These 2 Tech Stocks Could Be Post-Pandemic Winners

Motley Fool2021-04-21

It's been a little over a year since COVID-19 shut down the global economy. The pandemic was brutal for most businesses, temporarily shuttering major retailers' brick-and-mortar stores and sparking ...

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Jon89
2021-04-22
Jon89
Wow
Plm963
2021-04-22
Plm963
....
MrGreen
2021-04-22
MrGreen
Pls like n comment
lingling19
2021-04-22
lingling19
Comment and like...
Avestor
2021-04-22
Avestor
I think it is too early to say AirBnB’s darkest days are over... yes, companies are restarting but the travelling and stays are still being limited. Like and share your viewpoints here.
JBSIEW
2021-04-22
JBSIEW
Not so easy settle Covid although I do hope that covid will go away.

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Like and share your viewpoints here.&nbsp;","listText":"I think it is too early to say AirBnB’s darkest days are over... yes, companies are restarting but the travelling and stays are still being limited. Like and share your viewpoints here.&nbsp;","text":"I think it is too early to say AirBnB’s darkest days are over... yes, companies are restarting but the travelling and stays are still being limited. Like and share your viewpoints here.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/378226118","repostId":2129775928,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":378298208,"gmtCreate":1619042773504,"gmtModify":1704718603392,"author":{"id":"3563244604368605","authorId":"3563244604368605","name":"JBSIEW","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/98de4f8fefba82ae441dde7b51ef936d","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"3563244604368605","idStr":"3563244604368605"},"htmlText":"Not so easy settle Covid although I do hope that covid will go away.","listText":"Not so easy settle Covid although I do hope that covid will go away.","text":"Not so easy settle Covid although I do hope that covid will go away.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/378298208","repostId":2129775928,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"}],"isCommentEnd":false,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":36,"commentSize":15,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.29.1","shortVersion":"4.29.1","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2129775928"}