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Before the Bell | Facebook parent sued over scam ads by Australian regulator

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Moomoo Breakfast US wrote a column · Mar 18, 2022 05:17
Hey, mooers! Here are things you need to know before the opening bell:
- Stock futures fell Friday following a three-day rally for the S&P 500 that put the equity benchmark on pace for its biggest weekly gain in more than a year.
- An Australian regulator is suing Meta Platforms for not doing enough to remove scam ads from Facebook that featured public figures promoting cryptocurrency.
Market Snapshot
Stock futures fell Friday following a three-day rally for the S&P 500 that put the equity benchmark on pace for its biggest weekly gain in more than a year.
Futures on the $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ fell 168 points. $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ futures were down 0.56% along with $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ futures.
Source: Bloomberg
Source: Bloomberg
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Before the Bell | Facebook parent sued over scam ads by Australian regulator
Before the Bell | Facebook parent sued over scam ads by Australian regulator
Source: CNBC, Dow Jones Newswires, Bloomberg
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