Bending Spoons Joins the Nasdaq Stock Market
Bending Spoons 正式在納斯達克上市
Introduction
Bending Spoons is a technology company from Milan. It is now a public company on the Nasdaq market.
Bending Spoons 是一家來自米蘭的科技公司。目前已在納斯達克市場上市。
Main Body
The company buys old apps and websites. It buys things like AOL and Vimeo. Then, it makes them better and keeps them for a long time.
該公司專門收購舊的應用程式與網站。例如收購了 AOL 和 Vimeo。接著，公司會將其改良並長期持有。
Bending Spoons is now making money. Last year, it lost money. This year, it made 27.4 million dollars. It uses AI to help its products.
Bending Spoons 目前已開始獲利。去年公司仍處於虧損狀態，但今年賺了 2,740 萬美元。公司利用 AI 來協助其產品。
The company sold shares for 29 dollars each. It raised 1.68 billion dollars. Now, the company wants to buy more digital businesses.
該公司每股以 29 美元發行，共籌集 16.8 億美元。目前公司希望收購更多數位業務。
Conclusion
Bending Spoons is now a very valuable public company. It will continue to buy and fix software.
Bending Spoons 現在是一家非常有價值的上市公司。它將繼續收購並改良軟體。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 Now vs. Before
Look at how the story changes time. We use different words for 'today' and 'the past'.
Today (Present)
- It is... → Right now.
- It makes... → A regular habit.
- It wants... → A current feeling.
Before (Past)
- It lost... → It happened and finished.
- It sold... → It happened and finished.
💡 Simple Rule: To talk about the past, many words just add -ed (like raised). Others change completely (like make made or lose lost).
Quick Comparison:
- This year: It makes money.
- Last year: It lost money.