The 'Amazon of Japan' is up 10% ahead of Pinterest's IPO (4755)

6:59am PDT - April 17th, 2019    amazon stock - Business Insider

Rakuten's shares jumped 10% on Wednesday as investors looked forward to Pinterest's public debut, cheered registrations for its new cryptocurrency exchange, and celebrated an analyst upgrade. The "Amazon of Japan" invested in Pinterest in 2012, but its shareh…