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Sources: Slack plans to reveal by Friday its prospectus for a direct listing on the NYSE; it had already confidentially submitted its filing to regulators (Katie Roof/Wall Street Journal)

Katie Roof / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Slack plans to reveal by Friday its prospectus for a direct listing on the NYSE; it had already confidentially submitted its filing to regulators  —  Paperwork will be for its direct listing debut on NYSE  —  Messaging platform Slack Technologies Inc. is taking the next step toward going

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Despite reporting that it expects a $3B-$5B fine from the FTC, Facebook's stock is up ~8% after hours, adding ~$40B to its market cap (BuzzFeed News)

BuzzFeed News: Despite reporting that it expects a $3B-$5B fine from the FTC, Facebook’s stock is up ~8% after hours, adding ~$40B to its market cap  —  Facebook will set aside $3 billion to cover expenses associated with a fine from the Federal Trade Commission over its privacy practices.  All good here, say investors. Despite

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Facebook says Facebook Stories now has 500M daily users across Facebook and Messenger and WhatsApp's Status has 500M daily users; Snapchat has 190M daily users (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Facebook says Facebook Stories now has 500M daily users across Facebook and Messenger and WhatsApp’s Status has 500M daily users; Snapchat has 190M daily users  —  You might think it’s redundant with Instagram Stories, or just don’t want to see high school friends’ boring lives … Facebook says Facebook Stories now

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Slack previews new features rolling out in the coming weeks and months: responding to messages via email, new calendar integrations, universal search, and more (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Slack previews new features rolling out in the coming weeks and months: responding to messages via email, new calendar integrations, universal search, and more  —  Most of the new features will be available later this year  —  Slack arrived more than five years ago with the bold attempt to try

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PayPal reports Q1 revenue of $4.13B, up 12% YoY, net income of $667M, 31% YoY, and $161 billion in total payment volume, up 22% YoY (PayPal)

PayPal: PayPal reports Q1 revenue of $4.13B, up 12% YoY, net income of $667M, 31% YoY, and $161 billion in total payment volume, up 22% YoY  —  Toggle navigation PayPal Investor Relations Financial Releases << Back Apr 24, 2019 PDF Version PayPal Reports First Quarter 2019 Results GAAP EPS of $0.56 … PayPal reports Q1

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