Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Airbnb reports Q4 revenue up 12% YoY to $2.78B, vs. $2.72B est., Nights and Seats Booked up 10% to 121.9M, and forecasts Q1 revenue above estimates  —  Shares of Airbnb popped 5% in extended trading on Thursday after the company reported fourth-quarter results that beat analysts' expectations …

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Pinterest reports Q4 revenue up 14% YoY to $1.32B, vs. $1.33B est., MAUs up 12% to 619M, and forecasts Q1 revenue below estimates; PINS drops 17%+ after hours  —  Pinterest shares dropped 19% in after-hours on Thursday after the social media company reported fourth-quarter earnings …

Taylor Soper / GeekWire:
Highspot, which has raised $650M and makes AI-powered sales enablement software, plans to merge with rival Seismic; the combined company will be called Seismic  —  Seattle-based company Highspot plans to merge with Seismic in a deal that will combine two of the biggest players in sales and revenue enablement software.

The U.S. economy experienced almost zero job growth in 2025, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics data indicating that the U.S. economy added only 181,000 jobs compared to 1.46 million in 2024. What do you think?

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Jo Constantz / Bloomberg:
IBM says it plans to triple entry-level hiring in the US in 2026 “for all these jobs that we're being told AI can do”  —  International Business Machines Corp. said it will triple entry-level hiring in the US in 2026, even as artificial intelligence appears to be weighing on broader demand for early-career workers.