twitter Inc. and Square Inc., listens during the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, on Friday, June 4, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Block shares jumped more than 10% in extended trading on Friday, as the fintech company gets set to join the…

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Dozens of states sue to block the sale of 23andMe personal genetic data without customer consent

Dozens of states sue to block the sale of 23andMe personal genetic data without customer consent

PORTLAND, Ore. — Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia on Monday filed a lawsuit in bankruptcy court seeking to block the sale of personal genetic data by 23andMe without customer consent. The lawsuit comes as a biotechnology company seeks the court’s approval to buy the struggling firm. Biological samples, DNA data, health-related traits and…

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