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Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares fall despite record profits in the first quarter.
UPS (NYSE:UPS) hits an all-time high after a monster first-quarter report.
Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) pops nearly 20% after raising full-year guidance on the heels of record revenue in Q1. In this episode of
MarketFoolery, Motley Fool analyst Tim Beyers joins host Chris Hill to analyze those stories and talk about why investors are giving Tesla the shrug emoji today.
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Goodbye high heels. Crocs (NASDAQ:CROX) are the new it shoe of the pandemic.
There have been many weird changes to our lives over the last yearâno longer is it considered lazy to have everything delivered to your door, travelling one suburb away now feels like a vacation, and weed has been deemed essential.
But letâs not forget about the shoes. Comfort has come first, with sneakers the new staple and high heels a relic of the past. And itâs not just Air Jordans that have been on everyoneâs feet the past year, apparently.Â
A Bromley grammar school has been rapped by the local government ombudsman after an investigation found a number of faults in its handling of an admissions appeal case. A boy and his father had complained to the ombudsman they had not had a fair hearing when appealing the decision by St Olave’s and St Saviour’s Grammar School in Orpington not to allow the boy to join for sixth form. The boy had achieved above the required grades in the subjects he wanted to study at A-Level, and had also gained more than the total required points tally to enter, but had missed the grade in mathematics. The school rescinded its offer to the boy.
Crocs are making a pandemic comeback, thanks to Gen Z and Justin Bieber
The brightly-coloured, hole-speckled rubber clogs of early- to mid-2000s fame have once again found popularity, thanks in no small part to generation Z and celebrities. Meanwhile, the company s stock price has shot up. But critics of the aesthetically-divisive shoe are at a loss for why.
Social Sharing It is astonishing to me that Crocs have come around again, says founder of blog I Hate Crocs
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Posted: Apr 30, 2021 6:32 PM ET | Last Updated: April 30
Musician Questlove dons a pair of shimmering gold Crocs on the red carpet at the 93rd Annual Academy Awards, April 25, 2021, in Los Angeles.(Chris Pizzello/Pool/Getty Images)