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General — Business — April 2nd, 2024

A new games-focused VC in Turkey shows the industry there continues to gain steam
Turkey has gained a well-earned reputation as being a veritable cauldron of mobile games startups, leading to the rise of VCs dedicated to the sector. The latest to join this coterie is Laton Ventures, a new gaming-focused VC that has raised a $35 million fund.
April 2nd, 2024 — Source

Apple Card Savings account interest rate set to dip slightly starting this week
In December, the rate bumped up to 4.25%, then to 4.35% in early January, and further increased to 4.5% later in January. However, it seems that the savings account is now set for its first-ever interest rate decrease.
April 2nd, 2024 — Source

California introduces 'right to disconnect' bill that would allow employees to possibly relax
It follows the lead of countries like France and Spain which passed similar legislation.
April 2nd, 2024 — Source

Concur founder Steve Singh leads acquisition of Direct Travel in ongoing quest for 'perfect trip'
The Seattle-based business leader and investor, former CEO of companies including Concur and Docker, is leading a group of investors in the acquisition of Direct Travel Inc., a Colorado-based corporate travel management company, founded in 2011, with more than $300 million in annual revenue and 1,800 employees.
April 2nd, 2024 — Source

Startup building tech for patient portals spins out of Providence incubator with $20M in funding
New startup, new funding: The Providence health tech incubator has spun out Praia Health as an independent company, and the startup on Tuesday announced $20 million in new funding.
April 2nd, 2024 — Source

Tesla production snags send deliveries tumbling
A tough first quarter for Tesla
April 2nd, 2024 — Source

General — Business — March 29th, 2024

10 Best Resource Management Software for 2024
Discover the 10 best resource management software platforms — ranked by key features, pricing and more — to choose the best one for your business.
March 29th, 2024 — Source

Beyond monitoring: How observability fuels security, sustainability and employee satisfaction
As cloud-based networks, mobility and the rise of hybrid work have spiked ongoing CIOs' interest in observability, companies are forced to consider how observability factors into their daily systems and routines. To understand what's happening between their applications, devices, and infrastructure -- and how these affect employees -- companies must consider how monitoring and observability go hand in hand to improve their IT operations.
March 29th, 2024 — Source

Data protection giant Veeam moves HQ to Seattle region, tops $1.5B in annual recurring revenue
Veeam Software, the top company by market share in data protection and ransomware recovery, has officially shifted its corporate headquarters from Columbus, Ohio, to the Seattle area, drawn by the close proximity of the major cloud providers and the deep pool of technical talent.
March 29th, 2024 — Source

How to Use Google Gemini for Supercharged Social Media Marketing
In this guide, we will show you how to use Google Gemini for Social Media marketing. In Social Media, staying ahead of the curve with innovative tools and strategies is not just advantageous—it's essential. Google Gemini emerges as a key player in this arena, offering smart marketers a golden opportunity to elevate their social media content with precision and creativity.
March 29th, 2024 — Source

How Uber and the gig economy changed the way we live and work
There's a steep price to pay for convenience.
March 29th, 2024 — Source

Nine crypto VCs on why Q1 investments were so hot and how it compares to previous bull market
If the 2023 crypto venture landscape was an ice-cold pot of water, the first quarter of 2024 is the part where the bubbles start to form right before water boils, Tom Schmidt, a partner at Dragonfly Capital, said to TechCrunch.
March 29th, 2024 — Source

The 6 best budgeting apps to replace Mint
We tested half a dozen budgeting apps for you to consider now that Intuit has shut down Mint.
March 29th, 2024 — Source

Why even hybrid RTO mandates are hurting overall job satisfaction
When companies enact rigid return-to-office policies — even if only for certain days of the week — it can not only result in reduced worker satisfaction and productivity but also harm employee retention.
March 29th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — March 28th, 2024

Amazon's handy pay-by-palm service now lets you sign up by phone
Shoppers can take a picture of their hand instead of signing up in store. Here's how to get started.
March 28th, 2024 — Source

Audio-Technica Expands North American Operations
Audio-Technica U.S. Incorporated, recently announced the formation of a new logistical operations company, Technica Logistics Inc. The announcement was made by Mr. Manabu Aoki, Audio-Technica Director and CEO/President of Audio-Technica U.S. Inc., and underscores A-T's long-term strategic business plan for ongoing growth and expansion in the coming years. "This new company is formed to supply enhanced service to our customers and consumers," stated Aoki.
March 28th, 2024 — Source

Boutique startup studio super{set} gets another $90 million to co-found data and AI companies
Startup studio super{set} has a fresh exit under its belt with the sale of marketing company Habu to LiveRamp for $200 million in January. Now, super{set} is adding another $90 million to its coffers as it doubles down on its strategy of building enterprise startups.
March 28th, 2024 — Source

ChowNow snaps up YC-backed POS platform Cuboh and is laying off staff
ChowNow, the online ordering platform and marketing service for local restaurants, acquired Cuboh, a Y Combinator-backed point-of-sale (POS) platform that consolidates all orders from delivery apps into one place.
March 28th, 2024 — Source

Embracer Group is selling Borderlands studio Gearbox Entertainment in $460M deal
Embracer Group has been undergoing a cost-cutting initiative over the past year, leading to several studio closures and layoffs. Other major companies under the Embracer banner have instead been sold. Earlier this month we saw Saber Interactive split off from its former parent company. Now, Gearbox Entertainment has also been sold.
March 28th, 2024 — Source or Source

French deep tech spinout Diamfab crystallizes hopes for diamond semiconductors to support green transition
As more funding flows into deep tech to address difficult global problems like climate change, PhD entrepreneurs coming out of Europe's top universities and labs are increasingly turning their research into companies.
March 28th, 2024 — Source

Furnished rental startup Blueground defies proptech woes with $560M in revenue, a new $45M raise
Alex Chatzieleftheriou founded Blueground in 2013 after being frustrated with the dearth of short-term furnished apartments in Europe. He had been traveling as a consultant for McKinsey, living almost exclusively in hotel rooms for months.
March 28th, 2024 — Source

Google.org launches $20M generative AI accelerator program
Google.org, Google's charitable wing, is launching a new program to help fund nonprofits developing tech that leverages generative AI.
March 28th, 2024 — Source

Ibotta's expansion into enterprise should set it up for a successful IPO
Ibotta confidently submitted an S-1 filing with the SEC on March 22 with the intent to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange. The 13-year-old cash-back startup looks to make its public debut after turning profitable and recording impressive revenue growth in 2023.
March 28th, 2024 — Source

Low Credit Score? This Secret Number Could Be the Reason
If you're looking to quickly increase your credit score, consider paying down the credit you're using.
March 28th, 2024 — Source

Matter Venture Partners raises $300M first fund to invest in 'hard tech
Wen Hsieh and Haomiao Huang, both Kleiner Perkins investors, left the firm in 2023 to start their own venture capital fund called Matter Venture Partners. The firm had backing from Kleiner and Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC.
March 28th, 2024 — Source

Metaview's tool records interview notes so that hiring managers don't have to
Siadhal Magos and Shahriar Tajbakhsh were working at Uber and Palantir, respectively, when they both came to the realization that hiring — particularly the process of interviewing — was becoming unwieldy for many corporate HR departments.
March 28th, 2024 — Source

Portfolio Analysis at Scale: Running Risk and Analytics on 15+ Million Portfolios Every Day
William Chen discusses the importance of trimming your computational graph, storing data in multiple formats, leveraging open source, and considering multiple dimensions of modularization.
March 28th, 2024 — Source

Reddit data-sharing agreement with Cision is expanded after IPO
the company's successful IPO, and a deal with Google to allow Reddit posts to be used as training data, the expansion of another Reddit data-sharing agreement has been signed -- this time with Cision.
March 28th, 2024 — Source

Skyflow raises $30M more as AI spikes demand for its privacy business
This morning, Skyflow announced that it has raised a $30 million Series B extension led by Khosla Ventures. The deal is interesting on a number of fronts, including the round's structure and how Skyflow has been impacted by the growth of AI.
March 28th, 2024 — Source

Tech Moves: VC firm Ascend names new partner; Common Room adds board member; and more
Startup veteran Jen Haller has been named partner at Ascend, the Seattle-based pre-seed venture capital firm.
March 28th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — March 27th, 2024

1.5M UK jobs now at risk from AI, report finds
The number could rise to 7.9M in the future
March 27th, 2024 — Source

Affinity users won't be forced into paying subscriptions following Canva acquisition
The two companies have committed to keep providing perpetual licenses for Affinity software.
March 27th, 2024 — Source or Source or Source

Apple dodges lawsuit that claimed its crypto-blocking deals with Google, PayPal, and others were anticompetitive
The lawsuit's dead and buried.
March 27th, 2024 — Source

Amazon fined in Poland for dark pattern design tricks
Amazon has been fined in Poland for misleading consumers about the conclusion of sales contracts on its online marketplace. The sanction, of close to $8 million (or in local currency: PLN 31,850,141), also calls out the e-commerce giant for deceptive design elements which may inject a false sense of urgency into the purchasing process and mislead shoppers about elements like product availability and delivery dates.
March 27th, 2024 — Source

Amazon will have to publish an ads library in EU after all
Amazon will have to provide information about the ads running on its platform in a publicly accessible online archive after all, following a decision by the European Union's highest court Wednesday.
March 27th, 2024 — Source

Can Bitcoin mining really support renewable energy?
Researchers have looked for ways to use Bitcoin as a way to boost renewable energy. The real world is much more complicated.
March 27th, 2024 — Source

GameStop Cuts Jobs Amid 'Unsustainable' Sales Decline
Shares on track for biggest decline in nine months.
March 27th, 2024 — Source

DOJ: Apple has a monopoly and its stock buybacks prove it — Lack of R&D spending highlights competition issues
How much is enough?
March 27th, 2024 — Source

GameStop continues to struggle in face of digital downloads: cuts jobs, misses earnings estimates
GameStop's share price has tumbled, again
March 27th, 2024 — Source

Google adds ratings to go with its new AI tools for shoppers
Shoppers can now vote thumbs up or down on items they find in search to hopefully find more of the stuff they like.
March 27th, 2024 — Source

New study of unicorn founders finds most are 'underdogs,' and female founders are rising
A new study that zeros-in on the founders of so-called "unicorns" — companies worth over a billion dollars — has found most have "underdog" founders who are often drawn from the top 10 universities. There's also a rising female founder make-up, and no obvious monopoly at seed stage of funding for VCs.
March 27th, 2024 — Source

New Summit is raising a new $100 million fund to back climate tech and underrepresented fund managers
New Summit Investments is raising a new $100 million impact fund, according to documents filed with the SEC. The hefty new fund, should it be raised, will let it continue investing in managers backing startups and other companies focused on environmental and social problems.
March 27th, 2024 — Source

Orchard vision system turns farm equipment into AI-powered data collectors
Agricultural robotics are not a new phenomenon. We've seen systems that pick apples and berries, kill weeds, plant trees, transport produce and more. But while these functions are understood to be the core features of automated systems, the same thing is true here as it is across technology: It's all about the data.
March 27th, 2024 — Source

President Donald Trump joins Bloomberg's list of world's richest people
Tuesday marked the single-greatest day on record for former U.S. President Donald J. Trump's wealth as his social media company, Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), concluded a merger process with Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC) with shares soaring 42% in their debut on Tuesday.
March 27th, 2024 — Source

The SEC can sue Coinbase for offering unregistered securities, judge rules
Judge Failla decided that while crypto might be new, these transactions are still within the SEC's jurisdiction.
March 27th, 2024 — Source

Wase zaps microbes to squeeze more biogas from wastewater sludge
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March 27th, 2024 — Source

Worker mobility can impact adoption of new technology
Increased worker mobility can negatively impact a business's ability to adopt new technology such as artificial intelligence (AI), researchers have found.
March 27th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — March 25th, 2024

Billionaire investor warns "The faster and higher things go up, the harder they fall" while talking about skyrocketed AI stocks, which will predictably lead to an inflationary economic slowdown
The current AI boom will reportedly lead to an economic slowdown and inflation.
March 25th, 2024 — Source

GoStudent, the online learning platform, says it's now profitable
GoStudent — the online tutoring marketplace last valued at $3.2 billion — has carved out a position for itself as one of the biggest and more popular startups to come out of Vienna, Austria, with 11 million families and 23,000 tutors on the platform.
March 25th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — March 22nd, 2024

1991 Ventures in London joins the growing list of VCs aimed at Ukrainian startups
U.K.-based limited partners Venrex and Samos Investments are this week backing the launch of a new VC primarily aimed at investing in startups led by Ukrainians inside and outside the war-torn country.
March 22nd, 2024 — Source

A $700M SAFE, IPOs are back and how one venture fund is transcending borders
Hello, and welcome to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Friday episode, in which we dig through the most critical stories from the week and chat through new and emerging themes.
March 22nd, 2024 — Source

Americans lose millions of dollars to online tax scams, McAfee study reveals
As tax season reaches its peak, a new study by McAfee sheds light on the alarming rise of online tax scams in the US. The 2024 Tax Scams Study, which surveyed 2,500 American adults, reveals that a staggering 25% have fallen victim to these scams, with losses running into thousands and even tens of thousands of dollars.
March 22nd, 2024 — Source

Lululemon stock sinks 11%, sees slowing North American Growth
Lululemon yesterday reported its holiday earnings that exceeded expectations, but the athleisure and activewear giant's growth in North America is stagnating. Head below to learn more.
March 22nd, 2024 — Source

Pandion, an e-commerce delivery startup led by Amazon Air founder, lands $41.5M
Pandion, a Seattle startup that helps online retailers deliver orders to customers, raised a $41.5 million Series B round.
March 22nd, 2024 — Source

Pitch Deck Teardown: Protecto's $4M seed deck
In an era where data is king and its volume and complexity are exploding, Protecto aims to eliminate the long-standing dilemma businesses face between leveraging AI's power while ensuring data privacy. As the adoption of generative AI tools like ChatGPT skyrockets, wayward data becomes easier to find, process and do naughty things with.
March 22nd, 2024 — Source

General — Business — March 20th, 2024

Audio platform Pocket FM bags $103M in funding as it eyes global expansion
India-based audio platform Pocket FM has secured $103 million in Series D funding led by Lightspeed Ventures, with participation from Stepstone Group. The company, which counts Tencent and Times Internet as backers, aims to expand into Europe and Latin America after looking at positive results in the U.S. market.
March 20th, 2024 — Source

Chinese internet giant Tencent posts lowest annual profit since 2019
Chinese internet giant Tencent on Wednesday posted its lowest annual profit since 2019, despite slight improvements recently in China's economy and a more lenient attitude taken by regulators towards the tech sector.
March 20th, 2024 — Source

CyberSaint raises $21 million to accelerate market expansion
CyberSaint announced the company has raised $21 million in Series A funding led by Riverside Acceleration Capital (RAC). Additional participating investors include Sage Hill Investors, Audeo Capital, and BlueIO.
March 20th, 2024 — Source

India will fact-check online posts about government matters
India’s Supreme Court has put the gazette notification on hold until petitions challenging it have been resolved.
March 20th, 2024 — Source

Remedy Says Alan Wake 2 Has Recouped Most of the Investment; Studio Plans More Regular Sequels for AW, Control
Today, Remedy released its latest quarterly report for the period between October and December 2023. Despite the successful launch of Alan Wake 2, which was the fastest-selling game ever made by the studio even launching in a highly competitive release window, Q4 2023 marked a decrease in both revenue and profitability compared to 2022 due to significantly increased investments in the other game projects and to the impairment charge cost (€ -7.2 million) related to the reboot of the free-to-play Project Vanguard, from now on known as Kestrel.
March 20th, 2024 — Source

Sentry’s AI-powered Autofix helps developers quickly debug and fix their production code
Sentry has long helped developers monitor and debug their production code. Now, the company is adding some AI smarts to this process by launching AI Autofix, a new feature that uses all of the contextual data Sentry has about a company’s production environment to suggest fixes whenever an error occurs.
March 20th, 2024 — Source

Tech job market remains in flux as layoffs continue and experienced workers struggle to get hired
After she was laid off in September, Jenny Richards didn’t expect to spend more than six months trying to find her next job. She had worked in product management roles at Seattle tech companies like Expedia, Tableau, Microsoft, and Accenture. Her most recent gig was at a startup developing recruiting software, so she knew the intricacies of tech hiring.
March 20th, 2024 — Source

TechCrunch Minute: Solana is ushering in a new round of memecoin mania
Blockchain is back and Bitcoin is hot, the Ethereum blockchain is seeing price gains, and lots of folks are stoked about ETFs. But lately, one less-mainstream blockchain is perhaps making the biggest waves in crypto: Solana.
March 20th, 2024 — Source

The Highs and Lows: Chris and Jordan’s Professional Journeys | The PetaPixel Podcast
When a listener asked Chris, Jordan, and Jaron to share how their careers (all the highs and lows) have gone over the years, the team decided it was worthy of a main story segment to itself.
March 20th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

War survey: 83% of Israeli NGOs impacted, mixed responses to government aid, surge in foreign support
A survey conducted at the Hebrew University by Prof. Michal Almog-Bar, head of the Institute for the Study of Civil Society and Philanthropy, in collaboration with Civil Leadership, the umbrella organization of nonprofit organizations in Israel, analyzed the widespread mobilization effort in Israel following the terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023.
March 20th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — March 18th, 2024

5 Of The Best Apps To Keep Track Of Stocks On Android
Have you ever thought about investing but didn't know where to start? Maybe a friend or a teacher told you about the importance of the stock market, but with countless apps flooding the market, you don't know where to begin.
March 18th, 2024 — Source

Call for speakers: Present at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
Tech aficionados, startup enthusiasts, marketing wizards, and venture capitalists on the rise — seize the opportunity to showcase your expertise at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, happening from October 28–30 in San Francisco. Share your insights and shape the conversation!
March 18th, 2024 — Source

Dell tells remote workers that they won’t be eligible for promotion
Big turnaround from Dell's previous pro-WFH stance.
March 18th, 2024 — Source

Despite Ban, China-based cryptocurrency investors made $1B in gains during 2023
Will this encourage GPU-based mining farms to flourish?
March 18th, 2024 — Source

Is Reddit's IPO worth it? Social media site aims to go public 'out of necessity,' says finance expert
Despite never having made a profit in its nearly 20-year history, Reddit, the site that bills itself as "the front page of the internet," is gearing up to go public, targeting a valuation of about $6.5 billion.
March 18th, 2024 — Source

Jama Software to be acquired for $1.2B in significant exit for Portland-based company
Portland, Ore.-based Jama Software, makers of a product development platform, has agreed to be acquired by technology investment firm Francisco Partners in a $1.2 billion deal, the company announced Monday.
March 18th, 2024 — Source

Tesla is the biggest S&P 500 loser this year, down even more than Boeing
Tesla began the year as the newest member of the "Magnificent Seven" group after its stock racked up triple-digit gains in 2023.
March 18th, 2024 — Source

This Seattle investor went from Google to Africa to a big exit — and is back home investing in startups
Andrew Peterson’s interest in technology started in Seattle as a young computer lab associate at his elementary school, just as the internet was proliferating.
March 18th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — March 15th, 2024

Apple stock is missing out on the artificial intelligence rally, but that could change soon
While Apple stock is missing out on the artificial intelligence, especially generative AI, rally, there are increasing signs that the company is scrambling to catch up and will make AI announcements soon.
March 14th, 2024 — Source

Abu Dhabi’s ADIA explores investment in India’s Pocket FM, sources say
The new funding deliberation follows Pocket FM recently securing about $100 million in a separate round of funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners
March 14th, 2024 — Source

BeReal has 10 months left before it runs out of money
The photo sharing app is looking for a lifeline.
March 14th, 2024 — Source

CEO hunt is underway for Orangetheory and Self Esteem Brands
On February 29, Orangetheory & Self Esteem Brands announced their partnership, and the two fitness companies are now seeking a CEO to head the collaboration. Keep reading below for more details.
March 14th, 2024 — Source

El Salvador stashes $406 million in bitcoin in 'cold wallet': Bukele
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said Thursday that his country has stored more than $400 million in bitcoin in an offline "cold wallet" as the cryptocurrency forges new record highs
March 14th, 2024 — Source

Hyundai-backed Motional buys time with a bridge loan
Autonomous vehicle technology startup Motional has secured a bridge loan that provides a temporary financial reprieve as the company searches for a longer-term source of funding, TechCrunch has learned.
March 14th, 2024 — Source

“The Only Person on Earth Who’s Legally Not Satoshi Nakamoto” – Craig Wright Gets Brutally Trolled as His Bitcoin-Related Claims Stand Discredited
The CIA, BlackRock, or a deceased person. These are the most likely identities of the notoriously reclusive creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, now that Craig Wright's long-standing claims have been utterly demolished in a UK court.
March 14th, 2024 — Source

US government agencies demand fixable ice cream machines
McFlurries are a notable part of petition for commercial and industrial repairs.
March 14th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — March 14th, 2024

Augmented writing startup Textio lays off 14 employees, or 16% of staff
Textio laid off 14 employees this week, or 16% of its workforce, as part of a restructuring.
March 14th, 2024 — Source

Amazon's latest AI feature lets sellers automatically generate a product page
A simple copy-paste for brands.
March 14th, 2024 — Source

Apple Cider Vinegar: Here's What to Know About Health Benefits, Proper Dosage and More
This timeless ingredient is probably already in your kitchen, but can it boost your wellness?
March 14th, 2024 — Source

Bernstein Expects the Crypto Sector's Market Cap To Rise to $7.5 Trillion by 2025, Which Equates to a Price of Around $210,000 for One Bitcoin
When Wall Street starts using words like a "monster crypto rally," one has clearly missed the boat on securing a sweet spot entry point. Nonetheless, if Bernstein's latest projections pan out, the ongoing bullish cycle still has quite a bit of legroom to run, which bodes well for not only crypto sector heavyweights like Bitcoin but also the sector-exposed stocks such as Robinhood.
March 14th, 2024 — Source

Best Savings Rates Today -- These Savings Accounts Are Worth the Hype. Earn up to 5.35% APY, March 14, 2024
Now's the time to open a high-yield savings account while rates remain competitive.
March 14th, 2024 — Source

Bitcoin hits new high, Solana price jumps as memecoins mania rises and Worldcoin faces heat in Spain
I hope you all "choose rich" this week, which may be the newest slogan the crypto community adopts, thanks to Nick O'Neill, co-founder and CEO of Nifty Portal, who said it in a parody video on Friday. This is arguably a more empowering message, opposed to the long-time crypto catchphrase of telling people to "have fun staying poor."
March 14th, 2024 — Source

Bitcoin not invented by computer scientist Wright: court
Australian computer scientist Craig Wright is not "Satoshi Nakamoto", the pseudonym used by the creator of the cryptocurrency bitcoin when it launched in 2008, a UK court ruled Thursday.
March 14th, 2024 — Source

Blockchain tech could be the answer to uncovering deepfakes and validating content
Two months ago, media giant Fox Corp. partnered with Polygon Labs, the team behind the Ethereum-focused layer-2 blockchain, to tackle deepfake distrust.
March 14th, 2024 — Source

Embracer Offloads Saber Interactive - Investment Group Snaps it up for $247 Million
Embracer Group AB, a highly controversial Swedish gaming company, has started to sell off a wider portfolio of internal development studios—Jason Schreier (via Bloomberg) reported on speculative details late last month, but some of the suggested/initial numbers have changed since then. Yesterday, web sleuths noticed that Saber Interactive's official site no longer sports any references to Embracer.
March 14th, 2024 — Source

Dutch startup TheyDo bags $34M to solve 'biggest business problem of the century'
The company gives Fortune 500 endless routes on the customer journey
March 14th, 2024 — Source

Foxconn logs second straight quarter of profits as AI demand surges
Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn on Thursday reported a second straight quarter of profit growth, with the Apple supplier boosted by demand for AI hardware and infrastructure.
March 14th, 2024 — Source

Microbiome startups respond as industry is accused of 'questionable practices'
Experts warn of analytical limits, but founders strive to exceed them
March 14th, 2024 — Source

"Overwhelming evidence" shows Craig Wright did not create bitcoin, judge says
Jack Dorsey posted a "W," as judge halts Wright's suits against developers.
March 14th, 2024 — Source

Ted Schlein's 2-year-old Ballistic Ventures has already raised a second $360 million fund
Some years after a shakeup at venture capital fund Kleiner Perkins, one of its star B2B investors, Ted Schlein, sort of left to start his own firm. Two years ago, he launched Ballistic Ventures with an inaugural $300 million fund, a laser focus on cybersecurity, an interesting business model and a who's-who of co-founders as general partners.
March 14th, 2024 — Source

What African B2B e-commerce startups can learn from OmniRetail's profitable run
Hyperlocal logistics and service partners drive OmniRetail to profitability in harsh B2B e-commerce industry
March 14th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — March 11th, 2024

Agog Aims To Help Immersive Projects Focused On Social Good
Agog: The Immersive Media Institute wants to empower social activism using XR technology.
March 11th, 2024 — Source

Agog co-founders make a big bet on the social benefits of AR, VR, and XR
Agog believes in the transformative power of XR to change perspectives and build a better world. Join the nonprofit on its journey to explore the potential of immersive media for social good.
March 11th, 2024 — Source

Potential 'meme stock' Reddit will let Redditors sell shares immediately
Reddit's IPO should be interesting to watch — and not just because the business remains unprofitable, but also because of how the company has chosen to bring in its community of active users and moderators into its public markets debut.
March 11th, 2024 — Source

Reddit shares will cost between $31 and $34; Redditors can sell immediately
We don't yet know the exact cost of Reddit shares when they go on sale, but the company has indicated that the initial public offering (IPO) price will be between $31 and $34 per share.
March 11th, 2024 — Source

Scam 'Bitcoin Wallet' used to steal $120k in STX — app riddled with fake reviews available from App Store
"Watch out. This scam wallet INSIDE Apple App Store stole 38,000 STX after importing."
March 11th, 2024 — Source

Telegram founder says the company will become profitable next year
Telegram founder Pavel Durov said that the company expects to hit profitability next year with eyes on going public in the future.
March 11th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — March 8th, 2024

Asetek Q4 2023 Financial Report: Liquid Cooling Demand and SimSports Expansion Driving Growth
Asetek reported fourth-quarter revenue of $16.6 million, an increase of 75% from the same period of 2022. Revenue for the year amounted to $76.3 million, an increase of 51% from 2022. The growth in both periods mainly reflects increased shipments of liquid cooling products. Gross margin was 47% in the fourth quarter and 45% for 2023, compared with 41% in each of the same periods of 2022.
March 8th, 2024 — Source

Apple stock could remain under siege for months -- analyst
Apple stock is coming off a seven-session losing streak, and it's down 12% so far this year. Shares could remain under siege through the company's WWDC developer event in June, according to a Citi Research analyst.
March 8th, 2024 — Source

Best CD Rates Today - Now's the Time to Lock in APYs up to 5.4%, March 8, 2024
Boost your interest earnings with these top-yielding CD accounts.
March 8th, 2024 — Source

Best Men's Hiking and Adventure Boots for 2024
Step into your next adventure with one of the best men's hiking boots on the market. Whether you're looking for waterproof fabric boots to hike some mountain trails or stylish leather boots for urban exploration, we have a range of great hiking footwear to check out.
March 8th, 2024 — Source

Brain Jar Games secures $6.7m in seed funding round
Funds will go towards its debut game Dead as Disco, set for release in 2025
March 8th, 2024 — Source

Cap Hill Brands, which buys e-commerce companies, merges with product developer Juvo+
Seattle-based Cap Hill Brands, which raised more than $250 million to acquire and grow e-commerce shops, has merged with Juvo+, a company that focuses on developing and selling its own products online.
March 8th, 2024 — Source

Keep the change: Scientists analyze the attitudes of shop assistants
The limited number of shoppers during the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the unfavorable behavior of sellers toward buyers. The fewer shoppers in the shop, the more likely the sellers were to keep their change, a study by scientists from SWPS University shows. For shoppers, it is a signal to remain vigilant; for decision-makers, it is a practical tip for shaping policies during crises.
March 8th, 2024 — Source

Profitable car rental service Turo is still ready for an IPO, but its growth cratered in 2023
Turo, the venture-backed, peer-to-peer car rental service, reported its fourth-quarter and full-year financial performance this week in an updated IPO filing. The company first filed an S-1 to go public in early 2022, later updating the document quarterly in preparation for an eventual offering.
March 8th, 2024 — Source

Seattle council president on getting workers back to the office: 'We have to build those numbers up'
When it comes to getting workers back in the office, Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson wants to lead by example.
March 8th, 2024 — Source

SSI Money: The Maximum Amount You Can Get in 2024
We'll tell you how much Supplemental Security Income money you can get each month.
March 8th, 2024 — Source

Unexpected outcomes: Digital nudges in online teamwork
The dramatic expansion of Internet communication tools has led to increases in temporary online groups that solve problems, provide services, or produce new knowledge. But many of these groups struggle to collaborate effectively.
March 8th, 2024 — Source

What's the Deel with Remofirst, and why are VCs playing musical chairs?
Hello, and welcome to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Friday episode, in which we dig through the most critical stories and themes from the week.
March 8th, 2024 — Source

Working from home can make workers healthier and happier, benefits employers
Some of us used to imagine a world where the morning commute was a short stroll from your bedroom, the dress code included comfy slippers, and the closest coffee shop was your kitchen. Then working from home became a reality for many during the COVID pandemic, reshaping our work-life balance.
March 8th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — March 6th, 2024

Amazon teams with recycling robot firm to track package waste
Amazon generates a lot of trash. Precisely how much is a matter of some debate. In 2021, the company says it used 214 million or so pounds of single-use plastic in its packaging. Nonprofit ocean conservation firm Oceana, on the other hand, put that figure at approximately ~700 million pounds.
March 6th, 2024 — Source

As mega-rounds become rarer, energy startups are powering up
The largest funding rounds raised by startups are becoming rarer and rarer. For upstart companies working on the future of energy, however, the market is surprisingly strong.
March 6th, 2024 — Source

Bitcoin Jumps to New All-Time High: What You Need to Know About Crypto
The cryptocurrency industry is making headlines after multibillion-dollar fraud scandals and years of yo-yoing prices. Will this time be different?
March 6th, 2024 — Source

BowFlex buckles under pressure, files for bankruptcy
Four-decades-old at-home fitness company, BowFlex, announced yesterday that it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy – the company has been sold to Taiwanese exercise equipment company, Johnson Health Tech, for $37.5 million.
March 6th, 2024 — Source

Mental health startup Cognito raises $2M to provide more services in Canada
Cognito, a Victoria, B.C.-based startup that provides virtual mental health services, raised $2 million in seed funding.
March 6th, 2024 — Source

Seattle startup lands $6.4M to build AI medical model using smartphone and wearable data
PreemptiveAI came out of stealth mode this week, announcing $6.4 million in seed funding that will help the Seattle startup build what it describes as the “most predictive large medical model.”
March 6th, 2024 — Source

Spain tells Sam Altman, Worldcoin to shut down its eyeball-scanning orbs
Cryptocurrency launched by OpenAI's Altman is drawing scrutiny from regulators.
March 6th, 2024 — Source

Subscribers worldwide spent nearly half a trillion dollars on digital media subscriptions in 2023
Led by Americans, the amount spent worldwide on digital media subscriptions hit an all-time high in 2023. According to data presented by Stocklytics, subscribers worldwide spent almost half a trillion dollars on digital media subscriptions and downloads last year, or 13% more than they did in 2022.
March 6th, 2024 — Source

The 6 best budgeting apps to replace Mint come March 2024
Intuit is shutting down the popular budgeting app in March 2024. We tested half a dozen Mint alternatives for you to consider.
March 6th, 2024 — Source

Why US-based VCs are investing big in European climate tech
Should European Climate Tech hope for US capital?
March 6th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — March 4th, 2024

Act Now to Secure an APY as High as 5.5% - Best CD Rates Today, March 4, 2024
Rates are likely the highest they'll be all year. Opening a CD today protects your earnings from future drops.
March 4th, 2024 — Source

Don't Sleep on Savings Rates as High as 5.35% APY: Best Savings Rates Today, March 4, 2024
There's still time to maximize your interest earnings with a high-yield savings account.
March 4th, 2024 — Source

Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) Hits a New All-Time High as the Craze for GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs Goes Global
The soaring demand for GLP-1 weight loss drugs is no longer just an American or European phenomenon. As these drugs proliferate through an ever-increasing segment of the globe's obese population, the GLP-1 heavyweights such as Eli Lilly and Company and Novo Nordisk continue to reap outsized rewards.
March 4th, 2024 — Source

Ex-Brex exec Sam Blond is already leaving Founders Fund just 18 months after he joined
Sam Blond is leaving Founders Fund, as well as the profession of venture capitalist, just 18 months after he joined the storied Silicon Valley firm.
March 4th, 2024 — Source

Changes to risk warnings could result in nearly 14% more cash being invested by the public, study says
New research by The Investing and Saving Alliance (TISA) and the University of Nottingham shows that providing balanced, contextualized risk warnings resulted in an approximately 14% increase in cash invested in stocks and shares.
March 4th, 2024 — Source

JetBlue and Spirit abandon their $3.8 billion merger
A federal judge blocked the proposed acquisition earlier this year.
March 4th, 2024 — Source

Google trims jobs in trust and safety while others work 'around the clock'
Alphabet Inc.'s Google is laying off a handful of employees on its trust and safety team as part of broader staff cuts, even as it's asking members of that group to be on standby over the weekend in order to troubleshoot problematic outputs related to its flagship generative AI tool, Gemini.
March 4th, 2024 — Source

Mews, the hotel SaaS startup, books $110M at a $1.2B valuation
Tourism continues to bounce back in the wake of COVID-19, with 2023 raking in $2.23 trillion globally, surpassing pre-pandemic levels for the first time since 2020. That's having a big knock-on effect for startups building tech to serve the sector.
March 4th, 2024 — Source

Protein design pioneer David Baker on why sharing code is key to building biotech startups
The Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington is a startup factory, spinning out companies developing new protein-based therapeutics, industrial enzymes, materials, biosensors and more.
March 4th, 2024 — Source

The Rally in Super Micro Computer (SMCI) Shares Faces Headwinds From Its Insiders, Established Historical Precedents, Goldman Sachs, and Jim Cramer
Super Micro Computer (SMCI) shares have added over $6.5 billion in market capitalization since Friday's after-hours trading session when the news first emerged that the stock will enter the benchmark S&P 500 index on the 18th of March. With comparisons to Tesla's blistering pre-S&P 500 inclusion rally quickly populating the Fintwit sphere, everyone and their proverbial pet dog seems to have jumped on the long-only bandwagon.
March 4th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — March 3rd, 2024

Best Online Banks for March 2024
The best online banks offer high-than-average rates, low fees and reasonable minimum deposit requirements.
March 3rd, 2024 — Source

General — Business — March 1st, 2024

5 days in the office? Some tech startups are bringing workers together all week, every week
At precisely 2 p.m. Pacific time on a recent Monday afternoon, employees of the technology startup Statsig were alerted to their regular standup meeting not by a notification on their screens, or a buzzing of their devices, but by the sound of engineering lead Marcos Arribas tapping the taut surface of one of several musical instruments specially designated for the purpose.
March 1st, 2024 — Source

A WordPress 'Firehose' Allows AI Companies to Buy Access to a Million Posts a Day
There is a complex chain of companies buying access to WordPress and Tumblr posts through a company called SocialGist.
March 1st, 2024 — Source

AMC Boss Credits Taylor Swift And Beyonce For "Literally All" Of Its Recent Success
Pop icons' concert films propel the theater chain's quarterly growth.
March 1st, 2024 — Source

Backed by $10M Series A, TravelJoy is riding the post-COVID demand for expert travel planning
A travel-focused startup that the COVID pandemic could have killed has instead thrived. TravelJoy, a company providing a suite of tools for travel entrepreneurs and travel business operators, is now facilitating over $1 billion in annual spend for its customers, as interest in travel rebounded in the U.S. in the post-pandemic months.
March 1st, 2024 — Source

Fisker is laying off 15% of staff and says it needs more cash ahead of a 'difficult year'
It's also 'in negotiations with a large automaker'
March 1st, 2024 — Source

Fohm rebrands to Saintly, for a heavenly clean bottom
When it comes to doing business — not startups but that other kind of business for which you have a whole separate room in your house — we need to talk about wipes. Wet wipes are great for your tush, but awful for the environment. It turns out not everyone is fond of dry wiping, but while bidets and smart toilets are on the uptick, they're typically pretty expensive.
March 1st, 2024 — Source

How can startups raise funds in this shitty economical climate? 3 investors share their insider tips
Are we doomed?
March 1st, 2024 — Source

Return-to-office initiatives or stealth layoffs? Why not both?
Dell has recently been accused of forcing people to quit by requiring them to return to the office unnecessarily. It's far from the only company to use this tactic.
March 1st, 2024 — Source

Salesforce World Tour Offers Hard-Won Lessons From Complex Australian Digital Transformations
Have a clear guiding vision, focus on the end customer and be ready to pivot mid-project are some of the learnings offered by Salesforce customers at the vendor's recent World Tour in Sydney, Australia.
March 1st, 2024 — Source

Stay up-to-date on the amount of venture dollars going to underrepresented founders
Venture capital funding has never been robust for women or Black and brown founders. Alongside Crunchbase, we've been tracking funding levels to pinpoint moments of progress and regression for marginalized entrepreneurs.
March 1st, 2024 — Source

Tech Moves: AWS vet lands at health startup; Lumen hires longtime Microsoft GM; ex-Qualtrics exec joins Typeform board
Harshit Shah, a former head of engineering at Amazon Web Services, is now chief technology officer at Boston, Mass-based healthcare software company Kyruus Health.
March 1st, 2024 — Source

The food delivery driver identification dilemma
Ever use one of those mobile food delivery apps — only to realize your delivery person isn't who you expected? There's a lesson here about identity, authentication, and what happens when the best laid tech plan meets human beings.
March 1st, 2024 — Source

Unionized YouTube Workers Learn Google Laid Them All Off During City Council Meeting
"They just laid us all off. Our jobs are ended today. Effective immediately." A bell rings. "I'm sorry, your time has expired."
March 1st, 2024 — Source

What led to Sony laying off 900 people? | This Week in Business
Sony's president complained about unaccountable developers missing budgets and schedules, but there are other culprits behind the game division's thin profit margin
March 1st, 2024 — Source

Yet another Peloton executive is leaving the company
Ben Boyd, Peloton's senior vice president of global communications, has announced his plans to leave the company after nearly two years. Keep reading below to learn more about another Peloton executive planning to depart the company.
March 1st, 2024 — Source

General — Business — February 28th, 2024

Bitcoin Blasts Pasts $60K, Are We Headed For Another Crypto Boom?
Bitcoin is on a tear this week, having initially rallied to above $53,000 on Monday, the highest it has been since November 2021. That's also well above the less than $17,000 mark that it was sitting at to begin the year. Now just two days later, Bitcoin's value has surged past the $60,000 mark and is quickly approaching the crypto coin's all-time high of $69,000 and change, which it also set in November 2021.
February 28th, 2024 — Source or Source or Source

Black Tech Nation Ventures' diversity thesis undeterred by growing DEI backlash
Black Tech Nation Ventures launched in 2021 to address the funding gap for Black founders amid a wave of venture diversity initiatives after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. Three years later, amongst growing backlash against DEI and diversity-focused investments, the firm's mission may be more important now than when it started.
February 28th, 2024 — Source

Bumble looks to revive its friendship-focused BFF product in wake of dating app downturn
Dating app maker Bumble is rethinking its vision for the company's future after announcing weak earnings and massive job cuts that will see the company cutting a third of its staff, or around 350 employees.
February 28th, 2024 — Source

Economic sanctions can have a major impact on the neighbors of a target nation, research finds
After Ukraine was invaded in February 2022, countries and major corporations around the world quickly responded by trying to inflict financial pain on Russia through economic sanctions.
February 28th, 2024 — Source

Elizabeth Warren Warns North Korea Is Financing Nuclear Missiles With Crypto
With Bitcoin having delivered double-digit percentage gains this year and the broader cryptocurrency sector enjoying favorable tailwinds in the form of greater retail access, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has stressed once again that the popular alternative finance medium needs to be brought on the same regulatory footing as traditional entities such as banks and money transfer agencies.
February 28th, 2024 — Source

Here Come New All-Time Highs: Spot Bitcoin ETFs Are Now Attracting More Trades Than the SPY or the QQQ
Bitcoin is just around 10 percent shy of its all-time high of around $69,000. Yet, the world's pre-eminent cryptocurrency continues to set new price records in non-dollar currencies, with Britain's Pound Sterling set to become the next fiat domino to fall.
February 28th, 2024 — Source

Hyundai-backed autonomous company Motional cuts 5% of workforce
Motional, the autonomous vehicle company born out of a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, told employees Wednesday it will cut about 5% of its workforce, TechCrunch has learned.
February 28th, 2024 — Source

Microsoft invests in yet another AI company
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
February 28th, 2024 — Source

Researcher: The true cost of food is far higher than what you spend at the checkout counter
After several years of pandemic-driven price spikes at the grocery store, retail food price inflation is slowing down. That's good news for consumers, especially those in low-income households, who spend a proportionally larger share of their income on food.
February 28th, 2024 — Source

Seattle after Techstars: Former managing director reflects on accelerator's impact, looks ahead
Entrepreneur and investor Chris DeVore had an inside view of Techstars Seattle as one of the original leaders of the local startup accelerator in 2010, before serving as its managing director from 2014 to 2019.
February 28th, 2024 — Source

Today's Best Savings Rates, Feb. 28, 2024: Score Up to 5.35% APY With These Savings Accounts
By opening a high-yield savings account now, you can maximize your interest earnings before rates drop.
February 28th, 2024 — Source

The economics of job cuts; why layoffs continue
It's important for tech workers to realize that, despite a booming economy in the US, they should still prepare for the possibility of being laid off.
February 28th, 2024 — Source

Wendy's clarifies plans for dynamic pricing experiment after backlash
Company speaks out after reports of "surge pricing" test led to calls for boycotts online.
February 28th, 2024 — Source or Source

General — Business — February 27th, 2024

Bitcoin miners win legal battle to keep mum about energy use
A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order on a Department of Energy survey of Bitcoin mines' energy use.
February 27th, 2024 — Source

FitLab acquired Assault Fitness and RPM Training
FitLab, an integrated fitness platform, has acquired Assault Fitness and RPM Training, which will expand FitLab's equipment offering. Keep reading below to learn more.
February 27th, 2024 — Source

Playtika earmarks up to $1.2bn for mergers and acquisitions
CEO says "Our DNA was always M&A, and we did very well with M&As in the last 10 years"
February 27th, 2024 — Source

MoneyHash raises $4.5M for its payment orchestration platform serving merchants in MENA
The payment landscape in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region is marked by significant fragmentation, with numerous payment providers and methods in each country, evolving regulations and diverse customer preferences. This complexity is further compounded by challenges such as payment fraud, low checkout conversion rates and high transaction failure rates.
February 27th, 2024 — Source

Text-to-speech app Speechify launches Gmail integration and voice cloning
Text-to-speech startup Speechify is launching a new version of its iOS app (v3.0) with features like a redesigned home page, the ability to scan documents, Gmail and learning platform Canvas integration, and an explore page for in-app content.
February 27th, 2024 — Source

Unity revenue rises 57% to $2.1 billion in 2023
Engine provider's full-year net loss narrows to $826.3 million
February 27th, 2024 — Source

Wendy's is trying out surge pricing, just like Uber
If you want to eat lunch at lunchtime, you may have to pay a bit more.
February 27th, 2024 — Source

Zacua Ventures has launched a new $56 million fund dedicated to construction tech
The construction sector is known for its slow embrace of technology. But a new venture capital firm, funded by some heavyweight legacy construction companies, is out to change that.
February 27th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — February 26th, 2024

As Bitcoin Creates New All-Time Highs in at Least 14 Countries, Uber-Bullish Analysts Eye Gold as the Ultimate Target To Vanquish
Bitcoin (BTC) is on a warpath ahead of its halving event in April, buffeted by the benevolent tailwinds emanating from the relentless inflows into the cryptocurrency's spot ETFs, which have now attracted $5.63 billion in cumulative net inflows. Yet, some uber-bullish analysts are setting their sights much higher and betting on a David versus Goliath fight between Bitcoin and Gold.
February 26th, 2024 — Source

Interview Kickstart, a profitable startup, raises maiden funding to tackle tech talent crunch
Interview Kickstart, a profitable startup helping tech professionals acquire career-advancing skills, has raised $10 million in its maiden funding from Blume Ventures, the companies said on Monday.
February 26th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — February 23rd, 2024

Best tax software deals 2024: File now to get your taxes out of the way early this year
Make it easy with tax software meant for homeowners, investors, freelancers, and more.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source

CD Rates Today, Feb. 23, 2024: APYs as High as 5.5% Won't Last Forever
Want to safeguard your earnings against anticipated rate drops? Open one of these CDs today.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source

Flexport relaunches Convoy trucking marketplace after acquiring tech from Seattle startup
Convoy's digital marketplace is back on the market following the demise of the Seattle startup and subsequent technology acquisition by Flexport.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source

Google And Reddit Enter A Content Licensing Deal Worth $60 Million
Reddit has become a go-to place for a lot of people who are looking for answers to something they find confusing. Sure, people can just go to Google and do the same, but the results sometimes vary.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source

Google will now permanently ban advertisers who fake endorsements
The policy update comes after Mashable reported on fake 'Shark Tank keto gummy' ads proliferating on Google search.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source

Mutale Nkonde's nonprofit is working to make AI less biased
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who've contributed to the AI revolution.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source

Reddit downplays risks of developer backlash, decentralized social media in its IPO filing
Reddit's long-awaited IPO is nearing, promising to be the largest social media IPO since Pinterest.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source

Reddit finally files IPO, gives Redditors first dibs on buying stock
Do your research before you buy, though.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source

Reddit IPO finally official; AI data harvesting deal was with Google
The long-awaited Reddit IPO is finally official, as the company formally notified the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of its plans to take the company public on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker symbol RDDT.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source

Seattle tech leaders lament departure of Techstars but remain bullish on new opportunities
Techstars Seattle is done. What does it mean for the city's startup ecosystem?
February 23rd, 2024 — Source

UDC reported its financial results for Q4 2023, sees a new cycle of investments in the OLED industry
Universal Display Corporation reported its financial results for Q4 2023, with revenues of $158 million, and a net income of $62 million. For the whole year (2023), UDC reproted revenues of $576 million and net income of $203 million. The company ended 2023 with $800 million in cash and equivalents, and has increased its quarterly dividend.
February 23rd, 2024 — Source

General — Business — February 21st, 2024

5 Tips To Keep Your Money Safe While Shopping On Amazon
Online shopping has become a way of life, with many consumers in the U.S. embracing it over in-store shopping. Who can blame them? With just a few clicks or taps, you can buy almost anything you want without leaving home. One company has led the charge in transforming the U.S. into an online shopping nation — Amazon.
February 21st, 2024 — Source

75K loyal Redditors can snag shares before Reddit goes public
Reddit is expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange in March.
February 21st, 2024 — Source

Appeals court overturns $1 billion copyright lawsuit against Cox
The judges ruled that the ISP didn't profit from its subscribers' infringement.
February 21st, 2024 — Source

Apple and the rest of ‘The Magnificent Seven’ dominate the S&P 500
The U.S. stock market is nearly the most concentrated it has ever been – the only exception being the late 1920s (gulp) – with the top five companies alone (Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia) comprising nearly 25% of the market cap of the S&P 500.
February 21st, 2024 — Source

C-suite execs not immune to downsizing drama at Cisco
Maria Martinez, chief operating officer, is out after role was 'eliminated'
February 21st, 2024 — Source

Capital One Is Cutting Lounge Access for Venture Rewards and Spark Miles Cardholders
Airport lounge passes have been a perk for these travel cards with relatively low annual fees. Here's what to do when the benefit ends.
February 21st, 2024 — Source

CD Rates Today, Feb. 21, 2024: Lock in an APY up to 5.5% Before Rates Fall Further
CD rates are already dropping. These accounts can help you ensure your earnings remain high.
February 21st, 2024 — Source

Child tax credits provided significant relief to families experiencing economic shocks during COVID, study finds
As a proposal to reinstate expanded Child Tax Credits (CTC) in the United States awaits a vote in the Senate, a new study led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researchers reveals that the now-expired 2021 CTC expansion benefited families experiencing financial setbacks due to health or employment challenges spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic.
February 21st, 2024 — Source

Disney Teaming With Sony to Handle Disney's Physical Media Business
This means Sony would oversee Disney's DVD and Blu-ray operations.
February 21st, 2024 — Source

Empowerly secures $15M for its college counseling services
Empowerly, an edtech startup that specializes in college counseling and career guidance services, raised $15 million in a recent funding round led by Conductive Ventures, the company announced today.
February 21st, 2024 — Source

'Exceptional' Trees, Newlywed Perks: 5 Weird State Tax Breaks
State tax codes have many quirks. How many of these unusual deductions have you heard of?
February 21st, 2024 — Source

Faddom raises $12M to help companies map IT infrastructure wherever it lives
When IT was responsible for servers onsite, understanding what you owned and where it lived was not a big problem. For most, it was physical machines in a closet or server room, but as infrastructure became virtualized and moved to the cloud, figuring out the lay of your infrastructure land became more difficult.
February 21st, 2024 — Source

Former Niantic leader’s spatial computing startup aims to help retailers track shelf inventory
When Ross Finman and his wife set out to try to find baby formula during a critical shortage of the product in 2022, they ended up driving about 100 miles around the Seattle area on a Saturday looking for stocked shelves.
February 21st, 2024 — Source

Launch Your Ethereum Donation dApp Today: Easy Steps With MetaMask, Alchemy, and GitHub Codespaces
This guide offers a straightforward walkthrough on building and launching your first Ethereum dApp, "BuyACoffee," using MetaMask, Alchemy, and GitHub Codespaces.
February 21st, 2024 — Source

Microservices orchestration platform Orkes raises $20M Series A
Back in 2016, Netflix open sourced Conductor, its microservices orchestration platform, but last December, it announced that it would discontinue maintaining it. Thankfully, for the many companies that rely on it, the creators of Conductor had previously left the company to launch Orkes, a startup that provides an enterprise-grade microservices platform based on the open source project.
February 21st, 2024 — Source

NVIDIA Posts 769% Annual Profit Growth In Q4- Shares Soar By 10%
Ahead of its crucial earnings release, widely expected to set the tone for the broader technology stock sector as well as artificial intelligence, investors were wary of NVIDIA Corporation, as reflected by small share price drops.
February 21st, 2024 — Source

Rivian cuts jobs, sees annual production far below estimates
It's not the only EV maker facing a slowdown in demand, but the R2 is coming
February 21st, 2024 — Source

Samphire Neuroscience is building a brain stimulating wearable for period pain
It’s a horrible truth that many women simply endure period pain every month — perhaps relying on painkillers or a hot water bottle to relieve stomach cramps. For others, menstrual pain can be inescapably debilitating — to the point where they have to stay in bed for days each month and wait the pain out, as over-the-counter painkillers don’t provide relief.
February 21st, 2024 — Source

Selling hot: New Radiant Mega Sling on Kickstarter already colelcted over 200k
Reminder: Asuizo launched their new Card reader case on Kickstarter. It stores 4x SD cards, 12x Micro SD cards, 4x Nano SIM cards. It protects your data against dust and moisture and fall.
February 21st, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Sustainable Investing: What It Is and Where to Start
Investments that align with your values can also be profitable for your portfolio. Here’s how to find them.
February 21st, 2024 — Source

Uber Eats expands its autonomous food delivery service to Japan
The robotic delivery service will commence in select Tokyo areas in March.
February 21st, 2024 — Source

General — Business — February 19th, 2024

App Store approval woes continue as crypto scam steals thousands of dollars from users — "This is insane and should NEVER happen on Apple Ecosystem"
"I've just lost 10% of my portfolio due to a fake Rabby_io application from the Apple store,"
February 19th, 2024 — Source

Building a startup is like building a house
You have to start with the right plans
February 19th, 2024 — Source

Dili wants to automate due diligence with AI
Stephanie Song, formerly on the corporate development and ventures team at Coinbase, was often frustrated by the volume of due diligence tasks she and her team had to complete on a daily basis.
February 19th, 2024 — Source

From biotech to 3D printing, here are 7 startups that recently spun out of the Univ. of Washington
The startup spinout machine at the University of Washington keeps on humming.
February 19th, 2024 — Source

Internal memo: Expedia Group CEO addresses company's response to discovery of spy cameras
Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern emailed employees Friday about the discovery of spy cameras in two bathrooms on the company's Seattle campus — empathizing with their feelings about what he called an abuse of trust by one of their own, and addressing its handling of the incident following internal criticism of its response.
February 19th, 2024 — Source

State of venture investments in India, according to Lightspeed
Lightspeed partners examine right-sizing VC funds in India, spectrum of startup investing and the country's prospects in the global AI race
February 19th, 2024 — Source

Struggling database company MariaDB could be taken private in $37M deal
The 'non-binding' proposal comes 14 months after MariaDB went public via SPAC
February 19th, 2024 — Source

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son is reportedly seeking $100B to build a new AI chip venture
SoftBank Group's Masayoshi Son has made no secret of his intent to double down on the red-hot artificial intelligence industry. Now he's fundraising for his next move in that strategy. According to a report in Bloomberg, the SoftBank founder is seeking $100 billion to build a new venture that would compete with the likes of Nvidia in the area of AI chips.
February 19th, 2024 — Source

Techtaka raises $9.5M for its e-commerce fulfillment service
Techtaka, a South Korean online shopping fulfillment startup that provides third-party logistics services for e-commerce sellers, has raised $9.5 million (12.6 billion KRW) in a Series B round of funding from a sole investor, Altos Ventures.
February 19th, 2024 — Source

The Best Credit Monitoring Services for February 2024
These free services can help keep your data secure and give you an idea of how well you're managing your finances.
February 19th, 2024 — Source

The Dreaded Cramer Curse Strikes Super Micro Computer (SMCI) Just Ahead of NVIDIA's Earnings
Super Micro Computer shares were on course to eclipse Tesla's blistering 3,413 percent rally recorded in the 29 months between 2019 and 2021, pumped by the ongoing mania on steroids around everything AI-related. Yet, this speculative frenzy appears to have been slayed by that sword of Damocles for the modern-day stock market trader - the dreaded Cramer curse that ensues almost every major endorsement by CNBC's Jim Cramer.
February 19th, 2024 — Source

The hidden high cost of return-to-office mandates
If you force employees to commute and work in an office every day, you can expect to lose your best employees.
February 19th, 2024 — Source

There's another fake crypto app on the App Store, and Apple has yet to remove it [U]
Apple is once again being accused of approving a scam app on its iOS App Store. This time, the developers of Rabby Wallet, a crypto wallet app, have been warning their users about a fake version of their app that is available for iPhone and iPad users.
February 19th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — February 16th, 2024

6 Best Accounting Software for Nonprofits in 2024
Nonprofit accounting software can help you track expenses, file tax forms and organize donations. We review the best accounting tools for nonprofits, from Aplos to QuickBooks.
February 16th, 2024 — Source

Animoca Brands' Yat Siu sees NFTs as a way to protect ownership in the age of AI
NFTs don't always get taken very seriously, particularly now that AI and content creators are hogging the spotlight, but not everyone is so quick to discount crypto's oft-derided younger sibling. According to Animoca Brands' chairman and co-founder, Yat Siu, the growing influence of artificial intelligence and content is exactly why there is a growing need for NFTs in the world.
February 16th, 2024 — Source

Embracer CEO says layoffs are "something that everyone needs to get through"
Lars Wingefors also addressed the company's contribution to overinvestment that led to this situation
February 16th, 2024 — Source

France, Germany block EU deal on scaled-back app worker law
France and Germany on Friday refused to back a watered-down agreement on controversial EU rules covering app workers in the gig economy, European diplomats said.
February 16th, 2024 — Source

IonQ opens first US quantum factory amid VC cash crunch
Who knows where they'll get the funds for $1B investment plan, though
February 16th, 2024 — Source

Tech leadership advice on imposter syndrome, self-confidence, and building trust
Don't get attracted to titles. Remember the human algorithm. Be vulnerable. And stay flexible.
February 16th, 2024 — Source

Tech Moves: Pathable founder joins vanlife startup; Opanga Networks taps Seattle telecom vet as CEO
Schwartz previously founded and led Pathable, a Seattle startup that built mobile apps for conferences and pivoted during the pandemic to focus on virtual events before getting acquired in 2020.
February 16th, 2024 — Source

The best VR headsets for 2024
Virtual reality is here, and there's never been a better time to snag a VR headset.
February 16th, 2024 — Source

ZA/UM reportedly preparing to lay off devs
An alleged expansion to Disco Elysium is also said to have been cancelled
February 16th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — February 14th, 2024

A typo in Lyft's earnings results sent its stock soaring then plummeting
Wiping $2 billion off Lyft's market cap
February 14th, 2024 — Source

An earnings typo sent Lyft's stock price into the stratosphere
Who's getting fired for this?
February 14th, 2024 — Source

Bitcoin surpasses $51,000, reaching $1 trillion market cap for first time since 2021
*Looks nervously at graphics card prices*
February 14th, 2024 — Source

Bitcoin's Stock-To-Flow (S2F) Model Validated as the Cryptocurrency Becomes Bigger Than Tesla, Walmart, and Berkshire Hathaway
What a vindication for Bitcoin's bulls! Despite the greater part of the financial community gleefully pronouncing Bitcoin's obituary for the umpteenth time in 2022/2023, the world's pre-eminent cryptocurrency has again roared in defiance, zooming past the $1 trillion valuation for the first time since December 2021.
February 14th, 2024 — Source

Calvin McDonald, Lululemon CEO, slams Lululemon founder: 'He has not built this company'
In an interview with Fast Company, Calvin McDonald -- Lululemon's current CEO -- sat down and discussed the company's efforts to move beyond the many problematic comments made by Lululemon's founder, Chip Wilson. Head below to learn more.
February 14th, 2024 — Source

Do SSDI Beneficiaries Need to File Their Taxes This Year? We'll Help You Find Out
See if you'll be taxed this year as a Social Security Disability Insurance recipient.
February 14th, 2024 — Source

Equity: Bret Taylor has a brand-new AI startup
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the TechCrunch podcast where we unpack the numbers and the nuance behind the headlines. Today is February 14, 2024. Happy Valentine's Day, I hope you're gonna eat some chocolate and chill on the couch because you deserve it.
February 14th, 2024 — Source

Instacart cuts 250 jobs after reporting increased revenue
That equals about seven percent of its workforce.
February 14th, 2024 — Source

Italy fines BAT, Amazon over heated tobacco ads
Italy's competition authority on Wednesday fined British American Tobacco's Italian division six million euros ($6.4 million) and Amazon one million euros for misleading advertising of a heated tobacco product.
February 14th, 2024 — Source

Lyft shares rocket 62% over a typo in the company's earnings release
Lyft shares jumped 62% after the closing bell Tuesday thanks in part to a typo in the ride-hailing company's earnings release that appears to have sent investors' auto-trading algorithms—or "bots"—into a buying frenzy.
February 14th, 2024 — Source

Meet Seattle's newest seed fund: Breakwater Ventures emerges to back early stage startups
There's a new Seattle-based investment firm looking to support software startups across the Pacific Northwest that are just getting off the ground.
February 14th, 2024 — Source

MoviePass Becomes Profitable for First Time, Citing AI's Help Since Relaunch
MoviePass' announcement comes as the service announces 1 million showtimes under its revamped credit system.
February 14th, 2024 — Source

Mozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefox
Memo details layoffs, "strategic corrections," and a desire for "trustworthy" AI.
February 14th, 2024 — Source

OpenAI board member Bret Taylor has a new AI startup
Welcome to our Wednesday show, in which we talk through the week's leading startup and venture capital news. Today we have an absolute pile of material, so let's get to work:
February 14th, 2024 — Source

Samsung and Huawei reportedly prep for a new rollable and foldable push
Could Samsung's rollable phone be back on the menu?
February 14th, 2024 — Source

Seattle is top U.S. city in global talent ranking of software engineering hotspots
Seattle technical recruiting startup Karat ranked the top cities around the world for hiring the best software engineers, and Seattle ranks at or near the top in two different categories, according to a report released Wednesday.
February 14th, 2024 — Source

Tech spending shifts to meet AI demand, forces a 'reshuffling of skills' for workers
With AI 'sucking the air out of almost all non-AI investments in the whole tech world,' companies are cutting what they believe are unnecessary jobs — and replacing them with AI-skilled workers.
February 14th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — February 12th, 2024

Apple Cash will offer virtual card numbers for online shopping
The iOS 17.4 beta lets you see the card number, generate new ones and more.
February 12th, 2024 — Source

As spot bitcoin ETF volumes continue to rise, Bitwise Asset Management predicts a high ceiling for growth
The price of bitcoin hit $50,000 today, a month after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved 11 applications for spot bitcoin ETFs.
February 12th, 2024 — Source

Examining the extended reach of tax laws
For big multinationals that love tax havens, the start of 2024 was not a cause for celebration. On Jan. 1, the European Union, Japan, Canada, and Australia joined other jurisdictions in requiring their largest companies to pay a tax rate of at least 15% on their worldwide profits.
February 12th, 2024 — Source

Homebrew targets $50M for new fund
Venture capital firm Homebrew is targeting $50 million for a new fund, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
February 12th, 2024 — Source

JP Morgan Analysts Want You to Short Coinbase and, by Extension, Bitcoin, but Do They Really?
Wall Street is quite notorious for not always walking the talk: its analysts might publicly recommend a particular course of action, but that does not necessarily mean that the banks' internal trading teams follow that "fount of wisdom." A recent investment note from JP Morgan has again raised the proverbial hackles of Bitcoin bulls, especially as the note hammers on a thesis that is superficially accurate but lacks proper context.
February 12th, 2024 — Source

Kenya's Ilara Health gets $4.2M backing to expand clinic-support services
Ilara Health, a Kenya-based health tech enabling private clinics to access diagnostic devices and pharmaceutical products, has secured $4.2 million debt-equity in a pre-Series A round. The funds will be used to scale operations in the East African country, and to deepen healthcare access to the masses through the rollout of a B2B health and occupational service that will enable uninsured workers access to care at its network of partner clinics for a fixed monthly fee.
February 12th, 2024 — Source

New report shows increased tech access in Seattle, but digital divide remains for some residents
A new City of Seattle study, based on input from residents, reveals that the percentage of homes with internet access has increased in the past five years, but significant disparities persist, especially in homes where English is not the main language.
February 12th, 2024 — Source

Rippling opens Asia-Pacific HQ as its international expansion gears up
After recent launches in the United Kingdom and Ireland, workforce management platform Rippling is continuing its ambitious international expansion with the opening of its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Sydney, Australia today. The company, which already has 15,000 customers and is valued at $11.25 billion, will invest millions of dollars in its APAC expansion, co-founder Parker Conrad (pictured above) tells TechCrunch, and already has 30 people in its Sydney office, with plans to hire more for its sales, marketing and product teams.
February 12th, 2024 — Source

Switzerland's Wingman Ventures rebrands to Founderful, aims for a $120M fund
Wingman Ventures is seeking the best of Switzerland's startups, and its diverse portfolio already ranges from mobile commerce to robotics. The Zurich-based venture capital firm, which focuses on pre-seed startups, announced today it is rebranding as Founderful and has already raised $85 million for its new Fund II, with a target of closing $120 million in the next few months.
February 12th, 2024 — Source

This Bitcoin Strategy Has Performed Every Time in the Past 9 Years
Bitcoin's "sell the news" type of move is officially over, with the world's pre-eminent cryptocurrency managing to recoup all of the losses incurred in the aftermath of the launch of some of the first spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US. As animal spirits return, investors are now turning their attention toward upcoming bullish catalysts, including an event that does not have much relevance for the Western world but one that has exercised substantial influence over Bitcoin in the past nine years.
February 12th, 2024 — Source

The ABCs of Apple Cider Vinegar: Benefits, Precautions and Proper Dosage
Apple cider vinegar is a common ingredient you might already have in your kitchen. Here's how to use it for wellness.
February 12th, 2024 — Source

The not-so-secret-anymore lunar mining startup
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. We're just two days away from Intuitive Machines' first-ever mission to the moon. Pro-tip: If you haven't already, check out this ultra thorough press kit on the mission — the company goes into a ton of detail about the lander architecture, the payloads on board and everything that will happen during the mission.
February 12th, 2024 — Source

Switzerland’s Wingman Ventures rebrands to Founderful, aims for a $120M fund
Wingman Ventures is seeking the best of Switzerland’s startups, and its diverse portfolio already ranges from mobile commerce to robotics. The Zurich-based venture capital firm, which focuses on pre-seed startups, announced today it is rebranding as Founderful and has already raised $85 million for its new Fund II, with a target of closing $120 million in the next few months.
February 12th, 2024 — Source

Computer — Business News — February 12th, 2024

Biden administration to invest $5 billion on next-generation chip-tech research
Part of the CHIPS Act money will be spent on the creation of a new national research center
February 12th, 2024 — Source

DOJ's Jonathan Kanter says the antitrust fight against Big Tech is just beginning
The assistant attorney general says 'the resonance these issues have is something that I've never witnessed in my lifetime.'
February 12th, 2024 — Source

Qualcomm Has Reportedly Requested Samsung, TSMC, For 2nm Chip Samples As It Aims To Adopt A Dual-Sourcing Strategy For Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will exclusively be mass produced on TSMC's second-generation 3nm process, but its successor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, might switch to a dual-foundry approach as Qualcomm reportedly looks to secure orders from both Samsung and its Taiwanese semiconductor rival. The San Diego chipset maker has apparently requested both companies to provide 2nm samples, which can be evaluated further.
February 12th, 2024 — Source

Quantum research sheds light on the mystery of high-temperature superconductivity
An international team of scientists has made a new discovery that may help to unlock the microscopic mystery of high-temperature superconductivity and address the world's energy problems.
February 12th, 2024 — Source

TSMC Joins Forces With SK Hynix on Next-Generation HBM4
The two companies are both interested in delivering a fatality to rival memory maker and foundry Samsung.
February 12th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — February 9th, 2024

20PRODUCT grabs $5M to put the best product experts in your cap table
20VC founder Harry Stebbings unveiled his third, and final, offshoot fund called 20PRODUCT that kicks off with $5 million in capital commitments.
February 9th, 2024 — Source

Adam Neumann's bid for WeWork's scraps
Hello, and welcome to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
February 9th, 2024 — Source

Apptio CEO Sunny Gupta stepping down, 17 years after founding enterprise software giant
Sunny Gupta, who launched Apptio more than 17 years ago and helped build the Seattle-area company into an enterprise software giant, is stepping down as CEO.
February 9th, 2024 — Source

Billions lost to fraud and error during UK's pandemic spending spree
Watchdog orders a rethink in time for the next emergency
February 9th, 2024 — Source

Former Apple engineer who stole Project Titan trade secrets sentenced to 120 days in prison
Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple engineer who pled guilty to stealing Project Titan trade secrets, was this week sentenced to 120 days of imprisonment and 3 years supervised release.
February 9th, 2024 — Source

Struggle over minimum wage law tests the economics of food delivery in Seattle
A new minimum wage law for gig workers in Seattle — and the subsequent response from tech companies — is changing the dynamics of food delivery in the city.
February 9th, 2024 — Source

Pinterest announces a new ad deal with Google as it approaches 500M MAUs
Pinterest announced a new ad deal with Google as the company aims to ramp up its ad revenue. Google is the social platform's second third-party ad partner after Amazon signed a multiyear deal with Pinterest last year.
February 9th, 2024 — Source

Why startups thrive with immigrant founders
And how the UK is at risk of losing out from new regulation
February 9th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — February 7th, 2024

3D scanning app Polycam gets backing from YouTube co-founder
Polycam, an app that uses a smartphone's sensors to capture 3D scans of objects, is raising cash from prominent investors, including Adobe and YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley.
February 7th, 2024 — Source

An expert discusses the state of cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin were created to circumvent the monopoly on money held by nation states and central banks. The digital currencies were to function more democratically and be widely disseminated. But the opposite has happened, blockchain researcher Claudio Tessone notes.
February 7th, 2024 — Source

EU court backs Ryanair in Dutch aid case for KLM
A top EU court on Wednesday again annulled the approval of a pandemic state aid program for Dutch airline KLM, handing a fresh victory to its Irish rival Ryanair.
February 7th, 2024 — Source

Fintech, edtech and SaaS are not dead yet
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
February 7th, 2024 — Source

Large cryptocurrency miners in US now have to report energy use to government
137 mining facilities in the US account for 2.3 percent of electricity demand.
February 7th, 2024 — Source

Snap is looking to unify user experience across Spotlight and Stories
Snap's stock plunged 30% on Tuesday after announcing Q4 2023 results that didn't meet analyst expectations. On the earnings call, CEO Evan Spiegel said the company is taking a few steps this year to fuel growth. These include unifying experience across Stories and Spotlight, improving ad interactions across platforms and increasing engagement and user growth in North America and Europe.
February 7th, 2024 — Source or Source

Stripe Cuts Off Platform Used by Dominatrixes
Stripe gets even more anti-sex by kicking off wishlist platform Wishtender, while AI porn sites, which are also against the payment processor's rules, are still using it.
February 7th, 2024 — Source

The Biden administration now requires large cryptocurrency miners to report their energy use
137 mining operations in the US account for over 2 percent of national electricity usage.
February 7th, 2024 — Source

The FTC Isn't Happy About Microsoft's Plan To Lay Off Activision Workers
In October 2023, Microsoft finally closed the controversial deal to acquire gaming major Activision Blizzard. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) were among the handful of antitrust bodies against this mega-merger.
February 7th, 2024 — Source

TSMC JASM Set to Expand in Kumamoto Japan
TSM, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, DENSO Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation today announced further investment into Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing, Inc., TSMC's majority-owned manufacturing subsidiary in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, to build a second fab, which is scheduled to begin operation by the end of the 2027 calendar year. Toyota will also take a minority stake.
February 7th, 2024 — Source

TSMC Overtakes Intel and Samsung to Become World's Largest Semiconductor Maker by Revenue
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has reached a significant milestone, overtaking Intel and Samsung to become the world's largest semiconductor maker by revenue. According to Taiwanese financial analyst Dan Nystedt, TSMC earned $69.3 billion in revenue in 2023, surpassing Intel's $63 billion and Samsung's $58 billion.
February 7th, 2024 — Source

Will any Seattle startups go public this year? Analysts see better climate for tech IPOs
Seattle's tech industry is in an IPO drought. Not a single tech company from the region went public via traditional initial public offering over the past two years, according to GeekWire's M&A tracker, amid a slowdown in the broader market.
February 7th, 2024 — Source

Zwift announces more layoffs, co-CEO makes his exit
Zwift, an indoor cycling and training app that connects players from all over the world, announced earlier this week its second round of layoffs within the last year. Additionally, co-CEO Kurt Beidler resigned. Keep reading to learn more.
February 7th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — February 5th, 2024

Meet Rufus, Amazon's new AI shopping assistant
Amazon is among the companies that has iterated a lot when it comes to artificial intelligence. The US-based giant continues to develop new AI tools, especially now that AI is the main buzzword in the tech world.
February 5th, 2024 — Source

Meta, Amazon add $336 billion in market value on earnings
Meta Platforms Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. shares soared Friday after delivering quarterly earnings and outlooks that far exceeded Wall Street's expectations, validating the belt-tightening strategies that defined the tech industry's past 16 months.
February 5th, 2024 — Source

NanoString stock sinks 70% as Seattle biotech company enters bankruptcy process
Seattle-based publicly traded biotech company NanoString Technologies announced Monday that it has initiated a Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan and is exploring a potential sale in the latest fallout from its loss in a patent infringement case against 10X Genomics.
February 5th, 2024 — Source

Snap is cutting 10 percent of its staff
The company's revenue declined last year as it struggled to expand beyond the slowing digital ads market.
February 5th, 2024 — Source

The Amount Of Electricity Bitcoin Mining Is Still Consuming May Shock You
Cryptocurrency has had a bit of a resurgence over the last few weeks, with Bitcoin peaking at $45,000 before settling back to around $42,000. However, Bitcoin is still a proof-of-work cryptocurrency, meaning equations must be solved to receive rewards, which involves using graphics cards or other specialized hardware to "mine" for it.
February 5th, 2024 — Source

UK trial opens into bitcoin 'inventor' claims
The trial of an alleged bitcoin creator opened in London on Monday, seeking to determine whether an Australian computer scientist invented the world's most popular cryptocurrency.
February 5th, 2024 — Source

Yandex takes a big hit to get rid of Russian assets
Stocks are mixed around the world as investors digest the possibility of high interest rates persisting for longer.
February 5th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — February 2nd, 2024

95% of studios are working on or aim to release a live service game
In the survey of 537 game studios, live ops development teams want faster content releases
February 2nd, 2024 — Source

Apple announces first quarter results of 2024
Apple has announced its first quarter results for 2024, the results cover the fiscal first quarter until the 30th of December 2023, and the company has a total quarterly revenue of $119.6 billion which is up 2 percent over the same period in the previous year.
February 2nd, 2024 — Source

Did Australian invent bitcoin? UK court examines claim
A court case starting in London on Monday will seek to determine whether Australian computer scientist Craig Wright invented bitcoin, the world's first and biggest cryptocurrency.
February 2nd, 2024 — Source

DoorDash increases NYC delivery fees following new minimum wage rules
NYC customers will see $2 added to their total bill.
February 2nd, 2024 — Source

Financial Analyst Outs AMD Instinct MI300X "Projected" Pricing
AMD's December 2023 launch of new Instinct series accelerators has generated a lot of tech news buzz and excitement within the financial world, but not many folks are privy to Team Red's MSRP for the CDNA 3.0 powered MI300X and MI300A models. A Citi report has pulled back the curtain, albeit with "projected" figures—an inside source claims that Microsoft has purchased the Instinct MI300X 192 GB model for ~$10,000 a piece.
February 2nd, 2024 — Source

FTC orders Blackbaud to overhaul 'reckless' security practices in wake of 2020 breach
Education tech company Blackbaud agreed to settle with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over the company's security practices that resulted in a 2020 data breach.
February 2nd, 2024 — Source

Meta's VR/AR division had its best and worst quarter as total losses pass $42 billion
Reality Labs is costing Meta a lot of cash
February 2nd, 2024 — Source

Meta's Zuckerberg Piles Onto The Criticism Over Apple's App Store Policy Shenanigans
Mark Zuckerberg is joining a legion of CEOs who are less-than enthused about the opening up of iOS to third-party app stores. Zuckerberg gave his opinion on Apple's new policies, as they relate to Meta, while speaking to shareholders during an earnings call.
February 2nd, 2024 — Source

Okta layoffs impact employees in the Pacific Northwest; identity giant acquired Auth0 in 2021
Identity and access management giant Okta announced this week that it is laying off about 7% of its workforce, or 400 employees.
February 2nd, 2024 — Source

Return to Office mandates boost company profits? Nope
Biz boffins say bottom line and market cap didn't change post directive -- but staff mood did
February 2nd, 2024 — Source

US starts 'emergency' checks on cryptocurrency power use, citing winter power demands
Up until now watchdogs say they've just been guesstimating consumption
February 2nd, 2024 — Source

Why US small businesses will lead in AI investments in 2024
A new survey of US small business owners finds that 60% seek to improve productivity and communications by allocating bigger budgets to new technologies like artificial intelligence.
February 2nd, 2024 — Source

General — Business — February 1st, 2024

Amazon reports better-than-expected revenue, profits for the holiday shopping season
Amazon on Thursday reported better-than-expected revenue and profits for the fourth quarter, driven by strong consumer spending during the holiday shopping season.
February 1st, 2024 — Source or Source or Source or Source

Amazon shares rise 6% as cloud and advertising power record Q4 revenue of $170B
Amazon topped expectations for its holiday quarter, reporting record revenue of $169.9 billion, up 14% year-over-year, and earnings per share of $1.00.
February 1st, 2024 — Source

Apple ekes out a small year-over-year revenue gain on eve of Vision Pro launch
iPhone, Services lead the way once again.
February 1st, 2024 — Source

Apple iPhone’s U.S. smartphone market share reaches highest since Q4 2020
U.S. smartphone shipments grew 8% YoY in Q4 2023, driven by Apple as iPhone sell-in share grew to 64% in Q4 2023, the highest since Q4 2020, according to Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor data. Android sell-in declined over the same period, as the sub-$300 segment saw declining demand.
February 1st, 2024 — Source

Apple Now Has More Than 2.2 Billion Active Devices Worldwide
There are more than two billion active iPhones, iPads, Macs, and other Apple devices worldwide, Apple said today in the earnings report covering the first fiscal quarter of 2024.
February 1st, 2024 — Source

Brush up on financial lingo for Apple’s quarterly earnings call
During quarterly earnings calls, executives often deploy language designed to puff up, excuse or obfuscate their companies’ recent performance. The goal is to make investors pant with delight over implied future success. And ultimately to give the company more money. Always. More. Money.
February 1st, 2024 — Source

Ferrari shares surge on growth, strong orders ... and Lewis Hamilton
Automaker's market value nears $100 billion
February 1st, 2024 — Source

Izote Biosciences takes in $2.6M to develop a fermentation process sans oxygen
Using precision fermentation as a manufacturing process to create bio-based products like chemicals, medicines and even cultivated meat continues to be costly and not yet perfected for scalability.
February 1st, 2024 — Source

Peloton releases 2024 Q2 earnings: ‘If we’re not failing, we’re not being aggressive enough’
Peloton this morning released its second-quarter 2024 results, which included a second-quarter loss and an admittance by CEO Barry McCarthy that the company would not be free cash flow positive for the overall year. Head below to learn more.
February 1st, 2024 — Source

Polygon Labs lays off 60 employees, about 19% of its staff, CEO says
Polygon Labs, the team focused on building the layer-2 blockchain Polygon, has laid off 60 employees, or about 19% of its staff, according to a post published Thursday by CEO Marc Boiron.
February 1st, 2024 — Source

Qualcomm earnings call suggests Apple will again extend 5G modem license, to 2027
Delays may result in further extension unless Apple can overcome its 5G modem challenges
February 1st, 2024 — Source

Tether had ‘record-breaking’ net profits in Q4, Polygon Labs does layoffs and hackers steal $112M of XRP
Happy February, friends! We’ve made it through one-twelfth of the year; that wasn’t so hard was it? Only have to do it 11 more times to make it to 2025.
February 1st, 2024 — Source

General — Business — January 31st, 2024

Crypto mines will have to start reporting their energy use in the US
A survey of crypto mines’ electricity consumption in the US is set to start next week.
January 31, 2024 — Source

Cuts at Jack Dorsey’s fin-tech company Block impact 43 workers in Washington state
Block, the financial services and mobile payments company founded by former Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has laid off 43 workers in Washington, according to a notice from the state’s Employment Security Dept.
January 31, 2024 — Source

Despite glimmers of profit, most African neobanks remain in the red
What TymeBank, Carbon and FairMoney’s numbers say about neobank profitability in Africa
January 31, 2024 — Source

eBay will pay $59 million to settle DOJ suit over pill press machine sales
The company has also agreed to keep a closer eye on counterfeit molds, stamps and dies.
January 31, 2024 — Source

Ethereum developer interest hit new all-time highs in 2023 despite a bear market
Solana, Polygon, Optimism and other blockchains also saw increased developer interest
January 31, 2024 — Source

FTX says it will pay back customers
A lawyer for the company said customers will ‘eventually be paid in full.’
January 31, 2024 — Source

GameSpot lays off portion of staff
Job cuts at Fandom gaming outlet come almost exactly a year after last round of layoffs
January 31, 2024 — Source

Hackers steal $112 million of XRP Ripple cryptocurrency
On Tuesday, hackers stole around $112 million of the Ripple-focused cryptocurrency XRP from a crypto wallet, Ripple’s co-founder and executive chairman has disclosed.
January 31, 2024 — Source

How to file taxes for free online
There's a new free option for some taxpayers.
January 31, 2024 — Source

Ironman Group taps Equinox President as new CEO
The appointment of Scott DeRue as Ironman Group’s new CEO comes as a welcome addition for the company. DeRue joins Ironman Group with a lifetime of dedication to creating experiences for people that help them to optimize and discover their own potential.
January 31, 2024 — Source

Microsoft reportedly hits Activision Blizzard's esport division with mass layoffs
Last week, Microsoft announced it would lay off 1,900 team members from its gaming division. This week, as part of those job cuts, new reports claim that a large number, perhaps a majority of team members, in Activision Blizzard's esports division lost their positions. There's no word on just how many team members were laid off.
January 31, 2024 — Source

Panasonic Sells Off Japanese VR Hardware Startup Shiftall
Shiftall, the Japan-based VR hardware creator, is no longer owned by Panasonic, as the company has been effectively sold off to the Tokyo-based company CREEK & RIVER.
January 31, 2024 — Source

Samsung Electronics Announces Fourth Quarter and FY 2023 Results
DRAM business posts profit in 4Q, aims to enhance leadership in DDR5 and address demand for HBM Moderate first-half earnings recovery on macro uncertainties; 2H to show more significant improvement
January 31, 2024 — Source

Samsung Needs AI to Succeed as It Reports Weakest Earnings in 10 Years
Samsung has experienced some steep declines in profit over the last couple of years and in its recent earnings report, the company has failed to turn that around.
January 31, 2024 — Source

Sega of America Laying Off 61 Staff
Employees depart in March.
January 31, 2024 — Source

Speedinvest closes fourth fund at $380M to back early-stage startups in Europe
Vienna-based early-stage VC Speedinvest has closed its fourth early-stage fund, Speedinvest 4, at €350 million (around $380 million at today’s exchange rate), surpassing the initial goal of €300 million ($325 million).
January 31, 2024 — Source

US judge voids Elon Musk's $56 billion Tesla compensation
A judge in the US state of Delaware voided the $56 billion compensation package of Tesla chief executive Elon Musk on Tuesday, siding with a shareholder who claimed the entrepreneur was overpaid.
January 31, 2024 — Source

Waiting out Bukele's 'Bitcoin City' on a Salvadoran beach
When President Nayib Bukele announced plans to create the world's first "Bitcoin City," a futuristic metropolis financed by cryptocurrency bonds, American Corbin Keegan packed up his life in Chicago and headed for El Salvador.
January 31, 2024 — Source

General — Business — January 29th, 2024

6 Of The Coolest Camping RVs Ever Built
It might be winter in the northern hemisphere, but that doesn't mean those of us huddled under blankets and buried under piles of snow aren't dreaming of summer camping and road trips.
January 29, 2024 — Source

All the big tech layoffs of 2023 and 2024
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are just some of those cutting jobs.
January 29, 2024 — Source

Amazon terminates $1.4B acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot over EU regulatory concerns
Amazon saw no path to regulatory approval in the EU
January 29, 2024 — Source or Source

CD Rates Today, Jan. 29, 2024: Lock In a 5.5% APY With These Top Savings Options
High APYs won't last forever. Opening a CD now will protect your earnings from future rate drops.
January 29, 2024 — Source

Linktree launches features to schedule and archive links
Link-in-bio company Linktree announced new features today, including link scheduling, archiving and the ability to automatically fetch your latest video from YouTube and TikTok.
January 29, 2024 — Source

Meta will share data with researchers studying online well-being
Ahead of a major congressional hearing about children's online safety, Meta has announced a collaboration with the Center for Open Science, a nonprofit dedicated to transparency in academic research.
January 29, 2024 — Source

Navigating the legal landscape of four-day work weeks
Wiggin's Ellie Sergeant and Seth Roe discuss the considerations that employers must factor in before shifting their business to this increasingly popular schedule
January 29, 2024 — Source

OpenAI partners with Common Sense Media to collaborate on AI guidelines
OpenAI hopes to win the trust of parents — and policymakers — by partnering with organizations that work to minimize tech and media harms to kids, preteens and teens.
January 29, 2024 — Source

Risk versus revenue: Microsoft results will offer a new AI benchmark after a tumultuous quarter
Some of the downsides of artificial intelligence have come into clearer focus for Microsoft recently, including high-profile AI deepfakes, an FTC probe, a New York Times lawsuit, and a brief management shakeup at OpenAI, its biggest AI partner.
January 29, 2024 — Source

Streaming media company Plex raises $40M as it nears profitability
Media streamer Plex has raised new capital. The company, which began as a media organization startup, has morphed over the years to become a one-stop shop for all your media, including ad-supported streaming, which now accounts for much of its revenue growth.
January 29, 2024 — Source

The best identity theft protection and credit monitoring services to protect your data
Data protection services offer antivirus tools, social media monitoring, alerts, and assistance if something goes wrong. Here's how to choose the best identity theft protection service for you.
January 29, 2024 — Source

Thinking outside of the Seattle box: Here's why a startup is buying up billboards in San Francisco
A Seattle-area startup that builds tools to help product teams experiment with new features is doing some experimenting in San Francisco — with an aggressive new advertising campaign aimed at making itself known in Silicon Valley.
January 29, 2024 — Source

Wall Street girds for ugly Boeing earnings as CEO faces scrutiny
Boeing's 737 MAX 9 planes have begun to fly again after the January 5 Alaska Airlines scare, but the episode is expected to weigh on the aviation giant's finances for the foreseeable future.
January 29, 2024 — Source

General — Business — January 26th, 2024

Apple and Goldman Sachs: A timeline of the messy partnership that will soon fall apart
Given recent reports that Goldman Sachs is looking to bail on its partnership with Apple, I thought it would be interesting to do a breakdown of the increasingly messy relationship between the two companies. After forging their partnership in 2019, Apple appears to have thrived while Goldman Sachs has suffered.
January 26, 2024 — Source

Best Credit Cards for Online Shopping in February 2024
These credit cards could put some money back into your pocket for those online shopping sprees while also making your purchases more secure.
January 26, 2024 — Source

Electric car maker Polestar to cut around 450 jobs globally
'Challenging market conditions' as EV demand has slowed
January 26, 2024 — Source

GeekWire 200 shakeup reveals major shifts in Seattle and Pacific Northwest startup landscape
A new wave of startups is transforming the technology community in the Seattle area and the surrounding region, fueled by breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, health, energy, and other emerging technologies.
January 26, 2024 — Source

Here's what startup investors are thinking about amid AI boom, layoffs, funding slowdown
There's a lot to consider for tech investors assessing potential startup investments in 2024.
January 26, 2024 — Source

Intel Eyes TSMC's Chipmaking Crown As It Shares Big News For Advanced Technologies
Even as its earnings guidance failed to meet analyst estimates, Intel's latest earnings call provided upgrades about its ongoing expansion towards a contract manufacturing foundry model. Ahead of yesterday's release, the chip giant announced that it had entered into a partnership with Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) to develop a new process node that will manufacture chips in the U.S.
January 26, 2024 — Source

Intel warns of Q1 nosedive... and its shares follow suit
Pat's gonna need to sell a lotta AI PCs if he wants to make a profit this quarter
January 26, 2024 — Source

Ruiner developer Reikon Games reportedly lays off more than half its staff
Sources suggest around 60 to 70 people were let go earlier this week
January 26, 2024 — Source

Salesforce to cut 700 jobs in latest wave of tech layoffs
WSJ reported today that Salesforce will lay off approximately 700 employees, representing around 1% of its global workforce. The job cuts come as the cloud computing giant looks to optimize its workforce following a hiring spree during the pandemic.
January 26, 2024 — Source

UK launches antitrust probe into planned $19B Vodafone, Three merger
Vodafone is also facing national security scrutiny over UAE connections
January 26, 2024 — Source

Western Digital Reports Fiscal Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results
Western Digital Corp. today reported fiscal second quarter 2024 financial results. "Western Digital's second quarter results demonstrate that the structural changes we have put in place over the last few years and the strategy we have been executing are producing significant outperformance across our flash and HDD businesses," said David Goeckeler, Western Digital CEO.
January 26, 2024 — Source

Why the Washington state blockchain working group never met — and lessons for future initiatives
Back in 2022, legislators in Olympia passed a bill creating a working group with a sole purpose to evaluate blockchain technology's potential in Washington state. The legislation mandated a first meeting date by December 2022, a complete report a year later, and an expiration date of January 2024.
January 26, 2024 — Source

World's biggest extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) supplier grew 30 percent in 2023
Company forecasts 2024 to be a transition year before returning to full growth in 2025
January 26, 2024 — Source

Zeno Power partners with U.S. Department of Energy to recycle radioactive material
Zeno Power says it has gained access to radioactive material destined for its first full-scale radioisotope power systems under the terms of a partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy.
January 26, 2024 — Source

Computer — Business News — January 26th, 2024

Intel warns of Q1 nosedive... and its shares follow suit
Pat's gonna need to sell a lotta AI PCs if he wants to make a profit this quarter
January 26, 2024 — Source

Yes, the tech layoff surge you are feeling is real
Tech layoffs are accelerating, according to the data. The surge in staff cuts comes after reductions in human capital slowed so much in the back half of 2023 that we wrote that "tech layoffs are all but a thing of the past." At the time, reported layoffs had been trending down for months and months to reach what appeared to be a nadir that was so low it felt inconsequential.
January 26, 2024 — Source

General — Business — January 22nd, 2024

Alphabet is cutting dozens of jobs at its X moonshot lab
The division is getting an overhaul to make it easier to spin out projects into startups.
January 22, 2024 — Source

Chronosphere acquires Calyptia to extend its observability platform
Chronosphere, a startup that offers a cloud native observability platform, today announced that it has acquired Calyptia.
January 22, 2024 — Source

Cultivating gender equality could cut corruption, research suggests
A study in the European Journal of International Management has looked at the complex relationship between gender, governance, and corruption in Europe. The research analyzed evidence from 35 European countries between the years 2010 and 2020 to discern the nuanced relationship between heightened gender inequality and increased corruption.
January 22, 2024 — Source

February SSDI Payment 2024: Are You Getting a Check This Week?
Some Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries are getting payments this week.
January 22, 2024 — Source

Doomed crypto firm Terraform Labs files for bankruptcy in the US
Co-founder Do Kwon is still jailed in Montenegro for using forged passports.
January 22, 2024 — Source

Gen Z and 'Soft Saving': How I Balance My Financial and Mental Health
This new trend emphasizes living in the moment, but experts say you can prioritize your well-being while also saving for the future.
January 22, 2024 — Source

Google lays off "dozens" from X Labs, wants projects to seek outside funding
Google wants projects to take outside venture capital as part of budget cuts.
January 22, 2024 — Source

ICO fines spam slinging financial services biz
It's all very well offering 'Free Debt Help,' but recipients were unwilling, says watchdog...
January 22, 2024 — Source

Talofa Games secures $6.3m in funding round
The studio aims to continue engineer and support its mobile title Run Legends
January 22, 2024 — Source

Startup founder returns to take aim at the endless pile of goods that shoppers send back
While e-commerce has made it beyond easy to get virtually anything delivered to your doorstep, a new startup is wading into the financial, logistical, and environmental mess created by the endless stream of goods that are returned.
January 22, 2024 — Source

Wanted crypto boss Do Kwon's Terraform files for US bankruptcy
South Korean entrepreneur Do Kwon's Terraform Labs, whose cryptocurrencies crashed dramatically in 2022, is seeking bankruptcy protection in the United States, according to court documents filed Sunday.
January 22, 2024 — Source

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway's Apple shares to generate $878 million in dividend income in 2024
Berkshire Hathaway first bought shares of Apple in 2016. After further share purchases and a 378% increase in Apple's stock price over the last five years, that stake is now worth about $167 billion.
January 22, 2024 — Source

General — Business — January 19th, 2024

$40 billion worth of crypto crime enabled by stablecoins since 2022
Stablecoins like Tether also used for scams and sanctions evasion.
January 19, 2024 — Source

Amazon not planning to add delivery fees in Seattle as new minimum wage law impacts Flex drivers
Uber, Instacart, and DoorDash made it known last week that they were adding new delivery fees for Seattle customers as a result of recently implemented minimum wage laws for gig workers.
January 19, 2024 — Source

Amazon's purchase of Roomba-maker iRobot likely to be blocked by EU
Amazon was told at meeting that deal is likely to be rejected, WSJ reports.
January 19, 2024 — Source

Apple offers EU set of pledges aimed at settling Apple Pay antitrust probe
Apple has offered a set of commitments to competition regulators in the European Union aimed at resolving concerns focused on NFC payments and mobile wallet tech on iOS, its mobile operating system. The EU suspects Apple of unfairly favoring its own mobile payment tech, Apple Pay, and squeezing out the ability of rivals to develop competing contactless payment offerings on its mobile platform.
January 19, 2024 — Source

Apple Pay competitor apps coming -- but regulators asking whether people want more
We knew as long ago as 2014 that Apple would be limiting access to the NFC chip in the iPhone, though the full extent of the restrictions wasn't known at the time.
January 19, 2024 — Source

Apple Shares the Secret of Why the 40-Year-Old Mac Still Rules
The pioneering PC revolutionized how people interact with computers. As the Mac enters its fifth decade, Apple says it will continue to evolve.
January 19, 2024 — Source

Founded by a former high school counselor, EdXeno aims to connect students with their future colleges
As a high school counselor for more than a decade, Jason Booker witnessed the challenges that students face when applying to college — including a lack of resources to guide them through the process, and university systems slow to adopt the technologies necessary to connect effectively with students in the modern era.
January 19, 2024 — Source

Hiring globally mobile, highly specialized workers after their firm's failure can be a strategic move
Research published in the Global Strategy Journal identifies globally mobile workers with highly specialized skills as a strategic hiring strategy, due to the workers' legitimacy and mobility after being laid off by a failure of their former employer.
January 19, 2024 — Source

How FYPM used Instagram Stories and thirst traps to raise $275K
Lindsey Lee Lugrin took an unconventional route to becoming a founder, so it's only fitting that her fundraising strategies are just as unique. Her company Fuck You Pay Me (FYPM), which is like a Glassdoor for influencers, raised a $275K seed extension solely via Instagram stories, with no pitch deck.
January 19, 2024 — Source

'Small' MacBook Pro rig punches well above its weight [Setups]
Isn't it great when someone on social media humbly displays a well put-together and complete computer setup that makes yours look like random debris? Well, at least it's a good learning opportunity. And today's MacBook Pro setup is an exceptional example, as it doesn't look like "all that" — even though it is.
January 19, 2024 — Source

Sports Illustrated Lays Off Much of Its Staff
Sports Illustrated, the foremost sports journalism outlet and purveyor of some of the world's best sports photography, has reportedly laid off many staffers.
January 19, 2024 — Source

Tech layoffs in 2024: A timeline
Technology companies have continued to lay off staff in 2024, despite improving fundamentals. Here's an updated timeline of notable layoffs, and reasons why Big Tech is in turmoil.
January 19, 2024 — Source

What Is a Profit and Loss Statement?
Learn how profit and loss statements are used and why they are important for businesses in this comprehensive guide.
January 19, 2024 — Source

What Is Walmart+? Everything You Need to Know
Is it worth it?
January 19, 2024 — Source

General — Business — January 18th, 2024

How a 27-year-old busted the myth of Bitcoin’s anonymity
Once, drug dealers and money launderers saw cryptocurrency as perfectly untraceable.
January 18, 2024 — Source

Oleria raises $33 million to accelerate its product innovation
Oleria has raised $33.1 million in a Series A funding round. This latest investment, which brings the company’s total funding to over $40 million, is led by Evolution Equity Partners with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Tapestry VC, and Zscaler.
January 18, 2024 — Source or Source

Computer — Business News — January 18th, 2024

TSMC's fourth quarter profit better than expected
In nog 'n teken dat 'n afswaai in die skyfiebedryf moontlik die bodem bereik het, was die groot Apple-verskaffer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) se netto inkomste beter as wat verwag is.
January 18, 2024 — Source

General — Business — January 16th, 2024

At the Current Pace, Spot Bitcoin ETFs Are on Course To Buy Up Almost 2 Million BTC This Year!
A lot has been written on the impact that the launch of spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US will unleash on the world's preeminent cryptocurrency. Some think that these investment vehicles will make Bitcoin more volatile, dancing to the ever-changing tune of the market.
January 16, 2024 — Source

CEOs say generative AI will result in job cuts in 2024
Media and entertainment, banking, insurance, and logistics lead the way.
January 16, 2024 — Source

Dutch quantum dot startup bags €5M to improve X-ray imaging
Quantum dot technology has the potential to transform imaging for medical applications
January 16, 2024 — Source

Google lays off hundreds of employees in its Assistant, hardware and other divisions
Fitbit's founders have reportedly departed as part of a hardware restructuring.
January 16, 2024 — Source

Fancy founder returns with $1,000-per-month luxury shopping startup, Long Story Short
A new luxury goods e-commerce startup dubbed Long Story Short has a provocative concept: it's $1,000 per month to join for the privilege of shopping its curated collection.
January 16, 2024 — Source

Fintech isn't doomed, it just needs more time
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This episode usually airs on Mondays, but we're bringing it to you today on account of the holiday in the U.S. yesterday.
January 16, 2024 — Source

First Mode reduces workforce as it revises its vision for lower-emission heavy trucks
Seattle-based First Mode says it's cutting back on its workforce as it adjusts to the market demand for heavy trucks that rely less on fossil fuels.
January 16, 2024 — Source

Five sustainability trends businesses will embrace in 2024
A sense of urgency to address climate change has led many businesses to commit to carbon neutrality or net-zero emissions by 2030, and many more by 2050, yet just 5 percent of the UK's biggest companies have said how they plan to get there.
January 16, 2024 — Source

How Long Will It Take to Get Your 2024 Tax Refund? Find Out Here
After your tax return is filed, you can check the status to see when your refund should arrive. We'll tell you how.
January 16, 2024 — Source

Northvolt raises €4.6B to expand Europe's first homegrown battery gigafactory
The Swedish startup is aim to establish a fully circular EV battery supply chain
January 16, 2024 — Source

PSA: Warn your non-techy friends about fake AppleCoin ads
The social network formerly known as Twitter has been inundated lately with fake ads for 'AppleCoin' ...
January 16, 2024 — Source

Tired and tested: Onera raises $32M to help clinicians conduct sleep studies in patients' homes
Dutch startup sells 'polysomnography-as-a-service
January 16, 2024 — Source

Washington state's capital gains tax stands as U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of law
The U.S. Supreme Court today decided not to hear an appeal of a Washington state Supreme Court ruling from March 2023 that found a statewide tax on capital gains to be lawful.
January 16, 2024 — Source

Weavix, a startup developing 'smart' radios for frontline workers, raises $23.6M
Do frontline workers — workers providing essential services like healthcare — use radios? They once did. But with the advent of affordable smartphones and service, radios have slowly, steadily given way to voice and video chat apps on mobile.
January 16, 2024 — Source

General — Business — January 15th, 2024

GameStop's NFT Marketplace Closes Next Month
Almost two years to the day after it was announced.
January 15, 2024 — Source

Reports that China's military uses Baidu's AI lead to stock plunge
Web giant retorts that researchers simply used its publicly available APIs
January 15, 2024 — Source

General — Business — January 13th, 2024

Google pulls Binance, other global crypto apps from India store
Google pulled many crypto exchanges, including Binance and Kraken, from its Play Store in India on Saturday in what is the latest blow to the world's second largest internet market's already dwindling web3 dream. The ban comes two weeks after these global crypto exchanges were flagged for operating "illegally" in the South Asian market.
January 13, 2024 — Source

Microsoft dethrones Apple as the world's most valuable public company
For the first time in over two years, Apple is no longer the world's most valuable public company. On Friday, Microsoft narrowly surpassed Apple and can now claim that title.
January 13, 2024 — Source

Redundancies have unintended consequences for all employees, even those who keep their jobs
Tech giants including X (then known as Twitter) and Facebook owner Meta announced thousands of job cuts globally in 2022 and 2023, as did other firms like entertainment company Disney, consultancy firm KPMG and phone company Vodafone.
January 13, 2024 — Source

Startups should use this co-selling technique for successful partnerships with cloud hyperscalers
When it comes to maintaining the health of your technology startup and/or services business, especially in times of uncertainty, there is no lifeline more powerful than qualified leads. To fill that pipeline, buyers need to feel certain that your solution, application, or product is the best, most trustworthy choice, and this is where things tend to fall apart. How can a startup establish the level of trust needed for a new audience to commit when they're just starting?
January 13, 2024 — Source

'Unfinished business': Ring CEO Liz Hamren leads Amazon's home monitoring products into the AI era
Liz Hamren has been CEO of Amazon's Ring business for almost a year, as the successor in the role to Ring founder Jamie Siminoff, but it's not the first time she's been involved in home cameras. Earlier in her career, she led marketing at Dropcam, where she expanded its user base before its acquisition by Google.
January 13, 2024 — Source

When it comes to startups' flight to quality, have we swung too far in the other direction?
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
January 13, 2024 — Source

Would Luddites find the gig economy familiar?
@3
January 13, 2024 — Source

General — Business — January 12th, 2024

CES, Circle-ing back to IPOs and why we're over the moon about Overmoon
Hello, and welcome to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
January 12, 2024 — Source

Delta reports profit jump but lowers earnings forecast
Delta Air Lines saw its profits more than double in the fourth quarter last year, helped by strong travel demand, even as it trimmed its earnings expectations for 2024, the US carrier said Friday.
January 12, 2024 — Source

Google lays off hundreds of employees in its Assistant, hardware and other divisions
Fitbit's founders have reportedly departed as part of a hardware restructuring.
January 12, 2024 — Source

Here's why Uber Eats delivery fees in Seattle just skyrocketed
Uber is not happy with Seattle's lawmakers — and it's showing up on customer receipts for food delivery orders.
January 12, 2024 — Source

How low can bitcoin ETF fees drop before it hurts a business?
Franklin Templeton's product currently has the lowest fee at 19 basis points
January 12, 2024 — Source

How should boards handle visionary CEOs?
The recent firing and rapid rehiring of Sam Altman, the co-founder and CEO of ChatGPT creator OpenAI, illustrates the delicate dance between visionary CEOs and the boards who oversee them.
January 12, 2024 — Source

How to build a solid — and profitable! — AI startup
After a year of people throwing money at AI companies, investors are now looking for startups that are more solid and viable. That could prove daunting for AI founders: AI is expensive to build and maintain.
January 12, 2024 — Source

Infosys to acquire InSemi
The purchase is designed to enhance Infosys' engineering capabilities and is set to be finalized this quarter.
January 12, 2024 — Source

Instagram cuts 60 jobs, eliminating a layer of management at the company
Instagram has cut 60 technical program manager positions, eliminating a layer of management at the company, according to a new report from The Information.
January 12, 2024 — Source

New Seattle startup Avante raises $10M, led by former Olive AI execs and ex-Amperity CEO
A new Seattle-based startup called Avante confirmed that it raised $10 million in a seed funding round led by Fuse Venture Partners, saying it's building a company with ambitions to "improve the lives of millions."
January 12, 2024 — Source

Pixar Reportedly Facing Layoffs in 2024 as Disney+ Struggles to Become Profitable
Sources say the layoffs could be as "high as 20%," although Pixar itself says they will be lower.
January 12, 2024 — Source

Policy proposals: A list of the tech-related bills in this year's Washington state legislative session
Another Washington state legislative session is now underway in Olympia.
January 12, 2024 — Source

The search for better unit economics prompts consumer tech investors to shift focus
Aslew of consumer tech and companies focused on consumer packaged goods (CPG) have gobbled up venture capital in the past year. Keychain, Harmonya, Highlight, Ramani, SupplyPike, Vividly and Turing Labs, just to name a few, captured investor attention for their technologies.
January 12, 2024 — Source

The VC Funding Party Is Over
The glory days of venture capital are winding down, leaving in their wake a host of overstuffed tech firms and a bear market ready to maul.
January 12, 2024 — Source

Why return-to-office mandates fail
The question over whether to allow employees to work from home has been settled. Here's the new normal.
January 12, 2024 — Source

General — Business — January 11th, 2024

A new venture fund in Seattle aims to accelerate adoption of climate technologies that slash carbon
The Seattle tech vet who sold startups to Google and Stripe is behind a new climate venture capital fund focused on software-driven solutions for accelerating the deployment of carbon cutting technologies.
January 11, 2024 — Source

Actor paid to pose as crypto CEO "deeply sorry" about $1.3 billion scam
Fake CEO denied profiting off the alleged cryptocurrency scam.
January 11, 2024 — Source

Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees
In an internal memo, CEO Jason Citron said the company grew headcount too quickly over the past few years.
January 11, 2024 — Source or Source

DJI FlyCart 30 aerial delivery drone with 30kg maximum payload
The DJI FlyCart 30 is a sophisticated drone designed to transform the way we transport goods, especially to hard-to-reach places. With the ability to carry a hefty 30-kilogram load, this drone is engineered to withstand challenging environments and deliver items quickly and securely.
January 11, 2024 — Source

Female business leaders need better support to thrive in times of crisis
Female-led businesses had a harder time bouncing back from the pandemic than firms run by men, according to new research from the University of Surrey. This was attributed to women having, on average, less access to external financial resources, weaker positions in professional networks, and generally being more exposed to personal constraints such as school closures.
January 11, 2024 — Source

Google lays off hundreds of employees in its Assistant, hardware and other divisions
Fitbit's founders have reportedly departed as part of a hardware restructuring.
January 11, 2024 — Source or Source

Hestiia wants you to mine for crypto to heat your house
It's not news that crypto mining takes a lot of energy. Bitcoin alone is estimated to consume 127 terawatt-hours a year. If Bitcoin was a country, it would slot in roughly as the 32nd biggest consumer of electricity in the world.
January 11, 2024 — Source

Tech Moves: Pacvue hires another Microsoft vet; LeoStella adds director; and more
Zhenbin Xu, who spent nearly two decades at Microsoft in various leadership roles, joined e-commerce startup Pacvue as chief product officer.
January 11, 2024 — Source

US regulators authorize first bitcoin funds on public markets
US securities regulators gave the green light Wednesday to a group of bitcoin exchange-traded funds, a keenly anticipated decision expected to boost the cryptocurrency.
January 11, 2024 — Source

US spot bitcoin ETFs begin trading, Circle files for IPO and India continues crypto pullback
This past week has been all about U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs in the crypto world. Rumors started swirling around last week that approvals were coming, which sources confirmed.
January 11, 2024 — Source

Why Crypto Idealogues Won't Touch Bitcoin ETFs
The arrival of spot bitcoin ETFs in the US offers easy access to the masses. Purists will steer clear.
January 11, 2024 — Source

Yes, Spot Bitcoin ETFs Are off to a Rocking Start, but Now It's Time To Move to Ethereum
If historical analogs continue to hold true, and we have no evidence at this time that they would not, Ethereum is all set to take the crypto leadership mantle now that spot Bitcoin ETFs have begun trading.
January 11, 2024 — Source

General — Business — January 10th, 2024

3 ways the right payments partner can elevate your business
J.P. Morgan Payments is preparing merchants for a lucrative future.
January 10, 2024 — Source

Accessibility startup Augmental is working on head tracking and 'silent speech'
Imagine a world where you can control your smartphone or laptop just by moving your head or subtly shifting your tongue — a future where voiceless communication becomes a reality.
January 10, 2024 — Source

AI hardware, fintech woes and venture capital's shedding phase
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
January 10, 2024 — Source

All the big tech layoffs of 2023 and 2024
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are just some of those cutting jobs.
January 10, 2024 — Source

Amazon's Twitch, Prime Video, MGM Studios units lay off hundreds
Twitch, the industry-leading livestreaming platform Amazon acquired in 2014, is cutting more than 500 jobs.
January 10, 2024 — Source

Grayscale CEO sees spot bitcoin ETF as first step toward 'normalizing' crypto
It's been a long road for spot bitcoin ETF filers — and today the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission finally approved all 11 standing applications from issuers.
January 10, 2024 — Source

Layoffs Hit Amazon Prime Video and MGM Studios
After 2023's major layoffs, 2024 is sadly catching up.
January 10, 2024 — Source

New Department of Labor rule could reclassify countless gig workers as employees
It's scheduled to go into effect in March, but legal challenges await.
January 10, 2024 — Source

The SEC Approves Spot Bitcoin ETFs After a Thoroughly Embarrassing Hacking Incident That Has Unleashed Calls for Congressional Involvement
After its anti-crypto stance failed to withstand scrutiny in courts, forcing the apex US financial regulator to resort to a hefty dose of inertia - more appropriately described as dragging one's feet - presumably in a last-ditch effort to create as many legally tenable hurdles as possible, the SEC has finally approved some of the first spot Bitcoin ETFs for trading on eligible American exchanges.
January 10, 2024 — Source

There are more than 300 ways to work flexibly—here are four tips to make it work for you
Did you know that, according to a recent study, there are more than 300 ways to work flexibly? The list of possible flexible work practices used by an increasingly diverse and aging workforce has grown significantly since many people were forced to work from home during COVID lockdowns.
January 10, 2024 — Source

These are the most stable tech sectors for job seekers in 2024
Careers in AI, cybersecurity, and fintech are the hot tickets for the new year
January 10, 2024 — Source

Textio CEO Kieran Snyder steps down; co-founder Jensen Harris takes over Seattle startup
Kieran Snyder, co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based augmented writing startup Textio, has stepped down as CEO, the company announced Wednesday.
January 10, 2024 — Source

Twitter Quietly Scraps NFTs While Embracing AI
Sorry, it's too late to upload your crappy ape cartoon to your account
January 10, 2024 — Source

Twitch Is Laying Off 500 Employees In Latest Round Of Job Cuts
Twitch could be going through another round of layoffs.
January 10, 2024 — Source or Source

General — Business — January 9th, 2024

Carta's growth story is being overshadowed by its stock trading snafu
Carta's decision to exit the secondary share trading business was a quick response to the controversy that emerged after it was chastised by customers for using private data to foster its equity transactions.
January 9, 2024 — Source

Duolingo cuts 10% of its contractor workforce as the company embraces AI
Duolingo is the latest company to cite AI as a reason for job cuts. The company confirmed it cut around 10% of its contractor workforce at the end of 2023, as it turns to AI models like OpenAI's GPT-4 to streamline content production and translations.
January 9, 2024 — Source

Latest round of Unity layoffs impacts 50 Seattle-area employees
A fresh round of layoffs at gaming giant Unity Technologies has impacted its office in Bellevue, Wash., resulting in the dismissal of 50 employees in Washington state, according to a new filing.
January 9, 2024 — Source

How to find the right venture investor
Venture capitalists aren't throwing money around like they used to. The funding environment in 2023 was rough, as investors buttoned up their pocketbooks to steel themselves for a recession.
January 9, 2024 — Source

Redditors Speculate on the Mysterious Connection Between BlackRock, Bitcoin's Founder Satoshi Nakamoto, and Reddit's WallStreetBets
A Reddit post exploring a potentially interesting connection between the investment titan BlackRock, Bitcoin's founder Satoshi Nakamoto, and the WallStreetBets forum has gone viral over the past few hours. While the post is quite speculative in nature, it does leverage certain coincidences to raise a few pointed questions that merit a thorough inspection.
January 9, 2024 — Source

SEC Twitter hijacked to push fake news of hotly anticipated Bitcoin ETF approval
Buy the hype, sell the, wait, what do we do now?!
January 9, 2024 — Source

SEC's X account hacked, sharing 'unauthorized tweet' regarding spot bitcoin ETF
The agency has 'not approved' the listing and trading of spot bitcoin ETFs, chair Gary Gensler says
January 9, 2024 — Source

Seven things you should know about job burnout
We hear a lot about work-related burnout these days, especially as many workers continue to deal with fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Maybe it's the blurring of lines between home and work life. Or maybe it's the stress of returning to the workplace after working from home. Or the lingering symptoms of long COVID causing both physical and mental health challenges.
January 9, 2024 — Source

Should SSDI Recipients File a Tax Return in 2024? What to Know
Here's what you'll need to know about your taxes if you receive Social Security Disability Insurance payments.
January 9, 2024 — Source

The Burro Grande finds the agtech robotics firm going big
Burro has been on our radar since early 2020, when the company (then Augean) participated in a TechCrunch Robotics pitch-off. The Philly-based firm has actually been around since 2017, but it's really the last few years that have seen its agtech offering really take off.
January 9, 2024 — Source

The SEC's X account was hijacked to post a fake approval of Bitcoin ETFs
The official SEC account posted a statement from Gary Gensler saying the long-awaited approval arrived, but then Gensler's X account said it was a hoax.
January 9, 2024 — Source

US SEC's X account hacked to announce fake Bitcoin ETF approval
The X account for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was hacked today to issue a fake announcement on the approval of Bitcoin ETFs on security exchanges.
January 9, 2024 — Source

Valkyrie co-founder expects $10B inflows for spot bitcoin ETFs by end of year
The SEC might finally approve spot bitcoin ETFs on Wednesday after denying applications for more than a decade.
January 9, 2024 — Source

General — Business — January 8th, 2024

8 Best Credit Card Strategies to Maximize Earnings in 2024
Want More in 2024? Follow These Expert Tips for Earning Credit Card Rewards
January 8, 2024 — Source

Arc wants to make venture debt popular again
Venture debt has its merits. It can be a better and cheaper alternative to raising equity, especially if you are building a company in a capital intensive industry. However, lately, some people don't seem to be fans.
January 8, 2024 — Source

Bitcoin ETFs, Carta's latest mess and let's go to the moon
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
January 8, 2024 — Source

Bitcoin: Four reasons why the price could surge in 2024
The year 2023 will be remembered as turbulent for cryptocurrencies, with numerous important developments that ultimately helped to "clean up" the space to potentially make it more attractive to mainstream investors. Notably there was the conviction of FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried for fraud.
January 8, 2024 — Source

Inside a $20 Million Coinbase Phishing Ring
404 Media spoke to a victim of a hacking ring the Secret Service believes stole millions of dollars by setting up fake Coinbase login pages.
January 8, 2024 — Source

Unity is laying off 25 percent of its staff
The company, which makes the game engine Unity, is cutting 1,800 jobs across its workforce.
January 8, 2024 — Source

Warehousing and logistics startup Flexe cuts 38% of workforce in latest layoffs
Flexe is trimming its headcount again in another round of layoffs.
January 8, 2024 — Source

Computer — Business News — January 8th, 2024

'Only 700 new IT jobs' were created in US last year
Pandemic overhiring + AI-generated cuts at the entry level = A bad year to be a techie, says Janco
January 8, 2024 — Source

General — Business — January 7th, 2024

$1.2 million mysteriously deposited in missing Bitcoin founder's abandoned wallet — money deposited anonymously in Satoshi's Genesis wallet
There are many theories regarding this puzzling and circuitous transaction.
January 7, 2024 — Source

Early-stage fintech startups just got more funding sources
We started the year with news of a couple new venture funds that will be writing checks into fintech startups. First up, I scooped the news that former Anthemis Group partner Ruth Foxe Blader has started her own firm, Foxe Capital.
January 7, 2024 — Source

General — Business — January 6th, 2024

Best 10-Year CD Rates for January 2024
Not many banks offer 10-year CDs -- but a handful of banks will pay you up to 4% for the next decade.
January 6, 2024 — Source

NanoString Technologies to cut 9% of workforce, gets delisting notice from Nasdaq
Seattle-based publicly traded biotech company NanoString Technologies said in a filing (PDF) Friday that it plans to cut about 50 positions, or 9% of its workforce.
January 6, 2024 — Source

Computer — Business News — January 6th, 2024

Microsoft is getting close to overtaking Apple as the most valuable US company
Microsoft's decision to extend its reach and business portfolio seems to be paying off as it gets within a stone's throw of Apple's market leader position.
January 6, 2024 — Source

General — Business — January 5th, 2024

How many jobs are available in technology in the US?
The number of open IT jobs has shrunk in recent months, but tech unemployment remains well below the overall US rate — and new AI-related positions are boosting hiring.
January 5, 2024 — Source

General — Business — December 30th, 2023

Bitcoin Spot ETF Approval Might Come Soon As Fund Managers Update SEC Filings
As 2023 comes to a close, Wall Street is confident that the approval of a bitcoin exchange-traded fund is on the horizon as several financial firms have filed their updated plans for the ETF with the SEC. The filings were necessary before the end of the year if the Bitcoin ETF is to be launched soon.
December 30, 2023 — Source

General — Business — December 29th, 2023

How the 'visionaries' of Silicon Valley mean profits are prioritized over true technological progress
Technological innovation in the last couple of decades has brought fame and huge wealth to the likes of Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos. Often feted as geniuses, they are the faces behind the gadgets and media that so many of us depend upon.
December 29, 2023 — Source

General — Business — December 28th, 2023

Red Sea shipping workarounds add costs, delays for suppliers, retailers
More supply chain disruptions are on the way
December 28, 2023 — Source

How to Get the Best CD in 2024
With rates as high as they may get, these tips can help you maximize your savings earnings.
December 28, 2023 — Source

Same-day delivery service Shipt to pause Seattle operations, blaming recently passed labor laws
Citing new ordinances recently passed in Seattle that aim to help gig workers, the Target-owned delivery service Shipt informed customers this week that it will pause operations in the city starting Jan. 10.
December 28, 2023 — Source

Samsung to Exhibit More C-Lab Startups Than Ever Before at CES 2024
C-Lab startups win 23 CES 2024 Innovation Awards
December 28, 2023 — Source

VC investments slowed in 2023, but these Pacific Northwest startups still raised sizable rounds
Tech startup investments continued to retreat in 2023 as venture capitalists tightened their belts and companies trimmed costs amid uncertainty about the broader economy.
December 28, 2023 — Source

Why Australia is ripe for VC
The country has punched above its weight on a global scale for years. Can it attract the funding and talent, and become inclusive enough, to play at the top?
December 28, 2023 — Source

General — Business — December 27th, 2023

Equitable Access to the Law Got Stronger: 2023 Year in Review
It seems like a no-brainer that everyone should be able to read, copy, and share the laws we all must follow, but few things are simple in the internet age. Public.Resource.Org's victory at the D.C. Circuit appeals court in September, in which the court ruled that non-commercial copying of codes and standards that have been incorporated into the law is not copyright infringement, was ten years in the making.
December 27, 2023 — Source

Maker of Amazon's warehouse robots insists they won't replace humans
Press X to doubt
December 27, 2023 — Source

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Keeps Bitcoin Buoyant as the SEC Keeps Springing Hurdles in Approving a Spot ETF
The SEC appears adamant about creating as many twists and turns as possible in the long road to the launch of some of the first spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US. Even so, Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy has again burnished its credentials as an unswerving Bitcoin proponent, having acquired over half a billion dollars worth of BTC over the recent price correction, thereby staving off a steeper decline in the price of the world's preeminent cryptocurrency.
December 27, 2023 — Source

General — Business — December 26th, 2023, 2023

What VCs are looking for in the next wave of cybersecurity startups
In cybersecurity, AI often stands for "already implemented." Security vendors have used AI-based technologies to use existing knowledge databases and address talent gaps. As an investor who focuses on backing expansion stage B2B enterprise startups in cybersecurity, AI, and DevOps, with recent investments in cybersecurity company Huntress and AI startup Weights & Biases, I feel fortunate to have a unique vantage point on both AI and cybersecurity companies set to take off in 2024 and beyond.
December 26, 2023 — Source

General — Business — December 22nd, 2023

Best Banks for Nonprofits
These banks have products and services that can help your organization manage its cash and focus on its mission.
December 22, 2023 — Source

Case study of cryptocurrency suggests many do not trust its transparency and privacy
In their paper published in the journal Science, Fernando Alvarez, David Argente and Diana Van Patten, describe their analyses of an attempt by the government in El Salvador to make cryptocurrency a popular choice for the people of that country and what they found by doing so.
December 22, 2023 — Source

New Chinese Online Gaming Regulations Send Tencent, NetEase, and Other Gaming Stocks Crashing
China, earlier today, brought into effect new online gaming and gambling regulations, which aim to curb down the time spent by gamers online, and remove all incentives to play daily, by regulating the way games reward gamers to play daily or often, causing them to spend more time and money online.
December 22, 2023 — Source

Orbite is raising funds as it gets set to expand training programs for spacefliers
Orbite Space, a venture that aims to offer down-to-Earth spaceflight training programs on a "try before you fly" basis, is raising more capital amid the company's preparations for an expansion of operations.
December 22, 2023 — Source

The best budgeting apps to replace Mint
Intuit is shutting down Mint in 2024. We tested some popular alternative money apps.
December 22, 2023 — Source

The Best Payroll Software for Nonprofits in 2024
Find the best payroll software for nonprofits in 2024. Get the features you need to simplify payroll and streamline processes. Learn more about the top options for nonprofits now.
December 22, 2023 — Source

General — Business — December 21st, 2023

Sustainable mining and bitcoin -- the green revolution
In the realms of cryptocurrency, a pressing concern has taken center stage: the environmental ramifications of Bitcoin mining. With the escalating popularity of digital currency, heightened awareness about its carbon footprint has spurred a closer examination of sustainable mining practices.
December 21, 2023 — Source

General — Business — December 19th, 2023

DoorDash and Uber minimum wage ruling leads companies to hit back on tipping
A DoorDash and Uber minimum wage ruling is leading to both companies implementing changes that are badly hurting the income their drivers receive from tips ...
December 19, 2023 — Source

Micromobility.com gets delisted from the Nasdaq
Micromobility.com, formerly Helbiz, was delisted from the Nasdaq on Monday as a result of the company's noncompliance with the stock exchange's listing rules, according to a regulatory filing.
December 19, 2023 — Source

My Pocket Lawyer aims to make justice more accessible
This week Becca and Dom are joined by Charlie Hernandez, the founder and CEO of My Pocket Lawyer, an online platform that is meant to democratize access to legal advice and guidance for those that might not be able to afford a lawyer. Hernandez talked about why he decided to forgo a traditional career in law and use his degree instead to tackle this problem. He also talked about:
December 19, 2023 — Source

General — Business — December 18th, 2023

TechCrunch Early Stage 2024 agenda first look: Engine Accelerator, Y Combinator, Glasswing Ventures and more will join us in Boston
TechCrunch Early Stage returns to Boston on April 25, 2024, and the agenda for our flagship founder event is shaping up. We're excited to share this sneak peek at some of the fantastic speakers and sessions we have on tap. For builders who are just starting on their founder journey, TechCrunch Early Stage is absolutely the place to be.
December 18, 2023 — Source

General — Business — December 15th, 2023

Investment in India is in free fall
You shouldn't compare apples to oranges, but similarly, comparing iPhones to Androids is a fool's errand as well.
December 15, 2023 — Source

Startups must embrace sustainable scaling strategies
Until recently, many startups have prioritized growth at all costs, using abundant venture capital to acquire users and dominate markets without regard for profitability or sustainability. However, recent market conditions have shifted toward "efficient growth," balancing growth with profitability to create a sustainable path to scale.
December 15, 2023 — Source

The cloud stock rally could help inch open the IPO window in 2024
As 2023 comes to a close, a critical cohort of tech companies has regained the value it lost after the summer rally, potentially setting the stage for a stronger IPO cycle in early 2024 than some may anticipate. Cloud stocks are back, y'all!
December 15, 2023 — Source

General — Business — December 14th, 2023

a16z will give literally any politician money if they help deregulate tech
Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz has announced its intent to begin lobbying the U.S. government, and their plan is as tone-deaf and obtuse as this summer's dreadful "Techno-Optimist Manifesto." Essentially, they will give to anyone — literally anyone — who "supports an optimistic technology-enabled future."
December 14, 2023 — Source

General — Business — December 12th, 2023

A year after saying Apple hates free speech, Musk calls for Disney CEO to be fired
X owner Elon Musk has continued his tirade against major corporations who've suspended advertising on his social network, after growing concerns about hate speech on the platform.
December 12, 2023 — Source

Cloud engineer wreaks havoc on bank network after getting fired
Now he's got two years behind bars to think about his bad choices
December 12, 2023 — Source

True Anomaly raises $100M to scale space security tech
True Anomaly has closed $100 million in new funding, a strong signal that the appetite for startups operating at the intersection of space and defense is far from abating.
December 12, 2023 — Source

General — Business — December 11th, 2023

Docker acquires AtomicJar, a testing startup that raised $25M in January
AtomicJar was seemingly a high-flying early-stage startup with a hefty (by today's standards) $25 million Series A last January. It was building a commercial container testing platform, based on a popular open source project — always a nice combination. It would seem it was time to find product-market fit and take off, but instead the startup decided to combine forces with Docker, the company that invented the notion of containers.
December 11, 2023 — Source

VictoriaMetrics takes organic growth over investor pressure
Keeping the lights on with an enterprise product while staying true to your roots
December 11, 2023 — Source

General — Business — December 8th, 2023

20 jobs in jeopardy due to AI, according to new study. Is yours on the list?
AI is comin' for your career.
December 8, 2023 — Source

Amazon is trialing a $10 monthly grocery subscription for Prime members
It includes Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods.
December 8, 2023 — Source

After losing everywhere else, Elon Musk asks SCOTUS to get SEC off his back
Musk's last-ditch effort to terminate settlement over "funding secured" tweets.
December 8, 2023 — Source

DNA companies should receive severe penalties for losing our data
Personal data is the new gold. The recent 23andMe data breach is a stark reminder of a chilling reality — our most intimate, personal information might not be as secure as we think. It's a damning indictment of the sheer negligence of companies that, while profiting from our DNA, are failing to protect it.
December 8, 2023 — Source

Ex-Uber CSO Joe Sullivan on why he 'had to get over' shock of data breach conviction
Sullivan tells TechCrunch he's no longer bitter and instead wants to help fix the broken cybersecurity industry
December 8, 2023 — Source

Intuit is shutting down Mint, its popular free budget-tracking app
It's asking users to switch to Credit Karma instead.
December 8, 2023 — Source

Morgan Stanley ups Apple target price to $220
Morgan Stanley have raised their target price for Apple from $210 to $220 based on their outlook for Services, iPhone 15 gross margins, and high consumer interest in Vision Pro.
December 8, 2023 — Source

'Secondaries summer' is over, but 2024 looks promising
Secondary venture activity has ebbed and flowed over the last few months, following a particularly busy summer. But 2024 may see investors returning for good, writes Rebecca Szkutak.
December 8, 2023 — Source

Tech Moves: Nordstrom names chief information security officer; Meta research scientist joins AI2
Nicole Ford joined Nordstrom as chief information security officer. Ford previously served as vice president and CISO at Rockwell Automation, with past experience leading security transformation initiatives and developing cybersecurity programs.
December 8, 2023 — Source

The State of Data Streaming for Insurance in 2023
Explore data streaming powered by Apache Kafka in the insurance industry, including use cases and cloud architectures of Allianz, Generali, and more.
December 8, 2023 — Source

Will December bring startup winter?
Borrowing has become more expensive, and profits are harder to come by, which means that 2023 has been a savage year in startup land. PitchBook data suggests that around 3,200 startups — representing a total of $27.2 billion in venture funding — have gone under, with a significant number of startups being in zombie mode: Unable to grow, unable to raise money, but just about limping by well enough to avoid shutdown. Layoffs are happening — also in December — and over the next couple of weeks, a bunch more startups will shut down, so as to not drag out the inevitable into a new tax year.
December 8, 2023 — Source

General — Business — December 6th, 2023

As Bitcoin reaches the $44,000 threshold, why the surge and what's next?
Bitcoin's rapid-fire ascent to $44,000 comes on the back of roughly 25% gains in the last week. The grandfather of all cryptocurrencies has had an even more lucrative 2023, rising 158% from its year-ago levels, according to CoinMarketCap data.
December 06, 2023 — Source

Creators, no-code and how regular folks can build an online business
Hello friends, and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch's venture-capital focused podcast where we explore the nuance and numbers behind the headlines.
December 06, 2023 — Source

Europe's battle against the rising media power of Silicon Valley
When billions are pumped into media endeavours with the aim of making money elsewhere, can Europe compete?
December 06, 2023 — Source

Seed founders should consider these factors before partnering with multistage funds
Right now, in late 2023, the IPO market is halted, and late-stage deals rarely happen because funds and entrepreneurs cannot find common ground on pricing. The seed-stage arena has become more attractive for larger multistage firms because exit opportunities and late-stage funding are few and far between. Multistage funds have channeled funds into early-stage startups and will continue in 2024.
December 06, 2023 — Source

General — Business — December 5th, 2023

Capital One Venture Card Comparison: Which Should You Choose?
These three travel credit cards offer the same flexible redemptions, yet they vary dramatically in terms of their perks and fees.
December 5, 2023 — Source

Expense management startup Navan cuts staff to find profitability ahead of delayed IPO
Navan, an expense management startup once known as TripActions, has laid off 5% of its staff, or 145 people, a spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch today.
December 5, 2023 — Source

Google just added a big feature to the Pixel camera, and two more could be on the way
Night Sight videos on the Pixel are getting a big improvement. Here's what else is likely coming soon.
December 5, 2023 — Source

Metrics that matter: 3 practical observations on valuation
As part of the Metrics That Matter series, we've written about three analyses to track the path to profitability and two metrics to calibrate retention and expansion. These metrics serve as both outputs and inputs. They are outputs from the activities of people at companies working hard to create compelling products, distribute them to customers, and drive the business forward. They are also inputs to valuation, a topic especially pertinent in today's market.
December 5, 2023 — Source

General — Business — December 4th, 2023

17% of Spotify employees face the music in latest cost-cutting shuffle
This despite hitting profit high note — and right on time for Christmas
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All the big tech layoffs of 2023
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are just some of those cutting jobs.
December 4, 2023 — Source

Bitcoin comes roaring back as it hits 2023 high, but AI remains the largest threat to GPU pricing — gaming GPUs are safe from miners for now
Perfect storm of ETF approval and lower interest rate expectations sparked the rise.
December 4, 2023 — Source

Bitcoin soars past $40,000 on optimism for US trading approval
Bitcoin on Monday rose past $40,000 for the first time since May last year, boosted by hopes that the United States will soon allow broader trading of the world's biggest cryptocurrency.
December 4, 2023 — Source

DoorDash finally starts delivering Live Activities and Dynamic Island order tracking
Over a year after the Dynamic Island and Live Activities first launched alongside the iPhone 14 last year, DoorDash is joining the fun. The popular food delivery service is now slowly rolling out support for tracking orders via the Dynamic Island and Live Activities.
December 4, 2023 — Source

DoorDash Rolling Out Order Tracking in Dynamic Island on iPhones
DoorDash recently started rolling out Live Activities support for its iPhone app, allowing users to track their food delivery order at a glance on the Lock Screen, and in the Dynamic Island on iPhone 14 Pro models and all iPhone 15 models.
December 4, 2023 — Source

Klarna freezes hiring because AI can do the job instead
AI-powered job replacement.
December 4, 2023 — Source

Start-ups seek to clean up rare earths refining and break China's grip
Chinese companies have mastered a dirty and expensive refining process
December 4, 2023 — Source

Twilio lays off another 5% of employees following activist pressure
Just a few hours after Spotify announced a large round of layoffs, Twilio is also announcing hundreds of job cuts. Around 5% of the company's workforce will be impacted. Today's news proves that we're not done with tech layoffs.
December 4, 2023 — Source

Uber set to join the S&P 500 index in latest sign of turnaround for the ride-hailing service
Uber is set to join the S&P 500 index later this month, the latest sign that the ride-hailing and delivery company is turning its business around after struggling through much of the pandemic.
December 4, 2023 — Source

General — Business — December 1st, 2023

Billionaire Investor Bill Ackman — Who Thought Sam Bankman-Fried Was Telling the Truth — Now Believes Elon Musk Is a Free Speech Absolutist
Bill Ackman, the founder and CEO of the hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, has quite a sordid history when it comes to walking the talk. Who can forget the billionaire's seemingly desperate exhortations in March 2020, declaring "hell is coming?" What's even more interesting, even as Bill Ackman's words tanked the stock market at the time, he was apparently buying stocks hands over fist. Consider the fact that the billionaire hedge fund manager suggested at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic that Hilton Hotels was essentially heading to zero.
December 1, 2023 — Source

Broadcom cuts at least 2,800 VMware jobs following $69 billion acquisition
Broadcom hasn't said how many people will be affected, or much of anything else.
December 1, 2023 — Source

Capsule's new app combines AI and human editors to curate the news
A Paris-based startup called Capsule wants to transform the way users seek out their daily news. Instead of offering a standard news aggregator experience, Capsule's mission is to become the "Spotify for news" by combining AI technology and human editorial curation to provide a news-reading experience that transforms news articles, newsletter snippets and even tweets (posts on X) and other social updates, into digestible information through its user-friendly app.
December 1, 2023 — Source

Levanta, which connects influencers and Amazon sellers for affiliate partnerships, raises $1M
Seattle-based startup Levanta announced a $1 million funding round to help Amazon sellers ink affiliate partnerships with creators and influencers.
December 1, 2023 — Source

Revenue-based financing heats up in the Middle East as Flow48 attracts $25M in funding
We've seen how non-dilutive, revenue-based financing has risen up the priority ranks for companies as the era of ZIRP — as the Zero Interest Rate Period is now lovingly and somewhat longingly known — recedes into the distance, and securing venture capital funds becomes harder. An example of this is how U.S. companies in this vein are oft raising capital, such as Lighter Capital, with its new $130 million credit facility, in August.
December 1, 2023 — Source

Sustainable chicken sandwich startup lands $1.5M and opens first brick-and-mortar spot in Seattle
Three months after rolling out a food truck

to launch his sustainable, fast-casual, chicken sandwich joint Mt. Joy, entrepreneur Robbie Cape

has officially opened the first Seattle brick-and-mortar location.
December 1, 2023 — Source

Best CD Rates for December 2023
Some banks are slowly starting to dip long-term CDs.
December 1, 2023 — Source

Why this enterprise software investor is bullish on AI — and how she's assessing new startups
Sheila Gulati spent the past decade as managing director of Tola Capital immersed in cloud transformation, investing in cutting-edge enterprise software startups that took advantage of new innovations in digital applications and platforms.
December 1, 2023 — Source

General — Business — November 30th, 2023

Bitcoin's thirst for water is just as troubling as its energy appetite
A single transaction chugs 6.2 million times more than a credit card swipe
November 30, 2023 — Source

Manufacturing software startup Retrocausal raises $5.3M to help workers assemble products
Retrocausal, a Seattle-area software startup using AI technology to help manufacturers and their employees, announced a $5.3 million investment round.
November 30, 2023 — Source

Meta goes to war with FTC over right to profit from kids' personal data
Awkward hill to die on, but OK
November 30, 2023 — Source

Optimism execs are optimistic for Ethereum's future amid its ongoing scaling battle
As the layer-1 blockchain Ethereum continues to grow and evolve, layer-2 blockchains like Optimism are working to alleviate issues of scaling, speed and costs.
November 30, 2023 — Source

Today's Best CD Rates: Nov. 30, 2023 — Sky-High APYs Have Started to Waver
Even gradual rate drops can erode your earnings.
November 30, 2023 — Source

General — Business — November 29th, 2023

Goldman sacked: Apple 'wants out' of credit card collab
Don't be too shocked: Financial giant has been fleeing normie banking lately after failing to find footing
November 29, 2023 — Source

Remote work, reduced pay: Are we willing to make a trade?
New research by the University of South Australia has found that 45% of workers would be willing to accept a pay cut in exchange for remote work flexibility. The research has been published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
November 29, 2023 — Source

Tola Capital raises $230M for third fund to help Seattle firm back enterprise software startups
Seattle-based investment firm Tola Capital raised $230 million for its third fund that will provide capital for 25-to-30 early stage startups focusing on AI and enterprise software.
November 29, 2023 — Source

Why Apple Is Reportedly Kicking Credit Card Partner Goldman Sachs To The Curb
Apple has been known to bring industry-changing products to market, such as the original iPod and iPhone. When it introduced the Apple Card in 2019, it made complete sense considering the retail eco-system that surrounds it. A further push into a vast services portfolio gave consumers another reason to consider sticking to the walled garden that Apple has created.
November 29, 2023 — Source

General — Business — November 28th, 2023

China bemoans supply chain 'de-risking' as foreign investment drops to historic lows
As a growing number of sovereign nations voice concern at how much their supply chains depend on China, the Chinese Communist Party wants to strengthen supply chains with all countries, Premier Li Qiang said on Tuesday.
November 28, 2023 — Source

Scooter startup Tier lays off 22% of workforce to reach profitability
German micromobility operator Tier Mobility is laying off another 22% of its workforce to cut costs in the never-ending grind toward profitability, according to a LinkedIn post from CEO Lawrence Leuschner.
November 28, 2023 — Source

TC+ Roundup: The venture downturn isn't the end for Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand are facing the same challenges as the rest of tech: valuations have come back down, early-stage funding is up, and investors want their businesses to focus on sustainable long-term growth and a clear path to revenue.
November 28, 2023 — Source

Why digital news sites were omitted from a Washington tax exemption trying to aid local media
Since 2005, nearly 2,900 U.S. newspapers have closed as ad dollars moved online and subscriptions slumped.
November 28, 2023 — Source

General — Business — November 27th, 2023

Construction marketplace Construex takes in first capital to expand in Latin America
Construex, an Ecuador-based software-as-a-service marketplace for the construction and design industries, secured $4.6 million in seed funding. Zacua Ventures and Fifth Wall co-led the round and were joined by ABSeed and Terracotta Ventures.
November 27, 2023 — Source

Inside two mining operations turning Texas power into crypto profits
Amid the loud fans and a towering wall of supercomputers, a digital gold rush is taking place in Texas.
November 27, 2023 — Source

Mozaic raises $20 million to build payment-splitting solution for creators
Creators often work with different collaborators for different projects. And splitting payments with others is one of the biggest challenges for creators.
November 27, 2023 — Source Mozaic (previously Jammber) is trying to solve this problem through its range of solutions, including APIs and Chrome extensions.

VCs have a jargon problem and this is how to fix it
Over the eight years I've spent in VC, I've witnessed the consistently challenging vocabulary the industry creates. Venture capital is an industry full of big words, from technical acronyms to lofty descriptions. This often means we need to make more sense to founders, and that's on us to use less jargon.
November 27, 2023 — Source

What to look out for in this week's deluge of SaaS earnings reports
Earnings season is nearly always upon us, mainly because many software companies offset their internal calendar by a month so they can avoid closing their financial years in December, granting them all of January to wrap their fourth quarter.
November 27, 2023 — Source

General — Business — November 22nd, 2023

Research team validates big data's role in analyzing consumer behavior
The ongoing COVID-19 endemic phase has brought a consistent rise in international travelers. The Credit Finance Association revealed that overseas expenditures on personal debit cards from seven credit card companies had surged by approximately 38% year on year as of the third quarter of 2023.
November 22, 2023 — Source

Setting Sail for Success: A Comprehensive Guide to Productive Large-Team Retrospectives
Navigating the complexities of overseeing the development of a large and intricate solution platform as a Solution Train Engineer
November 22, 2023 — Source

General — Business — November 20th, 2023

5 investors have high hopes for defense tech amid growing venture interest
or many years, it was taken as a given that venture investing was fundamentally incompatible with defense technology.
November 20, 2023 — Source

Advertiser exodus expected to deeply impact X ad revenue, analysis indicates
Even before major brands like Apple, Disney and IBM paused their ad spending on X in the wake of Elon Musk's endorsement of an antisemitic post, the company formerly known as Twitter had seen its revenues severely impacted by brand safety concerns. According to an October forecast from Insider Intelligence, X ad's business was on track for a 54.4% year-over-year decline in worldwide ad spending, from 2022 to 2023.
November 20, 2023 — Source

Apple, Disney, Comcast among X advertisers pausing spending after Musk endorsed antisemitic post
After X owner Elon Musk amplified antisemitic conspiracy theories on the platform, numerous high-profile advertisers have paused their spending on the platform formerly known as Twitter.
November 20, 2023 — Source

Boost Your Productivity with Google Bard: Writing Emails, Cover Letters, and Business Plans
This guide is designed to show you how you can boost your productivity with the help of Google Bard. In today's fast-paced business world, productivity is paramount. We are constantly juggling multiple tasks and deadlines, and it can be difficult to keep up with everything. That's where Google Bard comes in. Google Bard is a large language model that can help you with a variety of tasks, including writing emails, cover letters, and business plans.
November 20, 2023 — Source

Decentralized influencers: How opinion leaders on Twitter (X) shape the Bitcoin discussion
Bitcoin has made global headlines in recent years, with a significant portion of the cryptocurrency discourse taking place on Twitter, renamed X this year. A single tweet by Elon Musk, who in 2021 announced on Twitter that Bitcoin would be accepted in payment for Tesla products, can have significant impact on the crypto market as a whole. Yet there are others on Twitter who also play a role in shaping the way Bitcoin is viewed.
November 20, 2023 — Source

NanoString stock sinks nearly 50% after losing patent lawsuit case against 10x Genomics
Shares of Seattle-based publicly traded biotech company NanoString Technologies fell nearly 50% to an all-time low on Monday following its loss in a patent infringement case against 10x Genomics.
November 20, 2023 — Source

MOVEit victim count latest: 2.6K+ orgs hit, 77M+ people's data stolen
Real-life impact of buggy software laid bare — plus: Avast tries to profit from being caught up in attacks
November 20, 2023 — Source

With Functional Source License, Sentry wants to grant developers freedom 'without harmful free-riding'
But one critic calls it 'proprietary gatekeeping wrapped in open-washed clothing'
November 20, 2023 — Source

Computer — Business News — November 21st, 2023

NVIDIA announced yet another blowout financial report for the third quarter of 2023
In a press release, the company said it brought in revenues of $18.12 billion for the quarter. That's a massive 206 percent higher number than its revenues of $5.931 billion that it made in the same period last year. It's also 34 percent higher than the second quarter of 2023.
November 21, 2023 — Source

NVIDIA Spectrum-X Integrates with Dell, HPE, and Lenovo
Riding the momentum of their groundbreaking GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip, NVIDIA is now set to revolutionize the AI-driven networking landscape with their latest innovation, the Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform. Explicitly designed for enhancing generative AI workloads, Spectrum-X is being integrated into the server offerings of major tech giants such as Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Lenovo.
November 21, 2023 — Source

NVIDIA Is On Steroids As Q3 Profit Grows By 588% & Revenue By 206%
After having delivered several blockbuster quarters this year, chip designer NVIDIA Corporation continued its aggressive growth in its third quarter of the fiscal year 2024. NVIDIA shared its earnings report for the quarter moments back, showing that the firm's revenue grew by a whopping 206% annually to sit at $18.12 for the period.
November 21, 2023 — Source

Washington pours $3B into silicon smackdown to outpackage Asia
Uncle Sam rolls up sleeves to onshore work and protect supply chain
November 21, 2023 — Source

Computer — Business News — November 20th, 2023

TSMC To Post Record Q1 Revenue — AMD to Gain Double Digit AI Market Share Say Analysts
After a year-long slump that has seen its revenue drop annually for most of the year, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is slated to post strong first-quarter results next year, according to estimates from analysts.
November 20, 2023 — Source

Two billion reasons: Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, and Lenovo will make laptops, desktops and servers in India
India welcomes global PC giants: $2 billion incentive scheme fuels manufacturing
November 20, 2023 — Source

General — Business — November 17th, 2023

Apple pulls its ads from X after Musk's antisemitic posts
Big-spending advertisers like Apple, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and IBM have pulled back from the platform after Elon Musk expressed support for antisemitic posts.
November 17, 2023 — Source

IBM suspends advertising on X after its ads appear next to pro-Nazi content
Musk has also found himself in trouble for endorsing a controversial post
November 17, 2023 — Source

New Social Security Report Shows Growing Overpayment Problem Tops $23B
A new financial report released by the Social Security Administration this week shows that the scope of the agency's overpayment problem has continued to grow.
November 17, 2023 — Source

Rising interest rates are helping more than just fintech-focused companies
The shift from a zero interest rate policy environment, ZIRP in the common tongue, is providing a notable boost to a number of fintech companies. Fintech entities that once made the vast majority of their revenues from trading-related fees are seeing interest-driven incomes skyrocket this year.
November 17, 2023 — Source

Startup tips from Isilon co-founder Sujal Patel on product-market fit, recruiting, hiring, scrappiness
The veteran Seattle entrepreneur co-founded Isilon Systems in 2001, helped take the storage company public five years later, maneuvered it through the global financial crisis, and sold it for $2.25 billion in 2012.
November 17, 2023 — Source

General — Business — November 16th, 2023

7 SaaS resiliency lessons for doing business in a volatile market
Over the past year, we've witnessed one of the most tumultuous times in the history of software. Fearless founders and teams have battled seemingly never-ending and unprecedented obstacles — from macroeconomic uncertainty, to banking collapses, to geopolitical instability, to recession fears.
November 16, 2023 — Source

Bazooka Tango nabs $5M to develop tactical collectible card game 'Shardbound'
Bazooka Tango — a gaming studio founded by former Rockstar and Riot developers — raised $5 million in a funding round led by BITKRAFT Ventures. The proceeds will be put toward Shardbound, the upcoming immersive multiplayer game that combines trading card game (TCG) elements, tactical maneuvers and digital collectibles.
November 16, 2023 — Source or Watch Video

How Jane Street-backed ZetaChain aims to expand Bitcoin's use cases
Despite its dominant market share in the crypto sphere, Bitcoin has had limited applications compared to other blockchains which have blossomed to facilitate asset transfers in everything from financial products to video games.
November 16, 2023 — Source

Menlo Ventures closes on $1.35B in new capital, targets investments in AI startups
Menlo Ventures has raised $1.35 billion in new capital that it plans to use in part "to support the forthcoming generation of AI startups," the venture firm announced today.
November 16, 2023 — Source

Massive cryptomining rig discovered under Polish court's floor, stealing power
Top law enforcement agency taps IT experts to calculate stolen energy costs.
November 16, 2023 — Source

Paul Allen Foundation giving another $10M to support arts and culture groups in Washington state
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is giving another $10 million to support arts and culture in Washington state, building on a gift of the same amount last year that ultimately benefitted 671 organizations.
November 16, 2023 — Source

Six outdoor gear gift ideas for the adventurer in your life
Some of the best outdoors gifts you can buy any hiker, camper or weekend warrior at an array of price points
November 16, 2023 — Source

The Best Payroll Software for Nonprofits in 2023
Find the best payroll software for nonprofits in 2023. Get the features you need to simplify payroll and streamline processes. Learn more about the top options for nonprofits now.
November 16, 2023 — Source

General — Business — November 15th, 2023

How to keep your bitcoin safe from hackers with Trezor Safe 3
Hardware wallet = most secure wallet.
November 15, 2023 — Source

Right-to-repair fight going national as FTC asked to lay down the law
Why shouldn't you be able to fix your own kit? Clue: Profit is involved
November 15, 2023 — Source

Seattle data infrastructure startup led by Fabric co-founder emerges from stealth with $4M
Former executives at Seattle e-commerce software startup Fabric, including co-founder Ryan Bartley, are leading a new company coming out of stealth mode this week.
November 15, 2023 — Source

Sonos teases a major new product coming next year
Coming off another so-so earnings quarter, CEO Patrick Spence says 2024 will kick off a multiyear product cycle that's been long in the making.
November 15, 2023 — Source

Why Norrsken founder Niklas Adalberth is betting on Africa
Norrsken Foundation's strategy for its African hub
November 15, 2023 — Source

General — Business — November 14th, 2023

Online pet goods retailer Chewy lays off 200+ employees
Chewy, the online pet supplies company that sold to PetSmart in 2017 for $3.35 billion, but then split off a few years later, is the latest company to undergo layoffs, TechCrunch has learned. According to multiple sources, the pet supplier has laid off more than 200 employees — a figure Chewy confirmed — including those in its Plantation, Florida headquarters, and other sites. The company is dually headquartered in both Florida and Boston, with offices in Minneapolis and Bellevue, as well.
November 14, 2023 — Source

Mastering startup pitches: The 3 key imperatives for success
The early stages of the venture-backed startup life cycle can be daunting. There is immense pressure to deliver a viable product, land meetings with investors, and secure the necessary funding to keep going — all at breakneck speed. Companies that graduate from the life cycle phase to growth-stage scale-up have always been a rare breed. Still, with the current market backdrop and venture dollars that are not easy to come by, those companies are rarer than ever.
November 14, 2023 — Source

Seattle Metro Chamber launches online tool to help small businesses connect to key resources
Entrepreneurs and small business owners looking for resources to help get things off the ground or boost an existing venture have a new online tool in the Seattle area.
November 14, 2023 — Source

Telecom equipment makers are having a bad month, and a bad decade
Is telecom merely resting?
November 14, 2023 — Source

General — Business — November 10th, 2023

Seattle nonprofit wants to help all students love math, using school programs and in-person exhibits
Imagine you're at a museum entrance, a few years from now. Straight ahead are six doorways — six different ways to explore the museum. Music. Art. Technology. History. Science. Sports.
November 10, 2023 — Source

General — Business — November 9th, 2023

Adaptive Biotech hires Goldman Sachs to explore 'strategic alternatives' for key business lines
With revenues declining and net losses increasing, Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies on Thursday said it hired Goldman Sachs to help conduct a review of strategic alternatives for its Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) and Immune Medicine businesses.
November 9, 2023 — Source

Amazon makes Fresh grocery deliveries and pickups available to everyone
Prime Members will still get exclusive deals in-store and online.
November 9, 2023 — Source

How to keep remote workers connected to company culture
Companies that don't proactively move to keep remote employees aligned with corporate goals and culture run the risk of turning them into 'gig' workers.
November 9, 2023 — Source

General — Business — November 7th, 2023

'Acquired' co-host Ben Gilbert shifting roles at Pioneer Square Labs to focus on popular podcast
Seattle tech investor Ben Gilbert is transitioning to a new role at Pioneer Square Labs, the startup studio and venture firm he helped co-found, to focus more attention on "Acquired," the wildly popular podcast that he co-hosts.
November 7, 2023 — Source

AI gold rush continues as Aleph Alpha scores more than half a billion dollars
HPE and Lidl co-owners among consortium funding 'sovereign' Generative AI company
November 7, 2023 — Source

Astra secures new debt agreement with assets as collateral
Astra has been thrown a critical lifeline in the form of new debt financing, which provides the company with a little more time to find funding to stave off catastrophe.
November 7, 2023 — Source

Seattle firm Curious raises $16M to buy software startups running out of money
Curious, a Seattle-based investment firm led by former Bitly CMO Andrew Dumont, raised $16 million in funding it will use to buy struggling startups.
November 7, 2023 — Source

Skylum's Luminar Adventures Include Six Global Photography Excursions
Skylum, the makers of Luminar Neo photo editing software, announced an expansion for its Luminar Adventures project by adding six new destinations over the next year.
November 7, 2023 — Source or Watch Video

Wall Street is Downgrading Fitness Stocks Such as Peloton and Mooning Over GLP-1 Drug Makers Such as Eli Lilly and Company (LLY)
The stock market is currently undergoing a thematic shift, one that favors weight loss drug manufacturers such as Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) over fitness-related names such as Peloton (PTON). Akin to a stone rolling down a hill, gathering momentum with each turn, such shifts represent generational wealth-making opportunities on the back of accelerating trends, as was witnessed when Netflix ushered in the age of content streaming or when Tesla popularized EVs as a crucial ingredient in combatting climate change.
November 7, 2023 — Source

WeWork files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
The company has struggled amid the rising costs of borrowing money and more people opting to work from home.
November 7, 2023 — Source

General — Business — November 6th, 2023

Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd is stepping down as CEO
The current CEO of Slack will be taking over the role. Wolfe Herd will be staying on at Bumble as executive chair.
November 6, 2023 — Source

How many jobs are available in technology in the US?
Even as the US overall added jobs to the economy in October, the tech sector saw a drop in hiring and salaries.
November 6, 2023 — Source

Katie Buss and Ben Howard take command at KinectAir travel service as co-CEOs
Retired Air Force Col. Katie Buss and tech entrepreneur Ben Howard have taken the helm as co-CEOs of Vancouver, Wash.-based KinectAir, which provides a digital platform for booking on-demand private air travel.
November 6, 2023 — Source

Lidl owner and Bosch Ventures co-lead $500M Series B into German AI startup Aleph Alpha
German AI startup Aleph Alpha has raised a Series B funding round of $500 million from a consortium of seven new investors, as well as existing investors from previous rounds.
November 6, 2023 — Source

Ryanair rewards shareholders after profit soars
Irish no-frills airline Ryanair on Monday announced the start of regular dividends to shareholders after net profit surged 72 percent in its first half on higher fares and record traffic.
November 6, 2023 — Source

General — Business — November 3rd, 2023

Analyzing cost and profitability of specialty coffee in Central America
In Honduras and El Salvador, coffee (Coffea arabica) is one of the leading agricultural exports, and the share of specialty coffee is growing each year. However, despite the importance of specialty coffee production and exports, there is a knowledge gap regarding its cost structure and profitability, particularly those associated with labor costs
November 3, 2023 — Source

Apple CEO Tim Cook says AI is a fundamental technology, confirms investments in generative AI
Apple CEO Tim Cook pushed back a bit at the notion that the company was behind in AI on yesterday's Q4 earnings call with investors, as he highlighted technology developments that Apple had made recently that "would not be possible without AI." Specifically, the exec pointed to new iOS 17 features like Personal Voice and Live Voicemail as examples of its innovation with AI technologies.
November 3, 2023 — Source

Biden Pick to Lead Social Security Pledges Action on 'Heartbreaking' Clawbacks
President Joe Biden's nominee to head the Social Security Administration on Thursday promised senators that he would address hardships the agency has caused by trying to recoup billions of dollars it mistakenly overpays beneficiaries each year.
November 3, 2023 — Source

How to bootstrap an AI startup
When you take venture capital money, investors will shape everything from your strategy and product to your thought process. That may not be best for what you're offering, especially in the AI space, which is why I recommend bootstrapping your AI startup: You don't have any other hands in the cookie jar.
November 3, 2023 — Source

Jeff Bezos' move out of Washington state sparks questions about wealth taxes
Did Jeff Bezos' decision to leave Washington state for Miami have anything to do with taxes?
November 3, 2023 — Source

Seattle cloud giant F5 lays off 120 employees
Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 this week laid off 120 people, the company confirmed to GeekWire.
November 3, 2023 — Source

Universal Display reports its financial results for Q3 2023, is on track for a commercial blue in 2024
Universal Display reported its financial results for Q3 2023, with revenues of $141 million (down from $161 million last year) and a net income of $52 million (slightly down from 2022). At the end of the quarter, UDC had $779 in cash and equivalents, and the company updated its guidance for 2023, with revenues to be in the range of $565 million to $590 million.
November 3, 2023 — Source

Unredacted documents in the FTC's Amazon lawsuit shed light on the company's secret price-gouging algorithm
"Project Nessie" is a series of algorithms that Amazon allegedly used to raise prices by over $1 billion in just two years.
November 3, 2023 — Source

General — Business — November 2nd, 2023

Apple posts another quarterly dip as Mac sales drag
iPhone and Services shine in a fairly flat quarter.
November 2, 2023 — Source

Apple Reports 4Q 2023 Results: $23B Profit on $89.5B Revenue
Apple today announced financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2023, which corresponds to the third calendar quarter of the year.
November 2, 2023 — Source

Apple's revenue declines again despite record iPhone and services sales
Services and iPhone revenues set records according to the company's latest quarterly earnings report, but other hardware categories were down.
November 2, 2023 — Source or Source

Amazon's secret pricing scheme made it an extra $1 billion, FTC says
The Project Nessie algorithm tested Amazon price hikes against its competitors.
November 2, 2023 — Source

America's shoplifting problem, explained by retail workers and thieves
Retailers would rather complain about shoplifting than invest in fighting it.
November 2, 2023 — Source

PagerDuty scoops up incident management startup Jeli.io
PagerDuty announced this afternoon that it intends to acquire Jeli.io, an early-stage incident management startup. The companies did not share the price.
November 2, 2023 — Source

Seattle grocery store PCC blames 'lower numbers of office workers' as it closes downtown location
Has Seattle's office worker traffic peaked?
November 2, 2023 — Source

Seattle office space demand is lowest among U.S. cities measured in new report
The demand for office space in Seattle is the lowest among all cities measured in a new report from VTS, a commercial real estate technology platform.
November 2, 2023 — Source

General — Business — October 31st, 2023

Facing 110 years in prison, Sam Bankman-Fried "can't recall" what he did at FTX
SBF reportedly said he couldn't remember over 100 times in cross-examination.
October 31, 2023 — Source

How To Stand Out in Engineering Behavioral Interviews
This article provides pointers on how to effectively use the widely known STAR format to answer behavioral questions, addresses common pitfalls, and provides examples.
October 31, 2023 — Source

General — Business — October 30th, 2023

AI-powered data-limited stock assessment method more accurate than 'gold standard' in predicting sustainable catches
A recent update introduced to the CMSY methodology used to assess the status of fish stocks has proven to more accurately predict the catch that a population can support than highly-valued data-intensive models.
October 30, 2023 — Source

Governments are getting their AI-regulating boots on
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
October 30, 2023 — Source

General — Business — October 27th, 2023

Flexport reportedly working on deal to acquire Convoy's trucking tech
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Flexport is in talks to buy the technology of Convoy, the Seattle-based trucking marketplace startup that abruptly shut down last week.
October 27, 2023 — Source

Transforming Warehouse Operations: Harnessing the Power of AI and Automation
As global supply chains continue to evolve, the role of warehouses in meeting customer demands becomes increasingly critical.
October 27, 2023 — Source

General — Business — October 26th, 2023

Amazon stock rises after beating Q3 estimates with $143.1B in revenue, $9.9B in profits
Amazon shares were up more than 5% in after-hours trading Thursday after the Seattle tech giant beat analyst expectations for profits and revenue for its third quarter.
October 26, 2023 — Source

Amazon's Q3 2023 beats expectations with a 13% rise in revenue
AWS continues to succeed and all eyes are looking ahead to Q4.
October 26, 2023 — Source

Blockchain-based developer Neon raises more cash for its Web3 game 'Shrapnel'
Neon Machine, a Seattle-based startup building a Web3 game called Shrapnel, announced a $20 million Series A round.
October 26, 2023 — Source

Getting to know 'Digit,' the humanoid robot that Amazon just started testing for warehouse work
Sitting down recently with Agility Robotics executives to discuss the company's bipedal humanoid robot, Digit, it seemed important to first clarify the issue of pronouns. Should we refer to this robot as he or she?
October 26, 2023 — Source

Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer leaves tech giant after 32 years
Capossela will no longer be Executive Vice President of Microsoft after over three decades with the company.
October 26, 2023 — Source or Source

Matrixport Analysis: The Fifth Bitcoin Bull Market Is Now Officially Underway With a Target of $125,000 by the End of 2024
A change is in the air. Those of us who intimately follow Bitcoin-related developments could feel it in the innate resilience that the world's apex cryptocurrency has demonstrated over the past couple of months. Yet, it was the incorporation of a hefty safe-haven premium in Bitcoin's valuation in the wake of the ongoing Gaza-Israel war that is now convincing some analysts to officially declare a full-fledged bull market.
October 26, 2023 — Source

Need The Perfect Stock Image For Your Project? Shutterstock's New AI Tool Can Make It
In January, Shutterstock launched a beta for its AI image-generation service that could create images based on text prompts created by a user, piling onto the growing list of AI image generators on the internet. Today, Shutterstock is expanding its technology, giving users multiple tools to edit images using the latest OpenAI technology.
October 26, 2023 — Source

SBF testifying, bitcoin rises amid spot ETF speculation and Walmart's web3 accelerator surfaces
This marks the second time Bankman-Fried has spoken out publicly in the courtroom after saying "yes," on the first day in response to Judge Lewis Kaplan asking if he understood he had the right to testify if he wanted to.
October 26, 2023 — Source

Seattle startup Omnidian, which helps maintain solar panels, raises $25M
Omnidian, a Seattle company that manages solar power performance and services the panels for commercial and residential installations, announced $25 million in new investment.
October 26, 2023 — Source

The internet is divided over a Gen Z woman's complaint about working 9 to 5
"I don't have time to do anything."
October 26, 2023 — Source

General — Business — October 24th, 2023

A first-hand look at Amazon's new 'Sequoia' warehouse robotic system
That's the Holy Grail of modern logistics, and it's the promise Amazon is making with "Sequoia," unveiled last week as part of a day-long media event at the company's robotics testing ground south of Seattle.
October 24, 2023 — Source

Alphabet and Microsoft see earnings rise on AI-infused cloud
Google parent Alphabet and computing colossus Microsoft Tuesday reported that quarterly profits climbed on demand for cloud computing enhanced with artificial intelligence.
October 24, 2023 — Source

Bitcoin Price Surged 20% During the Past Week, GPU Mining Remains Dead
BTC touched a valuation of $35,198 in the last few hours.
October 24, 2023 — Source

Chronophoto Game Tests Your Photography and History Knowledge
Chronophoto is an incredibly simple yet addictive immersive guessing game where players are presented with a series of random images and they have to guess what year a photo was taken. The game tests users knowledge of visual history by examining the details of each image to zero-in on the specific year or decade the photograph was taken.
October 24, 2023 — Source

Hive Review (2023): Features, Pricing, Pros & Cons
Read this comprehensive review of Hive, covering its features, pricing, pros, and cons, to determine if it's the right project management tool for your business.
October 24, 2023 — Source

Insta360 RS 2 Action Camera Image Leaked
Based on the latest update we have received the leaked image is of the Insta360 RS 2, as you can see the new Insta360 RS 2 Action Camera now has a front Display panel to smoothly create VLOGS on the go. The Leica brand name can be seen written on the action camera lens.
October 24, 2023 — Source

Security firm claims it can unlock IronKey USB drive holding 7,000 Bitcoin hostage, but owner politely declines
Another team is already working on the issue
October 24, 2023 — Source

Signos raises $20M to sprinkle AI fairy dust on the weight-loss industry
Signos, a metabolic health platform that utilizes a unique AI-engine with a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) to offer real-time data and recommendations for healthy weight management, has announced a successful $20 million Series B funding round. The round was led by Cheyenne Ventures and GV (Google Ventures), with additional investments from Dexcom Ventures and Samsung.
October 24, 2023 — Source

TC+ Roundup: Is European venture showing signs of recovery?
Today we're looking at Q3 venture data coming out of Europe. Overall, European venture capital data is down sharply. But as my colleagues Anna Heim and Alex Wilhelm write, European venture is "down, but not out."
October 24, 2023 — Source

General — Business — October 23rd, 2023

2023 to be Europe's 'most depressed' year for VC exit value in a decade
VC activity continued to decline in the first three quarters of the year
October 23, 2023 — Source

Apple is gearing up to take on Microsoft in the AI space, per new job listings
Apple could potentially hop on the AI wave according to new job listings.
October 23, 2023 — Source

After $43B valuation, Databricks acquires data replication startup Arcion for $100M
Databricks has remained a hot startup at a time when interest from investors has cooled across the ecosystem. Just last month the company raised $500 million at an eye-popping $43 billion valuation. That would be big money anytime, but especially in the current fundraising climate.
October 23, 2023 — Source

China targets iPhone-maker Foxconn with probe into tax, land use
Foxconn founder Terry Gou is currently running for president of Taiwan.
October 23, 2023 — Source

Dropbox drops bucks to ditch digs in long-term WFH model
SF corporate nerve center will be 87% smaller than pre-pandemic as others mandate in-person work
October 23, 2023 — Source

Gartner's Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2024
Artificial intelligence garners the spotlight by taking the top three positions in this Gartner trends report.
October 23, 2023 — Source

How 'household restocking' startup The Rounds uses tech and AI to make sustainable e-commerce profitable
The Rounds, a sustainable "household restocking" service, wants to prove that last-mile logistics can be done both efficiently and profitably
October 23, 2023 — Source

Here's Where Financial Experts Are Stashing Their Savings (and So Can You)
The key is minimizing risk while maximizing earnings with high interest.
October 23, 2023 — Source

If You Used This Strategy, You Would Have Been Green On Bitcoin Regardless of Purchase Price
Bitcoin is currently benefiting from safe-haven flows as the world appears dangerously perched on the precipice of another world war amid the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hamas that can unleash a pan-regional conflagration. As the world's premier cryptocurrency hovers comfortably north of the $30,000 price level, the Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA) strategy is finally having its much-deserved moment in the proverbial limelight.
October 23, 2023 — Source

Microsoft earnings preview: Wall Street waits for an AI inflection point
The official launch of Microsoft 365 Copilot, the company's new artificial intelligence service for large businesses, is still more than a week away, on Nov. 1. However, investors will be watching its quarterly report Tuesday for hints of AI's long-term impact on the company and the broader industry.
October 23, 2023 — Source

Not everyone is fond of venture debt
Hadrian CEO: "Unless you're in real trouble, I would avoid venture debt at almost all costs"
October 23, 2023 — Source

Should we be working at 85% capacity? The pros and cons of 'sustainable' effort
Time to sit back and relax?
October 23, 2023 — Source

Ternary, a cloud spend management startup, raises $12M
Ternary, a platform that helps companies manage how much they're spending on cloud resources across multiple public cloud providers, today announced that it raised $12 million in a Series A funding round led by Jump Capital with participation from Fin Capital, RiverPark Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital and Gaingels.
October 23, 2023 — Source

General — Business — October 20th, 2023

6 ways to make hiring more accessible
Expand the applicant pool and support higher rates of employment for people with disabilities. It's a win-win.
October 20, 2023 — Source

Here Are All of the Reasons Why Bitcoin Just Tagged the $30,000 Price Level
With less than six months left until Bitcoin's mining reward is again cut in half, heralding a fierce deflationary wave in the process, the anticipation of sizable price gains is so thick that you can almost cut it with a knife.
October 20, 2023 — Source

General — Business — October 19th, 2023

Instagram head Adam Mosseri stops in Seattle to discuss safety and protection for younger users
Adam Mosseri's three boys — aged 3, 5 and 7 — are too young to use social media. But the head of Instagram, speaking at an event in Seattle on Wednesday, recounted a personal experience highlighting the challenge of controlling kids' use of technology.
October 19, 2023 — Source

Intel Launches Industry's First AI PC Acceleration Program
Building on the AI PC use cases shared at Innovation 2023, Intel today launched the AI PC Acceleration Program, a global innovation initiative designed to accelerate the pace of AI development across the PC industry.
October 19, 2023 — Source

More Google layoffs: Google News cuts dozens of jobs
40--45 jobs are cut, one employee says. "We're definitely worse off without them."
October 19, 2023 — Source

Nokia to cut up to 14,000 jobs as 5G demand slows
Finnish telecom giant Nokia said Thursday it would cut up to 14,000 job as profits fell on weakening demand for its 5G equipment in North America.
October 19, 2023 — Source

Taiwan's TSMC reports profit drop in third quarter
Taiwan's TSMC on Thursday said profit fell by a quarter in the third-quarter, but said demand was picking up for its advanced semiconductors needed for cutting-edge AI applications.
October 19, 2023 — Source

General — Business — October 18th, 2023

A busy summer pushes United Airlines to a $1.14 billion profit, but fuel cost will hurt 4Q results
United Airlines said Tuesday that it earned $1.14 billion in the vacation-heavy third quarter, but the airline forecast weaker profit the rest of the year due to surging jet fuel prices and the suspension of flights to Tel Aviv during the Israel-Hamas war.
October 18, 2023 — Source

Nonprofits can become more resilient by spending more on fundraising and admin, according to new research
Most food banks, homeless shelters and other social services nonprofits constantly face hard decisions about how to use their limited funds. Should they spend as much as possible on meeting the immediate needs of people who need help? How much of their budget is appropriate to spend on new equipment, skilled managers and everything else required for an organization to thrive and endure?
October 18, 2023 — Source

General — Business — October 17th, 2023

Accounting is facing a labor crisis. Could fraud be part of the solution?
The field of accounting is facing a labor crisis. From the high rates of baby boomer CPAs that are retiring to the 4% decline in the number of college graduates earning a bachelor's or master's degree in accounting since the pandemic, accounting is steadily losing members of its work force.
October 17, 2023 — Source

After selling health tech startup, Seattle entrepreneurs pursue financial planning software
Seattle tech vets Nirav Shah and Jorge Sanchez paid around $1 million to buy a majority stake in financial planning website PhysicianonFire and plan to broaden the platform's offerings by launching a suite of new personal financial management tools.
October 17, 2023 — Source

Hiive, which offers a marketplace to buy and sell shares of private tech companies, lands $4.2M
Vancouver, B.C.-based startup Hiive raised $4.2 million in fresh cash for its marketplace that allows investors and employees to buy and sell shares of privately held venture-backed companies in the secondary market.
October 17, 2023 — Source

Latin America's Q3 2023 venture results show glimmers of light
But the story is still a mixed one
October 17, 2023 — Source

Reddit's blockchain-based Community Points are going away
They'll be gone by November 8th.
October 17, 2023 — Source

Seattle game dev Harebrained Schemes 'parts ways' with owner Paradox Interactive
Seattle-based game studio Harebrained Schemes has entered into a "mutual agreement" to separate from its owner Paradox Interactive. On Jan. 1, Harebrained will once again become an independent studio.
October 17, 2023 — Source

When was the last time Marc Andreessen talked to a poor person?
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen posted a manifesto on the a16z website, calling for "techno-optimism" in a frenzied, 5,000-word blog post that somehow manages to re-invent Reaganomics, propose the colonization of outer space and unironically answer a question with the phrase "QED."
October 17, 2023 — Source

General — Business — October 16th, 2023

Fake Bitcoin ETF news pumps price to $30,000
BlackRock says its Bitcoin ETF is actually still under review by the SEC.
October 16, 2023 — Source

Goldman Sachs might be trying to offload Apple's credit card and savings accounts
The finance company reportedly wants out of the consumer lending business.
October 16, 2023 — Source

Goldman Sachs wants to change when Apple Card bills customers
Being the bank backing the Apple Card isn't going well for Goldman Sachs, and it's proposed a change that's it thinks would make the job easier: stop billing every customer at the beginning of the month.
October 16, 2023 — Source

LinkedIn confirms it will cut a further 668 jobs, bringing the total to nearly 1,400 this year
Earlier this month, LinkedIn announced that it would roll out a raft of new AI-powered tools across the business. Today, it's making a different kind of announcement focused on the future: The company is laying off 668 employees.
October 16, 2023 — Source or Source

Logistics giant Flexport lays off 165 people from Bellevue office as part of larger cuts
The layoffs at Flexport are hitting the company's Seattle-area office, with 165 employees affected, according to a new filing Monday with the Washington state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) system.
October 16, 2023 — Source

Matthew Vaughn is Still Being Coy About What the Hell's Happening in Argylle
Vaughn also talks about recasting his movie's feline star with his daughter's cat, and other such challenging directorial choices.
October 16, 2023 — Source

Observability startup Pantomath lands $14M to automate data pipelines
Cincinnati, Ohio-based Pantomath, a data observability and traceability platform, today announced it raised $14 million in a Series A round led by Sierra Ventures with participation from Bowery Capital and Epic Ventures.
October 16, 2023 — Source

Qualcomm joins tech layoff trend: Cuts 1,258 jobs in California amid industry challenges
In 2023, global tech giants faced a challenging time, with companies like X (formerly Twitter), Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta collectively laying off over 50,000 employees. This unfortunate trend has unsurprisingly resulted in these companies' CEOs receiving the lowest approval ratings. Adding to this wave of layoffs, Qualcomm, a leading mobile chipmaker, has joined the ranks.
October 16, 2023 — Source

Samsung Display researcher nabbed for selling trade secrets to China's OLED industry
A Samsung Display employee has been arrested in South Korea on charges of industrial espionage in favor of the Chinese OLED panel industry. The person allegedly transferred knowledge worth up to $300 million to their own company and then to China, reports The Elec, citing local prosecutors.
October 16, 2023 — Source

Search traffic trends in the crypto sector: Unveiling the digital gold rush
Search traffic trends offer a fascinating glimpse into the evolving interests and behaviors of investors and enthusiasts. From its early days, the crypto sector has witnessed seismic shifts that continue to shape its landscape. For instance, some investors diversify their portfolios by adding L1 Blue Chip Assets from various sectors.
October 16, 2023 — Source

Two Florida scammers stole more than $1 million from Uber Eats
A well-oiled scheme based on fake accounts, stolen information and prepaid cards
October 16, 2023 — Source

General — Business — October 13th, 2023

6 VCs explain how startups can capture and defend marketshare in the AI era
You cannot escape conversations about AI no matter how far or fast you run. Hyperbole abounds around what current AI tech will be able to do (revolutionize every industry!) and what current AI tech will be able to do (take over the world!). Closer to the ground, TechCrunch+ is working to understand where startups might find footholds in the market by levering large language models (LLMs), a recent and impactful new method o
October 13, 2023 — Source

Is Landmark Technology's Two-Decade Patent Assault On E-Commerce Finally Over?
Landmark Technology's U.S. Patent No. 7,010,508, and its predecessor, are very likely two of the most-abused patents in U.S. history. These patents, under two different owners, have been used to threaten thousands of small businesses since 2001.
October 13, 2023 — Source

Q&A: James Miles wants to boost Seattle's creative economy — and tech mixes with art in the plan
Among the laundry list of ideas and goals in Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell's "Downtown Activation Plan," the city's arts and culture scene is intended to play a major role in making the city's core a place where people want to spend time.
October 13, 2023 — Source

Qualcomm to lay off 1,258 employees from its California offices
The impacted staff includes engineers, analysts, software developers, administrative staff, and staff from the financial, legal, and human resources divisions.
October 13, 2023 — Source

Ripcord, the Steve Wozniak-backed file scanning startup, is raising new cash
Ripcord, a startup developing robots that can automatically digitize paper records, is hoping to raise $20 million to $25 million in a new funding round that would value the company at $110 million pre-money, according to a source familiar with the matter and a pitch deck viewed by TechCrunch.
October 13, 2023 — Source

Trezor launches two new devices to help onboard crypto newbies
Trezor, a hardware crypto wallet company, debuted two new products this week at the Bitcoin Amsterdam conference — and we got to take a first look at them.
October 13, 2023 — Source

General — Business — October 11th, 2023

True crime YouTube channel made popular by the Depp v. Heard trial is acquired by Jellysmack
The true crime media company gained notoriety for its YouTube livestream of Depp v. Heard.
October 11, 2023 — Source

Uber Eats now lets you bundle orders from two places
And the service says you don't to pay additional delivery fees for it.
October 11, 2023 — Source or Source

General — Business — October 10th, 2023

CISO pay is up — but not by as much as last year
The most recent average CISO total compensation increase was 11 percent, down from 14 percent the previous year. This year, 20 percent of CISOs did not receive a raise, double the number of a year ago.
October 10, 2023 — Source

Data observability startup Acceldata raises $10M more
Data observability startup Acceldata today announced that it raised $10 million in an extension to its Series C round, bringing its total raised to over $100 million.
October 10, 2023 — Source

Harbour secures $15M to streamline and automate contract drafting
Contract management startup Harbour today announced that it raised $15 million in a Series A funding round that had participation from Getty Images co-founder Jonathan Klein, Scribble Ventures and The Palmer Company.
October 10, 2023 — Source

Microsoft Lost $20 for Every $10 Copilot AI Subscription: Report
AI costs need to be passed on as big tech looks for profit.
October 10, 2023 — Source

The Q3 venture capital market explained in five charts
The global venture capital market failed to turn the corner in the third quarter of 2023, instead racking up another quarter's worth of declines in most parts of the world.
October 10, 2023 — Source

General — Business — October 9th, 2023

Meet the 24 new startups in Techstars Seattle, as accelerator doubles class size
Startup accelerator program Techstars Seattle on Monday unveiled 24 companies for its 15th cohort, doubling the class size from last year's dozen graduates.
October 9, 2023 — Source

Night owls may earn less than early birds: Study reveals connections between circadian rhythm and income level
Researchers from the University of Oulu, Finland, have uncovered a link between internal circadian rhythm and income levels. According to the study, now published in Economics & Human Biology, individuals who tend to be more active in the evening hours (night owls) also tend to exhibit characteristics that are associated with lower income. This relationship was mainly observed for men in the middle-aged study sample.
October 9, 2023 — Source

Nearly half of Warren Buffett's $337 billion portfolio is invested in Apple
Apple makes up a notable 47.5% of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway portfolio. Clearly, the Oracle of Omaha thinks highly of the world's most valuable company.
October 9, 2023 — Source

She helped lead the fight against Amazon's return to office — and then had to leave a job she loved
Pamela Hayter just wanted someone at Amazon to answer "the why."
October 9, 2023 — Source

General — Business — October 5th, 2023

10 investors talk about the future of AI and what lies beyond the ChatGPT hype
When I mentioned "the rise of AI" in a recent email to investors, one of them sent me an interesting reply: "The 'rise of AI' is a bit of a misnomer."
October 5, 2023 — Source

Machina Labs raises $32M to bring flexibility to manufacturing
"Flexibility" isn't a word one often applies to the manufacturing process. Changing things up on the assembly line is a resource-intensive activity, but automation and robotics could go a ways toward removing some friction from the process. That's effectively the thesis statement behind Machina Labs.
October 5, 2023 — Source

Why your boss really wants you back in the office
Collaboration, relationships, informal learning, and other good reasons are cited
October 5, 2023 — Source

General — Business — October 3rd, 2023

Amazon reportedly used a secret algorithm to jack up prices
A new report details Amazon's Project Nessie pricing algorithm.
October 3, 2023 — Source

Cloud startup Pulumi raises $41M from Madrona, NEA to grow 'infrastructure as code' platform
Seattle startup Pulumi landed $41 million as it looks to boost its leadership position in the infrastructure as code market and invest in new AI-fueled products.
October 3, 2023 — Source

Disney VFX Workers Vote Unanimously to Unionize
They're the second in-house VFX unit after Marvel Studios to unionize.
October 3, 2023 — Source

Seattle startup Muir AI, which helps companies calculate complex carbon emissions, raises $3.25M
Muir AI, a Seattle startup providing carbon accounting, has raised a $3.25 million seed round led by Base10 Partners. Existing investors Madrona Venture Labs and Soma Capital also participated in the round. The company has raised $3.75 million to date.
October 3, 2023 — Source

The government's case to break up Amazon, explained
The Federal Trade Commission, led by longtime Amazon critic Lina Khan, finally makes its move.
October 3, 2023 — Source

Too much of a good thing? Banks enjoying high returns in favorable times could be 'warning sign'
Banks reporting high profits in good times could be taking greater risks with their portfolios that lead to bigger trouble in a future downturn, according to a study co-authored by a University of Michigan researcher and others with past affiliations to the school.
October 3, 2023 — Source

Uncommon Thinkers: A new GeekWire program honoring inventors, entrepreneurs, and more
We're excited to launch a new awards program at GeekWire recognizing the region's boldest Uncommon Thinkers — the inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs who are transforming industries and driving positive change throughout the world.
October 3, 2023 — Source

Valve and Picnik vets Hatch new idea — a no-code web design platform for 'tech curious creators'
The news: Longtime Seattle software developers and entrepreneurs Darrin Massena and Mike Harrington have officially launched Hatch, an online makerspace aimed at bringing website-building capability to more "tech curious creators" without requiring programming expertise.
October 3, 2023 — Source

General — Business — October 2nd, 2023

FBI indicts three in insider trading scheme that utilized Xbox 360 chat to hide comms
Ringleader could be looking at as much as 165 years in prison
October 2, 2023 — Source

Fearless Fund barred from awarding grant to Black women founders
A panel of judges released a preliminary injunction against the fund's Strivers Grant program
October 2, 2023 — Source

Microsoft has invested $100 billion in Bing, says Satya Nadella during Google antitrust trial
Satya Nadella is one of several executives the US Department of Justice will have testify in its antitrust trial about Google search.
October 2, 2023 — Source

Mortgage Rates Move Up Today Oct. 2, 2023: What Does That Mean for Homebuyers?
Mortgage interest rates certainly haven't cooled over the last week, so it's even more expensive to purchase a home.
October 2, 2023 — Source

Visa earmarks $100M to invest in generative AI companies
Visa announced today that it plans to invest $100 million in companies developing generative AI technologies and applications "that will impact the future of commerce and payments."
October 2, 2023 — Source

Web3 funding is down again as the crypto winter drags on
Crypto pretty much seems to have lost its allure as far as venture capitalists are concerned. According to new data from Crunchbase, investments into web3 startups declined in the third quarter compared to the second quarter, marking the seventh straight quarter of declines for the sector since crypto venture fundraising peaked in Q4 2021.
October 2, 2023 — Source

Will the FTC's Lina Khan succeed in breaking up Amazon?
The US Federal Trade Commission under legal star Lina Khan has charged Amazon with illegally maintaining a monopoly and seeks "structural relief," which could mean breaking off parts of its business.
October 2, 2023 — Source

General — Business — September 29th, 2023

FBI Indicts Wall Street Banker For Doing Crimes On Xbox 360
A former Goldman Sachs trader allegedly used Xbox chat to share insider tips
September 29, 2023 — Source

Italy court condemns Uber Eats over 4,000 layoffs
A Milan tribunal ordered Uber Eats Italy Thursday reverse this summer's lay-off of 4,000 riders, condemning the platform for failing to properly consult trade unions, the unions said.
September 29, 2023 — Source

Microsoft is officially the best company in the world, at least according to TIME
Microsoft is at the top of its game when it comes to employee satisfaction and other metrics.
September 29, 2023 — Source

Letterboxd sells a majority stake after explosive pandemic-fueled growth
Reportedly valued at over $50 million, the site has around 10 million active users.
September 29, 2023 — Source

Letterboxd has been acquired — and promises 'very little' will change
The beloved platform that lets users rate, review, and log films they've seen has been acquired by Canadian firm Tiny in a deal that values it at $50 million.
September 29, 2023 — Source

Startups may have trouble finding their enterprise footing
Even with the software market stabilizing
September 29, 2023 — Source

Tech Moves: Seattle tech vet joins new AI startup; Rippl, Tasso, Lexion add execs; and more
Sharp previously worked as vice president and chief medical officer for Medicare at Aetna, a CVS subsidiary healthcare company. In that role, she led clinical oversight for the Medicare and Special Needs Plan division, overseeing a team of healthcare professionals in care management, risk-based provider relationships, appeals, and health equity.
September 29, 2023 — Source

VC Office Hours: How data can help improve social impact investing
Erin Harkless Moore was always interested in math. So she headed to Wall Street. "It was intoxicating in some ways and incredibly fast-paced," she recalls. She apparently enjoyed that life, too, given that she worked there for about five years before becoming an investment advisor at Cambridge Associates.
September 29, 2023 — Source

Video games give sports stars second life
The post-retirement careers of the biggest sports stars can be fascinating to watch--Viagra ads, property ventures, crypto projects--but one option is becoming a sure-fire winner: put your face on the cover of a video game.
September 29, 2023 — Source

VinFast boss insists share volatility 'normal'
The dramatic fluctuation in shares of Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast is "normal", its chief executive told AFP on Friday, insisting the company was on sound footing despite racking up huge losses.
September 29, 2023 — Source

General — Business — September 27th, 2023

Can Bird's Spin acquisition give it the lift it needs?
After being delisted from the NYSE, regaining investor confidence won't be easy
September 27, 2023 — Source

Fintech startup PortX raises $16.5M and forms new subsidiary to serve credit unions
The news: Seattle-area financial services technology startup PortX landed $16.5 million in fresh cash.
September 27, 2023 — Source

Former Surface head Panos Panay officially on the way to Amazon
Amazon just confirmed that Panos Panay will join the company.
September 27, 2023 — Source

General — Business — September 26th, 2023

Amazon Hit With Massive FTC Antitrust Lawsuit, Alleging Illegal Monopoly
Amazon was hit with a similar lawsuit by the state of California last year.
September 26, 2023 — Source

Bootstrapping is cool once again
Bootstrapping, or funding your own company, has long been the first route many founders take when they set out on their entrepreneurial journey. But it's not a decision that they have any say in.
September 26, 2023 — Source

FTC and 17 states sue Amazon for maintaining alleged monopoly power that stifles competition
The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general filed suit against Amazon on Tuesday, alleging that the Seattle-based tech giant is a monopoly that abuses its power.
September 26, 2023 — Source

FTC targets alleged secret Amazon pricing algorithm 'Project Nessie' in antitrust complaint
The Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit against Amazon alleges, for the first time publicly, that the company used a secret pricing algorithm known internally as "Project Nessie" to compete unfairly in the e-commerce market.
September 26, 2023 — Source

Tech layoffs are all but a thing of the past
Layoffs in the technology industry have slowed sharply in recent months, bringing the number of jobs lost to tech's efficiency push to a near stop.
September 26, 2023 — Source

U.S. FTC files antitrust lawsuit against Amazon
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com on Tuesday, and asked the court to consider forcing the online retailer to sell assets to restore competition in the online marketplace.
September 26, 2023 — Source

General — Business — September 25th, 2023

Fire resistant, quake safe, climate friendly: Mass timber is on the rise as a construction alternative
When Seattle's eight-story Heartwood Apartments opens to residents this fall, it will be Washington's tallest timber building and the first in the U.S. permitted under a set of new construction codes that allow for wooden high-rises up to 18 stories.
September 25, 2023 — Source

Fuse raises $250M for its second fund to supercharge more Pacific Northwest startups
The Seattle-area venture capital firm raised $250 million for its second fund, a major swath of cash that will support early stage enterprise software startups across the Pacific Northwest. GeekWire previously reported on the fund last year.
September 25, 2023 — Source

Hydrogen startup spins out of Bill Gates-backed R&D effort, lands $7.8M
Peregrine Hydrogen, a Santa Cruz, Calif., startup developing technology for producing clean hydrogen, raised $7.8 million in seed financing.
September 25, 2023 — Source

Meet the Seattle-area startups that just graduated from Y Combinator
Seattle-area startups that just graduated from Y Combinator's summer 2023 batch are tackling a wide range of problems — with plenty of help from artificial intelligence.
September 25, 2023 — Source

Will the economy finally un-weird itself?
The economy's "hold your breath moment," explained
September 25, 2023 — Source

VC firm Fuse closes $250M fund to invest in Pacific Northwest startups
Funding for startups in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) fell precipitously early this year. From January to March, PNW financing dipped 80% to $246 million, down from $1.2 billion during the same period in 2022.
September 25, 2023 — Source

General — Business — September 22nd, 2023

Crypto firm Nansen asks users to reset passwords after vendor breach
Ethereum blockchain analytics firm Nansen asks a subset of its users to reset passwords following a recent data breach at its authentication provider.
September 22, 2023 — Source

Don't let your intrinsic motivation become a liability
An inner drive to excel is compatible with expecting a pay rise.
September 22, 2023 — Source

Unity's Marc Whitten shares apology note following backlash to controversial licensing policies
After more than a week of controversy, Unity Technologies posted an apology letter to its community and promised to undo or roll back many of the changes it had planned to make to the licensing agreements for its game engine Unity.
September 22, 2023 — Source

General — Business — September 20th, 2023

Apple planned a stock-trading service, but paused launch as markets slumped
Apple was prepping a new iPhone feature that would let users buy and sell stocks in partnership with Goldman Sachs, but Apple decided the timing wasn't right as markets slumped and put the plan on pause, status unknown, CNBC reports citing "three sources familiar with the plans."
September 20, 2023 — Source

Seattle startup MotherDuck raises $52.5M at a $400M valuation to fuel DuckDB analytics platform
MotherDuck is fueling up to flap its wings a little harder.
September 20, 2023 — Source

The Inflation Reduction Act is reducing U.S. reliance on China
Don't get fooled by a common myth. The reality: The landmark IRA includes provisions to incentivize domestic clean energy manufacturing and reduce U.S. dependence on China.
September 20, 2023 — Source

General — Business — September 19th, 2023

Bird acquires Spin scooters from Tier for $19M
Shared micromobility company Bird has acquired competitor Spin from Tier for $19 million, including $10 million in cash, $6 million in a vendor take back and $3 million as a hold back.
September 19, 2023 — Source

DOJ investigates Elon Musk perks at Tesla
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the personal benefits that Tesla may have provided its CEO Elon Musk since 2017 as part of a criminal probe that is also looking into the use of company funds to build a proposed glass house.
September 19, 2023 — Source

Venture capital firm makes 'unsolicited' bid for MariaDB buyout
Database company, which went through an IPO in December last year, was still in search of credit facility as of August
September 19, 2023 — Source

General — Business — September 18th, 2023

Hydrogen aviation startup ZeroAvia lands largest funding round to date
Investor Airbus will partner with the company on certification pathways, hydrogen storage, and infrastructure
September 18, 2023 — Source

Not all companies need to be venture-scale
We live in an era rife with the narrative of unicorns, decacorns, and startups that seemingly explode overnight into multi-billion-dollar enterprises, and every budding entrepreneur is seemingly dreaming of being the next Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg. But the truth is, not every startup needs to be "venture-scale."
September 18, 2023 — Source

General — Business — September 15th, 2023

Australia's Financial Technology Startups Are Changing How Banks and Financial Institutions Procure New Tech
Australia's Fintech ecosystem is now seen as a critical source of technology innovation by banks and financial institutions, as they seek to offer products and services faster, more cheaply and more scalably in the fast-changing business and cloud environment.
September 15, 2023 — Source

If you'd bought Apple shares instead of iPhones, you'd now have $147,000
What would happen if, instead of buying the newest iPhone every time Apple launches one, you bought that same amount of Apple stock?
September 15, 2023 — Source

Social Security Overpays Billions to People, Many on Disability, Then Demands the Money Back
Justina Worrell, 47, works part time as a kitchen helper in an Ohio nursing home. She has cerebral palsy, an intellectual disability, and a cardiac condition that required she get an artificial heart valve at age 20.
September 15, 2023 — Source

We'll probably retire before Databricks IPOs
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
September 15, 2023 — Source

General — Business — September 14th, 2023

Smart display company Hearth Display raises $4.6M additional funding
Hearth Display, a hardware company making digital whiteboards for family task management, has raised $4.6 million in additional funding. The round, which is a bridge round, has a mix of existing and new investors including Female Founders Fund, Stellation Capital, Sweater Ventures, Behind Genius Ventures, an SPV led by Golden Hour Ventures and Dream Ventures, and Ingeborg Investments.
September 14, 2023 — Source

This desk is mine: How noisy offices can make us more territorial
From colleagues chatting about their weekends or having intense phone conversations, to email alerts and loud tapping on keyboards, the evidence that open-plan offices take a toll on our well-being continues to mount. There's a clear relationship between noise levels and physiological signs of stress such as heart rate.
September 14, 2023 — Source

Tugende takes first step towards repayment of defaulted $5M Goldfinch loan
The Uganda-based lender took the loan in 2021 from the a16z-backed decentralized lending protocol to grow its business in Kenya
September 14, 2023 — Source

General — Business — September 13th, 2023

Google lays off members of recruiting team as hiring slows
Word of being let go came quite abruptly for many at Google this morning.
September 13, 2023 — Source

Marvel Studios VFX workers have unanimously voted to unionize
All 32 people who participated gave the union the green light.
September 13, 2023 — Source or Source

Port is aging well as developer portal concept takes shape
Port's founders decided to build a developer portal, a central place for developers to find all the information about their development projects, at a good time. Companies have been recognizing the need for this tool, pushed in part by Spotify Backstage, an open source project released several years ago by the music streaming service.
September 13, 2023 — Source

What's more venture capital than space lasers?
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
September 13, 2023 — Source

General — Business — September 12th, 2023

Elon Musk called Bill Gates 'categorically insane' after dispute over Tesla stock
Walter Isaacson's new book "Elon Musk" reveals more details about the billionaire beef between the Tesla chief and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
September 12, 2023 — Source

Major Apple supplier TSMC to invest up to $100 million in Arm Holdings' IPO
Major Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker, will invest up to $100 million in chip designer Arm Holdings Plc's initial public share offering (IPO), it said on Tuesday.
September 12, 2023 — Source

General — Business — September 11th, 2023

Elon Musk has beef with Bill Gates because he shorted Tesla stock, says biographer
The origin story of the 'in case u need to lose a boner fast' tweet
September 11, 2023 — Source

Incarceration results in drops in short-term economic activity, but has limited long run impacts
The U.S. criminal justice system has expanded considerably since the 1970s. At the same time, male employment rates have dropped and racial earnings inequality has grown. Former inmates perform worse in the labor market than those who have not been incarcerated, and research has examined how incarceration affects earnings and employment.
September 11, 2023 — Source

Nanostores are the backbone of emerging economies, but they need stronger supply chains
Small independent shops are the backbone of emerging economies. Supporting the supply chains of these so-called "nanostores" is crucial for both shopkeepers and the local consumers who depend on them for food and other necessities, argues Ph.D. researcher Rafael Escamilla in his dissertation, titled "Managing the Nanostore Supply Chain: Base-of-the-Pyramid Retail in Emerging Markets."
September 11, 2023 — Source

Real estate startup acquisition: EasyKnock buys home maintenance company Onder
New York-based home-buying company EasyKnock acquired Seattle home maintenance startup Onder, combining two residential real estate-focused tech businesses.
September 11, 2023 — Source

Tesla soars 10% after Morgan Stanley says its Dojo supercomputer could add $500 billion to its market cap
Tesla stock soared as much as 10% on Monday, adding more than $70 billion to its market value after Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock to "Overweight."
September 11, 2023 — Source

General — Business — September 8th, 2023

Apple loses about $200 billion in market capitalization on reports of iPhone restrictions in China
Apple has lost around $200 billion in market capitalization over several days as tensions between the U.S. and China rise, with several media outlets reporting this week that the iPhone maker is being singled out by Beijing.
September 8, 2023 — Source

General — Business — September 7th, 2023

A month after laying off 5,000 employees, T-Mobile is rewarding shareholders with billions
T-Mobile has been getting a lot of hate from customers for unpopular changes to plans and payment methods. Employees are having to deal with disgruntled customers who are not happy about recent changes. 7 percent of the workforce or 5,000 employees were laid off last month because the carrier's obsession with adding new subscribers by offering cheaper plans meant it had to cut costs elsewhere.
September 7, 2023 — Source

Apple shares fall after China expands iPhone ban to more government offices and agencies
Apple's love for China isn't being reciprocated by its government
September 7, 2023 — Source or Source

Astranis wants to bring internet connectivity to up to 5 million in Mexico
Astranis, a venture-backed startup that builds and operates small broadband satellites in a far-off orbit, released more details today about its plans to provide internet access to Mexico.
September 7, 2023 — Source

Imbue raises $200M to build AI models that can 'robustly reason'
Imbue, the AI research lab formerly known as Generally Intelligent, has raised $200 million in a Series B funding round that values the company at over $1 billion. Among those participating are the Astera Institute, Nvidia, Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt and Notion co-founder Simon Last.
September 7, 2023 — Source

'It's robbery': Salvadorans slow to adopt Bitcoin
Two years ago, El Salvador shrugged off a chorus of warnings and adopted Bitcoin as legal tender in a bid to revitalize its economy and improve access to financial services.
September 7, 2023 — Source

eBay rolls out a tool that generates product listings from photos
eBay is rolling out a new AI tool for marketplace sellers that can generate a product listing from a single photo.
September 7, 2023 — Source

eBay is rolling out a new AI tool for marketplace sellers that can generate a product listing from a single photo.
Per 9to5Mac, if you have a PayPal debit or credit card, starting today you can add them to your Apple Wallet app where they can be selected for use with the Apple Pay mobile payment service. There are two ways that you can accomplish this. Number one, you can open the iOS PayPal app and find the banner on the app's homepage that screams, "Pay with your iPhone." T
September 7, 2023 — Source

New robots are making Amazon's warehouses more efficient — can they also make them safer?
It's lunchtime at Amazon's AUS2, a six-story warehouse set between housing subdivisions and a state highway on the edge of vast farmland just outside this city's famous limits.
September 7, 2023 — Source

Syscap closes on $2.3M to create private credit infrastructure in Mexico
Syscap closed on $2.3 million in seed funding to continue building an infrastructure that helps Mexico's non-banking lenders to manage and access private credit.
September 7, 2023 — Source

Texas cryptomining outfit earns more from idling rigs than digging Bitcoin
It's not a broken business model if the subsidies make up for cratering market and flagging demand
September 7, 2023 — Source

Texas power grid operator pays Bitcoin miner over $30 million to curb energy usage
Why mine when you're paid more not to?
September 7, 2023 — Source

General — Business — September 6th, 2023

500 Global closes $143M fund for Southeast Asia startups
500 Global, the venture firm and seed accelerator, has closed $143 million in financing for what it claims is its largest Southeast Asia early-stage fund to date.
September 6, 2023 — Source

Chris Lehane of Haun Ventures to dive into firm's investing strategy and the web3 VC landscape at TechCrunch Disrupt
Prior to joining the firm, Lehane was an executive at Airbnb. He also co-founded a strategic consultancy firm, Fabiani & Lehane, that advised political, corporate, technology, entertainment and professional sports clients. In the 1990s, Lehane held various government roles like press secretary to Vice President Al Gore and was special assistant counsel to President Bill Clinton.
September 6, 2023 — Source

Former Amazon exec Dave Clark abruptly resigns as Flexport CEO a year after joining logistics company
Dave Clark, the former longtime Amazon executive, has resigned as CEO of Flexport, the San Francisco-based logistics company he joined a year ago.
September 6, 2023 — Source

GPU Alternative d-Matrix Raises $110 Million for AI Inference
Microsoft's venture group is among d-Matrix's supporters, investing in making in-memory compute for AI and LLM inference.
September 6, 2023 — Source

Guy who ran Bitcoins4Less tells Feds he had less than zero laundering protections
What? Yogurt Monster isn't really a legitimate customer's name?!
September 6, 2023 — Source

Musk borrowed $1 billion from SpaceX the same month he acquired Twitter: Report
Did Musk fund his Twitter purchase with SpaceX money?
September 6, 2023 — Source

Roku lays off 300 workers and removes streaming content to save money
The company's also consolidating office space and reducing related expenses.
September 6, 2023 — Source

Tech companies are finding their profitability groove
Tech companies are getting the hang of making money — or at least they're losing far less than they used to when money was cheap and "growth" was sexy. We're seeing this happen across the tech sector: in enterprise software, fintech, and heck, even in the tech-adjacent digital direct-to-consumer market.
September 6, 2023 — Source

General — Business — September 5th, 2023

Amazon's in-garage delivery service is going to cost a little extra for the convenience
Now there's an extra $1.99 fee to have Amazon drop packages off in your garage outside of your specified 'Amazon Day.'
September 5, 2023 — Source

Arm's IPO targets $51B valuation, won't resurrect private-market liquidity
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
September 5, 2023 — Source

Meta is back in the office three days a week, as WFH continues to die
Even the companies inventing the future of remote work are deciding the best way to do it is from the office.
September 5, 2023 — Source

Tech Moves: Adaptive board member resigns; Tagboard exec steps down; and more
Adaptive announced Conroy's appointment to its board in May 2019 as it was gearing up for its initial public offering. The company said his departure was voluntary and not a result of any disagreement with its operations, policies or practices.
September 5, 2023 — Source

Workers Pay the Price While Congress and Employers Debate Need for Heat Regulations
Sometimes the heat makes you vomit, said Carmen Garcia, a farmworker in the San Joaquin Valley of California. She and her husband spent July in the garlic fields, kneeling on the scorched earth as temperatures hovered above 105 degrees.
September 5, 2023 — Source

General — Business — September 4th, 2023

AI won't strip you of your job, not by a long shot
Admittedly, generative AI has taken the world by storm, This year in particular, we've seen more people and organizations develop a keen interest in the technology and even go as far as integrating it into their day-to-day activities.
September 4, 2023 — Source

Butternut Box wolfs down $354M for subscription canine cuisine
Dogs need healthy food too
September 4, 2023 — Source

How to use Google Bard to write a business plan
This guide will show you how to use Google Bard to write a business plan. A business plan serves as a blueprint that outlines the core aspects of your enterprise, delineating its mission, objectives, and the strategic steps you intend to take to realize those goals. This document is not just a formality but a critical instrument for entrepreneurs.
September 4, 2023 — Source

Nigerian embedded finance platform Anchor raises $2.4M to expand product offerings
Anchor, a Nigerian banking-as-a-service (BaaS) provider, has raised $2.4 million in seed investment. Justin Kan's Goat Capital led the financing round, which also welcomed participation from FoundersX, Rebel Fund and some existing investors, including Y Combinator and Byld Ventures.
September 4, 2023 — Source

General — Business — September 1st, 2023

Internal email: Expedia Group lays off some tech workers in latest move to reshape its workforce
Expedia Group informed an unspecified number of workers in its technology organization Thursday that it's eliminating their positions, the latest in a series of moves by the Seattle-based travel giant to overhaul its workforce.
September 1, 2023 — Source

Oil driven higher by tight supply expectations
Crude prices posted a sharp turnaround Friday after weeks of trending negative
September 1, 2023 — Source

General — Business — August 31st, 2023

Billionaire investors are buying Apple stock 'hand over fist'
The third magnificent seven stock that billionaires have been buying hand over fist just happens to be the largest publicly traded company, Apple. A grand total of six highly successful billionaire fund managers bought shares of Apple during the second quarter (number of shares purchased in Q2 in parenthesis):
August 31, 2023 — Source

PhotonVentures raises €60M fund to boost photonics startups in Europe
The fund will initially invest in 15 early-stage companies
August 31, 2023 — Source

General — Business — August 30th, 2023

Generative AI startup AI21 Labs lands $155M at a $1.4B valuation
AI21 Labs, a Tel Aviv-based startup developing a range of text-generating AI tools, has raised $155 million in a Series C funding round led by Walden Catalyst, Pitango, SCB10X, b2venture, Samsung Next and Amnon Shashua, the founder of Intel-owned Mobileye and an AI21 Labs co-founder. Google and Nvidia also participated.
August 30, 2023 — Source

Seattle clean tech startup lands $1.4M for eco-friendly soy-based suds for shampoos, detergents
The news: Seattle-based clean-tech startup Sironix Renewables raised $1.47 million in new funding.
August 30, 2023 — Source

General — Business — August 29th, 2023

As appeals court rules in favor of Grayscale, a bitcoin spot ETF could be on the horizon
The court ruled that the SEC's denial of a bitcoin ETF was "arbitrary and capricious"
August 29, 2023 — Source

Rockset lands $44M to power real-time search and analytics apps
Rockset, a company building tools to drive real-time search and data analytics, today announced that it raised $44 million — $37 million in equity and $7 million in debt — led by ICON Ventures with participation from Glynn Capital, Four River Partners, K5 Global, Sequoia and Greylock.
August 29, 2023 — Source

Seattle-area edtech company DreamBox Learning acquired by Discovery Education
DreamBox Learning, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that sells education technology software to K-12 schools, announced Tuesday it was acquired by Discovery Education, a Charlotte, N.C.-based edtech company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
August 29, 2023 — Source

Three-quarters of large US firms now using more Apple devices — survey
Fully 76% of large businesses are using more Apple devices this year, an extensive US enterprise survey says.
August 29, 2023 — Source

Workers are embracing AI but want more guidance on how to use it, says survey
Employees and executives alike are keen to exploit the benefits of AI in the workplace, but a lack of training and guidance has left many fearing they'll be judged for using it, a survey by Asana found.
August 29, 2023 — Source

General — Business — August 28th, 2023

Compensation data from Blind app shows how much public tech giants pay engineers
Blind, the anonymous social network for verified corporate employees, released new compensation data for software engineers working at Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft.
August 28, 2023 — Source

Disney VFX Workers Move Toward Forming a Union
Another union is forming in Hollywood as Disney VFX workers have signed authorization cards to unionize under the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. This comes after a filing with the National Labor Relations Board for an election to form the union.
August 28, 2023 — Source

IPOs are back and the Equity crew is feasting
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
August 28, 2023 — Source

Klaviyo could break the unicorn IPO logjam
Last Friday, two venture-backed companies filed to go public. Grocery delivery service Instacart dropped its Form S-1 filing along with Klaviyo,
August 28, 2023 — Source

This robot vacuum connects to your home's water supply for full automation
SwitchBot is working towards automating your entire home — even how you fill and empty your vacuum.
August 28, 2023 — Source

General — Business — August 25th, 2023

3 meta career paths for cloud computing
There are three main career options for most cloud pros: consulting, working in industry, or with a cloud vendor. Are you on the right road for you?
August 25, 2023 — Source

Bitcoin startups remain undercapitalized as funding drought drags on
The crypto industry has not had a great run over the past year. Along with increasing regulatory scrutiny and skeptical investors, capital deployment has pulled back significantly from the highs of 2021, which has left many young startups struggling to raise funds.
August 25, 2023 — Source

Byju's exposed sensitive student data, including loan details
Byju's, the edtech giant and India's most valuable startup, has fixed a server-side misconfiguration that was exposing sensitive data of its students.
August 25, 2023 — Source

Confused about federal student loan forgiveness? Here's what you need to know.
Reminder: Student loan payments restart in October.
August 25, 2023 — Source

Five takeaways from Instacart's S-1 filing
What delivers groceries and is profitable?
August 25, 2023 — Source

Former director at Seattle auto marketplace startup indicted on $2M wire fraud charges
The former director of auto marketplace startup Tred was indicted this week by a federal grand jury in Seattle on five counts of wire fraud in an alleged scheme to steal more than $2 million from the company,
August 25, 2023 — Source

How founders raised money so far in 2023
This week, DocSend dropped a big load of statistics about the VC activity over the past half year or so. For TC+, I did a deep dive into the trends that are starting to show up. Subscribe for the full story, but since you're a trusty reader of this fair newsletter, I'll give you the TL;DR:
August 25, 2023 — Source

How to Make Process Improvement Effective
Avoiding bureaucracy
August 25, 2023 — Source

OnlyFans' profitability proves the creator economy boom was real enough
At least for some kinds of content
August 25, 2023 — Source

Orbital Composites lands new government contracts to advance in-space manufacturing
Advanced manufacturing startup Orbital Composites is expanding its in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing development work with three new Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts valued at more than $3 million combined.
August 25, 2023 — Source

Qase raises $7.2M to help companies manage their software tests
Qase, an Austin-based platform for managing software quality assurance testing and reporting, today announced that it raised $7.2 million in a Series A round led by Chrome Capital with participation from FinSight Ventures and S16VC.
August 25, 2023 — Source

Tech Moves: Seattle tech vet joins insurance tech company; Cyemptive Technologies adds exec
She spent eight years at Microsoft, working her way up from an entry-level product manager to senior program manager lead. She then led product and engineering at Amazon's Alexa team. Most recently, Patel served as senior vice president of product and engineering at LivePerson, a publicly traded conversational artificial intelligence tools provider for enterprises.
August 25, 2023 — Source

Wing and Walmart will offer six-mile drone deliveries over Dallas
The program will cover 60,000 area homes.
August 25, 2023 — Source

General — Business — August 24th, 2023

7 founders and CEOs discuss fusion power's most pressing challenges
Fusion power has had a breakout year. Can startups capitalize on the momentum?
August 24, 2023 — Source

a16z-backed AI video generator Irreverent Labs raises funding from Samsung Next
Generative artificial intelligence, used to create content from text to images to videos, is still on the rise. Big Tech and startups across the globe are racing to compete and launch their own AI-powered chatbots, text-to-image generators, and video tools.
August 24, 2023 — Source

Advanced Ionics nets $12.5M Series A to inject green hydrogen into heavy industry
When people talk about hydrogen these days, they almost always mention transportation. I get it: People are used to filling up tanks, not charging cars. But from a practical perspective, transportation is not a great use for hydrogen.
August 24, 2023 — Source

Apple Pay is the 5th most popular online payment option worldwide
Online shopping has taken off in the last two decades, with an American survey revealing that over half of people prefer to shop digitally. Online shoppers are often presented with a myriad of payment methods from which to choose. A new study set out to find the most popular payment methods around the world and found that Apple Pay is the 5th most popular online payment option worldwide.
August 24, 2023 — Source

Cypago, which aims to automate compliance and governance for companies, raises $13M
There are a growing number of cybersecurity regulations designed to keep business and customer data protected. In 2022 alone, more than 40 U.S. states introduced 250 bills focused on cybersecurity, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. And more are on the way.
August 24, 2023 — Source

Financial services companies plan to boost their AI investments
A new study from Lucidworks shows that businesses across the board are planning to increase their investment in AI over the next year, with financial services companies among those leading the charge.
August 24, 2023 — Source

DOJ charges Tornado Cash co-founders for laundering over $1 billion in crypto
A North Korean cybercrime organization allegedly funneled $455 million through the crypto mixer.
August 24, 2023 — Source

Reliance tests sound box payment system amid financial services push
India's Paytm introduced the innovative sound box, a pocket-sized speaker designed to instantly validate and announce successful payments to merchants. It has deployed millions of these devices to the market, offering them to merchants at just above $1 monthly. India's largest company is paying attention.
August 24, 2023 — Source

Seattle startup Irreverent Labs lands cash from Samsung after pivoting to AI video generator
After halting development of an NFT-based video game, Seattle-area startup Irreverent Labs is attracting investor attention for its new focus: an artificial intelligence model that can generate video.
August 24, 2023 — Source

Sony is buying gaming headphone maker, Audeze
Sony Interactive Entertainment (basically the PlayStation wing) today announced plans to acquire Audeze, the company has confirmed with TechCrunch. The Orange Country, California-based firm is best known for its high-end headphones, targeted at gamers and audio producers.
August 24, 2023 — Source

Sony Interactive Entertainment to Acquire Audeze, a Leader in Audio Technology and Developer of Award-winning Headphones for Gaming
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Audeze, a leading audio technology brand and pioneer of high-end gaming headphones. The acquisition will strengthen SIE's efforts to continue innovating when it comes to the audio experience of PlayStation games.
August 24, 2023 — Source

Starbucks is experimenting with 'scanless checkout' for drive-through users
Starbucks is testing a new way for customers to pay for their favorite beverages — without even having to pull out their phone. The company confirmed an internal test of "scanless pay," a new contactless checkout method that would leverage a Starbucks app's user's current geolocation to identify them in the drive-through lane so they wouldn't have to pull out their phone to pay.
August 24, 2023 — Source

T-Mobile to Lay Off 5,000 Employees
We are just outside the 3-year mark since T-Mobile and Sprint merged, creating a US wireless space with only 3 major players, and the changes are incoming. Not only did T-Mobile introduce a really expensive new plan this week, they are now cutting thousands of jobs over the coming weeks.
August 24, 2023 — Source

US Justice Department sues SpaceX for alleged discriminatory hiring practices
The lawsuit claims that the company wouldn't employ refugees or asylum seekers.
August 24, 2023 — Source

Vessel Capital emerges from stealth with $55M fund focused on web3 infrastructure and apps
Vessel Capital, a web3 venture fund, has emerged from stealth with $55 million in assets under management to invest in infrastructure and applications, the firm exclusively told TechCrunch.
August 24, 2023 — Source

Walmart Will Airdrop Eggs and Ice Cream by Drone for Some Texans
Retail giant promises deliveries in a half hour or less — if you live in the right neighborhood.
August 24, 2023 — Source

Weekday puts the spotlight on job references
Job references are an important part of hiring the right person, especially for remote positions. But the founders of Weekday say that more than 95% of recruiters don't seek referrals from previous co-workers when assessing candidates for a position.
August 24, 2023 — Source

General — Business — August 23rd, 2023

5 Engineering Lessons from Early Stage Startups
Over the past three years, I've left behind a 10-year stint leading an engineering team building enterprise, commercial SaaS for customers — like Novo Nordisk and Boehringer-Ingelheim — and dove head-first into the VC-backed startup world as well as working on my own startups like Turas.app.
August 23, 2023 — Source

Better or different? How brand differentiation affects pay and profits
New research finds brands that leverage a reputation for quality to pay employees less risk eroding profits.
August 23, 2023 — Source

DoorDash pays $1.6M to City of Seattle after investigation related to paid sick time law
The City of Seattle said this week it agreed to a $1.6 million settlement with DoorDash over allegations that the food delivery giant violated the city's Gig Worker Paid Sick and Safe Time (PSST) Ordinance.
August 23, 2023 — Source

North Korea may be itching to sell $40m of purloined Bitcoin
Those weapons programs aren't going to fund themselves
August 23, 2023 — Source

Ready Worker One: Is VR the missing piece in your work-from-home setup?
It would be ideal to work from home all the time, many of us thought, until we had to do it. For me, like many, it almost worked well. The space I had for my home office was almost big enough
August 23, 2023 — Source

Why you should pay attention to Arm's looming IPO
The risks Arm describes in its IPO prospectus echo those currently faced by Apple — and most leading tech companies.
August 23, 2023 — Source

General — Business — August 15th, 2023

Apple to send out settlement payment to iPhone users soon
Millions of iPhone users will be paid.
August 15, 2023 — Source

Finofo secures funding to challenge traditional forex with automated solution
Exchange rate volatility has long been a major headache for cross-border businesses. Historically, companies have sought protection by purchasing foreign exchange (FX) insurance or options, but most of these financial products operate like giant "black boxes", Finofo's co-founder and CFO Charles Maranda told TechCrunch in an interview.
August 15, 2023 — Source

'Smart bus' startup Zeelo, aimed at employers and schools, secures $14M to scale in the US
Zeelo — a 'smart buses' platform providing bus operators, employers and schools with private bus and shuttle transport programs — has secured $14 million in a fresh Series A 'extension' round of funding. The new investment was led by FlatzHoffmann and was joined by IREON Ventures, and an unnamed Boston-based family office.
August 15, 2023 — Source

General — Business — August 14th, 2023

Amazon's devices chief is stepping down this year
David Limp is set to step down from his role as head of Amazon's consumer devices division later this year. Amazon has confirmed the news with TechCrunch, following a Wall Street Journal report.
August 14, 2023 — Source

Apple assembler Foxconn tops earnings estimates
Apple assembler Foxconn, the world's biggest contract electronics maker, beat estimates for second-quarter earnings. The company posted net income of NT$33 billion ($1.03 billion), down 1% from the same quarter last year but above consensus estimates of NT$25.57 billion ($0.8 billion). Revenue totaled NT$1.3045 trillion ($40.81 billion), down 14% from the year-ago quarter.
August 14, 2023 — Source

FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) Is Heading to Jeffrey Epstein's Prison
The disgraced CEO of the defunct crypto exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), apparently could not resist violating the more-than-generous conditions of his bail and is now all set to pay the steep cost.
August 14, 2023 — Source

Mastercard to purchase a minority stake in MTN's $5.2B fintech business
Mastercard has agreed to purchase a minority stake in the fintech division of MTN Group, Africa's largest cell phone provider, which it values at $5.2 billion.
August 14, 2023 — Source

Mixlab adds to veterinary pharmacy footprint following $10M Series A extension
The global pandemic showed most of us how easy it was to get items delivered to our homes, and that expanded into anything we needed for our pets, too.
August 14, 2023 — Source

Monday.com shows it's possible to post great results even in a slow market
In addition to reporting a 42% rise in its revenue for the second quarter of 2023, the cloud-based platform that lets users create apps narrowed its operating loss and net loss, and improved its cash generation. Investors seem to like the progress, with its stock up by nearly 15% this morning.
August 14, 2023 — Source

Now you can get food delivered to your gate at some of the biggest US airports
Major airports like JFK, Chicago O'Hare, and more now have in-terminal food delivery and are getting order-ahead options, too.
August 14, 2023 — Source

SecureWorks layoffs affect 15% staff
In a regulatory filing, SecureWorks said that it would incur about $14.2 million in expenses due to the layoffs, mostly related to employee termination benefits and real-estate costs.
August 14, 2023 — Source

Tech Moves: Hootsuite adds CMO; Flexe appoints COO; Absci names CFO
Vilk previously worked as CMO at Woocommerce, an open-source e-commerce plugin for WordPress sites. She also held marketing leadership roles at Meta, PayPal, eBay and Visa.
August 14, 2023 — Source

Water purification startup Membrion raises $5.5M as it rolls out commercial projects
Seattle startup Membrion raised an additional $5.5 million from investors. The company, which spun out of the University of Washington, has created ceramic membranes for onsite wastewater treatment.
August 14, 2023 — Source

General — Business — August 11th, 2023

Analyst: Tech stocks pullback will be short-lived
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite's recent gains have been limited, with Apple down post-earnings and only two positive days for the index in August. Wedbush Securities analyst Daniel Ives foresees a big swing to the upside soon.
August 11, 2023 — Source

Apple has invested over $500 billion into stock buybacks since 2012
The technology titan has spent more on repurchases since 2012 than the entire market capitalization of Visa ($489 billion), JPMorgan ($446 billion), or Exxon Mobil ($441 billion). Only eight companies in the S&P 500 are worth more than Apple's outlay on buybacks to date.
August 11, 2023 — Source

Audacy takes $10 million hit to leave 'onerous' podcasting deal with APM
American Public Media confirmed that its multiyear partnership with the cash-strapped company will conclude a year early.
August 11, 2023 — Source

Google pushes Match for more money in antitrust battle, court filing states
Google has filed a new motion to the court in its antitrust battle with Epic Games and Match Group, where it claims that the dating app maker owes additional fees beyond the $40 million that had been previously set aside in escrow.
August 11, 2023 — Source

How we scaled our App Store performance by approximately 200% in 1 year
App Store optimization (ASO) and Apple Search Ads (ASA) are potent tools for promoting apps that can significantly boost conversion rates. Every prospective user encounters an app's page in the App Store, influencing their decision to download or purchase.
August 11, 2023 — Source

IBM completes $4.6B acquisition of Apptio
IBM said Thursday that it officially completed its all-cash $4.6 billion acquisition of Apptio, the Bellevue, Wash.-based cloud and IT management company.
August 11, 2023 — Source

It's official: Better.com is going public
Digital mortgage lender Better.com's proposal to combine with Aurora Acquisition Corp. via a SPAC (special purpose acquisition) has been approved by shareholders, the company confirmed today.
August 11, 2023 — Source

Five Ways to Attain Maximum Productivity Through Agile/Scrum
Agile/Scrum are revolutionary project management methodologies. Here are five ways to achieve maximum productivity and improve your business with them.
August 11, 2023 — Source

Nature's changing colors makes climate change visible
Visual change could be a powerful tool to communicate about how humans are changing the world
August 11, 2023 — Source

Olis Robotics raises $4M to take systems for remote robot management to next level
Seattle-based Olis Robotics has raised $4.1 million to explore new markets for tools that make it possible to monitor and control industrial robots remotely and securely.
August 11, 2023 — Source

The civil rights movement comes to venture capital
The Fearless Fund lawsuit highlights what the lack of funding to Black founders has always been: a civil rights issue
August 11, 2023 — Source

The future of work is AI-enhanced and remote
Two of the biggest unresolved questions in business this year are whether remote work is here to stay and how AI will affect jobs. We're starting to get some clues about the answers.
August 11, 2023 — Source

What cash discounts tell us about payment defaults
Defaults don't just exist online.
August 11, 2023 — Source

General — Business — August 9th, 2023

Disney is 'actively exploring' ways to crack down on password sharing
Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company will update its subscriber agreements later this year.
August 9, 2023 — Source

Cathay Pacific rebounds to first-half profit as travel picks up
Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific on Wednesday swung to a healthy profit in the first half of the year thanks to a pick-up in travel, with the airline expecting passenger capacity to reach 70 percent of pre-pandemic levels by end of the year.
August 9, 2023 — Source

Collaborative Spatial Design App 'ShapesXR' Raises $8.6M, Expanding to Apple Vision Pro & Other Headsets
ShapesXR is a collaborative spatial design app built to make it easy to prototype spatial interfaces, interactions, and environments. The company announced today it has raised an $8.6 million seed investment, part of which the company plans to use to expand to more headsets.
August 9, 2023 — Source

Former director of Seattle startup accused of embezzling $2M in company funds
U.S. law enforcement authorities last week arrested a former employee of a Seattle startup who allegedly funneled more than $2 million in company funds to his personal bank accounts.
August 9, 2023 — Source

General Fusion lands $25M and reveals plans for demo machine in B.C.
The news: General Fusion today announced $25 million in new funding and plans to build a demonstration machine in its home province of British Columbia.
August 9, 2023 — Source

Honda posts 78% rise in Q1 profit on U.S. sales jump
Automaker beats estimates, even amid chip shortages in some markets
August 9, 2023 — Source

Merging physical and digital tools to build resilient supply chains
Using unique product identifiers and universal standards in the supply chain journey, the whole enterprise can unlock extended value
August 9, 2023 — Source

Profit at Japan's Honda doubles on healthy global auto and motorcycle sales
Honda reported Wednesday that its April-June profit more than doubled on healthy sales of its motorcycles and cars, as the Japanese company also received a perk from favorable exchange rates.
August 9, 2023 — Source

Sony's profits drop as it warns of the impact from US movie strikes
Sony's April-June profit slipped 17% from a year earlier, as worries grew about revenue damage from a strike in the movie sector, the Japanese electronics and entertainment company said Wednesday.
August 9, 2023 — Source

Sweet Security raises $12M seed round for its cloud security suite
Image Credits: they were weren't intended for applications running on public clouds. They were intended for on prem and politics and stuff like that. And someone migrated it and took it and said, Okay, now use it for cloud.
August 9, 2023 — Source

Symmetry raises $18M to bolster organizations' data security programs
As organizations embrace cloud services — and are forced to confront changing regulations and data use standards — their ability to maintain control of data security frequently becomes strained. If they lose that control, the consequences can be quite severe.
August 9, 2023 — Source

The struggle to diversify venture investments is under fresh fire
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
August 9, 2023 — Source

UPS drivers land a $170,000-a-year contract, and tech workers are incredulous
The average UPS driver could get six-figure pay under a new contract, and tech workers have mixed feelings about it.
August 9, 2023 — Source

You can now order Starbucks with your Target Drive Up order pickup
Nationwide retailer Target is encouraging more consumers to use the convenience of its curbside order pick-up service with the addition of a new perk: Starbucks coffee. The company announced today that customers will be able to add a Starbucks beverage or food item to their Drive Up order — a feature that will be available at the more than 1,700 Target locations that have Starbucks Cafes by this October.
August 9, 2023 — Source

You don't need to be rich to work with a financial planner
What to know about the people who can help manage and grow your money — including how they get paid.
August 9, 2023 — Source

WeWork warns of "substantial doubt" over future of the company; shares plunge 25%
The coworking office space giant is in trouble
August 9, 2023 — Source

General — Business — August 8th, 2023

Apple's valuation has declined by more than $200 billion since last Thursday
Apple's stock has been known to create wealth dating back to its IPO on December 12, 1980. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak instantly became millionaires on that date. What about 10% partner Ronald Wayne? He sold his stake for $800 just 12 days after Apple was formed.
August 8, 2023 — Source

Banks fined $549 million for hiding messages in iMessage and Signal
Wells Fargo and other Wall Street firms snuck around and found out.
August 8, 2023 — Source

These robotics companies are hiring
I certainly wouldn't go so far as to say the robotics industry is recession-proof, but it's remained remarkably stable through a turbulent few years of economic instability. Automation was accelerated dramatically by the pandemic and interest only continues to grow. That's a good thing for the people who are needed to create and build these machines.
August 8, 2023 — Source

Seattle startup Dropzone AI, which develops autonomous AI security agents, raises $3.5M
Dropzone AI announced a $3.5 million seed round led by Decibel Partners, with participation from Pioneer Square Ventures Fund.
August 8, 2023 — Source

So your startup's runway is dwindling and fundraising is hard. What's next?
Facing the harsh realities of surviving a bear market
August 8, 2023 — Source

Starfish Space wins $1.8M to keep working on satellite guidance system for Air Force
Kent, Wash.-based Starfish Space says it's been awarded $1.8 million by AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force, to support continued development of the company's Cephalopod software for satellite guidance, navigation and control.
August 8, 2023 — Source

General — Business — August 7th, 2023

Berkshire Hathaway stock sets record high as Apple holdings, rising rates boost profit
Berkshire Hathaway's stock price hit a new all-time high on Monday after the company reported record quarterly operating profit and net income. The conglomerate, run by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, said its operating profit topped $10 billion for the first time, thanks to strong performances from its insurance businesses and investments.
August 7, 2023 — Source

Gene Munster: Investors should focus on Apple's growing installed active base of over 2 billion active devices
Gene Munster, Deepwater Asset Management managing partner, joins CNBC's "Squawk Box" to discuss the takeaways from Apple and other Big Tech earnings, the health of the mega-cap stocks, and that Apple's growing installed active base of over 2 billion active devices is where investors should be focusing, meaning Apple Services, not just on the company's hardware sales.
August 7, 2023 — Source

One Model lands $41M to bring data science-powered insights to HR
One Model, a platform that uses AI to help employers make decisions about recruiting, hiring, promotions, layoffs and general workplace planning, today announced that it's raised $41 million in a funding round led by Riverwood Capital.
August 7, 2023 — Source

PayPal launches its own stablecoin, PayPalUSD, for payments
PayPal has announced the launch of its own stablecoin cryptocurrency called PayPalUSD. The new digital coin is pegged to the U.S. dollar and fully backed by USD deposits held by PayPal.
August 7, 2023 — Source

Tesla CFO Zachary Kirkhorn steps down, but will remain with company through year's end
Tesla Chief Financial Officer Zachary Kirkhorn is departing after 13 years with the electric vehicle and solar panel maker.
August 7, 2023 — Source or Source or Source

Triller's upcoming listing likely won't resurrect the US IPO market
Short-form video platform Triller filed to go public last week while your humble scribe was on vacation to visit family. The lesson? Never take time off.
August 7, 2023 — Source

Zoom requires employees to get back to the office
Zoom — the company that became synonymous with working from home during the COVID pandemic — has issued a return-to-the-office mandate for the majority of its workers.
August 7, 2023 — Source

Zoom wants its remote work company to come back to the office
Even Zoom believes a hybrid approach is better for its workers.
August 7, 2023 — Source or Source

General — Business — August 4th, 2023

3 reasons to maintain a follow-on allocation
Follow-on investments won't ever be the deciding factor in which funds win or lose, but they will continue to distinguish the top decile from the top quartile.
August 4, 2023 — Source

6 startup founders gaze into a future-of-work crystal ball
The excitement around remote work reached fever pitch during the pandemic, when most people with an office job were forced to work from home. This opened up conversations about what the future of work looks like, with a lot of attention paid to remote and hybrid models as well as how employees can maintain an acceptable work-life balance.
August 4, 2023 — Source

Adopting robots makes profits drop before they rise, study finds
Cambridge researchers have some tips for companies exploring robots
August 4, 2023 — Source

AI chip startup Tenstorrent lands $100M investment from Hyundai and Samsung
AI chips are forecast to account for up to 20% of the $450 billion total semiconductor market by 2025, according to McKinsey. And The Insight Partners projects that sales of AI chips will climb to $83.3 billion in 2027 from $5.7 billion in 2018, a compound annual growth rate 35%.
August 4, 2023 — Source or Source

Amazon and Apple beat earnings forecasts as they polish AI skills
Amazon and Apple on Thursday reported earnings that topped market expectations, aiming for even better days ahead with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).
August 4, 2023 — Source

Amazon's online store sales dip below 40% of net sales for first time, and other earnings notes
The chart below is what Amazon's net sales look like in raw numbers over the past several years, broken down into the major business segments reported by the Seattle-based company.
August 4, 2023 — Source

Apple reports $81.79 billion in revenue for Q3 2023 as services go from strength to strength
Big numbers everywhere.
August 4, 2023 — Source

Apple reports third quarter results are down 1% YoY
In a recent announcement, Apple reported its fiscal 2023 third quarter results, revealing a slight dip in performance. The tech giant's quarterly revenue stood at $81.8 billion, marking a 1% decrease from the previous year.
August 4, 2023 — Source

Apple slumps below $3 trillion market value as stock slides
Apple's market value has slumped below the historic $3 trillion level after the company's outlook for the fourth quarter sparked "worries" (from stock manipulators, charlatans, abject morons, and the like).
August 4, 2023 — Source

Apple stock falls 5% after reporting yet another record quarter for services
For the third time this fiscal year Apple has set a record for its growing services business that includes iCloud, Apple Music, Apple Arcade, AppleCare, Apple Card, Apple TV+, and more. The company also eclipsed analysts' expectations for revenue and EPS.
August 4, 2023 — Source

Apple's latest earnings results show the power of shrewd management
Services, investments in emerging markets, and accessories have given Apple the buoyancy it needs in challenging economic times.
August 4, 2023 — Source

Apple's services business now has more than 1B subscribers
Apple's services business now has more than 1 billion paying subscribers, the company said during its third-quarter results conference call.
August 4, 2023 — Source

Google contract workers accuse Alphabet and Accenture of violating labor laws
They said they were subjected to 'retaliatory layoffs' following unionization efforts.
August 4, 2023 — Source

Nikola CEO steps down, replaced by chairman
EV truck maker Nikola Corp. said Friday that president/CEO Michael Lohscheller is leaving the top executive positions due to a family health issue. He will be replaced by board chairman Steve Girsky, a former GM board member and the CEO of the special purpose acquisition company that merged with Nikola to make it a publicly company.
August 4, 2023 — Source

Qualcomm's quarterly results mirror broader smartphone market decline
Revenues are down, profits have halved, and the future is uncertain
August 4, 2023 — Source

SoftBank sues IRL over 'elaborate scheme' that swallowed $150M
SoftBank once invested in social app IRL at a $1.1 billion valuation. Now, the Japanese investment firm is suing the defunct company for fraud, alleging $150 million in damages.
August 4, 2023 — Source

Three Ways to Reimburse Employees for EV Home Charging: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
With the increasing adoption of electric vehicles in fleets, it is crucial for employers to understand the legal ways to reimburse employees for charging their fleet vehicles at home.
August 4, 2023 — Source

UDC reported its financial results for Q2 2023
Universal Display Corporation announced its financial results for Q2 2023, with revenues of $147 million, an operating profit of $59 million, and a net income of $50 million.
August 4, 2023 — Source

Yeolight starts installing production equipment at its $300 million 4.5-Gen OLED lighting fab
In May 2022 we reported that China-based OLED lighting developer Yeolight Technology is starting to build a 4.5-Gen OLED lighting production line, in Huaibei City, Anhui Province, China. The company is now starting to move in and install the first production equipment. The total equipment cost is estimated at 800 million Yuan.
August 4, 2023 — Source

General — Business — August 3rd, 2023

Acer Announces Q2 2023 Net Income at NT$1.39 Billion
Acer Inc. announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2023: consolidated revenues were NT$58.26 billion with 11.1% growth quarter-on-quarter (QoQ); gross profits reached NT$6.26 billion with 10.7% margin; operating income was NT$1.05 billion, up 338.6% QoQ; net income was NT$1.39 billion, up 170.2% QoQ; and earnings per share was NT$0.46 in Q2'23 and NT$0.64 in 1H'23.
August 3, 2023 — Source

Amazon reports positive Q2 2023 earnings, rides high on AWS and ads
Prime Day may also lead to a boost in Q3 earnings.
August 3, 2023 — Source or Source

Amazon stock jumps 7% after Q2 earnings beat estimates with $134.4B in revenue
Amazon shares were up more than 7% in after-hours trading Thursday after the Seattle tech giant topped analyst expectations for both profits and revenue.
August 3, 2023 — Source

Apple beats Street with third quarter earnings
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2023 third quarter ended July 1, 2023. The company posted quarterly revenue of $81.8 billion, down 1 percent year over year, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.26, up 5 percent year over year.
August 3, 2023 — Source

Apple services are making more cash than ever, but revenue shrank for the third quarter in a row
Don't worry, the company is still making money hand over fist.
August 3, 2023 — Source

Apple's Services shines as iPhone, iPad, Mac sales slip
Q3 earnings barely beat estimates amid slumping sales.
August 3, 2023 — Source

Coinbase Q2 earnings exceed estimates, signaling potential market recovery
Coinbase reported its second-quarter earnings Thursday afternoon after the bell, beating market estimates.
August 3, 2023 — Source

Developers continue to dive into the crypto space as market remains lackluster
Surveyed builders show most interest in smart contract security and account abstraction
August 3, 2023 — Source

Dogecoin Remains in Focus as Elon Musk Reportedly Seeks Partners for a Financial Trading Hub Within the X App
After stabilizing the X social media platform following the turbulent acquisition back in October 2022, Elon Musk is now reportedly looking to corner the retail financial trading sphere, replete with meme stocks and meme coins such as Dogecoin.
August 3, 2023 — Source

Emtech to advance its regtech and CBDC stack solutions with $4M led by Matrix Partners India
Emtech, an African provider of central banking infrastructure, introduced its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Innovation kit last month. The kit caters to fintechs and financial service providers interested in experimenting with solutions and business models based on digital currencies pioneered by central banks.
August 3, 2023 — Source

EventMobi acquires a16z-backed virtual events platform Run The World
EventMobi, an event management software provider based in Toronto, Canada, today announced that it's agreed to acquire Run The World, an Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)-backed platform for online events, for an undisclosed amount.
August 3, 2023 — Source

Expedia Group says 'surplus of top-tier tech talent' is boosting its strategic hiring efforts
Expedia Group's earnings report Thursday included an interesting nugget about its technology hiring efforts, indicating that the Seattle-based online travel giant is capitalizing on cutbacks in the broader tech industry.
August 3, 2023 — Source

GameStop Is Bailing on Crypto a Year After Adoption
Goodbye, wallets.
August 3, 2023 — Source

India mandates licensing for MacBook, iPad, other laptop, tablet imports in 'Make in India' push
India on Thursday said it will impose a licensing requirement for imports of MacBooks, iPads, other laptops, tablets, and personal computers with immediate effect, a move that could hit impact Apple, Dell and Samsung and force them to boost local manufacturing.
August 3, 2023 — Source

Meet Lula, a startup that aims to be the 'Stripe for insurance' and just raised $35.5M
Lula, a startup which aims to be the "Stripe for insurance," has raised $35.5 million in a Series B funding round after experiencing a massive surge in customers.
August 3, 2023 — Source

Nikola finally gets enough shareholder support to issue more shares
After three attempts and a change in Delaware law, EV truck maker Nikola was able to get enough shareholders to vote on a proposal that will allow it to issue more shares.
August 3, 2023 — Source

Nonprofits may engage in advocacy and limited lobbying, but few do so, says new research
Fewer than a third of charities in the U.S. (31%) engaged in advocacy in the last five years. This represents a dramatic decline in the past two decades, we found, even though the law allows these groups to speak up regarding the issues that affect the people they serve.
August 3, 2023 — Source

New York couple plead guilty to bitcoin laundering
A married couple from New York dubbed "Bitcoin Bonnie and Crypto Clyde" pleaded guilty on Thursday to laundering billions of dollars in stolen bitcoin, prosecutors announced.
August 3, 2023 — Source

Operational and finance tips for early-stage startups in a tough market
There is no question that this market is tough for tech startups. The market meltdown today can be compared to the dot-com meltdown in 2000 and the Great Recession meltdown in 2009. But even in tough markets, there are many survivors.
August 3, 2023 — Source

Pinterest touts Amazon partnership progress, AI in Q2 earnings beat
Popular image pinboarding and shopping inspiration site Pinterest provided an update on its recently announced Amazon partnership and its other efforts around AI during its Q2 2023 earnings this week.
August 3, 2023 — Source

Qualcomm chip sales down 25 percent, plans layoffs
Qualcomm doesn't expect a recovery next quarter, either.
August 3, 2023 — Source or Source

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet named CEO at EnterpriseDB; Adaptive CCO departs; Temporal hires ex-Hashicorp EVP
Dallas spent almost 25 years at Microsoft, most recently as vice president of cloud and artificial intelligence business development. Later, he became a senior advisor at TPG, leading its portfolio company Wind River as CEO and overseeing its $3.5 billion acquisition by Aptiv in 2022.
August 3, 2023 — Source

Worldcoin hopes to resume iris scans in Kenya
Sam Altman's crypto startup Worldcoin yesterday faced its first major hurdle in Africa when authorities in Kenya suspended its iris-scanning activities ("proof of personhood verification") over security, privacy and data protection concerns.
August 3, 2023 — Source

General — Business — August 1st, 2023

Allo is a new app that aims to help people create positive habits with their finances through mindfulness
Allo, a new financial app that can be described as Headspace for personal finance, is aiming to help users meaningfully engage with their finances without becoming overwhelmed with numbers and spending. The idea behind Allo is to help users create a mindful money practice that allows them to approach their earnings, spending, saving, investing and giving with a sense of fulfillment.
August 1, 2023 — Source

Analysis of Three Cost Containment Strategies
Senior management exerts intense pressure on fleet managers to control and/or reduce vehicle acquisition and operating expenses. Fleet managers can pursue three different strategies: cost savings, cost deferral, or cost avoidance.
August 1, 2023 — Source

AMD Earnings: 7x Increase in AI Engagements, MI300A and MI300X GPU on Track
Outlook isn't as rosy as expected, though.
August 1, 2023 — Source

Ahead of Apple earnings, analysts see the stock going higher and higher
As Apple prepares to report earnings, Wall Street analysts are adjusting their forecasts and raising their target prices to reflect the stock's 50% rally in 2023.
August 1, 2023 — Source

AMD Beats Earnings & Revenue Estimates But Cash Flow Gutted By Net Loss In H1
Chip designer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (AMD) reported its earnings results for Q2 2023 at the close of the market earlier today. AMD's revenue for the quarter remained flat sequentially but marked a $1.2 billion annual drop, indicating that the semiconductor sector's slowdown is far from over. Historically, AMD's second-quarter revenue has marked a sequential growth.
August 1, 2023 — Source

Commercial furniture and equipment procurement platform Source snags $8.5M
Source, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that helps architectural and design firms procure interior design products for commercial real estate projects, raised $8.5 million.
August 1, 2023 — Source

Curve Finance's $62M exploit exposes larger issues for DeFi ecosystem
Hackers stole around $62 million from Curve Finance on Sunday, causing a ripple effect throughout the crypto sector and raising questions about the strength of the decentralized finance ecosystem.
August 1, 2023 — Source

How SaaS architecture impacts pricing and profitability
Having worked as a solution architect and designed multiple SaaS applications, I believe many companies have struggled to choose the right SaaS architecture for their product offering. In this article, I will share my learnings to help companies that are building SaaS applications make a pragmatic decision about product architecture, while considering its impact on pricing and profits.
August 1, 2023 — Source

Marvel cuts in-house podcast team in half amidst Disney layoffs
Following audio layoffs at ABC, ESPN, and National Geographic, it doesn't seem like Disney considers audio a priority.
August 1, 2023 — Source

NATO announces $1B fund to back startups supporting 'safety, freedom and human empowerment'
After announcing plans nearly two years ago, defense alliance NATO has officially closed its first fund to back startups that are building technology strategic to NATO's own goals in defense and security.
August 1, 2023 — Source

Nile, which offers enterprise networks as a service, raises $175M
If you ask Pankaj Patel, there's too much complexity in networks today — particularly enterprise networks. Complexity has been engineered into enterprise networks over a period of decades, in fact, he argues, and it's happened because incumbents kept adding complexity to enable new functionality.
August 1, 2023 — Source

Neon, a relational database startup, lands $46M investment
Neon, a startup that's building a serverless open source alternative to AWS Aurora Postgres, today announced that it raised around $46 million in a new funding round, about $30 million of which came from Menlo VC.
August 1, 2023 — Source

Ola's Aggarwal sets eyes on AI, semiconductor design
Indian entrepreneur Bhavish Aggarwal, co-founder of ride-hailing firm Ola and electric vehicle startup Ola Electric, is venturing into fresh terrain as he navigates his businesses toward initial public offerings.
August 1, 2023 — Source

Planet to lay off 10% of staff to focus on 'highest ROI opportunities'
Satellite imagery company Planet announced on Tuesday that it is laying off 117 employees, or around 10% of the workforce, as it looks to focus on driving revenue amid an ongoing downturn in the public markets.
August 1, 2023 — Source

Ramp expands into procurement, lands Shopify as a customer
CEO says the fintech company has 'several hundred million dollars' in annualized revenue
August 1, 2023 — Source

Reddit updates its site design for logged-out users
Reddit is rolling out a number of updates to its website for logged-out users, including improved performance, a more helpful search results page and better communities and related post suggestions.
August 1, 2023 — Source

Reed Jobs, son of Steve Jobs, takes the wraps off a $200 million venture fund that will back new cancer treatments
Reed Jobs, the 31-year-old son of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, has spent his career behind the scenes. But he's "stepping into the spotlight," with a new venture capital firm to invest in new cancer treatments, DealBook reported earlier this morning.
August 1, 2023 — Source

Seattle sales software startup Outreach lays off employees again as it aims for profitability
Outreach laid off 5% of its staff, the third round of cuts in the past year for the Seattle sales software startup as part of cost-cutting efforts.
August 1, 2023 — Source

Socket lands $20M investment to help companies secure open source software
Socket, a startup that provides a scanning tool to detect security vulnerabilities in open source code, today announced that it raised $20 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
August 1, 2023 — Source or Source

Taco Bell Sued Over Misleading Photos of its Wraps and Pizzas
A disgruntled customer has sued Taco Bell after his Mexican Pizza did not look like the one advertised in the company's promotional photos.
August 1, 2023 — Source

Toyota's profits rise 78% on strong sales as the parts crunch eases
Toyota's profit for the first fiscal quarter jumped to 1.3 trillion yen ($9 billion)--a quarterly record for Japan's top automaker--as sales grew and parts shortages related to the coronavirus pandemic eased.
August 1, 2023 — Source

Tradeshift raises $70M, launches financing JV with HSBC focused on B2B trade
Global trade has been in a slump, in part due to ongoing economic pressures in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, with some glimmers of recovery on the horizon, a startup that's built business around tools to enable B2B trading has raised some money and is launching a JV that it hopes will kickstart further activity.
August 1, 2023 — Source

Uber is now a profitable, cash-generating machine
If you look at the market's reaction to Uber's quarterly results, out this morning, you might think the company performed poorly. The stock is down about 6%, most likely because the company missed the market's expectations for quarterly revenue by about $100 million.
August 1, 2023 — Source or Source or Source

General — Business — July 28th, 2023

Apple shares hit new all-time closing high
In Nasdaq trading today, shares of Apple Inc. rose $2.61, or 1.35%, to $195.83, a new all-time closing high. Today's intraday high was $196.622. Apple set its all-time intraday high of $198.23 on July 19, 2023.
July 28, 2023 — Source

Boys Club co-founders want crypto skeptics to see it as a tool, 'not just a vehicle for finance or investments'
Welcome back to Chain Reaction, a podcast that unpacks and dives deep into the latest trends, drama and news in crypto with some of the biggest names in the industry to break things down block by block for the crypto curious.
July 28, 2023 — Source

China, Indonesia, and Vietnam lead global growth for coming decade in new projections
China, India, Indonesia, Uganda, and Vietnam are projected to be among the fastest-growing economies for the coming decade, according to researchers at the Growth Lab at Harvard University.
July 28, 2023 — Source

How "windfall profits" from AI companies could fund a universal basic income
Companies like OpenAI and Google could make unthinkable profits from successful AI. Will they share the wealth?
July 28, 2023 — Source

Samsung's profits are down 95 percent for a second consecutive quarter
Samsung is still suffering under a glut of unsold memory chips.
July 28, 2023 — Source

General — Business — July 27th, 2023

a16z-backed Eco unveils Beam, a P2P crypto transfer service aiming to be a 'global Venmo'
The crypto payments space is seeing a surge of activity these days as developers strive to make decentralized finance as user-friendly as web2 experiences.
July 27, 2023 — Source

Are you going to let Sam Altman's crypto project scan your eyeballs or not?
Worldcoin's Orb tour has spread across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia
July 27, 2023 — Source

EV.energy snags $33M Series B to help utilities save billions on grid upgrades
One of the many benefits of electric vehicles is waking up to a full charge. Weekday commutes and weekend errands don't have to be interrupted by emergency trips to the gas station. Instead, all drivers have to do is plug the car in every night, just like they do with their phones.
July 27, 2023 — Source

Facebook parent Meta posts higher profit, revenue for Q2 as advertising rebounds
Facebook parent company Meta Platforms posted stronger-than-expected results for the second quarter on Wednesday, buoyed by a rebound in online advertising after a post-pandemic slump.
July 27, 2023 — Source

Hybrid is the happy work model
Is the reality of remote work all that it's cracked up to be?
July 27, 2023 — Source

Intel Q2 2023 Earnings: The Company Returns to Profitability
Intel has now announced its earnings for the second quarter of 2023, broadly beating consensus expectations regarding its top-line and bottom-line metrics.
July 27, 2023 — Source

LGD reports its financial results for Q2 2023, is on track in its 6-Gen line, but delays plans for an 8-Gen laptop OLED line
LG Display reported its financial results for Q2 2023, with revenues of 4.74 trillion Won ($3.7 billion USD) — up 7% from last quarter, and an operating loss of 881 billion Won ($690 million USD). LGD says that demand for display panels increased during the quarter.
July 27, 2023 — Source

Meta and Microsoft vets land $2.2M for startup building 'shared brain' developer platform
A new artificial intelligence startup wants to help software development teams capture, store, and query their company data and knowledge.
July 27, 2023 — Source

Samsung says second-quarter operating profit fell 95%
Samsung Electronics on Thursday reported a more than 95 percent plunge in operating profits in the second quarter owing to weak demand for memory chips.
July 27, 2023 — Source

Seattle and King County councilmembers want to help reopen Cinerama theater with $2M in grants
Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis and King County Councilmember Joe McDermott are proposing legislation to provide a financial boost to SIFF, the new owners of the Cinerama movie theater, to support the nonprofit's purchase and operation of the venue.
July 27, 2023 — Source

Startups aren't (just) a young person's game
Adjust the narrative: Experience and network take time to build
July 27, 2023 — Source

Upgrade acquires travel-focused BNPL startup Uplift for a song
Upgrade, a provider of personal credit lines and other consumer financial products, today announced that it's agreed to acquire Uplift, the buy now, pay later (BNPL) vendor, for $100 million in cash and stock.
July 27, 2023 — Source

Volkswagen profits dip as it struggles in China
Volkswagen said Thursday its profits slipped in the second quarter as it battles to regain ground in China, the German auto giant's most important market.
July 27, 2023 — Source

General — Business — July 25th, 2023

A-Alpha Bio, a biotech startup that measures and predicts protein interactions, raises $22.4M
The A-Alpha Bio team. The Seattle startup generates protein interaction data and partners with drug companies to help them find the best agents to test on a range of conditions. (A-Alpha Bio Photo)
July 25, 2023 — Source

After federal court win, Ripple's legal head still expects the battle for regulatory clarity to drag on
It's been almost two weeks since a federal court ruling settled a years-long battle between Ripple Labs and the SEC over the nature of Ripple's XRP token. Southern District of New York judge Analisa Torres ruled that the XRP token is not a security when sold to the general public, but it can be treated as a security for past XRP sales to institutional clients.
July 25, 2023 — Source

AI Will Deliver $115 Billion More to the Australian Economy, But Are Tech Pros Ready?
The adoption of AI has occurred at an almost unprecedented rate. Now, a report from the Technology Council of Australia and Microsoft suggests that generative AI alone could be worth $115 billion to the Australian economy by 2030.
July 25, 2023 — Source

AI supercharges Microsoft earnings as company reports strongest quarter ever
Microsoft just released its earnings report for FY23 Q4 (period ending June 2023). With a company as large as Microsoft, divisions trend up and down separately, but the general consensus is that this was a good quarter for Microsoft.
July 25, 2023 — Source

Alphabet reports a rise in earnings, teases generative AI in Android 14
Ad revenue is up, which is a good sign.
July 25, 2023 — Source

Elon Musk is taking his SEC fight to the Supreme Court
The Tesla chief is appealing a loss over his 'funding secured' tweet.
July 25, 2023 — Source or Source

Generative AI is empowering the digital workforce
Business leaders expect wider adoption of the technology as worker productivity and engagement grows
July 25, 2023 — Source

Google's CFO just got a promotion
Ruth Porat will oversee things like Google Fiber and Waymo's self-driving cars.
July 25, 2023 — Source

How to prevent an 'operational catastrophe'
5 steps that actually work for fast-scaling operations businesses
July 25, 2023 — Source

Jeeves hits over $40M in annualized revenue as it expands beyond corporate credit cards
In September of 2021, Jeeves began offering corporate credit cards as its primary product — with a primary focus on Latin America — after participating in Y Combinator's summer 2020 batch.
July 25, 2023 — Source

Microsoft reports $20.1B quarterly profit as it promises to lead 'the new AI platform shift'
Microsoft reported a 20% spike in quarterly profits Tuesday, helping to fuel its battle to get ahead of rivals like Google, Amazon and Facebook parent Meta in selling the latest artificial intelligence technology.
July 25, 2023 — Source

Morgan Stanley sees accelerated growth for Apple in September quarter
Investment bank Morgan Stanley expects Apple's June quarter earnings to be in line with expectations, but predicts much higher growth in the September quarter.
July 25, 2023 — Source

Sage versus QuickBooks (2023): Which software is better for you?
Sage and QuickBooks are two top brands for accounting, but which is right for your business? We'll take a closer look at each product and compare their core offerings.
July 25, 2023 — Source

Snap's revenue woes continue but earnings yield a few bright spots
Snap just reported its quarterly earnings and it's a bit of a mixed bag.
July 25, 2023 — Source

UKG versus ADP (2023): Which Software Is Better for Your Business?
If you're looking for enterprise HCM capabilities, UKG and ADP are both popular choices. To help you decide between them, we'll dive into their strengths, weaknesses and features.
July 25, 2023 — Source

Verizon's Home Internet Business Continues to Be Bright Spot as Company Reports Earnings
Home internet remains a growth area for the carrier.
July 25, 2023 — Source

General — Business — July 21st, 2023

Amazon is reportedly making employees relocate for return-to-office
The company hasn't determined how many workers will have to move.
July 21, 2023 — Source

AMC scraps plan to charge more for better seats
AMC Theaters has announced that it's dropping plans to charge more for preferred seats and less for front-row ones through a tiered pricing system. The plan, called "Sightline," was being tested in three U.S. markets since March.
July 21, 2023 — Source

Even Congress thinks its members should stop playing the stock market
Congress's newest attempt to ban itself from trading stocks, explained.
July 21, 2023 — Source

Hollywood's got a crypto critic. Should we pay attention?
It's probably wise to avoid celebrity advice on money, but The O.C.'s Ben McKenzie has a point.
July 21, 2023 — Source

Is the digital dollar dead?
Prominent politicians want to make sure a central bank digital currency never happens in the US--just as we've learned the basics of how one might work.
July 21, 2023 — Source

Computer — Business News — July 21st, 2023

Business IT model needs to change to cope with 'workquake'
A pandemic-induced shift to remote work, combined with relentless technological advances such as generative AI, has resulted in a 'workquake', causing a rapidly evolving landscape in which enterprises must adapt to new technologies, working practices, and business models without established procedures.
July 21, 2023 — Source

TSMC: 3nm Chips for Smartphones and HPCs Coming This Year
While TSMC formally started mass production of chips on its N3 (3nm-class) process technology late last year, the company is set to finally ship the first revenue wafers in the current quarter.
July 21, 2023 — Source

General — Business — July 20th, 2023

Amazon to expand palm recognition technology to all 500+ U.S. Whole Foods stores
Amazon says it will roll out its biometric palm-recognition technology to its more than 500 Whole Foods Markets stores in the United States this year.
July 20, 2023 — Source

EasyJet says to land record profits despite disruption
British airline EasyJet on Thursday said it expected record pre-tax profits during the current peak summer season despite strike action by air traffic controllers and other disruptions.
July 20, 2023 — Source

Indian software giant Infosys slashes yearly growth outlook
Indian information technology giant Infosys sharply cut its revenue growth outlook on Thursday as it reported softer-than-expected profits during the April-June quarter on the back of global economic headwinds.
July 20, 2023 — Source

Insurance Company Flew a Drone to Take Photos of Man's House and Canceled His Policy
A customer claims that he was dropped by his longtime home insurance company — based on photos taken by a "drone" over his property.
July 20, 2023 — Source or Watch Video

Musk subpoenas Elizabeth Warren days after she called for Tesla investigation
Warren urged SEC to examine Musk's actions while running Twitter and Tesla.
July 20, 2023 — Source

Nokia profits fall as clients particularly in North America shun investments
Wireless and fixed-network equipment maker Nokia on Thursday reported a fall in second quarter profit as clients especially in North America postponed investments due to a slowdown in economic growth and rising financing costs.
July 20, 2023 — Source

Nvidia, Cybertruck, Warren Buffett — 12 best Elon Musk quotes from Tesla's earnings call
Elon Musk touched on everything from cyborgs and "Game of Thrones" to Nvidia and Warren Buffett during Tesla's second-quarter earnings call on Wednesday.
July 20, 2023 — Source

On the Money: Should you combine finances with your partner?
Plus, how to think about your money after a divorce.
July 20, 2023 — Source

Shares of Non-Woke Marketplace PublicSq. (PSQH) Soar 130 Percent on Stock Market Debut
Gone are the heydays of 2021 when the de-SPAC process would almost always result in outsized gains. However, today's stock market debut of PublicSq. shares has revived the echoes of that bygone era, which was fueled by all of the stimulus-related excesses in the COVID recovery phase.
July 20, 2023 — Source

Startups with all-women founding teams raised just $1.4B in H1
U.S. startups with mixed-gender founding teams — meaning they have at least one female founder — raised $24.1 billion in the first half of 2023, which breaks down to $17.2 billion in Q1 and $6.9 billion in Q2, per the latest PitchBook data. The expectation is that funding to such companies will reach its second-highest total ever this year.
July 20, 2023 — Source

Tech-ish companies' killer IPOs are making startups look silly as hell
The inability or unwillingness of many venture-backed startups to go public is starting to sting.
July 20, 2023 — Source

TSMC reports first profit decline in four years amid global economic challenges, delays Arizona plant
Falling phone, PC, and vehicle demand impacted TSMC's bottom line
July 20, 2023 — Source

Uncertain outlook weighs on American Airlines shares despite blowout Q2
American Airlines reported blowout second-quarter earnings on Thursday on strong demand and lower jet fuel prices, but shares still tumbled on disappointment with the company's outlook.
July 20, 2023 — Source

United Airlines triples Q2 profits on strong demand
United Airlines reported on Wednesday that second-quarter profits more than tripled, benefitting from robust travel demand and a surge in international capacity.
July 20, 2023 — Source

zkEVMs and the Future of Blockchain Scalability
Let's look at layer 2s on Ethereum--their architecture, why they are needed, what zkEVMs are and how they work, and the details of the new Linea mainnet release.
July 20, 2023 — Source

General — Business — July 19th, 2023

Apple shares hit new all-time intraday and closing highs
In Nasdaq trading today, shares of Apple Inc. rose $1.37, or 0.71%, to $195.10, a new all-time closing high. Apple today also set a new all-time intraday high of $198.22.
July 19, 2023 — Source

As Egnyte continues to grow steadily, an IPO seems like the inevitable conclusion
Egnyte has never been a startup in a hurry and has been content to take a slow but steady growth trajectory over its 15-year history. Today it's a $200 million company growing at around 25% a year. That's pretty impressive for a private company at a time when many enterprise SaaS companies are struggling to reach double digits.
July 19, 2023 — Source

Blockchain startup Risc Zero grabs $40M to roll out developer platform
RISC Zero announced Wednesday it raised $40 million to boost adoption of its flagship product that helps developers build applications with zero-knowledge proofs, a complex blockchain-based protocol that proves something is true without revealing specific information.
July 19, 2023 — Source

Chinese GPU Firm Biren Plans IPO to Better Compete Against Nvidia
Despite sanctions and severe problems, Biren plans IPO.
July 19, 2023 — Source

FTC rewrites rules on Big Tech mergers with aim to ease monopoly-busting
Merger rules currently stacked in favor of monopolists, critics say.
July 19, 2023 — Source

Hightouch, which helps companies sync customer data across systems, lands $38M
Hightouch, a platform that helps companies sync customer data across different back-end databases and systems, today announced that it raised $38 million in a funding round that values the startup at $615 million.
July 19, 2023 — Source

How Bitcoin Affects the Future of Finance
Bitcoin and other virtual currencies have acquired significant popularity over recent years. Many people argue that these digital currencies can disrupt the conventional financial sector.
July 19, 2023 — Source

How Diversity in Product Engineering Teams Leads to Better Products
As engineering leaders, our ultimate goal is to deliver exceptional products that improve the lives of our users. Too often, teams fall into the trap of building products for themselves rather than articulating user needs, resulting in features that fail to gain traction.
July 19, 2023 — Source

India's Dunzo defers staff pay, to cut jobs amid funding search
Dunzo, a hyperlocal delivery startup in India, is postponing employee salaries for a month and plans a new wave of layoffs as soon as Thursday as the Google and Reliance Retail-backed startup pares its expenses amid an aggressive hunt for new funding.
July 19, 2023 — Source

New startup aims to help other companies with fusion power IP and licensing
Fusion startup ExoFusion today announced that it raised a seed round of an undisclosed amount. The company launched last year and is offering intellectual property and licensing of technology to other ventures that are trying to commercialize fusion power.
July 19, 2023 — Source

Researcher investigates left-tail momentum in the Korean stock market
Left-tail risk stocks are those whose returns fall into the extreme end on the left side of the return distribution. In the hopes of mean-reverting to the normal price, investors usually hold on to these stocks.
July 19, 2023 — Source

Paycom versus Paychex (2023): Payroll Software Comparison
Paycom and Paychex are two popular software solutions that combine payroll functionality with a broad range of HR tools. We'll cover the specifics to help you decide between the two.
July 19, 2023 — Source

Preply, the language app known for its live tutors, closes out Series C at $120M and doubles down on AI
Language learning platform Preply made a name for itself for connecting students with a selection of some 35,000 tutors and group classes across some 50 languages. Now it's looking to the future — an AI future. The company today announced that it has raised a further $70 million in funding — a combination of debt and equity — to extend its Series C to $120 million.
July 19, 2023 — Source

Ripple's XRP case 'underscores the need for regulatory clarity'
Last week, the crypto community celebrated a U.S. federal court case that ruled Ripple's XRP token does not make up illegal securities sales — but only in some cases.
July 19, 2023 — Source

Tesla income jumps 20%, but shares fall after hours amid profit concerns
Elon Musk's big bet that Tesla price cuts could boost sales and profits amid increasing competition and poor economic sentiment appears to be yielding mixed results. Sales jumped and the company beat analyst expectations for net income in the April-June quarter, although the company's profit margins declined. Tesla shares followed suit in after-hours trading.
July 19, 2023 — Source

Unstructured, which offers tools to prep enterprise data for LLMs, raises $25M
Large language models (LLMs) such as OpenAI's GPT-4 are the building blocks for an increasing number of AI applications. But some enterprises have been reluctant to adopt them, owing to their inability to access first-party and proprietary data.
July 19, 2023 — Source

You're Not Productive When Remote
For the past month, I've noticed a hilarious trend. An uptick in articles all calling for an end to remote work, be it full or hybrid. People need to get back into the office because that's how it has always been and should always be.
July 19, 2023 — Source

General — Business — Consulting — Numbers

1st Consumer Credit Counseling Alliance
Offers credit counseling and debt consolidation as an alternative to chapter 7 & chapter 13 bankruptcy.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — A

Affinity Consulting
services include training, facilitation, and development for leaders and teams in a variety of areas.
Provides a Service — Source

Alliance Consulting Group
offices located throughout the United States.
Provides a Service — Source

Allman Horrocks Consulting Ltd.
offers strategic planning, performance assessment, change management, and internet services.
Provides a Service — Source

Associates in Rural Development, Inc.
technical assistance for international development in agriculture, infrastructure, natural resource management, and institutional development.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — B

Badger by DVR Consulting, Inc.
photographic quality photo ID and badging system.
Provides a Service — Source

BBC Research and Consulting
research and consulting firm providing economic and market research, strategic planning, feasibility analyses, and impact assessments to clients nationwide.
Provides a Service — Source

Best Practices Benchmarking & Consulting, LLC
specializes in continuous-improvement strategies, information, research, and education.
Provides a Service — Source

Biz$hop
start-up help and resources publications for small business.
Provides a Service — Source

BIZavings
offering information on corporate credit building and incorporation services.
Provides a Service — Source

BIZPEP
offers various models and coaching to assist decision-making.
Provides a Service — Source

Blue Heron Consulting
provides consulting services to the utility industry.
Provides a Service — Source

Boston Consulting Group, Inc.
international, strategic and general management consulting company.
Provides a Service — Source

Boston Consulting Group, Inc. (Singapore)
strategic and general management consulting company.
Provides a Service — Source

Bourke Consulting Associates
provides strategic and operational consulting in collaborative product commerce, product data management, product configurators, and ERP systems.
Provides a Service — Source

Brand Consulting Group, Inc.
a full-service consulting firm providing training, auditing, and consulting services for the international quality standards ISO 9000, QS 9000, ISO 14000, CE Mark, and CGMP.
Provides a Service — Source

Business Brokerage Group, Inc.
specializes in the valuation, financing, negotiation, and sale of privately held companies and family businesses.
Provides a Service — Source

Business Information & Development Services, Inc. (BIDS)
electronic publishing and consulting firm which informs small businesses about upcoming government contract opportunities and provides assistance in the procurement process.
Provides a Service — Source

Business Listing Service (BLS)
Listing mid-market companies for sale — Gateway to the services and databases of M&A International, the largest world-wide network of M&A firms.
Provides a Service — Source

Business Strategy Group Consulting, Inc.
provides business, I.T., strategic planning and implementation services, with a division specializing in healthcare and insurance.
Provides a Service — Source

Businesses for Sale
UK magazine with overseas section listing all types of businesses for sale.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — C

Camden Consulting Group
assists individuals and organizations to get where they want to be through customized executive development and leadership coaching.
Provides a Service — Source

Chesapeake Consulting, Inc.
providing theory of constraints training and implementation worldwide.
Provides a Service — Source

Chicago Consulting
specializes in customer service and supply chain management.
Provides a Service — Source

Clark, Scott
syndicated columnist provides planning, consulting, and training services.
Provides a Service — Source

Cohen International and Roger S. Cohen
international business development, government contracting, Macintosh consulting, import export, web site publishing, business with Japan, technical writing.
Provides a Service — Source

Columbia Consulting Group (CCG)
offering retainer-based executive search services.
Provides a Service — Source

Consulting Alliance
offers courses to executives designed to improve productivity, effectiveness, and transformational management.
Provides a Service — Source

Consulting Women
network of women consultants in the greater Washington DC area representing years of experience in their fields and offering a wide range of services.
Provides a Service — Source

CoreTech Consulting Group, Inc.
specializing in the ability to balance the implications of introducing new technology while protecting clients current infrastructure investments.
Provides a Service — Source

CreditSunrise.com
assists entrepreneurs in North America with preparing business plans, finding appropriate funds, and learning about financing.
Provides a Service — Source

Crestone Consulting, LLC
management consulting firm specializing in increasing productivity and performance in the workplace.
Provides a Service — Source

Custom Fit Marketing
serves the marketing needs of small business: sales, planning, advertising, design for print & web site, research.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — D

Destination? Success! Inc.
offers seminars, advice, and articles on incorporation, money saving tax ideas, and more.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — E

eBusinessLeadership.net
Provides information on the next wave of Internet productivity — the Semantic Web and Web Services — and related e-business consulting services.
Provides a Service — Source

Edwin Cheung & Siu Offshore Comapny Formation
offshore, hong kong company formation (with requirements, procedures, cost), audit, tax consultancy, hk taxes summary, free initial consultation.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — F

Family Business Consulting Group
family business resources including publications, presentations, leadership development, and other services.
Provides a Service — Source

First Strike Management Consulting, Inc.
services include construction management and network consulting.
Provides a Service — Source

Forerunner Business Groupo
offers a variety of marketing publications and consulting services.
Provides a Service — Source

FosterThomas Consulting
consulting and outsourcing management services, including employee benefits planning.
Provides a Service — Source

Fraterman, Eric — Customer Focus Consulting
specializes in customer service, satisfaction, retention, and loyalty.
Provides a Service — Source

Fries and Fries Consulting
providing management, sales, and automation consulting.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — G

Gadwall Group, The
helps organizations cost-effectively acquire and manage their information technology.
Provides a Service — Source

Global Bank Training and Consulting
management and director development training and consulting services.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — H

HCI Consulting
quality management and technical documentation company.
Provides a Service — Source

HispanicBusiness.com
serving Hispanic/Latino small businesses and professionals.
Provides a Service — Source

Human-Online.com Ltd.
networks entrepreneurs with venture captialists and individual investors.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — I

IBG Business Services, Inc.
merger and acquisition services to buyers and sellers of privately-held mid-market firms.
Provides a Service — Source

ICF Consulting
advises clients regarding the environment, energy, transportation, and economic and community development. Assists clients in strategy and policy analysis, program management, and project evaluation.
Provides a Service — Source

IMERGE Consulting
consultants for imaging, workflow, document management, cold, and forms processing. Includes online training and industry links.
Provides a Service — Source

Innovation Group Consulting, Inc.
specializes in helping individuals, teams, and organizations build their capacity in innovation management.
Provides a Service — Source

Insight Consulting
coaching for professional and personal development using "Axiology" — the science of human values.
Provides a Service — Source

Integrated Consulting Group, Inc
services to improve productivity, quality, and on-time delivery.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — J

Journal of Management Consulting
worldwide forum for consultants to management.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — K

Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc.
KJCG helps leaders with diversity, team building, benchmarking, executive coaching and strategic culture change.
Provides a Service — Source

KAW Consulting
provides training and development consultation services.
Provides a Service — Source

Kibel, Green, Inc.
has provided critical consulting services to over 700 clients.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — L

Lawson Consulting Group, Inc.
offers custom-designed training programs in management, communications, team development, and quality service.
Provides a Service — Source

Ledgers
offers tips and advice about bookkeeping, taxation, legal issues, sales, and marketing.
Provides a Service — Source

Lenann McGookey Gardner Management Consulting
offers training in marketing, sales, positioning, closing skills, and more.
Provides a Service — Source

Link's Materials Consulting & Keller Group and Associates
materials and plastics consultants. Specialties include process and material selection, damage analysis, testing, design, cost analysis and more.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — M

Matthews Management Associates
executive and success coaching by Richard L. Matthews.
Provides a Service — Source

McGarry Consulting
franchise consulting firm. Also provides a resource for both franchisees and franchisors containing the latest news, views, and opportunities in the industry.
Provides a Service — Source

Mercer Delta Consulting
specializing in organizational architecture and change management by working with CEOs, senior executives, and boards of major corporations on designing and leading large-scale change.
Provides a Service — Source

Merrifield Consulting Group, Inc.
wholesale distribution management, distribution channel strategy and high performance service management.
Provides a Service — Source

Merritt-Gentry Group
The ultimate resource for out of the box innovative solutions. Consulting services, resources for sales and marketing, training materials, web design, hosting, SFA, management development and business vision design.
Provides a Service — Source

Michigan Technical Assistance Center (MTAC)
skilled professionals assist businesses in acquiring federal and state government contracts.
Provides a Service — Source

Miller Heiman, Incorporated
A professional service organization specializing in the research, design, marketing, and training of selling systems for sales management and their experienced sales representatives.
Provides a Service — Source

Mindbank Consulting Group
offering training in many advanced technology topics.
Provides a Service — Source

Mobile Software, Inc. BI and Data Warehouse Consulting.
Consultants specializing in Business Intelligence, OLAP, ROLAP, Data Warehousing, Data Transformation and executive Information Systems.
Provides a Service — Source

Multiple Intelligences Research and Consulting
offering MIDAS, an assessment tool based on Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, used to identify preferred intelligences.
Provides a Service — Source

MW Software
we maintain a technical edge while supplying our customers with affordable software.
Provides a Service — Source

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N.R. Gordon & Company, Inc
providing value added financial consulting services to emerging and mid-sized companies.
Provides a Service — Source

National Business and Disability Council
resource for companies that are hiring, working with, and marketing to people with disabilities.
Provides a Service — Source

Navigant Consulting, Inc.
providing full range of consulting services to the utilities industry.
Provides a Service — Source

Next Step
provides development and implementation of business, marketing, and sales strategies.
Provides a Service — Source

NMR Analysis and Consulting
help clients with spectral interpretations and the application of NMR technology.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — O

OCG Consulting new Zealand
providing a range of services including executive recruitment, executive leasing, and human resource consulting.
Provides a Service — Source

Online Resources Consulting Group, Inc.
technical staffing.
Provides a Service — Source

Optimum Design & Consulting
provides design and prepress services for print media, Macintosh consulting, sales, support, and training, and creative and technical Internet services.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — P

Parthenon Group, The
an entrepreneurial consulting firm engaged in strategy consulting and principal investing.
Provides a Service — Source

Professional Business Brokers, Inc.
business broker, intermediary and mergers, and acquisitons specialist representing sellers of manufacturing, distribution, and service industries.
Provides a Service — Source

Professional Implementation Consulting Services
offers MFG/PRO installation, integration, customization, conversions, and upgrades.
Provides a Service — Source

Provectus
offers services for acquiring or selling a business, licensing technology, or forming strategic alliances.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — Q

QNET Training and Consulting
ISO 9000 and CE Mark training and consulting to increase your export sales with an emphasis on minimizing documentation.
Provides a Service — Source

Qualex Consulting Services Inc.
SAS Quality Partner. Consultants with many years of broad-based industry experience.
Provides a Service — Source

Quanterion Solutions Reliability Consulting
provides reliability support for commercial and military products and systems.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — R

R&D Business Solutions
locates funding opportunities and provides proposal development for research and development firms and non-profit organizations.
Provides a Service — Source

R. Thomas Consulting and Training
offers coaching and strategy towards integrating the workplace. Also offers books, videos, cassettes, and more.
Provides a Service — Source

R.A. Clark Consulting
specializing exclusivley in human resources personnel.
Provides a Service — Source

REB Research & Consulting co.
hydrogen separations and membrane reactors consulting and manufactured products.
Provides a Service — Source

RFA Associates
full service consulting for small- to medium-sized businesses in new England.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — S

Sensors Research Consulting
offering scientific consulting to industry and non-profit organizations for the support of projects in physical sensors and measurements.
Provides a Service — Source

Silver Fox Advisors
experience and advice to help build small mid-sized businesses.
Provides a Service — Source

Simpler Consulting, Inc.
offers consulting and training services that facilitate successful Lean Conversions, with a background in manufacturing operations.
Provides a Service — Source

Small Business Edge, The
helps small business owners align their personal vision, business strategy, and business processes through coaching, consultations, and advisory services.
Provides a Service — Source

Smallbiztechnology.com
provides strategic technology solutions to small businesses and entrepreneurs. Also offers news, articles, products, and consulting services.
Provides a Service — Source

SOHO Business Group
negotiates for member small and home businesses to help obtain corporate rates on various business essentials.
Provides a Service — Source

Solon Management Consulting
strategy consulting for the new economy.
Provides a Service — Source

SparrowHawk Consulting Company, Inc.
helps organizations grow and develop.
Provides a Service — Source

SRI Consulting's Technology and Innovation Management Group
specializes in creating growth and opportunity from technology advancements and innovation.
Provides a Service — Source

Statistical Consulting, Janis E. White, Ph.D.
contract consulting and on-site training in the application of statistics.
Provides a Service — Source

Strategic Business Consulting
offering services to capitalise on the use of technology for risk and document management, worker compensation, litigation support, and more.
Provides a Service — Source

Strategic Studies
specializing in research, evaluation and development of programs and policies for educational institutions, other non-profit organizations and small businesses.
Provides a Service — Source

Stress Management Consulting
provide training in stress management, crisis management and multi-cultural issues to corporations and human services agencies.
Provides a Service — Source

Stymeist Enterprises Technology Solutions
provides technical consulting in the Sacramento area.
Provides a Service — Source

Summit Consulting Group, Inc
services, speaking topics, books, videos and audio cassettes.
Provides a Service — Source

Sundance Consulting
offers organizational change and transition management consulting, as well as executive leadership development training.
Provides a Service — Source

Symbiosis Consulting
helps clients translate visions into organizational strategies and workable initiatives.
Provides a Service — Source

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The Business Connection, Inc.
business brokerage company for buying and selling businesses in new Hampshire.
Provides a Service — Source

The Process Approach
Dump all those non-value-adding documented procedures and use this site to develop your management system so it conforms to ISO 9001-2000.
Provides a Service — Source

Thomas A. Little Consulting
offering quality and productivity improvement training courses and services.
Provides a Service — Source

Trevari Publishing & Consulting
specializes in management analysis, cost analysis and comparison and production efficiency.
Provides a Service — Source

Triple M Systems
Principles and Procedures improve odds of survival, rapid growth, achieving goals of business owners.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — V

Venture Advantage
contributing financial, marketing, and operations support to new technology and Internet ventures.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — W

Water Resources Consulting Services
offers hydrology and hydraulics software.
Provides a Service — Source

WebFinance Consulting
draws upon expertise in internet development and the financial industry to serve as a full-service consultancy for the online financial services sector.
Provides a Service — Source

Weeks Group, The
Meeting the needs of small businesses: financial analysis, business planning, interim staffing, seminars and a newsletter of these and related topic.
Provides a Service — Source

Wilkofsky Gruen-Research Consulting
research consulting in the media, entertainment, and telecommunications industries.
Provides a Service — Source

WorkplaceToolbox
providing members a variety of services including performance reviews, job descriptions, teambuilding and mentoring programs, mission statements, and more.
Provides a Service — Source

Worldwide Fleet Management and Consulting
domestic and international fleet cards, services, consulting, and fleet solutions for multinational corporations around the world.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — Y

York Consulting Team, The
specializing in teambuilding, virtual teamwork, 360 Degree Feedback, large systems culture change, and executive coaching.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Consulting — Z

Zimmerman Business Consulting
specizalizes in business development for consumer goods and emerging companies.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — CryptoCurrency — A

Almost no one uses Bitcoin as currency, new data show. It's actually more like gambling
Bitcoin boosters like to claim Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies, are becoming mainstream. There's a good reason to want people to believe this.
June 23, 2023 — Source

As SEC files motion to freeze Binance assets, crypto market remains greenAs SEC files motion to freeze Binance assets, crypto market remains green
A day after the SEC filed 13 charges against Binance and CEO Changpeng Zhao, as well as BAM Trading and BAM Management, it has requested a temporary restraining order to freeze assets for all of the parties involved, according to a filing on Tuesday. The filing shows that the motion was granted.
June 6, 2023 — Source

General — Business — CryptoCurrency — B

Beyond Bitcoin: IMF champions central bank digital currencies
A blockchain-less future for digital money accepted everywhere in the world
June 27, 2023 — Source

Bitcoin's Fundamentals Begin To Improve as the IMF and the Fed Concede That Crypto Is Here To Stay
Bitcoin's bulls continue to pin their hopes on the upcoming halving event — which is now just around 300 days away — to return to the merry days of rip-roaring gains. These expectations are now catalyzing a creeping improvement in the cryptocurrency's fundamentals.
June 23, 2023 — Source

Blockchain is a key technology--a computer scientist explains why the post-crypto-crash future is bright
People hear a lot about blockchain technology in relation to cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, which rely on blockchain systems to keep records of financial transactions between people and businesses. But a crash in public trust in cryptocurrencies like TerraUSD--and therefore a massive drop in their market value--doesn't mean their underlying technology is also worthless.
June 6, 2023 — Source

General — Business — CryptoCurrency — C

Can banks push Bitcoin to clean up its act?
Banks and asset managers have a big stake in Bitcoin, so Greenpeace wants them to crack down on the cryptocurrency's pollution.
July 11, 2023 — Source

Crypto startup Pillow, backed by Accel and Quona, to discontinue all services
Singapore-headquartered Pillow plans to discontinue all its services and app in the coming weeks, it warned customers Friday, citing regulatory uncertainty that has claimed countless other crypto startups in recent quarters.
June 23, 2023 — Source

Crypto, influencers targeted in Kenya's new tax bid
Kenya is proposing new taxes targeting the digital economy in a bid to grow domestic revenues and narrow its fiscal deficit in response to the ongoing cash crunch.
May 5, 2023 — Source

Cryptominers Repurpose GPU Farms Amid AI Hardware Shortage
Miners spent $15 billion on GPUs, and are looking to retarget their massive processing power to improve profits.
May 11, 2023 — Source

General — Business — CryptoCurrency — D

DZone Software Design and Architecture Integration Ethereum and EVM Traces Explained
Understanding Ethereum transactions on your smart contracts is limited. EVM traces from Infura's Trace API give you information for debugging and analysis.
June 9, 2023 — Source

General — Business — CryptoCurrency — E

Elon Musk accused of manipulating Dogecoin price in $258 billion lawsuit
How much money does one man need?
June 2, 2023 — Source or Source or Source

General — Business — CryptoCurrency — F

Feds charge two men for the $400 million Bitcoin hack that took down Mt. Gox
The Department of Justice accuses Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner of laundering 647,000 stolen Bitcoins in 2011.
June 9, 2023 — Source or Source or Source

General — Business — CryptoCurrency — H

Higher interest rates are fostering a fintech comeback story
While rapidly rising interest rates in the United States have caused more than a few financial institutions to topple, a group of well-known fintech companies are posting signs of a comeback.
May 11, 2023 — Source

General — Business — CryptoCurrency — M

Miner Pivots 38,000 GPUs From Crypto to AI
Cryptomining companies that have successfully weathered the tumultuous crypto market to survive have had to adapt by radically changing their business models. The latest example of this is Hive Blockchain, which used to focus its huge GPU resources (about 38,000 graphics cards) on Ethereum mining, until about a year ago.
July 3, 2023 — Source

General — Business — CryptoCurrency — N

Now might be a good time to consider quitting crypto
What the SEC's lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase mean for the future of cryptocurrencies — and for you.
June 8, 2023 — Source

General — Business — CryptoCurrency — R

Robot swarms neutralize harmful Byzantine robots using a blockchain-based token economy
In a new study, researchers from Universite libre de Bruxelles demonstrate the potential of blockchain technology, known from cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, to secure the coordination of robot swarms.
June 30, 2023 — Source

General — Business — CryptoCurrency — S

SEC settles with former Coinbase employee over insider trading charges
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled charges with a former Coinbase product manager and his brother for engaging in insider trading, the agency announced Tuesday.
May 30, 2023 — Source

General — Business — CryptoCurrency — T

The SEC's situationship with Binance and Coinbase keeps getting messier
Welcome back to Chain Reaction.
June 8, 2023 — Source

General — Business — CryptoCurrency — U

U.S. Bitcoin Mining Consumed 50 Billion kWh of Energy in 2022
"Making cryptominers pay for costs they impose on others", wrote the White House.
May 5, 2023 — Source

General — Business — CryptoCurrency — W

Why Brian Brooks Resigned as the CEO of Binance US in 2021 and How the SEC Is Now Going After Coinbase
As the crypto world collectively stands in awe of the regulatory hammer that just dropped on Binance and Coinbase, clarity is slowly creeping in on the long-term ramifications of the SEC's expansive complaint against some of the world's biggest crypto exchanges.
June 6, 2023 — Source

General — Business — E-commerce — Numbers

1 EDI Source, Inc.
Consulting firm specializing in the implementation of Electronic Commerce/EDI field.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — E-commerce — A

African B2B e-commerce startup Sabi tops $300M valuation in new funding
Sabi, a Lagos-based B2B e-commerce startup providing digital commerce infrastructure to Africa's informal economy, has raised $38 million in Series B funding at a valuation of $300 million, according to two people familiar with the matter, signaling revived investor interest in a B2B e-commerce market going through some reckoning.
May 19, 2023 — Source

AtWebo
Provides e-commerce consulting to traditional small businesses.
Provides a Service — Source

Aureus Solutions, Inc.
Monrovia, MD based firm specializing in IBM's Net.Commerce. Provides e-commerce, document management, and database systems consulting and custom programming.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — E-commerce — C

Checks online and online checking
Check writing software and check printing software are at ChekFaxx.
Provides a Service — Source

Credit Card Terminal — Credit Card Equipment & Credit Card Processing
Accept credit cards with credit card equipment provided by CardPay.net. Become a high volume merchant account.
Provides Products — Source

Crimson Consulting Group
Specializes in e-commerce and internet marketing.
Provides a Service — Source

Cygnusoft
Provider of E-Commerce systems and custom Web-Based and Client/Server systems.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — E-commerce — D

Dana Consulting
Full service consulting firm specializing in Internet, e-commerce and client-server development, network support and administration.
Provides a Service — Source

DeLetto Consulting, Inc.
Assisting clients implement a comprehensive range of Internet information services; specializing in e-commerce solutions.
Provides a Service — Source

Deloitte Consulting
Deloitte Consulting is one of the world's leading eBusiness consulting firms, providing services to transform your entire enterprise — your strategy, processes, information technology, and people.
Provides a Service — Source

Dialog Corporation, The
Technology and eCommerce solutions provider to the corporate market.
Provides a Service — Source

Discover the secrets to success for free.
Astonishing Secrets to Success, Money, Freedom, and Financial Independence
Provides a Service — Source

Drayton, Drayton & Lamar, Inc.
World wide consulting dedicated to eCommerce, eBusiness and EDI.
Provides a Service — Source

Dun & Bradstreet
is the leading provider of business-to-business credit, marketing, purchasing, and receivables management and decision-support services worldwide.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — E-commerce — E

ECNow.com
Strategic electronic commerce & communication consulting, based in Silicon Valley.
Provides a Service — Source

ecommerce howto
How to do e-commerce on the Internet
Provides a Service — Source

Entee Global Services
Provides design, development, implementation and management of core IT business systems.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — E-commerce — F

Food delivery by drone is just part of daily life in Shenzhen
The Chinese delivery giant Meituan flies drones between skyscrapers to kiosks around the city. I went to see how it works.
May 23, 2023 — Source

FrontierWorks
A professional services firm that helps businesses accelerate their eBusiness results.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — E-commerce — G

Gentoo Technologies, LLC
Provider of e-business solutions specializing in dynamic database applications on the internet.
Provides a Service — Source

Grange Management Consultants
Specialists in BACS, batch faxing, bank account number validation, and messaging systems for a variety of platforms. Most systems are also available for the IBM AS/400 computer range.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — E-commerce — I

InfoMaker Inc.
Provider of enterprise wide E-business, database, data warehousing and decision support consulting services. Located in Glenview, IL, USA.
Provides a Service — Source

Interactive Marketing Research
Consulting firm specializing in customizable, pre-packaged e-commerce solutions.
Provides a Service — Source

Interneka
is your development team and marketing department, and we can help you find credit card processing and a shopping cart. If you have the vision, we can help it become a reality.
Provides a Service — Source

Internet Highway
Specializes in Able Commerce installation, as well as custom programming in Cold Fusion, ASP, and other cutting edge technologies.
Provides a Service — Source

Intershop
Describes a wide variety of e-commerce services.
Provides a Service — Source

Intertronix Security Seals
Your source for Tamper Evident and Warranty seals, holograms and labels for electronics, pharmaceutical, harsh environment and government.
Provides Products — Source

Itelligence
Global consulting firm providing integrated e-business and IT solutions.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — E-commerce — K

Keynote — the Internet Performance Authority
Keynote Systems is the leading supplier of performance measurement, diagnostic and consulting services to companies that operate E-commerce web sites.
Provides a Service — Source

Kolaco
An information management and consulting firm.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — E-commerce — L

Lumen Media Services Limited
Internet consultancy providing internet and intranet strategy for clients.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — E-commerce — M

Mentor Consultants, Inc
Specialists in client/server development, internet and intranet applications.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — E-commerce — N

Northridge Systems
Internet consulting firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. E-commerce solutions and Windows business applications.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — E-commerce — O

OAO Technology Solutions
builds, integrates and supports IT infrastructures.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — E-commerce — P

Pacesetter Services
E-Commerce solutions from marketing help to web hosting, promotion, credit card acceptance & processing. Everything you need to get up and running fast!
Provides a Service — Source

Performance Support, Incorporated
Information Technology services company headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama.
Provides a Service — Source

Pitman Company
Pitman provides a full range of graphic communication products, including the latest digital imaging systems and supplies, traditional prepress items, products for the pressroom, as well as wide format ink jet, solvent and UV equipment, Ink and Media. Because the items we offer are produced by a wide variety of manufacturers, you can be sure:
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PlaNet Consulting, Inc.
Provides outsourcing consulting, design, e-business implementation and project management services.
Provides a Service — Source

Politech Consulting Group Inc.
offering e-commerce, database design, and general IT consulting services.
Provides a Service — Source

Pro_EDI
Complete EDI translation software supporting all X12 and EDIFACT versions and transaction sets for Windows and UNIX.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — E-commerce — R

RAM Associates, Inc.
An e-commerce consulting company.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — E-commerce — S

Sapient Corporation
E-services consultancy providing Internet strategy consulting and sophisticated Internet-based solutions.
Provides a Service — Source

Solutions, Staffing & Education
E-commerce consultants in the St. Louis area.
Provides a Service — Source

Spartan Internet
Offers e-commerce hosting and custom development services.
Provides a Service — Source

Study examines sustainability of grocery delivery
The COVID-19 pandemic saw a marked surge of e-commerce and online grocery delivery services that persisted past lockdown conditions.
July 14, 2023 — Source

General — Business — E-commerce — T

The Lewin Group
Offers e-commerce consulting, networking and Internet solutions.
Provides a Service — Source

Thinking Internet Management
Guiding organisations through development and implementation of online communication strategies and e-commerce risk management.
Provides a Service — Source

Touch World, Inc.
EDI consulting and training.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — E-commerce — U

Ulteritec
Specialize in automating business processes for retail and wholesale companies.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — E-commerce — W

Wipro Infotech
E-Commerce business partner in the global markets.
Provides a Service — Source

World-Link Group Consulting Services
provides market analysis, strategic planning, product development, analytic testing, FDA/USDA compliance, and more.
Provides a Service — Source

WWW Consortium on Electronic Payments, The
Presents information on the electronic commerce market.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — E-commerce — X

Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd.
Xamax is the consultancy vehicle for Roger Clarke, a longstanding specialist and author in the electronic commerce area, based in Canberra, Australia.
Provides a Service — Source

Xpragma
Independent IT research, analysis and consulting firm.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Economic — A

American Community Network
ACN is a searchable database of demographic and economic statistics for every county and metro area in America, along with links to economic development sites.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Economic — C

Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Multi-disciplinary social sciences research centre at the Australian National University with primary focus on indigenous Australian economic policy and economic development issues.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Economic — D

Debt Relief International
UK-based non-profit organisation established in order to assist Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) to manage their own debt strategy and analysis, without having to rely on international technical assistance.
Provides a Service — Source

Dismal Scientist, The
Provides economic data and analysis. Includes feature articles, forecasts, an economic calendar and links to related sites.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Economic — E

Economic Development Network
Providing data on communities that want economic development to companies and entrepreneurs planning facilities location or site selection projects.
Provides Information — Source

Economic Development Research Group
Articles, resources & consulting on economic impact analysis and economic development program evaluation.
Provides Information — Source

EDIRC
A worldwide index of economics departments, institutes and research centers.
Provides Information — Source

EDIRC, Economic Development
Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers presents an attempt by Christian Zimmermann of the Center for Research on Employment and Economic Fluctuations, University of Quebec to index all Economic Development web sites.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Economic — F

FRB: Federal Open Market Committee
Schedule and minutes of Federal Open Market Committee from the Federal Reserve Board.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Economic — G

Gerard Debreu Winner of the 1983 Nobel Prize in Economics
Gerard Debreu, a Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics, at the Nobel Prize Internet Archive.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Economic — H

Hal R. Varian' s Home Page
Research on industrial organization at Berkeley.
Provides Information — Source

Humphrey Hawkins Testimony and Report to the Congress
Semiannual report on monetary policy and U.S. economic performance from the Federal Reserve.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Economic — I

International Development Exchange
Builds partnerships to overcome economic and social injustice and work toward people's greater control over their resources, political structures, and economic processes that affect their lives.
Provides Information — Source

International Development Research Centre
A public corporation created by the Canadian government to help communities in the developing world find solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems through research.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Economic — M

MPSGE — (Mathematical Programming System for General Equilibrium analysis)
describes the GAMS subsystem for CGE-modeling developed by Thomas Rutherford. Introduction, material for self-study, papers and downloadable library of examples.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Economic — N

NERA Economic Consulting
economist consultants creating strategies, studies, reports, expert testimony, and policy recommendations that reflect a specialization in industrial and financial economics and law.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Economic — P

Problems in Microeconomics
a set of practice problems and interactive lecture displays for students and faculty in introductory courses in microeconomics.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Economic — Q

Quantitative Macroeconomics & Real Business Cycles
This is a collection of links to several resources about quantitative macroeconomics and especially real business cycle (RBC) theory on the World-Wide Web.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Economic — T

The Review of Economic Studies
Journal that publishes on economic theory incl. game theory, general equilibrium analysis, microeconomics etc.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Economic — U

U.S. Department of Justice: Antitrust Division
Official home page with public documents, antitrust case filing and updates.
Provides Information — Source

United Nations Development Fund for Women
Promotes women's empowerment and gender equality, working for participation of women in all levels of development planning and practice.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Education — A

Academy Leadership
Bring the results-driven power of proven leadership practice to the corporate world, providing the essential skill training required to achieve business success.
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Acumen
Tailored training and development for management, organisations, teams, leaders, salespeople and individuals.
Provides a Service — Source

AKT Productions
Offers learning and development resources.
Provides a Service — Source

Ally Business Developers
Training on your site for project management, quality, leadership, communication, sales, marketing, and all areas of management.
Provides a Service — Source

AML Group
Provides social etiquette and international protocol training. Based in San Francisco, CA.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Education — B

Breakthrough Management Group
Provider of Six Sigma training and consulting services.
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Boiling Point
Leverages a company's intellectual and creative capital to quickly solve problems and generate new ideas, whether through on-site workshops, online forums, or an ongoing creativity pipeline process.
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Business Training Works
Business Training Works is a comprehensive business training provider. Offering onsite management seminars tailored to your organization's needs.
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General — Business — Education — C

Changeworks inc
Specializes in personal, professional, and organizational change, helping individuals and organizations overcome obstacles to productivity.
Provides a Service — Source

Communicate Institute
Provides training and profile assesments in people skills development. Topics include teamwork, leadership, inter-personal communication, time mastery, coping with stress, attitude enhancement and motivation.
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Continuing Education--Self-study CPE for CPAs
Continuing Professional Education, Self-study for CPAs, and other business professionals.
Provides a Service — Source

CultureConnects.com
Consulting with for-profit and not-for-profit clients in managing organizational culture as a strategic asset.
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General — Business — Education — D

Deliberate Directions
Rob Spear, President of Deliberate Directions, is a professional speaker, family coach, business advisor and meeting facilitator who will help you build value-added relationships in your business or family.
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Ed Heckman Training Services
include training delivery, curriculum development, root cause analysis, and training program development.
Provides a Service — Source

Education Consulting Service
features books on teaching exceptional children, and provides inservice workshops for educators.
Provides a Service — Source

Esteemed Human Development International
Self-esteem expert Betsy Haas, provides keynote and motivational speaking, interactitive workshops on managerial coaching, team building, communication, self-esteem/motivaion, goal setting, stress management, time management, and staff appreciation.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Education — F

FAI Utility Finance and Accounting for Financial Professionals
A professional development course intended for those who work with electric, gas, water or telephone companies.
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Foley-Belsaw
Foley-Belsaw provides a variety of at-home, hands-on training in high demand fields where you can start your own business. Free opportunity kit.
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FunCPE: a fun low-cost approach to CPE for CPA's
Provides free and low-cost continuing professional education (CPE) to CPA's in an entertaining format. Course subjects include software, tax and popular business books.
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General — Business — Education — G

Guide to Defaulted Student Loans
a comprehensive guide for student loan borrowers with defaulted student loans.
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Hoover's Company Information
The Business Network was built to serve the needs of people behind desks.
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Humor Profits.com
Dr. Joseph Michelli provides training and keynotes to corporations and organizations related to the positive benefits derived from humor and a playful corporate culture.
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Image Power
Specializes in impression-management skills in the areas of corporate grooming, business dress sense, business and social etiquette, presentation skills and protocol relating to formal functions.
Provides a Service — Source

Improventures.com
Enhance teamwork and innovation in your company through a fun, interactive class using improvisation to heighten awareness of how we communicate.
Provides a Service — Source

Influence Systems, Inc.
Organizational development and learning systems firm.
Provides a Service — Source

International Staffing University
Year-around training located in Southern California and at-your-site for the temporary help and staffing industry.
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General — Business — Education — J

Joan Charles International
Unique and effective business training courses developed by internationally renowned business advisor, Joan Charles.
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General — Business — Education — K

Kelley Communication Development
Provider of effective and affordable business training and consulting services, including on-site training in project management, work systems, problem solving and organizational development.
Provides a Service — Source

Keyes Customer Service
Focuses on helping develop practical customer service skills that produce improved performance and bottom-line results.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Education — M

MindHarbor Business Resources
Business resource community.
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Mindstudio.net
Offers live and self-study seminars for small businesses and self-employed individuals.
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MentorU.com
Learning Network for business and personal development.
Provides a Service — Source

Motiv8 Training Consultants
Delivering results to the motor, financial and retail industries worldwide through training, innovation and interaction.
Provides a Service — Source

My Own Business, Inc.
The My Own Business course is geared toward the entrepreneur who wants to start his or her own business.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Education — N

Nahabit and Associates, Inc.
Seminars for the purchasing and supply management.
Provides a Service — Source

NLT Training Services Ltd
Provides services to companies where employee training and development is integral to the success of their business.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Education — O

Oil and Gas Website Directory
The online oil and gas website directory.
Provides a Service — Source

OSHA
directs a staff of more than 2,200. the goal is to reduce workpalce injuries, illnesses, and fatalities among the more than 100 million workers at six million work sites that come under OSHA's jurisdiction.
Provides a Service — Source

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Peak Performance
Peak Performance is a nationally recognized experience-based training and development firm known for effective training that produces long-remembered and much talked about events that dramatically contribute to positive change in organizations.
Provides a Service — Source

Peak Performance Associates
A sales and management training company that specializes in growing your people and your profits. we offer live Brian Tracy business products, seminars, coaching and a free newsletter.
Provides a Service — Source

Presidio World College
Offers online programs centered on sustainable business development and social entrepreneurship.
Provides a Service — Source

Personal Dynamics — UK
Provides training in public speaking, presentation skills, confidence building, stammers and personal development coaching.
Provides a Service — Source

Professional Automated Self-Study (PASS)
Offers interactive self study courses.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Education — R

RN Database
USA business registration identification numbers database.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Education — S

Service Enhancement Associates
Service Enhancement Associates provides training workshops and technical assistance throughout the US on issues and services related to the employment of persons with disabilities.
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Southern Federal Tax Institute, Inc.
Continuing education seminars offer topics on current federal tax legislation and issues for tax attorneys, accountants, trust officers, financial estate planners.
Provides a Service — Source

Surviving Small Business
Seminar focused on business start up, preparing your business plan and other essential knowledge to start and run a small business.
Provides a Service — Source

Symbiosis Consulting
Business consulting firm that helps clients turn their vision into reality, translating organizational strategies into workable initiatives that foster employee commitment.
Provides a Service — Source

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The Holt
A nationwide business support organization specializing in four areas. Team and leadership skills development, business training, corporate entertainment and specialist consultancy.
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The Idea Exchange, Inc.
Training for frontline supervisors, customer service and outside sales.
Provides a Service — Source

The Leader's Edge
Provides a practical learning and developmental experience for executive women which prepares them to enhance their effectiveness and success as senior leaders in their organizations.
Provides a Service — Source

The Leadership Challenge
Authors Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner will share with you the five core practices that exemplary leaders rely on to perform their personal best.
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The McDonald Group
Helps clients improve marketing and operations profitability and effectiveness.
Provides a Service — Source

The National Institute for Excellence in Professional Education
Courses available as live seminars or self-study.
Provides a Service — Source

The Protocol School of Washington
Professional etiquette and protocol training and certification.
Provides a Service — Source

The Public Register's Annual Report Service
Investors can always obtain a company's annual report simply by calling the corporation's investor relations department or by visiting their corporate web site on the Internet.
Provides a Service — Source

Training Dynamics
A training and consulting firm providing customized programs to improve management skills, team building, communication skills, customer service, sales and career development.
Provides a Service — Source

Total Image Specialist
Marlys K. Arnold, — Marlys teaches both companies and individuals how to build a better image.
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Turning Point Presents
Helps companies and organizations, large and small, achieve higher profits, increased productivity, better quality and lower costs through various programs of coaching, consulting and training.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Education — U

Univ. of NH Center for Family Business
Providing education and assistance to the entrepreneurial family in finding solutions to its unique business challenges.
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General — Business — Education — W

Workforce Learning
Delivers leadership development training, 360 multi-rater feedback instruments, Carlson Learning products, DISC, time management, listening and stress management.
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General — Business — Employment — A

AI could replace 80% of jobs 'in next few years': expert
Artificial intelligence could replace 80 percent of human jobs in the coming years--but that's a good thing, says US-Brazilian researcher Ben Goertzel, a leading AI guru.
May 9, 2023 — Source

AlleVonTech.com — Fastest Growing Career Site
1 of the largest employment sites for job seekers, employers & recruiters including Instant Resume Distribution, Building and Resources.
Provides a Service — Source

Amazon again accused of breaking labor laws at unionized warehouse
The NLRB says the company changed policies without negotiating with unionized workers.
May 23, 2023 — Source

Are 'prompt engineer' jobs real? Yes, but maybe not for long.
It's the fantasy of Stable Diffusion image addicts, ChatGPT tinkerers, and everyone else who can't get enough of the new crop of AI content generation toys — I mean tools: to get rich just by playing around with AI.
May 30, 2023 — Source

Arthur's Job Base
A reviewed list of employment and job resources available on the world wide web.
Provides a Service — Source

Ask the Headhunter
Column written by a headhunter with advice for job seekers, career changers and potential headhunters.
Provides a Service — Source

Associated Consulting Technicians, Inc.
scheduling, estimating, claims, and management for a variety of construction projects.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Employment — B

Bertram Consulting
for executive search in the IT industry and the management of startups in European high-tech enterprises.
Provides a Service — Source

Braun Consulting Group
human resources, union/labor relations and personnel expertise.
Provides a Service — Source

Brilliant People
Offers information on career planning, relocation, industry and national hiring trends, and resume advice.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Employment — C

Career and Resume Services
including articles, book reviews, weekly career tips, resume critique, and newsletter — all free.
Provides a Service — Source

Career Consulting Corner
Provides career assessments, interviewing tips, resume writing and procedures, cover letter examples, job search information,career products, articles, job bank and resume bank.
Provides a Service — Source

Career Consulting Services, Inc.
providing career opportunities for employee benefits professionals, benefits networking, and career counseling.
Provides a Service — Source

Career Cruising
Interactive career guide featuring multimedia interviews with real people in every career, in-depth occupational profiles and comprehensive information on colleges and universities.
Provides a Service — Source

Career Exchange
Career Exchange is an international career search database. Job seekers can search for employment opportunities by keyword or category, or post their resume.
Provides a Service — Source

Career Moves: Jewish Vocational Service
Access advice on finding a job, post your resume, and browse the job listings and company profiles.
Provides a Service — Source

Career Services by Resume to Referral
This site features great career-related resources, such as articles, critique service, marketing services, and a sponsored scholarship giveaway.
Provides a Service — Source

CareerJet Jobs in USA
Careerjet is a job search engine designed to make the process of finding a job on the internet easier for the user.
Provides a Service — Source

CareerMosaic
Use the search engine to find job vacancies. offers resume advice and a job fair calendar. Post your resume for free.
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Careerperfect.com
Career, job, interviewing and resume advice, salary surveys and negotiation.
Provides a Service — Source

Careers.wsj.com
The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition offers feature articles, columns, job-hunting and career-planning advice, job listings, hiring trends, FAQs and an online bookstore.
Provides a Service — Source

CollegeRecruiter.com
The mission of CollegeRecruiter.com is to be the premiere information source for college students, grads and recent graduates who are seeking employment and business opportunities.
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Cybermation Inc.
Develops, markets and supports enterprise-wide systems management software with a focus on workload management and job scheduling for automated operations and software change management.
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Dell wants employees back in the office, and they are mad
How do you lay off employees without laying off employees?
May 11, 2023 — Source

DocuSign joins growing list of tech companies summoning employees back to the office
Another tech company wants its employees back in the office.
May 2, 2023 — Source

General — Business — Employment — E

Employers should think twice before implementing peer recognition programs
In fast-paced and often rapidly changing work environments, employers continue to seek new and improved ways to recognize employees in the workplace. However, new research from the University of Waterloo suggests that public peer recognition may backfire by enabling comparisons among employees, and these comparisons may make some employees feel unfairly treated.
June 8, 2023 — Source

Employment411.com
Resume posting, writing and distribution, freelance and work at home opportunities plus online employment training resources.
Provides a Service — Source

Equal Opportunity Publications
Find employment issues and stats concerning ethnic minorities, women, and people with disabilities. Includes links to jobs and employers.
Provides a Service — Source

Eriss.com
Provider of workforce intelligence for job seekers and employers.
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Fabjob.com
Advice from articles, or order a fabjob e-book to find out how to have the career of your dreams.
Provides a Service — Source

FaxResume.com
Fax your Resume online instantly. Get the job, Get your resume there first with FaxResume.com!
Provides a Service — Source

FaxMyResume.com
Fax your resume from the Internet. Only $10 to fax up to 40 pages! don't get lost in recruiters' email inboxes — stand out from the crowd by faxing your resume!
Provides a Service — Source

Find a Job
SnagAJob.com features full-time and part-time jobs with great companies. Start your job search, get helpful advice, and apply online. your next job is just a click away with SnagAJob.com
Provides a Service — Source

Focus Career
A career and education planning system for use by students, employees seeking a change in their career or job, moms returning to the workplace and retirement planners seeking new career options.
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Getting good job references
An article on getting and keeping good job references.
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HireKnowledge
we constantly strive to match interesting jobs with extraordinary people. we do this by specializing in jobs for cutting-edge creative, technical, and management professionals.
Provides a Service — Source

HotResumes.com
Post your Resume for FREE!
Provides a Service — Source

How remote work is changing American culture
The shift to remote work and the hybrid office over the past three years is changing how we live and work.
May 12, 2023 — Source

HR Consulting Associates
aids clients with employment law, pay systems, equality and diversity, policies, staff surveys, and outplacement.
Provides a Service — Source

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IBM to pause hiring for jobs that AI could do
International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said the company expects to pause hiring for roles it thinks could be replaced with artificial intelligence in the coming years.
May 2, 2023 — Source or Source or Source or Source

In Demand Recruitment and Consulting Inc.
specializes in temporary, contract, and permanent placement options in Edmonton, Calgary, and surrounding areas.
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JamminJobs.com
Employers can post their jobs and job seekers can search for free.
Provides a Service — Source

Job seekers: How can you tell if a company is serious about their sustainability claims?
Don't be deceived by greenwashing
June 27, 2023 — Source

JobHuntersBible.com
Richard Bolles, the author of "What Color is your Parachute," a great career counseling book, oversees this site. He includes links on jobs, resumes, research and counseling.
Provides a Service — Source

JobsOnline.com
Thousands of Jobs.
Provides a Service — Source

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LA Times Cuts 74 Newsroom Positions Including 'Several' Photographers
The Los Angeles Times has announced severe job cuts eliminating 74 newsroom positions including "several" photographer positions, representing 13% of the newsroom.
June 9, 2023 — Source

Land that Job
Career resource center with listing of links to job listings, business opportunities, and student sites.
Provides a Service — Source

Locum Tenens | Internatioanl Locum Tenens | VISTA Staffing Solutions
Locum Tenens — VISTA Staffing Solutions is a full service staffing company specializing in locum tenens and permanent placement for medical doctors (physicians) and practice settings (clients).
Provides Products — Source

Lostrefunds.com
Easy to run home business, great pay. Large demand in all area's of the U.S.
Provides a Service — Source

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Monster Board, The
Provides an online job-search database. Includes job market trends and resume advice.
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NetWorker Career Services, Inc.
Customized Internet job searches, career news & information, career planning center, links to coping with job loss articles.
Provides a Service — Source

New strategies to improve the transition from school to work for young people with disabilities
A deeper level and different kind of coordination, collaboration, and cooperation are needed to narrow the gap in employment opportunities between youth and young adults with and without disabilities.
May 23, 2023 — Source

New World Training & Consulting
offering individual career coaching as well as corporate training and consulting.
Provides a Service — Source

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Occupational Outlook Quarterly
Publication for career guidance professionals, job seekers, and students. Includes employment projections from Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Provides a Service — Source

Olx Group cuts 800 jobs as it shuts down some markets
Olx Group, the online marketplace and classifieds business arm of Prosus, has cut around 800 jobs globally. Today's move comes as the company started to close operations of its automotive business unit Olx Autos in some markets after long exploring potential buyers and investors, TechCrunch learned and as confirmed by the company.
June 20, 2023 — Source

Opportunitynocs.org
Earn money when you add a job.
Provides a Service — Source

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Power Source Consulting Limited
recruiting in the areas of finance, technology, and general staff.
Provides a Service — Source

Princeton Review Online
Brush up your risumi. Handling telephone interviews. Writing a knockout cover letter. Organizing your job search.
Provides a Service — Source

PutMyResumeOnline.com
Get your resume posted on the ten best career websites automatically! for $14.95, get a complete package including resume faxing and a resume critique.
Provides a Service — Source

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RapidAPI headcount down 82% from fresh layoffs less than two weeks after cutting 50% of staff
Rapid, a startup that built out an API marketplace valued at $1 billion last year, has laid off another 70 employees less than two weeks after letting go of 50% of its staff, TechCrunch has learned.
May 5, 2023 — Source

Resume Service. Online Resume Writing Service
Your resume must demand attention online and offline. Our resume service will secure great interviews for you. Demonstrate your competence with professional resumes.
Provides Information — Source

RHI Consulting
now interviewing qualified candidates for immediate positions in the Bay Area.
Provides a Service — Source

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Sales software startup Highspot lays off 15% of staff, its second cut this year
The Seattle-based sales software company confirmed that it laid off 15% of its workforce. The latest layoffs, which affect around 140 employees, follow a separate 10% cut in February.
June 8, 2023 — Source

School closings during pandemic affected parents' work schedules, finds German study
A new study shows that the closing of education and childcare facilities in Germany during the coronavirus pandemic actually had an impact on parents' employment, as the opening of facilities led to a rebound in their work hours.
June 2, 2023 — Source

Soundcloud will lay off eight percent of its staff in hopes of becoming profitable
It's the latest in the ongoing march of tech layoffs.
May 23, 2023 — Source

Still hiring: Big Tech layoffs give other sectors an opening
For the thousands of workers who'd never experienced upheaval in the tech sector, the recent mass layoffs at companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta came as a shock.
June 27, 2023 — Source

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THC Recruitment
THC is a specialist recruitment company working with clients and candidates across the whole range of Financial Services.
Provides a Service — Source

The New Age of Hiring: AI Is Changing the Game for Job Seekers
Automation, algorithms and machine learning are taking over recruitment and hiring. How do we compete with the rise of robots?
June 9, 2023 — Source

Tim Cook says Apple will only make mass layoffs as a "last resort"
Though it is implementing cost-cutting measures
May 5, 2023 — Source

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Waters Consulting Group, Inc.
HR consulting services and products for the public and private sectors, including compensation and performance appraisal systems, executive search, training and development, and assessments.
Provides a Service — Source

Why hybrid working needs better consolidation of IT [Q&Amp;A]
As the pandemic forced many businesses to adopt remote work, IT departments had to quickly adapt to new infrastructures and tools to support their employees from a distance.
July 14, 2023 — Source

Workplace Moxie
Information, ideas, resources and secrets to better your professional and personal skills.
Provides a Service — Source

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AIG
American International Group offers property and casualty insurance, life insurance and financial services in 130 countries. Includes press releases, FAQs and the annual report.
Provides a Service — Source

American Veterinarian's Insurance
Insurance for veterinarians.
Provides a Service — Source

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Care Entree
A medical and dental discount program.
Provides a Service — Source

Choose Insurance
Offer unbiased reviews on various types of insurance companies in the UK Offer Free and often critical reviews on types of insurance available in the UK.
Provides a Service — Source

Chubb Corporation, The
The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies provides insurance and risk management services for individuals, homes and businesses in 30 countries worldwide.
Provides a Service — Source

ClaimInformation.com
offers tips, strategies, and basic information about a range of typical insurance claims.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Insurance — D

Direct General Corporation
Provider of auto, life and travel insurances in 8 states.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Insurance — E

Enterprise software solution for Property & Casualty commercial lines Loss Control for underwriting surveys and inspections
LossWare is PremiumWare's lastest addition. Enterprise software solution for Property & Casualty commercial lines Loss Control for underwriting surveys and inspections.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Insurance — F

Farm Credit Services
provides financial services to agricultural and rural communities: Insurance, loans, investments, and farm business; News and info for farmers and ranchers.
Provides a Service — Source

Farm Credit Services
specialize in working with agricultural and rural properties.
Provides a Service — Source

Farm Credit Services of America
offers crop hail insurance, multi-peril crop insurance, crop revenue coverage, a group risk plan, and individual term loan protection life insurance for Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming.
Provides a Service — Source

Farmers Insurance
Offers auto, home, life and commercial insurance details. Includes info on how to file a claim and an agent locator.
Provides a Service — Source

Financial One
Life insurance brokerage with online life insurance quotes, mortgages and annuities.
Provides Information — Source

Fish Farm & Aquaculture Insurance Resource
The site is for those who have insurable interests in the Fish Farming and Aquaculture industries. It focuses on insuring aquatic stocks and provides lists of international specialists.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Insurance — I

Individual & Group Health Insurance Plans Online
Individual and group health insurance plans are only a click away with an online health insurance quote from the Family Assurance Centre. Contact us now on +64 9 8331200
Provides a Service — Source

Insurance Information Institute
A nonprofit communications organization sponsored by the property/casualty insurance industry. Provides consumer alerts dealing with auto, home, renters and business insurance.
Provides a Service — Source

Insurance News Network
A guide to auto, home and life insurance; includes articles, a glossary of terms, ratings and more.
Provides a Service — Source

Insurancecompany.com
Request homeowners insurance quotes.
Provides a Service — Source

insure.com
factual and unbiased consumer information about auto, business, health, home and life insurance, including many interactive tools.
Provides a Service — Source

InsWeb
Insurance for consumers and industry professionals: compare quotes, locate an agent or learn how the system works.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Insurance — M

Madama and Associates
Insurance agent located in Brunswick, Ohio specializing in the sale of disability income. offers services to other agents, and the public.
Provides a Service — Source

Missouri Insurance at Missouri Insurance.net
Offering most lines of insurance to Missouri and Illinois residents. Business products include many types of insurance including property & casualty, liability, group benefits, and much more!
Provides a Service — Source

MyersBenner.com-Commercial Insurance Brokers
Myers Benner Corporation provides specialized insurance programs designed to meet the needs of your business.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Insurance — N

National Benefit Services
Providing benefit administration for cafeteria plans and pension plans. Includes tax calculators and information on Cobra and IRS.
Provides a Service — Source

Nationwide Insurance
Nationwide's products and services include auto, home, life and business insurance. offers an agency locator and claims service info.
Provides a Service — Source

New York Life Insurance Company
Comprehensive info on life insurance and health-care needs. Includes a life insurance education center and a products and services guide.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Insurance — O

Ohio Insurance Institute
offering consumer information and news to strengthen understanding of and confidence in Ohio's property and casualty insurance industry.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Insurance — P

Plan Plus
Discounts for dental, chiropractic, pharmacy, vision, hearing, and podiatry.
Provides a Service — Source

PremiumWare
The complete enterprise solution for premium audit management, tracking, and resolution.
Provides a Service — Source

Principal Financial Group, The
This family of companies offers health, disability and life insurance, as well as financial services. Includes a products overview, FAQs and access to customer service centers.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Insurance — Q

Quicken InsureMarket
Quicken offers an insurance planner, interactive tools, quotes, a risk evaluator and links to leading insurance companies.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Insurance — R

Rain and Hail Crop Insurance
provides risk management crop insurance programs to rural America.
Provides a Service — Source

RMG Consulting, Inc.
supports risk managers, insurance companies, managing general agents, and reinsurers.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Insurance — T

General — Business — International — Numbers

# 1 Abacus
Offshore Company Registration Services Corporation.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — International — A

Aldiron Hero Group
Conglomeration of more than 50 companies based in Indonesia, with branches in Hong-kong, Japan, Singapore, and the US, offers a variety of trading information and partnership services.
Provides a Service — Source

Amrop International
Its member firms have 59 offices in 41 countries.
Provides a Service — Source

Appletree Consulting, Inc.
Flexible business assistance and on site representation for national and international companies
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — International — B

BHP Capital
Advisors to mid-market companies on international finance, acquisitions and cross-border joint ventures.
Provides a Service — Source

Black Appointments
Scottish based executive search firm dealing with senior management positions as well as Non-executive director recruitment.
Provides a Service — Source

BTA Consulting
Global financial and capital markets consultants.
Provides a Service — Source

Business Strategies International
A San Francisco-based I.T. and international business consulting firm helping clients find markets, partners, investments and opportunities in the U.S. and Asia.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — International — C

ChilNet:
Chile Business Directory.
Provides a Service — Source

CMA Search
Executive Search firm in global recruitment of Directors, General Managers, Vice Presidents, and Presidents for clients.
Provides a Service — Source

Cohen International
Provides business development, especially with Japanese firms,business plan development, market research,government contracting and technical writing.
Provides a Service — Source

DATA.org
aims to raise awareness about, and spark response to the crises swamping Africa: unpayable Debts, uncontrolled spread of AIDS, and unfair Trade rules which keep Africans poor.
Provides Information — Source

DEHeap Enterprises, Inc.
Provides incubation services to American subsidiaries of international corporations.
Provides a Service — Source

Distribution Recruiters
International executive search firm specializing in distribution, transportation, and logistics.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — International — E

Emergo Group Inc.
Consultants in CE Marking, authorized representation, FDA approval, US agent, European and North American product safety, quality assurance, ISO and export assistance.
Provides a Service — Source

Exante Consultora
Argentinian firm with information in English and Spanish about its consulting services in economics, finance and corporate business.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — International — F

Federal Reserve Bank
The Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, was founded by Congress in 1913 to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system.
Provides Information — Source

Fidelity Global Group
International investment merchant banking firm will provide equity and debt capital for various global projects including real estate.
Provides a Service — Source

Foreign-Trade Zone
Consulting firm that deals in specially designated US customs areas known as foreign trade zones.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — International — G

GAAP Executive Search
Retained Senior Management Recruiting firm with an emphasis on Performance Based recruiting internationally. Site in English, French and Spanish
Provides a Service — Source

Global Focus Consulting Group
Diverse array of projects from importing and exporting to providing training, consulting and business services.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — International — I

interdigit-medica
Provides sales, marketing and consulting services to medical device companies seeking access to the European market.
Provides a Service — Source

Integration Consultants
German based international consulting company which provides technical assistance and training; experienced with the European Commission and German agencies.
Provides a Service — Source

InterAmerica Consulting & Development Inc.
trade between Canada and Spanish-speaking countries.
Provides a Service — Source

International Business Forum
Provides information about business and trade opportunities in the international marketplace. Includes links to companies, resources and associations.
Provides a Service — Source

International Business Initiatives
Consulting firm committed to economic and social development through the modernization of infrastructure, human capacity building, trade and investment in developing countries and American communities.
Provides a Service — Source

International Projects Group, Inc.
An international financial advisory firm that helps clients obtain financing for project and large trade transactions and commercial real estate debt.
Provides a Service — Source

Irish Trade Web
Categorized by industry sector, the searchable database provides information on Ireland's top 1,000 companies. Includes tradeshow info and links to related sites.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — International — J

Japan — US Sales and Marketing
The Japan Business Group represents US clients in Japan and brings them into direct contact with Japanese engineers and buyers.
Provides a Service — Source

JITEX
Intelligent business consulting services in technology, industry and strategy — Japan, Germany, the United States of America (USA), Europe, France, Canada
Provides a Service — Source

JPM International
Executive search and recruitment firm that provides a broad range of services to organizations worldwide.
Provides a Service — Source

Joan Hansen & Company, Inc.
International licensing consultants.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — International — L

Library of Congress: Country Studies
Offers economic and political profiles, including privatization, finance and government policy information.
Provides Information — Source

LTP Trade Limited
Trade finance fund raising and risk management.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — International — M

MCP International
a Brussels based international executive search consultancy, handling senior level search assignments, for the local subsidiaries of American and European multinational companies.
Provides a Service — Source

Mondaq Business Briefing
Formerly known as Business Monitor Online, Mondaq offers international trade and business information.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — International — P

Prairie Mountain Trading
International house dealing with import, export, marketing, manufacturing and sourcing.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — International — R

Raines International, Inc.
Raines International is a leading, retained executive search firm with 30 years of experience recruiting industry leaders. Company background, locations, expertise and contact info provided.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — International — S

S.F.T.G. Associates, International
Sales, marketing, and corporate operations consulting services, nationally and internationally.
Provides a Service — Source

Strucom Consulting — Structured Communication Corp.
European-American consulting firm helping companies to expand their operations in Europe.
Provides a Service — Source

Systems Modelling Ltd.
Euro changeover consultancy located in Ireland.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — International — T

The Connor Group
Providing global buying agency and procurement services to North and South American, European and Australian Clients.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — International — U

US Patents & Trademarks
How to information and forms to patent or trademark you ideas.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — International — W

Web India
A searchable directory of Indian businesses and nonprofit organizations.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — International — X

XTranslations
Translation and software localization in all CEE languages.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Investing

AI's iPhone Moment: NVIDIA Is So Frothy Right Now That It Is Making Amazon Shares Look Cheap
This market is devoid of any pretense of being rational. Multi-decade-high interest rates do not matter. A slowdown in bank lending? Pfft. Approaching recession? Prognostications of sour grapes. And the current poster child of this unbridled euphoria is NVIDIA, which has just exceeded Amazon's lofty valuation metrics.
May 19, 2023 — Source

Apple comprises roughly 40% of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway stock holdings
Warren Buffett's investment in Apple stock has in recent years become far and away the most prominent holding in Berkshire Hathaway's $360 billion equity portfolio.
May 5, 2023 — Source

Apple is nearly 50% of Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio; Warren Buffett: 'Apple is a better business than any we own'
Warren Buffett loves to concentrate his Berkshire Hathaway's invested capital in a small number of top ideas and, after buying back Berkshire Hathaway stock, his top idea is the world's most valuable company, Apple, which accounts for close to 48% of Berkshire's invested assets.
June 23, 2023 — Source

Apple shares hit new all-time intraday and closing highs
In Nasdaq trading today, shares of Apple Inc. (AAPL) rose $2.79, or 1.51%, to $188.06, a new all-time closing high. Apple today also set a new all-time intraday high of $188.39.
June 27, 2023 — Source

By Calling for a Ban on Short-Selling in Bank Stocks, JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon Just Aggravated PacWest's Deposit Run
The market appears to have identified PacWest Bancorp as the next likely domino to fall in the ongoing banking crisis in the US. The stock is down over 20 percent right now and has already experienced at least two trading halts amid heightened volatility.
May 11, 2023 — Source

Canada's largest pension buys 255,943 more Apple shares
Canada's largest pension, CPP Investments, purchased 255,943 more Apple shares in the first quarter according to a new regulatory filing.
May 30, 2023 — Source

Carvana crashes back down to earth
Carvana's big rally is now looking more like a blip on the radar.
June 9, 2023 — Source

Hidden in plain sight: 5 red flags for investors
After viewing thousands of presentations and pitch decks over many years, even the most experienced angel investors — and VCs — can overlook red flags that are subtle and not immediately apparent. I know this from firsthand experience: Along with many wins there are some investments I wish I'd turned down. I missed the red flags.
May 9, 2023 — Source

Investors overvalue companies that align with presidential policies; their mistakes 'leave money on the table'
Republican politicians typically favor low taxes and less regulation, which seems like a recipe for corporate profits and stock market success. In reality, however, this is not what happens.
May 23, 2023 — Source

LG Electronics plans $39.5B investment to reach $79B in sales by 2030
LG Electronics plans to spend $39.5 billion (50 trillion won) in R&D, facility and strategic investment as it aims to reach $79 billion (100 trillion won) in sales by 2030, up from $51.4 billion (65 trillion won) in 2022.
July 14, 2023 — Source

Nvidia becomes the first $1 trillion chip company as AI explodes
Other chip companies have AI plans, but no one is as far along as Nvidia--at least according to Wall Street.
May 30, 2023 — Source or Source

NVIDIA shares recently hit $380 each, but is the price fair?
NVIDIA has been making the news in recent days after it released its first-quarter earnings. It saw a 14% increase in revenue year-over-year in its data centre business thanks to the explosion of generative AI, which its hardware largely powers.
May 26, 2023 — Source

SVB's collapse drove 26K customers to Mercury in 4 months
When Silicon Valley Bank collapsed in March, a flurry of startups rushed to step in to help fill a gap in the startup and venture capital community.
July 7, 2023 — Source

T. Rowe Price has marked down its stake in Canva by 67.6%
Last summer, Blackbird, one of Australia's largest venture operations, marked down the value of one of its most prized stakes, in the Sydney-based design platform Canva. Valued at $40 billion by investors in a $200 million round in the fall of 2021, Blackbird adjusted its own valuation of the company 36% to $25.6 billion.
June 2, 2023 — Source

The benefits and perils of using artificial intelligence to trade stocks and other financial instruments
Artificial Intelligence-powered tools, such as ChatGPT, have the potential to revolutionize the efficiency, effectiveness and speed of the work humans do.
May 19, 2023 — Source

TSMC Shares Surge, Bank of America Reiterates Buy Rating After NVIDIA's Results
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to recover from its current slump in the second half of this year on the back of optimistic projections from chip design NVIDIA Corporation earlier this week.
May 26, 2023 — Source

Who Owns the Most Tesla Shares?
Every business owner has to sell stock at some point, and Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, is no different. But the company he co-founded is still very much in his hands.
July 14, 2023 — Source

Yes, NVIDIA Is Now up Around 12,000 Percent Since 2013, but the AI Sky Has Limits
NVIDIA's shockingly good guidance upgrade is the talk of the town right now, with investors salivating at the prospect of bagging rip-roaring gains in the months ahead, fueled by a rapacious appetite for all things AI-related.
May 26, 2023 — Source

General — Business — IPO

Despite messy IPOs, there's good reason to be optimistic about insurtech startups
It wasn't a surprise to learn that former scooter unicorn Bird is pursuing a reverse stock split. The company isn't treading new ground here — it isn't the only tech firm that has IPO'd in the past couple of years to consolidate its equity in hopes of keeping its share price above $1 to avoid a delisting.
May 19, 2023 — Source

General — Business — Law — A

Aaron Consulting
attorney staffing firm specializing in career opportunities in corporate legal departments.
Provides a Service — Source

Adamsons Law
ased in Bolton, we cover both England and Wales. Our solicitors always get the right solutions which match precisely to your particularly needs.
Provides a Service — Source

Allen & Overy
Law firm, based in London, offering a wide range of legal services for business and industry, from offices throughout Europe and Asia.
Provides a Service — Source

Aftab & Savitt, PC
Business and commercial law firm, with offices in New York City, Parmus, NJ, and Moscow.
Provides a Service — Source

Amer Cunningham Brennan Co., LPA
Akron firm, offering services in mergers and acquisitions, employment, business litigation, real estate, business and corporate law.
Provides a Service — Source

Ansbacher Law Firm
Jacksonville law firm, offering services for real estate, commercial landlord-tenant, business, and corporate legal matters, litigation, and estate planning.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Law — B

Baltimore County Bar Association
providing member services and consumer information on legal topics.
Provides a Service — Source

Bankers Repository Corporation
Technologically advanced dispute resolution services.
Provides a Service — Source

Berry Moorman
Business and corporate law firm, located in Birmingham and Detroit, with an office in St. Petersburg, Russia, offering services including civil litigation, alternative dispute resolution, immigration, labor, and employment law.
Provides a Service — Source

Bierce & Kenerson, P.C.
International law firm providing legal advisory and transactional support to clients in business, technology and finance.
Provides a Service — Source

Billiet & co
European law firm with offices in Brussels and in Paris.
Provides a Service — Source

Blaugrund, Herbert & Martin
Columbus law firm offering services for matters including business, corporate, family, real estate, zoning, succession, tax, estate planning, contracts, and litigation.
Provides a Service — Source

Braun, Kendrick, Finkbeiner PLC
Offering services for business law, estate planning, probate, environmental, health care, labor, litigation and real estate, from offices in Ann Arbor, Bay City, and Saginaw.
Provides a Service — Source

Burges Salmon
Law firm in Bristol providing a comprehensive service for the business community.
Provides a Service — Source

Business Attorneys new Jersey | Bankruptcy Lawyer Monmouth County | Employment Lawyer NJ
Klafter & Mason, L.L.C. law firm provides a broad spectrum of business law services throughout central new Jersey specializing in personal and business-related litigation matters, dedicated to represent our clients on their behalf for obtaining the best results.
Provides a Service — Source

Business Litigation Attorneys CA | Federal Court Cases CA | Employment and Labor Law California
Business litigation attorneys at Murtaugh Meyer Nelson & Treglia LLP Law Firm provides quality legal services concerning to Federal court cases, employment and labor law, business litigations and various other legal issues.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Law — C

Cable, Langenbach, Kinerk and Bauer, LLP
Seattle law firm, offering services for civil litigation, general business matters, real estate, securities, and employment law.
Provides a Service — Source

Cairncross & Hempelmann, PA
Seattle-based law multi-service business law firm.
Provides a Service — Source

California Business Litigation Family Insurance Defense Law Firm
Law firm of Lonich & Patton is a multi-faceted litigation law firm lawyers who specializes in the areas of Insurance Defense Business Litigation Family Law in northern and southern California
Provides a Service — Source

Callahan & Blaine
Santa Ana law firm, offering services for business litigation, real property, commercial law, construction, environmental, and insurance bad faith cases.
Provides a Service — Source

Canadian judge rules the thumbs up emoji counts as a contract agreement
A Canadian judge has ruled that the popular "thumbs-up" emoji not only can be used as a contract agreement, but is just as valid as an actual signature. The Saskatchewan-based judge made the ruling on the grounds that the courts must adapt to the "new reality" of how people communicate, as originally reported by The Guardian.
July 7, 2023 — Source or Source

Carvana nirvana? Shorted stock surges 56% as company predicts record profits
On Thursday, online car retailer Carvana announced an especially rosy outlook (i.e., forecasted record profits) for the second quarter of 2023, and investors responded by driving the company's stock price up 56% before the market closed. The company closed the day worth $4.58 billion, according to Google Finance data.
June 8, 2023 — Source or Source

Chester, Willcox and Saxbe, LLP
Columbus law firm, offering services for complex litigation, business, corporate, and legislative matters.
Provides a Service — Source

Chile commercial Law Firm and attorneys
Spencer Global Consulting provides English speaking attorneys and other experts in Chile, South America specializing in commercial law, real estate law, immigration law, family law, and general consulting for foreign investors.
Provides a Service — Source

Cohen Mohr, LLP
Business and intellectual property law firm.
Provides a Service — Source

Collins Law Firm
Naperville litigation firm, offering services for business and employment disputes, class actions, personal injury, and other tort cases, as well as services for business formation, corporate services, and real estate.
Provides a Service — Source

Coniglio & Uthoff, PLC
Focusing on maritime and transportation matters, business and corporate law, litigation, insurance disputes, and employment law.
Provides a Service — Source

Covington & Burling
Business and corporate law firm.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Law — D

David M. Snyder
Offering litigation and dispute resolution services for corporate and business matters.
Provides a Service — Source

Dechert
London firm, focusing on business law, commercial property, retail, litigation, financial services, and insurance.
Provides a Service — Source

Dennison & Dennison, P.A.
Practices business and technology law.
Provides a Service — Source

DivorceInteractive.com
Comprehensive Divorce Resource.
Provides a Service — Source

Dutch law firm Blenheim
based in Amsterdam. practising in business and corporate law.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Law — E

Edward R. Curtin, P.C.
Specializing in Business and Corporate Law.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Law — F

False Claims Act Attorney
Greene LLP is a Boston-based innovative litigation firm that specializes in qui tam suits under the False Claims Act, and its highly experienced whistleblower attorneys have represented whistleblowers for over twenty years.
Provides a Service — Source

Former Seattle startup CFO denies fraud charges, pleads not guilty to funneling company funds
Nevin Shetty, the former CFO of Seattle e-commerce startup Fabric charged with funneling company funds to his crypto business, pled not guilty to all four charges of fraud in his first court appearance on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle.
May 26, 2023 — Source

FindLaw
Search or browse this directory of legal resources.
Provides Information — Source

Foley & Lardner
Offering services for business law, health law, litigation, intellectual property, regulatory affairs, and taxation.
Provides a Service — Source

Foster Law Forms
Estate planning document software for preparation of advance directives, revocable trusts, cohabitation and prenuptial agreements, promissory notes, bankruptcy forms and bill-of-sale.
Provides a Service — Source

Fredrikson & Byron, PA
offering services to meet the national and international needs of most business clients.
Provides a Service — Source

Furth, Fahrner & Mason
specializing in large and complex business litigation matters on behalf of individual and corporate plaintiffs and defendants.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Law — G

Gallagher, Evelius and Jones, LLP
offering services for business transactions, education, employment, estate planning, healthcare law, and litigation.
Provides a Service — Source

General Civil & Trial Law Firm Redmond Washington Family Lawyers
The Largest Law firm in Redmond Washington Magnuson Lowell located in Seattle with offices in Redmond & Bellevue | Our attorneys are trial savvy & experienced in civil family criminal law
Provides a Service — Source

Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz, Ltd.
with experience in business, finance, corporate and securities, creditors' rights, bankruptcy, real estate, and general litigation.
Provides a Service — Source

Gomer Consulting Group
services in products liability and breach of contract/warranty cases, accident investigation, testing, and analysis.
Provides a Service — Source

Google fined $32.5 million for infringing on Sonos patent
The two companies have been battling in court over smart speaker technology for years.
May 26, 2023 — Source

Gottschlich & Portune, LLP
offering a complete range of legal services to its business, municipal and individual clients.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Law — H

Hecht & Steckman, PC
emphasizing securities and commodities law, also offering general business, corporate, and real estate transactional services.
Provides a Service — Source

Hodes, Ulman, Pessin & Katz, PA
serving clients in the areas of estate planning, environmental law, real estate, business, bankruptcy, health care, intellectual property, employment, and litigation.
Provides a Service — Source

Hoguet Newman & Regal, LLP
serving the legal needs of business and industry.
Provides a Service — Source

Hunton & Williams
performing domestic and international business, transactional and intellectual property work.
Provides a Service — Source

Hurwitz & Fine, PC
representing clients for insurance defense and coverage issues, civil litigation, business and corporate matters, real estate, health law, employment, and estate planning and administration.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Law — I

General — Business — Law — J

Jacos & Associates
Providing legal services for telecommunications, software, emerging technologies, and Internet business transactions.
Provides a Service — Source

Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP
with practices cutting across all areas of commercial and business law.
Provides a Service — Source

Jeffrey Thomas
representing clients' business and financial interests.
Provides a Service — Source

Justices of the Supreme Court
Photos, bios and full-text decisions from each of the nine justices.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Law — K

Kelley & Kelley
offering services for business litigation, government contracts, civil rights, and appeals.
Provides a Service — Source

Kirkland & Ellis
International commercial law firm, handling complex litigation, corporate, intellectual property, e-commerce, tax and planning, and business formation.
Provides a Service — Source

KnowX
Public-records search tool delivers comprehensive information in areas such as state and corporate records, liens and bankruptcies.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Law — L

LaBarge Weinstein
A Business Law Firm.
Provides a Service — Source

Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP
serving the legal needs of business and industry.
Provides a Service — Source

Lathrop & Gage Law Offices
providing litigation and business law services to clients on a regional, national and international basis.
Provides a Service — Source

Law Offices of Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger
providing links and information on business and legal issues.
Provides a Service — Source

Law Offices of Jeffrey A. Feldman
specializing in securities and business arbitration and litigation.
Provides a Service — Source

Law Offices of John A. Case, Jr.
Offering services for business, securities, and intellectual property law.
Provides a Service — Source

Law Offices of Joseph Antonelli
practicing employment, construction, personal injury, business and commercial law.
Provides a Service — Source

Law Office of Neal & Associates
offering services for business law, bankruptcy, computer law, estate planning, and real estate.
Provides a Service — Source

Law Practice of Philip Chapman
counseling family owned and other closely held businesses in all aspects of business, corporate, and real estate law.
Provides a Service — Source

Law.com
is the most current and complete source for legal news anywhere — and it exists only on the Web.
Provides Information — Source

Laytons Solicitors
Business law firm specialising in commercial law, finance, property and construction, and personal law.
Provides a Service — Source

Leventhal Senter & Lerman, PLLC
practicing broadcast, satellite and common carrier regulatory and business law, including transactions, intellectual property, and international telecommunications matters.
Provides a Service — Source

Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC
Serving clients in the areas of intellectual property, business and corporate law, taxation, and estate planning.
Provides a Service — Source

Litigation Consulting Services NY | Economic Consulting Firm NJ | Business Process Analysts new York
Tinari Economics Group (TEG) economists, statisticians, and business analysts provides economic and financial consulting, specialize in writing individualized economic appraisals for solo attorneys, large law firms, private industry and government agencies.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Law — M

Masuda, Funai, Eifert, & Mitchell, Ltd.
offering broad corporate, business, immigration, real estate, environmental and intellectual property services.
Provides a Service — Source

McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Haiman, L.P.A.
offering legal services in general corporate and business law, including mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance and corporate finance.
Provides a Service — Source

McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth, LLP
offering a broad range of business and litigation services.
Provides a Service — Source

McDermott, will & Emery
Offering broad business, corporate and international commercial law services.
Provides a Service — Source

Meyers & Heim LLP
offering representation to clients in all areas of securities and corporate law.
Provides a Service — Source

Microsoft sets aside $425M to help cover potential LinkedIn targeted advertising fine
Microsoft will take a charge of $425 million in the current quarter in anticipation of a fine from the Irish Data Protection Commission over alleged data privacy violations stemming from targeted advertising on LinkedIn.
June 2, 2023 — Source

Miller & Chevalier
serving domestic and international clients for taxation, government contracts, international business law, and litigation.
Provides a Service — Source

Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey, PLC
providing legal services in business and corporate concerns, employment and labor law, litigation, and personal legal matters.
Provides a Service — Source

Mirowski & Associates
offering services for civil litigation, arbitration, internet law, business, technology, entertainment, intellectual property, trade secrets, and business formation and maintenance.
Provides a Service — Source

Montgomery Purdue Blankinship & Austin, PLLC
providing legal services to companies and individuals, in areas including business, health care, estate planning, labor and employment, real estate, municipal and school law, and bankruptcy.
Provides a Service — Source

Montgomery, McCracken Walker & Rhoads, LLP
Offering services for litigation, business and corporate matters, and labor law.
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New Jeresy Lawyers, Law Firm
New Jersey law firm for business transactions, corporate law, debt collection, estate planning, foreclosure, litigation, and personal injury.
Provides a Service — Source

NOLO Press
A light-hearted theme runs throughout this practical legal guide.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Law — O

Ogborn Summerlin & Ogborn
emphasizing business, commercial and personal injury litigation.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Law — P

Pannone and Partners Solicitors
Law firm with clients split almost equally between business and private individuals.
Provides a Service — Source

Patamus: Dunn Lambert, L.L.C. Welcome
focuses its practice in the areas of Business and Commercial Law, Estate Planning, Real Estate and Dispute Resolution.
Provides a Service — Source

Personal Injury lawyer, Medical Malpractice and Product Liability, Labor and Employment Discrimination Law Texas
Area of specialization includes Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Divorce, Nursing Home Neglect, Business Litigation Attorney serving the Dallas Fort Worth Texas Metroplex
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Personal Injury Lawyers Toronto
Our practice is focused on personal injury law, insurance claims and disability claims. If you, have suffered a serious personal injury then we can help contact us for a free consultation.
Provides a Service — Source

Personal Injury Workers Compensation Motor Vehicle Accidents new Jersey
New Jersey Law firm serves personal injury and motor vehicle accident injuries victims, workers compensation, premises liability and auto accidents with serious or permanent injury Clifton, NJ
Provides a Service — Source

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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP
providing services for business disputes, from patent and copyright litigation to securities litigation, international arbitration, antitrust litigation, employment litigation and white-collar crime.
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Radford Division of Aon Consulting
provides compensation and benefits surveys and consulting services to high-tech and biotech companies nationwide.
Provides a Service — Source

Roetzel & Andress
Offering broad business, corporate, administrative, environmental, real estate, and intellectual property law services.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Law — S

Saul Ewing, Remick & Saul, LLP
Multi-practice business law firm.
Provides a Service — Source

Shutts & Bowen, LLP
Diverse business practice, providing clients with professional legal advice in their local, state, national and international ventures.
Provides a Service — Source

Sidley & Austin
International business law firm.
Provides a Service — Source

Simmons & Simmons
serving the international business needs of clients.
Provides a Service — Source

Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge
Services for appeals, insurance, bankruptcy, business and corporate matters, property and real estate, malpractice, criminal defense, employment, environmental, estate planning, probate, workers' compensation and family law matters.
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Solomon, Ward, Seidenwurm & Smith, LLP
Providing expertise in bankruptcy, corporate and business, employment law, and taxation
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Spieth, Bell, McCurdy & Newell
offering services for estate planning, business and taxation, litigation, and employment disputes.
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State Statutes on the Internet
Unemployment statutes are listed by state.
Provides a Service — Source

Stikeman, Elliott
Business law firm, offering services from offices around the world.
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The FTC wants to put a ban on fake reviews
A new rule from the FTC would ban companies from buying or selling fake feedback.
June 30, 2023 — Source

The Heuer Law Group
providing legal services to the building industry in areas including design practices and construction business operations.
Provides a Service — Source

The McKenzie Law Firm, LLC
The McKenzie Law Firm helps individuals understand and navigate their rights and responsibilities for putting a plan in place to ensure that they and their loved ones are financially and emotionally cared for to the best extent possible, regardless of what the future may bring.
Provides a Service — Source

Thompson & Thompson, PC
Novi law firm, emphasizing business and corporate services, as well as trademark and copyright law.
Provides a Service — Source

Thomas Legislative Search
The three major areas covered by THOMAS — Legislation, Congressional Record, and Committee Information.
Provides Information — Source

Trial Behavior Consulting, Inc.
nationwide litigation consultants and jury research.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Law — U

U.S. Code
"To connect the full resources of the school with the legal profession, with other law schools, with the world"
Provides Information — Source

U.S. House
of Representatives. Keep up-to-date on the latest laws.
Provides Information — Source

US lawyers fined $5,000 after including fake case citations generated by ChatGPT
A judge said they had "abandoned their responsibilities" in not checking for inaccuracies.
June 23, 2023 — Source or Source

General — Business — Law — V

Vandeveer Garzia
serving most business, corporate and administrative law needs.
Provides a Service — Source

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Washington D.C. Employment, Discrimination Lawyer — the Law Office of Richard T. Seymour, PLLC
Helping people get justice seems to me a pretty worthwhile line of work. My part of that work is civil rights, employment rights, and other civil litigation.
Provides a Service — Source

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
offering services in the areas of business finance and restructuring, business & securities litigation, corporate matters, real estate, tax, trade practices and regulation, and trusts and estates.
Provides a Service — Source

What the Supreme Court's Decision in Warhol Means for Fair Use
The Supreme Court has issued its long-awaited decision in Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith, a fair use case that raised fundamental questions about rights and obligations of commercial artists. The Court's opinion did not answer many of those questions, but happily it affirmed both important fair use precedents and the role of fair use as a crucial element of the copyright system. EFF filed an amicus brief in the case.
May 23, 2023 — Source

Why Is the U.S. Solicitor General Trying To Change The Law To Benefit Patent Trolls?
For more than two decades now, developers and users of software have been plagued by a flood of bad patents. Software patents that describe everyday practices like watching an ad online, publishing nutrition information, meeting people nearby, or teaching a language class continue to be issued, and low-quality patents get used in hundreds of lawsuits every year.
May 2, 2023 — Source

Wilmerhale
Represented by WilmerHale, drug discovery and development company Incyte Corporation recently signed two separate licensing deals, one with Novartis and the other with Eli Lilly and Company, totaling up to $2 billion in potential payments.
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Wragge and Co
offering a broad range of commercial, business, corporate, and financial legal services.
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General — Business — Lawsuits

Several U.S. state attorneys general threaten legal action over Apple, others' 'diversity' policies
A group of U.S. state attorneys general on Thursday warned Apple and the rest of the top 100 largest American companies that certain workforce "diversity" policies could be illegal in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision effectively striking down affirmative action in higher education.
July 14, 2023 — Source

Tesla settles class action lawsuit on Solar Roof price increase
Tesla is settling a class action lawsuit for $6 million, brought upon by thousands of Solar Roof customers who were hit with unexpected after-sale price increases in 2021.
July 11, 2023 — Source

Gannett lawsuit claims Google's ad monopoly is hurting the news business
It's just the latest legal action against Google regarding its ad practices.
June 20, 2023 — Source or Source

DOJ charges Russian nationals with laundering bitcoin in 2011 Mt. Gox hack
The pair allegedly washed around 647,000 bitcoins, a value of over $17 billion today.
June 9, 2023 — Source

OpenAI sued for defamation after ChatGPT fabricates legal accusations against radio host
ChatGPT is notorious for generating false and misleading information, but this seems to be the first defamation case filed against creator OpenAI.
June 9, 2023 — Source

After Binance, US SEC sues Coinbase for securities laws violations
Welcome to crypto's Red Wedding
June 6, 2023 — Source

AI Face-Swap App Reface is Sued for 'Exploiting' Photos of Celebrities
Viral face-swap app Reface is facing a lawsuit for commercially exploiting photos of celebrities.
June 6, 2023 — Source

Google Chat update streamlines conversation experience
Google recently announced a small yet important update that's supposed to make the further improve the conversation experience. A new feature will be rolled out to Google Chat users that should make it easier to find their most relevant conversations.
June 6, 2023 — Source

U.S. judge rejects challenges to Apple's $50 million 'butterfly' keyboard settlement
A U.S. judge on Thursday approved Apple's $50 million class-action settlement resolving consumer claims over defective "butterfly" keyboards in MacBooks, in a ruling that prompted challenges to the settlement deal.
May 26, 2023 — Source

Apple faces billionaire Vinod Khosla in AliveCor heart monitoring lawsuits
Billionaire venture capitalist Vinod Khosla's Khosla Ventures LLC put itself on a collision course with Apple Inc. when it moved into the personal health and fitness space a decade ago and invested in AliveCor, a maker of cardiac monitoring devices and software.
May 23, 2023 — Source

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Ad Network Consulting
offers consulting services focusing on banner advertising.
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AdUpdate.com
Buy, sell, trade and advertise free on this classified website.
Provides a Service — Source

Amazon Consulting
helps high-tech companies with partner programs and marketing communications consulting services.
Provides a Service — Source

American Motorcycle Classifieds
Free photo ads for used Harley-Davidson and Indian motorcycles.
Provides a Service — Source

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BannerCo-Op.com
2:1 ratio. Banner size: 250 x 72. Optional membership generates $0.10 per click.
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Calafia Consulting
web consulting services including Internet publicity and promotion, search engine rank improvement, web site development and design, log/hit analysis, and more. London-based.
Provides a Service — Source

Centurion Consulting Group
Centurion Consulting, Creative Solutions to Unique Business Problems
Provides a Service — Source

CIO Media Clubhouse
The resource center for high-tech marketing and media professionals offers a discussion forum, a news bureau and links to related sites.
Provides a Service — Source

Clockwatchers' Classifieds
Place your own free classified, or see what others have to offer.
Provides a Service — Source

Company Logo Design
We specialize in company logo design, graphic design, flash animated logo design, custom printing services, postcard and stationery design. we design your logo for less.
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EC E-Classifieds
Free classifieds and want ads to buy, sell, trade or barter.
Provides a Service — Source

Excite Classifieds
Free worldwide classified ads in a variety of categories.
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Extreme Connection
Free classifieds for extreme sports equipment.
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Guerrilla Marketing
This weekly targets small businesses and entrepreneurs. offers advice, stories and products.
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HitExchange
Members trade banner click-thrus at 5:4 ratio or better. Only members' banners show. It supports up to eight banners per account. Banner sizes = 468x60, 400x50, and 400x40 pixels.
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Kingdom Classifieds Services
Place your own full page classifieds today.
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LivePerson.com
Talk to your customers with LivePerson Chat!
Provides a Service — Source

logo design twister
Logo design & slogan for your company at affordable rates! LogoTwister has been designing logos for businesses since 1989.
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LogoMojo.com
When you see a logo design that makes you say "WOW!" it's most likely the result of creative visual thinking. Creative logo designers think about what they see and are able to see what they think. That's the difference our in-house team of professional logo designers bring to your logo design project.
Provides a Service — Source

LovedStuff.Com
Buy and sell used books, cds, videos, and video games.
Provides a Service — Source

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Marketing Magic Internet Business Links Centre
Traynor Kitching and Associates advertise their consultancy services and provide a large index of links to marketing and business tips, articles, news and software.
Provides a Service — Source

Miller Consulting
strategic public relations for change-driven companies.
Provides a Service — Source

Musiciansnews.com
Buy or sell musical instruments.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Marketing & PR — N

NetMark Consulting Inc.
specializing in design and effective marketing strategies.
Provides a Service — Source

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Plum Communications & PR Limited
Marketing, communications and PR services to businesses and organisations. Creative communications and professional PR that really adds value.
Provides a Service — Source

Printware Direct
Hampshire-based company dealing in direct mail production services, including laser printing, data processing and management, typesetting and design and telemarketing. They're at Portsmouth
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Sales Manager
We can transfer your corporate videos or product demos to DVD and CD at low cost.
Provides a Service — Source

SalesLeadsUSA
We offer our visitors access to an exclusive database of 195 million consumers and 12 million businesses as part of an online community rich with ideas to help your business grow.
Provides a Service — Source

Savannah Trader
Online classifieds for Savannah GA and surrounding area.
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seo marketing services
Company presents attractive website design and search engine optimization services for your business websites.
Provides a Service — Source

Small Biz Free Classifieds
Free Ads for businesses for sale, business opportunities, and yellow pages listings.
Provides a Service — Source

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Tapper Web Consulting & Marketing
Where superb Internet promotion, creative web site design and savvy marketing strategy interconnect with your overall business goals.
Provides a Service — Source

Tethys Consulting
specialises in strategic marketing, software evaluation and implementation, and staff development.
Provides a Service — Source

The Recycler Classifieds
Ads from LA to San Diego.
Provides a Service — Source

The solution matrix
We are a business solutions resource that offers any operation a matrix of highly creative, flexible, and scalable technologies, tools and training that can virtually change the way you do business, and give you a distinct competitive advantage.
Provides a Service — Source

Top Search Engine Optimization Company — Top Placement
Position Research utilizes search engine optimization research and technology for top search engine placement.
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General — Business — Marketing & PR — V

Variety Graphics — Magnet Specials
Variety Graphics Newton Manufacturing promotional products advertising specialties
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Marketing & PR — W

Worldprofit Banner Exchange
2:1 ratio. Banner size: 468x60. Exchange attaches their ad. Optional targeting to children or businesses.
Provides a Service — Source

WWW Demographics
A list of links to sites that offer information on WWW demographics.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Marketing & PR — Y

YardSaleNet.net
Advertising site with shopping and business stuff.
Provides a Service — Source

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A simple way to improve employee well-being without denting productivity
During the coronavirus lockdowns, 50% of European workers were estimated to engage in some form of smart working--smart working at its worst, though, because it was unplanned and in many cases full-time, with a strong potential to create a sense of social isolation.
May 19, 2023 — Source

Access used industrial machines and equipment
Used industrial machines, used industrial equipment and surplus machine tools.
Provides Information — Source

After the remote-work rush, vacant offices and empty downtowns
With hybrid and remote work now the norm, employers are not renewing leases and choosing carefully the buildings they do want for their workers. Office space now must compete with every other location where work can be done.
May 9, 2023 — Source

Amazon closes another Go convenience store in downtown Seattle; location was second to open
Amazon closed another of its Amazon Go convenience stores in downtown Seattle, three months after it announced that eight of the high-tech physical retail locations were closing across the U.
June 20, 2023 — Source

Apple assembler Foxconn buys huge site in India tech hub
Major Apple assembler Foxconn has bought a huge tract of land on the outskirts of Indian tech hub Bengaluru, the company said in a filing Tuesday as it strives to diversify production away from CCP-controlled China.
May 9, 2023 — Source

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Better Business Bureau
are private non-profit organizations supported largely by membership dues paid by business and professional groups in each Bureaus' service area.
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Biamp's Parle, and the need to design a better remote conference room
While top-end conference room video and audio bars can improve meetings for those in-person and remote, a more wholistic approach to meetings is needed in a post-pandemic world.
April 28, 2023 — Source

BNA, Inc.
Bureau of National Affairs: a publisher of print and electronic news on health care, business, labor relations, law, economics, taxation, environmental protection, safety, and public policy and regulations.
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Cable wants to help banks cut financial crime through automated assurance
People in the U.S. reported $8.8 billion of financial fraud in 2022 to the Federal Trade Commission, and while the FTC received fewer reports, 2.4 million versus 2.9 million in 2021, the overall monetary figure is 30% higher than 2021. Bank transfer or payment fraud amounted to $1.6 billion in 2022.
May 11, 2023 — Source

Can RFCs Help You Create More Effective Technical Plans Together?
Ways to establish effective processes for collaborating and sharing knowledge
June 9, 2023 — Source

CCP Inc.: Second Passport and Offshore Services
Official Government Agent for promoting Economic Citizenship Program and offshore services.
Provides Information — Source

Chemical Ship Label
Find all kinds of Chemical labels including HMIG, OSHA. NFPA and more at reasonable prices. Whether you need chemical labels with ANSI standards or DOT, we have them all.
Provides Products — Source

Compare Current Refinance Rates in May 2023
Reducing your mortgage payments is one of the key benefits of refinancing.
April 28, 2023 — Source

Computational 'short cuts' offer fast answers to complex supply chain problems
Supply chain networks can be incredibly complex, with multiple manufacturing and distribution points--and the location of each node in those networks has a significant effect on everything from profitability to product cost to environmental impact.
April 25, 2023 — Source or Source

CoreWeave, a GPU-focused cloud compute provider, lands $221M investment
CoreWeave, an NYC-based startup that began as an Ethereum mining venture, has secured a large tranche of funding as it continues to transition to a general-purpose cloud computing platform.
April 20, 2023 — Source

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Data shows signs of stagflation for the American economy
U.S. equity futures held gains and Treasuries retreated after a batch of data showed signs of a slowdown in the American economy — think stagflation — alongside a rise in a key inflation measure.
April 27, 2023 — Source

Decision support tool helps coastal areas find ideal spots for water level sensors
As climate change leads to rising sea levels and more powerful storms, coastal communities increasingly are turning to networks of sensors to track water levels. The sensors--which are progressively getting cheaper and more capable--can help officials anticipate flood risks and respond in emergencies.
April 14, 2023 — Source

Does anyone actually enjoy working at Apple?
From retail workers to former executives, it seems like everyone who works at Apple has a problem.
June 27, 2023 — Source

Drastic climate action is the best course for economic growth, new study finds
For decades, economists believed immediate action to fight climate change would decimate the economy, but a new study adds to a growing body of research showing that the economic benefits of climate action outweigh the costs.
April 14, 2023 — Source

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Earth's Water May Have Been Born in a Lake of Magma
Data on Earth-like exoplanets has allowed scientists to explore Earth's earliest phases.
April 14, 2023 — Source

EDGAR Database of Online Corporate Financial Information
Copies of forms 10-K and other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Forms are posted to the site 24 hours after the filing date.
Provides Information — Source

Elon Musk says Warren Buffett should run the US Treasury — and the investor could do the job in under 1 hour per week
If Elon Musk had his way, Warren Buffett would be US Treasury secretary and Janet Yellen would be out of a job.
April 11, 2023 — Source

Emma Chamberlain on staying sane online, coffee culture, and running a business at 21
'I want to create products that I would buy,' she tells Mashable. 'Because if you wouldn't buy it, what the hell are you doing?'
April 20, 2023 — Source

Engineering Culture, Trust, and Accountability
I figured I would open with a topic I know and understand well: technical Leadership, building a healthy engineering culture, and the arrows of trust.
April 28, 2023 — Source

Engineering Leadership, Scaling Yourself, and Building Bench
The most important skill a leader must learn is how to scale themselves.
May 11, 2023 — Source

English Consulting and Language Reference Services
answering grammar and language questions, and checking documents for correct usage.
Provides Information — Source

Environmental and economic benefits of overhead cable line technology to power trucks
Electrical cables have been suspended over trams and trolley tracks for more than 140 years. They've electrified bullet trains in Japan and Amtrak railways that connect Washington D.C and Boston. Now the United States, Germany, and Sweden are testing the technology on highways, hoping to eliminate emissions from tractor-trailers.
April 14, 2023 — Source

Evil Dead Rise Is Now Available to Terrify You at Home
Less than a month after its theatrical debut, Lee Cronin's gory horror reboot is now streaming--with the first 10 minutes on YouTube for free.
May 9, 2023 — Source or Watch Video

Exhibition Stand Design
Exhibition stand design & trade show display booth builders & exhibition contractors. Designing & developing promotional expo stands for clients attending trade fairs & events.
Provides a Service — Source

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Created by Congress to maintain stability and public confidence in the U.S. banking system. Presents banking news, consumer info, statistical data and educational resources.
Provides Information — Source

Federal Reserve Board
Established by Congress in 1913, the Federal Reserve oversees U.S. monetary policy. Includes FOMC minutes, Beige Book reports, Humphrey-Hawkins testimony, historical data and links to related sites.
Provides Information — Source

Finix becomes a payments processor, heating up its competition with Stripe
Payments infrastructure startup Finix has slowly been taking swipes at Stripe, first becoming a facilitator, and now becoming a processor.
May 2, 2023 — Source

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Gamified e-learning platform Kahoot gets acquired in a $1.7B deal led by Goldman Sachs, Lego and more
Big moves ahead for Kahoot, the Oslo startup that's built a popular platform for users to create, share and play education-focused "games", played by billions of students and adults over the years.
July 14, 2023 — Source

Gen Phoenix's upcycled leather woos luxury brand investors
The materials developer formerly known as ELeather has a new name and $18 million in fresh growth funding from some of the world's fanciest brands.
April 4, 2023 — Source

German town bids farewell to nuclear, eyes hydrogen future
For 35 years, the Emsland nuclear power plant in northwestern Germany has reliably provided millions of homes with electricity and many with well-paid jobs in what was once an agricultural backwater.
April 14, 2023 — Source

Google is cutting back on employee laptops, perks, and even staplers & tape in money-saving measures
Google's parent is the fourth most valuable company in the world
April 4, 2023 — Source

Gov. Inslee makes his climate pitch in bid to attract business from Nordic countries
Gov. Jay Inslee made his sales pitch Thursday for Washington as the state for Nordic enterprises to do business in the climate tech and clean energy economy.
May 12, 2023 — Source

Graduates' activities produce more carbon dioxide and their ecological commitment is primarily symbolic, says research
Middle-class UK graduates produce more CO2 emissions in their daily activities than non-graduates and their ecological commitment is primarily "symbolic", new research says.
April 14, 2023 — Source

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Have enterprise buyers finally soured on 'bottoms-up' tech sales?
The last decade saw many tech companies embracing product-led growth (PLG) and bottoms-up sales strategies, as opposed to traditional enterprise sales, to drive their go-to-market strategies and overall growth.
May 30, 2023 — Source

Headphone startup Nura gets acqui-hired by Denon parent, Masimo
Every so often, a new startup crosses your radar and reminds you how exciting hardware can be. It's a relative rarity in consumer electronics, a category dominated by corporations like Samsung, Apple and Sony, which are (perhaps understandably) somewhat risk averse.
April 20, 2023 — Source

How $900,000 in direct cash giving was stolen from the poorest of the poor
Why openness about fraud — and a plan to fix it — is key to more effective philanthropy.
June 8, 2023 — Source

How cashless societies can boost financial inclusion--with the right safeguards
Cashless societies, where transactions are entirely digital, are gaining traction in many parts of the world, particularly after a pandemic-era boom in demand for online banking.
June 8, 2023 — Source

How rainforest fish adapt to local conditions
The future of freshwater fish species in Australia's tropical rainforest areas, including the Daintree and Mosman Gorge, will increasingly be subject to the vagaries of climatic and other changes.
April 14, 2023 — Source

How well are SaaS, e-commerce, fintech and health tech startups doing in 2023?
Revenue, spending and runway data from 700+ companies
June 8, 2023 — Source

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'I can't make products just for 41-year-old tech founders': Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky is taking it back to basics
Airbnb is revamping its Rooms feature while eyeing AI and betting on work from anywhere.
May 9, 2023 — Source

Income Protection Insurance
Tied with many insurance compaines Income Protect.co.uk is an specialist UK brokerage offers specialist advice to clients on income protection insurance for many years to find the right income protection insurance cover at the right price according to your particular circumstances from wide range of insurance plans.
Provides a Service — Source

India IT minister sees Apple nearly tripling investment, exports in coming years
Apple could double or triple investments in India, along with exports, over the next few years, a minister said, as the company opened a second retail store in the country.
April 20, 2023 — Source

Internal Revenue Service
The IRS is the U.S. government agency responsible for tax collection and tax law enforcement.
Provides Information — Source

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James Murdoch's fund slashes investment in Reliance-backed Viacom18
James Murdoch's venture fund Bodhi Tree slashed its planned investment into Viacom18 to $528 million, down 70% from the committed $1.78 billion, the two said late Thursday as the weakening global economy hammers investors' appetite.
April 14, 2023 — Source

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Kenya's Lawyers Hub gains traction helping startups meet regulatory compliance
African startups clashing with regulators due to non-compliance are often faced with far-reaching consequences, including some that render their businesses defunct or inoperable in some markets — as was experienced by some scale-ups last year.
July 14, 2023 — Source

Kodiak Robotics will haul freight autonomously for Tyson Foods
Autonomous trucking startup Kodiak Robotics is partnering with truckload carrier C.R. England to autonomously ship Tyson Foods products between Dallas and San Antonio, Texas.
April 20, 2023 — Source

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MentorshipOnline
A mentoring web portal providing Coaching, Resources and Self-Development tools to the Online Business and Technical Community.
Provides Information — Source

Mordor Intelligence
is a global market research consulting firm offering custom market research, industry research reports, market research reports, competitive landscape analysis, market research consulting, consulting client research, consulting market analysis, market research consulting firm, market research advisory, market sizing reports, global strategic business reports.
Provides a Service — Source

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Navigating Complex Environments and Evolving Relationships
Jennifer Davis discusses some of the opportunities organizations have for their work as they evolve.
April 14, 2023 — Source

Neo Forza Parent Firm GOLDKEY Enters Strategic Partnership with IoT Giant SECO
The collaboration involves mutual specification of both companies' products, joint customer approach, and promotion of CLEA, the IoT-AI platform developed by SECO, towards existing and potential opportunities with Goldkey DRAM solutions under the auspices of SECO Microelectronics and Goldkey Technology Corporation.
May 9, 2023 — Source

NestAway, once valued at over $225 million, sells for $11 million
Proptech firm Aurum is acquiring NestAway, a once high-flying Indian startup operating in the same space, for up to $10.9 million, in a deal that marks a near complete erosion in value for the startup's investors.
June 2, 2023 — Source

NVIDIA Spends Nearly $1 Million On CEO's Security For 756% Increase In 2023
Chip designer NVIDIA Corporation has vastly increased its spending on providing security to the firm's founder and chief executive officer, Mr. Jen-Hsun Huang. Mr. Huang is one of the longest-serving CEOs in the technology industry and is among the few who remain in charge of a company they helped set up.
May 12, 2023 — Source

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Onboarding and automation: What fintechs can learn from big banks
Michael Beckley is a co-founder and CTO of Appian, where he drives the technical vision for the company, leads product and solutions marketing teams, and oversees customer initiatives.
May 12, 2023 — Source

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Paycom versus Workday: Which Software Is Better for Your Business in 2023?
Is Workday better than Paycom? Read our product review and comparison to decide which one fits you best in terms of pricing, pros, cons and many more.
May 30, 2023 — Source

People Aren't Buying McDonald's Fries Because The Economy Sucks
McDonald's ballers on a budget are killing the fast food restaurant's fry and delivery sales. Sad
April 28, 2023 — Source

Phoenix residents learn how to fight back against urban heat
About 100 residents have participated in the online Urban Heat Leadership Academy, where they get information about how to protect their communities.
April 14, 2023 — Source

Pietra helped creators start DTC businesses; now it has a roadmap for everyone
The direct-to-consumer business world continues to be noisy. It's not enough to just start up a business and advertise on Google and Facebook: Today's e-commerce merchants have to be masters of all channels.
May 2, 2023 — Source

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Q&Amp;A with Minh Le, former SVB leader in Seattle, on navigating a crisis and his new gig
The longtime leader at Silicon Valley Bank spent more than half of his professional career with the company, including the past eight years as a market manager in Washington state, where he worked with countless startups and became a mainstay of the Seattle tech ecosystem.
May 12, 2023 — Source

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Real estate investment and property management platform Picket lands $20M
The News: Seattle startup Picket Homes raised $20 million to boost development of its platform that helps investors analyze, purchase and manage single-family rental properties.
June 20, 2023 — Source

Restaurant365 gobbles up $135M to supersize its software for the food service industry
The price of food continues to go up and up, but surprisingly that hasn't (yet?) played out as pressure on the wider restaurant industry. Now, a startup that's building technology to serve that sector announced a supersized round of funding to nourish its growth.
May 19, 2023 — Source

Rimac ready to enter energy storage business
Rimac Technology, a sister company of the Bugatti Rimac hypercar company, and a growing supplier of electric vehicle technology to major automakers, is ready to expand into the battery-based energy storage business.
May 5, 2023 — Source

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Salesforce stops reporting individual revenue figures for Slack and Tableau
Salesforce said it would no longer divulge the individual revenue numbers of acquired companies including Slack and Tableau in its quarterly earnings filings and instead focus on percentage changes.
June 2, 2023 — Source

Samsung Employees Receive 4.1 Percent Pay Raise For 2023, Less Than Half Of What They Got In 2022 Due To An Abysmal Quarter
As Samsung prepared for a massive 96 percent dip in operating profit, it also made reductions to the pay raise that employees would receive this year, which is 4.1 percent, according to the latest report. Unfortunately, the figure is significantly less compared to what they got last year, and even though the company's mobile division seems to be doing well, other businesses are not.
April 18, 2023 — Source

SBA: International Trade
international export and import information.
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SBA: Minority Enterprise Development and 8(a) Info
minority development programs are intended to help small businesses be successful for the future. Companies like yours, just starting or in a growth stage, can benefit from the wide-range of services we offer-support for government contractors, access to capital, management and technical assistance, and export assistance
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SBA: Small Business Investment Companies
Congress created the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Program in 1958 to fill the gap between the availability of venture capital and the needs of small businesses in start-up and growth situations.
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SBA: Small Business Development Centers — SBDCs
offer one-stop assistance to small businesses by providing a wide variety of information and guidance in central and easily accessible branch locations.
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SBA: the Surety Bond Guarantee (SBG) Program
which evolved from a pilot project created in 1971, was developed to provide small and minority contractors with contracting opportunities for which they would not otherwise bid.
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Seagate to Pay $300 Million Fine For Supplying Hard Drives to Huawei
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security this week imposed a $300 million fine on Seagate for violating U.S. export control restrictions. The storage company has admitted to shipping 7.4 million hard drives to Huawei in the 2020-2021 period, in direct violation of restrictions imposed by the U.S. government against the Chinese company in 2020.
April 20, 2023 — Source

Secure communications for data, voice and fax
Technical Communications Corporation has encryption systems for data, voice and fax network communications security such as frame relay, IP, X.25, telephone, radio and fax. TCC's products and systems secure mission-critical networks for governments, corporations and financial institutions around the world.
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Shares of First Republic are off 40% on reports that the government may step in
Shares of First Republic Bank plunged by nearly 50% Friday, ratcheting pressure on the troubled bank and adding to its mounting market-confidence woes.
April 28, 2023 — Source

Shutterstock to Acquire GIPHY, the World's Largest GIF Library and Search Engine
Shutterstock, Inc., a premier partner for transformative brands, digital media and marketing companies, today announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GIPHY, Inc. from Meta Platforms, Inc. GIPHY is the world's largest collection of GIFs and stickers that supplies casual conversational content.
May 23, 2023 — Source

Smart Contracts Step-By-Step: A Beginner's Guide To Debugging and Deploying Smart Contracts With Infura and Truffle
In this article, we'll walk you through a step-by-step guide on how Truffle and Infura can be utilized to debug and deploy smart contracts on Ethereum.
April 28, 2023 — Source

SoftBank gave $170m to a social app whose users mostly didn't exist
The app, IRL, is shutting down.
June 27, 2023 — Source

Sony Could Offload Parts of its Financial Group, Exploring Heavier Investments in Entertainment
Sony Group Corporation is reported to be considering a partial spinoff and listing of its financial services division, in order to raise capital for further investments in its entertainment arm and next generation image sensor technologies.
May 23, 2023 — Source

Square Payroll versus Paychex (2023): Which Software is Better?
Which payroll software is better Square Payroll or Paychex? Read our review and comparison to decide which one fits you in terms of pricing, features & more.
June 9, 2023 — Source

Startups, be careful who you sell to
As a photographer, the saga of Amazon buying Digital Photo Review (DPReview among friends) before slowly grinding it into the ground and then suddenly announcing they were closing the site, and then going "j/k, we're selling it after all" has given me a lot of pause for thought. You do occasionally see startups that end up getting acquired in ways that seem a little peculiar, and I'm not sure if Amazon was ever a great place for DPReview to land.
July 14, 2023 — Source

Storeops.com
An online community dedicated to resolving and exploring retail and office management issues. Member supported articles on office, retail, and knowledge management. a spam free message board dedicated to the profession of management.
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Strivacity, which helps companies build secure login flows, nabs $20M
Identity and access security issues are increasingly top of mind for companies. According to a recent Verizon survey, 61% of all breaches now involve credentials — whether they be stolen via social engineering or hacked using brute force.
April 4, 2023 — Source

Summer's student debt repayment tools continue blooming with $6M Series A extension
A flurry of recent activity surrounding student debt repayment, including government policies, like the SECURE ACT 2.0, passed by Congress in December, created provisions for employers to match student loan payments for those with debt while also adding to retirement accounts.
April 25, 2023 — Source

Suresh Timber Co.
Wooden Pallets Manufacturers in vadodara, Suppliers and Exporters in Gujarat India
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Teal acquires OwnTrail, a life-and-career social platform launched in Seattle in 2020
OwnTrail, a Seattle-based life-and-career social startup, is being acquired by Miami-based job search-and-apply platform Teal.
June 27, 2023 — Source

Tech Moves: Adaptive Biotechnologies COO departing; Sana adds leaders; and more
Adams joined the Seattle-based biotech giant more than three years ago. The filing stated that "his service is being terminated by May 2023."
April 11, 2023 — Source

Tech Moves: Allen Institute for Immunology hires EVP; Microsoft CVP to depart; and more
The University of California San Diego professor of molecular biology is an expert in the field of immune memory, the immune system's ability to remember previously encountered pathogens. It helps to prevent reinfection and forms the basis of vaccine protection.
July 7, 2023 — Source

Tech Moves: Koru founder joins startup advisory firm; Portland Seed Fund adds principal; and more
The longtime Seattle entrepreneur previously founded Koru, a predictive hiring startup. The company also developed a bootcamp platform that helped employers find top entry level talent and graduates land jobs. Koru sold both businesses in 2019.
April 28, 2023 — Source

Tech Moves: Madrona investor joins Trilogy; Gamesight adds revenue leader: UW names provost
La Cava spent the past five years at Seattle firm Madrona Venture Group, where she was a principal.
May 30, 2023 — Source

Tech Moves: Zillow and Docusign tap new CFOs; Remitly hires design chief; and more
Hofmann, previously SVP of corporate development and strategy, replaces Allen Parker, who has transitioned to an advisory role and will stay in that role through the first quarter of 2024.
May 19, 2023 — Source

TechCrunch+ roundup: Building growth funnels, HR tech bonanza, secondary market signals
Building a durable growth funnel doesn't just scale your business: it also signals to investors that a team can move directionally, which is a major confidence builder.
June 27, 2023 — Source

Technical teams hit by Meta's latest wave of layoffs
Software engineers, graphics programmers and gameplay developers are among the technical teams that reportedly have been impacted by the jobs cuts first announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg back in March.
April 20, 2023 — Source

Terra blockchain founder Daniel Shin indicted in South Korea
He and nine others face charges related to capital markets law.
April 25, 2023 — Source

The 3 stages of building world-class growth funnels
Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who's helped scale Uber, Postmates, Chime and various startups.
June 23, 2023 — Source

The CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery Says 'Love of Working' Will End the Writers' Strike
David Zaslev, head of one of the biggest streaming services, has a curious point of view regarding the ongoing WGA strike.
May 5, 2023 — Source

The most valuable startup in the U.S.: Elon Musk's SpaceX is now worth almost $150 billion
SpaceX, the spacecraft manufacturer owned by billionaire Elon Musk, is now worth almost $150 billion after a second share sale to investors in seven months.
July 14, 2023 — Source

The real reason prices aren't coming down
"Excuseflation," explained.
April 14, 2023 — Source

The summer of 2021 was the Pacific Northwest's hottest in a millennium
Average summer temperatures in the region that year were unsurpassed since at least the year 950
April 14, 2023 — Source

TSMC Employees Experiencing Problems in Arizona
TSMC is having a tough time establishing itself in the United States with new manufacturing facilities — the Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company is putting a great deal of effort into finishing its new Arizona foundry, located in the greater Phoenix area.
June 6, 2023 — Source

Twitter is now worth one-third what Elon Musk paid
Twitter's new valuation comes from Fidelity, which has a stake in Musk's company.
May 30, 2023 — Source

Twitter, Inc. is now X Corp.
Twitter, Inc. is now called X Corp., according to a court filing in California.
April 11, 2023 — Source

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U.S. General Accounting Office
The GAO is the investigative arm of Congress charged with examining matters relating to the receipt and payment of public funds.
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
The SEC is the agency responsible for administering federal securities laws in the U.S.
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US Business Advisor
Over 60 different federal organizations exist to assist or regulate business.
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US energy secretary says G7 can lead global emissions cuts
Wealthy nations can lead by example in cutting carbon emissions, though much faster action is needed to stem global warming, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Friday in an interview with The Associated Press.
April 14, 2023 — Source

US Senate is the latest to look into Amazon's warehouse safety practices
Sen. Bernie Sanders savaged the company's worker safety protections in a nearly 2,400-word letter.
June 20, 2023 — Source

Using MOCHAs to turn greenhouse gas into a value-added product
Thinking of CO2, terms like climate-damaging or waste product probably quickly come to mind. While CO2 has been that for a long time--a pure waste product--more and more processes are being developed with which the greenhouse gas can be converted into valuable raw materials.
April 14, 2023 — Source

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Viz Media Is Taking the Crunchyroll Approach to Manga
And it costs $1.99 a month.
May 9, 2023 — Source

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Wave Accounting versus QuickBooks (2023): Accounting Software Comparison
Wave's free accounting software has enough basic features for most freelancers and small businesses, but QuickBooks Online's thorough features are better for most midsize and large businesses.
June 2, 2023 — Source

What is deep tech? Life after consumer apps
Deep tech aims to advance technology in areas ranging from biotech to semiconductors to AI. Is it the next big thing in tech?
May 19, 2023 — Source

Why Asia's early heat wave is so alarming
Extreme heat is dangerous. Extreme heat when you least expect it is even worse.
April 14, 2023 — Source

Why does polygamy endure in urban environments?
Experts have long believed that in fast-growing, urban environments, polygamy would disappear. In Bamako, Mali, where the population is nearly 3 million and rapidly growing, and economic incentives to polygamy have faded, this hasn't been the case.
April 14, 2023 — Source

Without a single euro changing hands, Irish nonprofit is helping to reinvent the grid
Every day, strong gusts off the North Atlantic buffet hundreds of wind farms in Ireland, generating so much energy that owners often have no one to sell it to, forcing them to dump otherwise useful power.
April 27, 2023 — Source

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Yahoo acquires social sports betting app Wagr
Yahoo today announced that it has acquired Wagr, a three-year-old social sports betting startup based out of Nashville. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
April 25, 2023 — Source

Yeah, the data is bad, but I'm still optimistic about emerging managers
Emerging managers have been on the same roller coaster as startups for the last few years. Funding to these young firms swelled in 2021 as venture was hot overall, but in line with the broader market, fundraising has slowed to a trickle since the beginning of 2022.
April 14, 2023 — Source

Your boss is obsessed with productivity without knowing what it means
That's poor ground to stand on when trying to revoke remote work.
May 5, 2023 — Source

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Zenefits versus BambooHR: Which Software Is Better for Your Business in 2023?
Find out which software is the best fit for your business needs, Zenefits or BambooHR? Our comprehensive comparison guide has got you covered.
June 2, 2023 — Source

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1st Consumer Credit Counseling Alliance
offers debt consolidation and credit counseling services.
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ABC Mortgage Consulting
provides mortgage advice online using a chat-style page and offers personalized reports.
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Action Debt Relief, Inc.
offers debt consolidation and counseling.
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Advantage Consulting Group, Inc.
specializes in consulting for the credit card industry.
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Advantage Fund-Raising Consulting
specializes in the education and health fields.
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Affordable Payday and Paycheck Loan Consulting
offering payday loans, training manuals, and consulting for the payday advance industry.
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Allied Debt Consolidation
Offers debt consolidation / bill consolidation and consumer credit counseling services.
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Alpha Investment Advisors, Inc.
Fee-only management of securities and stocks.
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American Asset Managers
Registered money manager located in Rockville, MD.
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American Capital Management,Inc.
Formed in 1980 to provide superior returns for clients by investing in quality small and medium sized growth companies.
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Annuities-Central.com
contains consumer information about annuities and also offers online quotes.
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Apple's new high-yield Savings account delivers high APYs and convenient perks
Apple Card users can choose to grow their Daily Cash rewards with a high-yield Savings account from Goldman Sachs, which offers an APY of 4.15 percent — a rate that's more than 10 times the national average.
May 30, 2023 — Source

Applying for a Mortgage? Here Are 5 Hacks to Improve Your Credit Score.
Here's how to get your score where you need it
May 2, 2023 — Source

Associated Credit Managers, Inc.
offers application processing, background checks and analyses, skip traces, collection services, and more.
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Association of Employee Benefit Planners of new Orleans
Promotes the exchange of information among professionals in the field of employee benefits.
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Auto-Finance-Car-Loans.com Online Vehicle Financing
Association of national automobile dealers financing new and used car loans for people with bad credit.
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AWT Group, LLLP
Provides retirement and estate planning publications and resources.
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Bad Credit Personal Loans
Informational site containing articles about various lending options for people with bad credt.
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Bassett, Brosius and Dawson, Inc.
Financial and investment consulting firm.
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Becker Capital Management
A 100% employee owned registered investment advisor managing assets for individuals, corporate pension and profit sharing trusts, multi-employer trusts and endowment funds.
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Benefits Consulting Group, The
administrative services for the creation and maintenance of pension, profit sharing, defined benefit, and 401(k) plans.
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Best Savings Accounts for Kids and Teens
It's never to early too start learning the value of a dollar. These accounts can help.
June 9, 2023 — Source

Beyond Wills and Trusts
Guide for families caring for a member with special needs and disabilities.
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Bill Consolodation Loan
Offers free debt advice and debt consolodation services.
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Brian Carruthers and Associates
Retirement planning specialists. Headquartered in Orange County, California.
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BTA Consulting
global financial and capital markets consultants.
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Business & Estate Advisers, Inc.
Firm offers business planning and personal estate planning services.
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Business Finance
Online companion to the monthly accounting and finance magazine targeted to CFOs and corporate controllers includes a comprehensive article archives, newsletters, and survey findings on a variety of topics.
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Cabot Money Management
Providing professional investment portfolio management.
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Caleb Lawrence
Independent full service financial planning and investment.
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Capital Strategies Inc.
Offers financial planning to individuals, corporations and institutions.
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CardWeb.com
provides information for various types of payment cards including credit, debit, ATM, loyalty, and phone cards.
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Charter Investment Services, Inc.
Investment advisor with a focus on retirement planning and estate conservation.
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Chifley Financial Services Ltd
Retirement planning, investment in managed funds and other services.
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Claremont Financial Group
Registered Investment Advisor that assists individual investors and qualified retirement plans with financial planning and asset management services.
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Clinton Group
Registered investment adviser managing investment funds for individual, institutional, and sovereign investors.
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Cofidis Group
on-line consumer credit company offering personal loans.
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Columbus Financial Group
Financial planning and registered investment advisory services.
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Consolidated Credit Counseling Services
offers repair, consolidation, management, and other services.
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Consolidate student loan
Provides you with a collection of links to a variety of resources geared towards students, including a searchable directory and thematic channels.
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Construction finance Melbourne
Our network of relationship managers provides access to a lending panel of banks and finance houses that will provide the very best finance package to provide you with vital commercial advantage.
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Consumer Counseling Centers of America, Inc.
non-profit credit counseling, debt management and counseling organization.
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Consumer Credit and Budget Counseling, Inc.
non-profit counseling agency that serves individuals and families in financial distress.
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Consumer Credit Repair
offers advice, software, and insider tips on repairing personal credit reports.
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Consumer Debt Consolidation
non-profit debt consolidation and credit counseling organization.
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Consumer Information on Reverse Mortgages
from the National Center for Home Equity Conversion.
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Compass Advisors LLC
A fee-only financial planning firm in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Compass Investment Advisors
An independent and objective financial advisory firm serving the needs of individuals and their families.
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Consumer World: Money & Credit
A list of links to personal finance, investing, insurance, credit and banking.
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David T Martula, CFP
Hadley, Massachusetts firm offers fee-only financial planning services.
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David Twenhafel, CFP
Rockville, MD firm offers financial planning to people in the process of divorce.
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Debt Cafe Debt Consolidation Services
Provides non profit debt consolidation services nationwide
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Debt Relief Experts
educates and assists individuals who are in debt by offering a consolidated payment program.
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DebtAmerica.com
Organization offering confidential debt counseling and education.
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Donald J. Puff, Financial Advisors
Specialize in TSA/403(b), IRA, 401k, and all your retirement needs.
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Douglas F. Hudson, CFP
Offers Canadians information in the areas of retirement, estate, tax and investment planning.
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Dow Theory Forecasts
Proven Stock Advice!
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EasierHomeLoans
offers advice on home buying, interest rates, credit reports, the loan application process, and more.
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Entrust Administration Inc.
We handle the record keeping and government reporting requirements for truly self-directed IRAs and Qualified Plans.
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Evergreen Credit Reporting, Inc.
provides credit reports to consumers.
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Farr, Miller and Washington, LLC
A Washington, D.C. based firm specializing in portfolio management and estate planning.
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Field Stone Financial
Full service financial management firm.
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Fidelity Captial Management.
Provides comprehensive financial planning services, including estate, retirement,and business continuity planning.
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Financial Planners Standards Council
The Canadian regulatory organization awarding the Certified Financial Planner designation.
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Financial Pipeline
An educational site for the amateur investors, Financial Pipeline demystifies bonds, mutual funds, real estate, stocks and other aspects of personal finance.
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Financial Services Advisory, Inc.
An registered investment advisory company in Silver Spring, MD.
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Financially Fit
You're not fit, unless you're Financially Fit.
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Finway Investment Advisors
Investment advisors specilising in structuring private clients wealth world wide.
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First Manhattan Consulting Group Home Page
specializing in the financial services industry.
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Fletcher Asset Management Inc
Registered Investment Advisor.
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Forest Investment
Registered Investment Adviser providing investment management services for institutional investors in timberland.
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Freecreditreportz.com
offers credit reports, a mortgage loan finder, and online credit cards.
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FreeERISA.com
Free and unlimited access to current retirement and pension benefit information.
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Future Funds Pty Ltd
Provides superannuation, retirement and investment advice to clients in Australia from Sydney to Perth.
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George H. Coughlin II, CFP
Provides financial and IRA planning services.
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GetSmart
resources and referral services for mortgages, debt consolidation, credit cards, auto and student loans, and business financing.
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Goldman Sachs is watching for 'cannibalization' from partner Apple's new high-yield Savings account
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said Tuesday he isn't worried about partner Apple's new high-yield Savings account overshadowing Goldman's own Marcus offerings, but that he's watching closely for "cannibalization."
April 18, 2023 — Source

Gross Capital Associates
Provides investor and public relations for publicly traded companies.
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Hample & Peck Financial Planning and Investments
Located in beautiful Bozeman, Montana, we are independent and privately owned. this allows us to focus on long-term objectives rather than short-term profits. we generate none of our own securities or insurance products, preferring to select investment opportunities on the basis of the products ability to meet our clients' needs.
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Henrietta Humphreys Group
Fee-only CFPs provide financial planning and investment advice to individuals and families.
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Hourglass Capital Management
Financial services to institutional and individual clients.
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How to control your privacy settings on Venmo
It's fun to see who your friends are Venmoing money to, but that doesn't mean you should let every transaction be visible!
May 5, 2023 — Source

How to set up and use Apple Pay
Buying stuff online or in regular stores is now super easy because of different payment options from big companies. One great payment method, called Apple Pay, started more than eight years ago in 2014.
May 5, 2023 — Source

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ICMA Retirement Corporation VantageLink
An independent, non-profit provider of integrated retirement and investment advisory services for government organizations.
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iDebtAssistance.com
offers consolidation, loan, and credit counseling services.
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iDebtHelp.com
Offers to consolidate debt into one low monthly payment.
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Instant Credit Card Approvals.com
offers credit cards, reports, and online bill paying services.
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Ivy Asset Management Corp.
Company information and part of the Bank of NY.
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Kiplinger Online
Daily news summaries, personal finance, business forecasts, calculators and retirement advice.
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Klaas Financial Services
Financial advisors and certified financial planners.
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Kooman and Associates, Inc.
Assists investors in a full-range of financial and estate services.
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Larry Cogdell, CFP
Provides financial planning, investment products and free tools and information.
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Law Offices of Kim Kerber
A debt consolidation and counseling firm helping clients become debt free.
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Martin Capital Advisors
A registered investment advisor managing individual investment portfolios and mutual funds forlong term capital appreciation and income.
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Mathisen Financial, Inc.
Retirement planning, insurance options, mutual funds and tax strategies for the long-term investor.
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Merrill Lynch
Helping manage your money wisely.
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Merriman Capital Management
Offers both market timing and buy-and-hold investment strategies investing primarily in mutual funds using a disciplined mechanical approach to investing.
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Metropolitan Financial Management (MFM) — Rosefille, MN
non-profit fully licensed agency which assists people in repaying their debts. MFM provides no-charge confidential debt counseling.
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Mitchell Capital
Registered Investment Advisor serving employee benefit plans, foundations, and individual investors with accounts of $400,000 and above.
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Mortgage Mag
information regarding mortgage lending, mortgage banking and more.
Provides a Service — Source

Mortgage-Helper.com
offers information for people with bad credit including, credit scoring, mortgage scams, debt consolidation, and more.
Provides a Service — Source

Moseley Investment
Registered Investment Advisor in Florida providing retirement, estate, and intergenerational financial management and planning.
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National Association of Financial and Estate Planning
Free information on home mortgages, wealth planning, protection of assets, and tax tips.
Provides a Service — Source

National Financial News Services
editorial mortgage and financial rate reporting service that supplies interest rate information to newspapers nationwide.
Provides a Service — Source

Nigel Taylor, CFP
Provides domestic and international financial, retirement and estate planning.
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Noesis Capital Management Corp.
Financial results consistent with our clients' investment goals, with capital preservation a priority at all times.
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OakBrook Investments, LLC
A registered investment advisor specializing in domestic large cap equity investments.
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Ocean Finance — Low Cost Loans for UK Homeowners
Low Cost Personal Loans: Ocean Finance offer any purpose secured personal loans at low apr; all circumstances considered. Sorry no tenants.
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Parish and Company
Investment research and management services.
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Premier Financial Services
offers consumer help and consultations for fixing bad credit, debt consolidation/reduction, how to build good credit, and how to avoid bankruptcy.
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Principal.com
Educational and customer service site from Principal Financial Group.
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Quest Investment Management, Inc.
Registered Investment Advisor in Portland Ore.
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Reilly Financial Advisors
Financial services firm whose core business is portfolio management.
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Rich's Financial Enterprises
providing coverage of consumer rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act with sample letters for stopping collectors as well as debt consolidation services.
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Robert Wacker and Associates
Fee-only financial planning firm located in San Luis Obispo, California.
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Runnymede Capital Management
Research intensive investment firm headquartered in Mendham, new Jersey.
Provides a Service — Source

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Santa Barbara Asset Management
Provides experienced investment counsel and portfolio management.
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Sargent Bickham and Associates
Fee only firm providing services on an independent and objective basis.
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Scientists create high-resolution poverty maps using big data
A team of researchers from the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) and Central European University (CEU) created more-detailed poverty maps using computational tools that bring together survey information, and data and images provided by public sources such as Google and Meta (Facebook).
May 2, 2023 — Source

SCORE Asset Management
Certified minority/woman-owned investment firm providing investing, brokerage trading, underwriting, and planning services as a registered investment advisor, broker-dealer, and financial planner.
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Sheffield Investment Management, Inc.
Registered investment counseling firm based in Atlanta, Ga.
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Spectrum Insurance Group
Insurance products and pension and profit sharing plans.
Provides a Service — Source

Still River Retirement Planning Software
Software solutions to meet the retirement plans marketplace.
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Sycamore Financial Group
Regional firm that specializes in investment management.
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The bizarre true story of the last time America raised its retirement age
The backroom shenanigans that saved Social Security in 1983 — and why we can't rely on them again.
April 21, 2023 — Source

The Coury Financial Group
Offers estate and succession planning, corporate benefits analysis, business and personal management consulting, and investment management.
Provides a Service — Source

The Jentner Financial Group
Certified personal wealth managers.
Provides a Service — Source

The Logan Group
A security and insurance firm specializing in retirement planning.
Provides a Service — Source

The Monitor Group, Inc.
Nationally recognized fee-only financial planning firm, located in Fairfax, Virg.
Provides a Service — Source

The Rawls Company
Provides business succession planning services to capital intensive, family businesses.
Provides a Service — Source

The Retire Early
Online magazine with free retirement planning software.
Provides a Service — Source

The Rushmore Group
A business and estate planning consultant.
Provides a Service — Source

theidol.com | Investment Discounts On-Line
The Lowest Life Insurance Premiums in the UK with Discounted Stakeholder Pensions and Income protection also quotations and Buy On-line Service for Mortgages, Loans and Insurance from leading providers.
Provides a Service — Source

Tools2Retire
Construct your retirement plan with tools and information.
Provides a Service — Source

Transamerica Retirement Services
A full range of retirement services, including 401(k) and profit-sharing plans.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — V

Visa partners with PayPal, Venmo and others to power interoperable digital payments
Visa is partnering with a host of financial service and payment companies for a new interoperable peer-to-peer (P2P) payment offering, one that allows people to transfer money to friends even if they use a different payment service.
April 11, 2023 — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — W

Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants
membership organization of nearly 9000 CPAs dedicated to serving the professional needs of Washington state CPAs, promoting the profession, and providing consumer information.
Provides a Service — Source

Wealth Management Advisors Inc.
Financial planners and advisors located in Overland Park, KS.
Provides a Service — Source

Welch Group
Registered investment adviser located in Birmingham, Alabama.
Provides a Service — Source

Wells Fargo
Manage your money and apply for loans online.
Provides a Service — Source

WisePlanning.com
Offering financial planning, insurance, investing, tax-advantaged plans, retirement planning, home mortgages and debt elimination plans.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — Y

Yeske and Company
Offers articles, market updates, discussion areas, and financial planning services.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — Credit Card

Credit Advisors
Provides fee-based debt counseling services.
Provides a Service — Source

Credit Card Bills
Consolidate loans and credit card debt into one monthly payment.
Provides Information — Source

Credit Card Expert
Uk Credit cards, low apr, apply online, visa, mastercard, balance transfer.
Provides a Service — Source

Credit in a Nutshell
offers credit information and resources for consumers.
Provides a Service — Source

Credit Options
offers advice about restoring credit, getting lower rates, handling finances, and more.
Provides a Service — Source

Credit Score Online Information Center
provides information on FICO credit score, calculation, free analysis, interpretation, and use by financial institutions and individuals.
Provides a Service — Source

Credit Scoring Site
reveals the secret nature of credit scoring. These scores are used by credit bureaus to distill a person's credit report into one simple number that consumers have no access to.
Provides a Service — Source

Credit Source Online
offers links to credit card applications as well as consumer information.
Provides a Service — Source

Credit.com
insider information and opportunities that will allow you to understand and obtain the credit you need when you need it.
Provides a Service — Source

CreditAndDebt.com
offers financial assistance with credit cards, debt consolidation, mortgages, and credit repair.
Provides a Service — Source

CreditMarketers.com, Inc.
helps re-establish credit lines by searching for lenders that will meet the needs of the client.
Provides a Service — Source

CreditProvider.com
offering auto loans, unsecured credit cards, mortgage, and refinancing regardless of credit history.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Profits — Revenue

Samsung is on track to see its lowest quarterly operating profits since 2009
Samsung is on track to record its lowest quarterly profit since the first quarter of 2009, the company has said. Last year during the second quarter, the company reported operating profits of 14.1 trillion Korean won but for the same period this year, the company's guidance believes this will drop to 600 billion Korean won, a 96% drop.
July 7, 2023 — Source or Source or Source

Acer Subsidiary Scored $74 Million Profit in Russia Despite Sales Ban
After its only shareholder, Acer-Taiwan, said it would cease business in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.
June 9, 2023 — Source

Klarna's Q1 results show that the fintech unicorn's turnaround is in full swing
Last year wasn't an easy one for European fintech giant Klarna. The company saw its valuation being truncated in an $800 million funding round, and coverage of its 2022 results focused on contrasting its stiff losses against a more conservative market.
May 30, 2023 — Source

Lenovo profits are down a staggering 75% in the 'new normal' PC market
Inventory issues and workforce restructuring expenses greatly impacted the PC business
May 26, 2023 — Source

Editorial: It's right that big tech leans up with layoffs, focusing on profitable activities
With more than a decade of cheap money coming to an end thanks to higher interest rates, we've seen many big tech companies lay
May 23, 2023 — Source

Growing enterprise revenue boosts Zoom's first-quarter growth
The videoconferencing company is doubling down on its investment in AI, and remains positive about its financial outlook despite a slump in online sales.
May 23, 2023 — Source

SMIC Reports Q1 2023 Results, Revenue and Profits Down
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world, today announced its consolidated results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2023.
May 12, 2023 — Source

Toshiba posts 35% decline in full-year net profit
Japanese conglomerate Toshiba on Friday said full-year net profit fell by more than a third due partly to weak sales in electronic devices and other one-off factors.
May 12, 2023 — Source

Apple assembler Foxconn's profit misses on persistently weak Android phone market
Apple assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., known as Foxconn, reported its third consecutive quarterly profit miss, after the company succumbed to a persistently weak Android phone market.
May 11, 2023 — Source

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's Earnings Cut by a Small Margin
Team Green has published their report for the financial year of 2023, and several tech news outlets have been poring over the details — The Register was the first to spot that the intrepid leather jacketed leader was not being as handsomely compensated (when cross-referenced with previous FY results).
May 11, 2023 — Source

Acer Announces Q1 2023 Financial Results
Acer Inc. announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2023. Consolidated revenues reached NT$52.46 billion, gross profits reached NT$5.36 billion and maintained a margin of 10.2%, while inventory was further reduced to NT$39.46 billion in value.
May 5, 2023 — Source

Apple And Samsung Net A Crazy 96% Of Operating Profits While Rest Of The Manufacturers are Fighting for Leftovers
Apple and Samsung are two of the biggest names in the industry, both by their brand equity and market share. Both companies have managed to occupy top slots in almost every quarter globally, and the latest market research shows just how dominating these companies have become.
May 5, 2023 — Source

Apple earnings reveal iPhone and Services records while Mac and iPad falter
"All-time record in Services"
May 5, 2023 — Source or Source or Source or Source

Paytm tops $977 million revenue in a year, narrows loss
Paytm, India's leading mobile payments firm, reported a 13.2% surge in revenue to $285.7 million in the quarter ending March and pared its loss by 57% to $20.5 million in a sharp turnaround for the company that is increasingly trying to become profitable following a tremulous year and a half after its public debut.
May 5, 2023 — Source

Moderna rakes in surprise profits ahead of 400% vaccine price hike
Moderna made about $680 million more than expected in the first quarter.
May 5, 2023 — Source

Your boss is obsessed with productivity without knowing what it means
That's poor ground to stand on when trying to revoke remote work.
May 5, 2023 — Source

Ford Q1 earnings rebound as trucks and fleet sales drive profits
Ford reported its first quarter 2023 earnings Tuesday after the bell, and it marks the first time the legacy automaker will break down earnings by its three new business units: Ford Blue for the iconic gas and hybrid vehicles, Ford Model e for electric vehicles, and Ford Pro for commercial products and services.
May 2, 2023 — Source or Source

Logitech Announces Q4 and Full Fiscal Year 2023 Results
Logitech International today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full Fiscal Year 2023, ended March 31, 2023. "Logitech's Fiscal Year 2023 performance was in line with our revised outlook," said Bracken Darrell, Logitech president and chief executive officer.
May 2, 2023 — Source

NVIDIA Adds More to Its Market Capitalization in a Single Day Than Its Cumulative Profits Since 2019
On a day that saw the second-largest bank failure in US history, coupled with an ISM print that screamed stagflation, NVIDIA shares reached a fresh 1-year high, propelled by the ongoing mania around everything AI-related.
May 2, 2023 — Source

Huawei 1Q revenue edges up, profit margin narrows
Chinese tech giant Huawei reported Friday that its revenue edged up 0.8% from a year earlier in the first three months of 2023 and the company was profitable.
April 28, 2023 — Source or Source

Intel Posts Largest Quarterly Loss in Its History
Despite the hemorrhaging, its earnings were still a bit better than Wall Street's expectations.
April 28, 2023 — Source or Source or Source or Source

Samsung first quarter 2023 results announced
Samsung has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2023, the company has quarterly revenue of KRW 63.75 trillion and an operating profit of KRW 0.64 trillion.
April 28, 2023 — Source

Top-end models drive Mercedes profit growth
Mercedes-Benz said Friday its net profits rose by 12 percent in the first quarter to 4.0 billion euros, buoyed by demand for its vans and priciest premium cars.
April 28, 2023 — Source

Amazon earnings highlight a fairly positive quarter for Big Tech despite big cuts
Or as a result of big cuts.
April 27, 2023 — Source

Amazon stock rises, then drops after beating Q1 estimates with $127.4B in revenue
Amazon shares were up more than 11% in after-hours trading Thursday after the Seattle tech giant topped analyst expectations for both profits and revenue.
April 27, 2023 — Source

Intel Posts Its Biggest Loss on Record in Q1 2023: Rock Bottom or a Sinking Ship?
Intel has now announced its earnings for the first quarter of 2023, broadly beating consensus expectations regarding its top-line and bottom-line metrics.
April 27, 2023 — Source

Samsung loses billions on chips as overall profits decline 95 percent
Weak demand meant the world's largest memory chipmaker saw a $3.4 billion loss from its semiconductor business. But smartphone profits were stronger.
April 27, 2023 — Source or Source or Source

Snap stock down 24% on weak earnings, ad revenue slump
Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has seen its stock tumble 20% in after-hours trading after reporting first-quarter earnings Thursday.
April 27, 2023 — Source

Alphabet reports $69.8B in revenue amid mass layoffs and increased AI focus
Just barely above expectations.
April 25, 2023 — Source

Apple supplier Corning beats profit estimates
Apple supplier Corning beat profit estimates for the first quarter on Tuesday as the specialty glassmaker's price hikes more than made up for higher raw material costs and a demand decline.
April 25, 2023 — Source

Microsoft Cloud strength drives third quarter results
Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year:
April 25, 2023 — Source

Microsoft stock rises 4% as tech giant beats expectations with $52.9B in Q3 revenue
Microsoft reported revenue of $52.9 billion for its fiscal third quarter, a 7% increase from last year. The company beat analyst expectations of $51 billion and shares were up more than 4% in after-hours trading. Profits came in at $18.3 billion, up 9%.
April 25, 2023 — Source

RapidAPI, valued at $1 billion last year, cuts staff by 50%
Rapid (previously known as RapidAPI), a startup that built out an API marketplace valued at $1 billion last year, is cutting 50% of its staff TechCrunch has learned.
April 25, 2023 — Source

AT&T reports its best ever first quarter profitability
While AT&T went and reported some mixed Q1 earnings, sending its stock in a tailspin, the stellar performance of its mobile division was undeniable. AT&T's mobility unit clocked its best ever profitability for the first quarter, with 8% rise in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA).
April 20, 2023 — Source

Nokia profits down, sees economy impacting client spending
Wireless and fixed-network equipment maker Nokia on Thursday reported lower than expected profits as it warned that the current economic situation was starting to impact spending by operators and other customers.
April 20, 2023 — Source

Snapchat seeks path to profit without losing its way
Snapchat parent Snap on Wednesday unveiled new tactics including the increased use of artificial intelligence in its struggle to expand beyond the app's loyal user base and reach profitability.
April 20, 2023 — Source

Apple's Irish operation profits increase to $69.3 billion
Apple's main Irish-registered company made pre-tax profits of $69.3 billion last year, as its income surged to $222.8 billion, company filings show.
April 7, 2023 — Source

Samsung forecasts a shocking 96 percent drop in profits for Q1 2023
Memory inventories are piling up, so Samsung is cutting production.
April 7, 2023 — Source or Source or Source

General — Business — Publications — A

AgileBrain: Ideas for E-Business
An e-zine dedicated to ideas for e-business: e-case-studies across various industries.
Provides Information — Source

American Metal Market
Daily newspaper of the metals and recycling industries.
Provides Information — Source

Arab-American Business Magazine
Written for entrepreneurs and professionals, the magazine covers the Arab-American business community.
Provides Information — Source

Asia Image Interactive
The magazine for creatives in broadcast, production and post production.
Provides Information — Source

Automator: Magazine for the Automated Buildings Industry
A trade publication for the building automation industry with news updates, feature articles, and press releases.
Provides Information — Source

Automotive Body Repair News
Monthly publication serving the collision repair industry.
Provides Information — Source

Automotive Test Report
The newsletter for quality in automotive electronics and systems.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Publications — B

Barron's Online
The online version of the financial and investment weekly published by Dow Jones & Company.
Provides Information — Source

BioTimes — Novo Nordisk
The quarterly bioindustrial magazine from Novo Nordisk.
Provides Information — Source

Building Design and Construction
Magazine architects, engineers, contractors, building owners and facilities managers involved in design and construction of nonresidential buildings.
Provides Information — Source

Business Ethics Magazine
Comprehensive publication on corporate responsibility and social investing.
Provides Information — Source

Business Information Library
Listings of magazines and newsletters from major publishers.
Provides Information — Source

Business Magazines
Relevant sources of information for investment decisions and business needs.
Provides Information — Source

Business Plus Magazine
Online magazine for Irish business with real-time news and links to all major Irish commercial websites.
Provides Information — Source

BusinessWeek Online
Offers a daily news briefing, international market summaries, a portfolio tracker, quotes, archives and RealAudio financial updates.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Publications — C

Casual Living
The magazine for the casual furnishings industry.
Provides Information — Source

ColoradoBiz Magazine
A monthly magazine dedicated to covering Colorado's economy, business, finance, high-technology and other fields.
Provides Information — Source

Construction Equipment Magazine
Monthly magazine covering construction-industry-related economic trends.
Provides Information — Source

Consulting Engineer Specifying
Magazine for professional engineers who design mechanical, electrical, electronic and related systems for commercial, industrial and institutional projects.
Provides Information — Source

Control Engineering
Magazine dedicated to control, instrumentation and automation systems.
Provides Information — Source

Credit News Business Publications
News publications on distressed and fast-growing companies.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Publications — D

Dairy Foods Magazine
Provides information on the dairy foods industry.
Provides Information — Source

Direct Magazine
News magazine for marketing professionals, with emphasis on the internet economy.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Publications — E

Eagle Press Group
Eagle products are diaries, organizers, telephone index, note books, greeting cards, wedding cards, special gift sets, conference folders, spiral books, scribbling pads and desk books.
Provides Information — Source

Economist, The
Britain's weekly news magazine presents articles from the current issue, international business and political summaries, and an archive.
Provides Information — Source

EDN Magazine
Information electronic design engineers need to do their jobs more effectively.
Provides Information — Source

Electronic Component News
Product news and information for the electronic designer.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Publications — F

Fahy-Williams Publishing
Trade magazines for the school supply, specialty toy and game, and art materials industries.
Provides Information — Source

Fast Company
How smart business works.
Provides Information — Source

Federal Reserve System Beige Book
Published eight times a year, the anecdotal reports cover current economic conditions.
Provides Information — Source

Food Manufacturing Magazine
Magazine of technology for food production and packaging.
Provides Information — Source

Forbes Digital Tool
The esteemed business and financial magazine presents articles from the current print edition, technology news, investment advice, archives and a searchable database.
Provides Information — Source

Franchise Times Magazine
The news and information source for franchising.
Provides Information — Source

FT.com
Online edition of the Financial Times, Britain's leading international business news daily.
Provides Information — Source

Furniture World Magazine
Furniture and Home Furnishings resource for retailers and consumers.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Publications — G

Gifts and Decorative Accessories Magazine
Leading trade publication covering the gifts and decorative accessories industry.
Provides Information — Source

Godly Business Woman Magazine
A site geared to inspire and educate women to be all they can be through Jesus Christ.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Publications — H

HBS Working Knowledge
Developed by Harvard Business School, presents a rich resource of fresh ideas, new thinking, and useful research.
Provides Information — Source

Hispanic Business
Publication written by Hispanic professionals and business owners offers news, market data and career resources.
Provides Information — Source

Home Accents Today
The information source for the Home Accents Industry.
Provides Information — Source

Home Textiles Today
Weekly business and fashion newspaper of the home textiles industry.
Provides Information — Source

Hotel and Travel Index
Information on destinations, hotels, resorts and inns worldwide.
Provides Information — Source

Hotel Executive
Publication for hotel company owners, senior executives and institutional investors.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Publications — I

Inc. Online
Full-service resource for entrepreneurs contains print magazine archives from 1988 to present, plus the annual list of fastest growing companies.
Provides Information — Source

Industrial Maintenance and Plant Operation Magazine
A monthly magazine with for plant engineers and maintenance managers.
Provides Information — Source

IndustryWeek
The management resource on the web.
Provides Information — Source

Investor's Business Daily
The newspaper's online edition offers business and financial news, market commentary, company profiles and an investment education center.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Publications — J

Jewelers' Circular Keystone Magazine
Magazine for the world-wide jewelry industry.
Provides Information — Source

Journal of Commerce, The
The online version of the daily newspaper covers international business, trade and transport.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Publications — K

Knowledge@Wharton
The latest business insights, information and research from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Publications — L

Left Business Observer
is an 8-page more-or-less monthly newsletter on economics and politics in the U.S. and the world at large.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Publications — M

Manufacturing Systems Magazine
Provides information technology for manufacturing managers in enterprise and supply chain management and plant operations.
Provides Information — Source

Material Handling Product News
New product tabloid reporting on the entire range of material handling products.
Provides Information — Source

MBA Style magazine
A webzine dedicated to MBA students, lifestyles, careers, interviews, careerwear and fashion, and "How to Tie a Necktie"
Provides Information — Source

Medical Design Technology Magazine
Publication keeps design engineers, engineering managers in the medical device manufacturing industry up to date with the latest developments.
Provides Information — Source

Metal Center News
Trade magazine of the metals distribution industry.
Provides Information — Source

MicroDesign Resources
Focused on enabling technology for personal computers and the high-performance microprocessor industry.
Provides Information — Source

Money
Full of information from Money magazine as well as financial calculators and plenty of financial links and reference information.
Provides Information — Source

Motor Age Magazine
Trade publication relating to the technical service information needs of the import and domestic automotive service aftermarket.
Provides Information — Source

Multi Channel News
Reports weekly on breaking news relevant to the cable TV and telecommunications industries, both domestically and abroad.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Publications — P

Packaging Digest
Serving the information needs of the global packaging marketplace.
Provides Information — Source

Party & Paper Retailer Magazine, the informed retailer's choice
targeting the party/stationery trade with tips from balloons to business.
Provides Information — Source

PennWell™
PennWell Corporation is a highly diversified, business-to-business media company providing authoritative print and online publications, conferences and exhibitions, research, databases, online exchanges and information products to strategic global markets.
Provides Information — Source

Pizza Today Magazine
A monthly trade magazine catering to the independent pizza operator.
Provides Information — Source

Playthings Magazine
Magazine for toy retailers and manufacturers.
Provides Information — Source

Pollution Engineering
Environmental magazine that covers manufacturing locations and waste treatment facilities who purchase products, equipment and services to prevent, control, treat and dispose of air, water, solid and hazardous contaminants.
Provides Information — Source

Product Design and Development
Monthly magazine for design engineers and engineering management readers in the original equipment market.
Provides Information — Source

Purchasing b2b
Reports on purchasing and procurement in Canada with news, features and analysis.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Publications — Q

Quick Print Products
Monthly magazine serving the quick printing market's owners and shop managers.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Publications — R

R & D Magazine
Trade publication targeting the research and development community.
Provides Information — Source

Research
the biggest names in the business all in one place.
Provides Information — Source

Risk and Insurance
Magazine for insurance company executives and corporate risk managers offers articles tracking industry trends and free subscription information.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Publications — S

SmartMoney Interactive
The comprehensive Dow Jones site offers feature articles, quotes and charts, market updates, stock picks, portfolio tracking, earnings news, bond and mutual fund information.
Provides Information — Source

Stocks and News
A unique and often irreverent look at current events and their effect on the financial world.
Provides Information — Source

Strategic Risk
Magazine aimed at people who have to deal with risk at a strategic level and with the necessary responsibility for corporate governance.
Provides Information — Source

Surgical Products Magazine
News of medical and surgical equipment, supplies and services.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Publications — T

TelecomFinance
News on debt and equity financing of telecoms, satellite, internet and media projects globally.
Provides Information — Source

The Banker
A banking industry magazine.
Provides Information — Source

The Magazine of Quick Service Restaurant Success
Trade publication covering the quick service (fast food) industry.
Provides Information — Source

The NetRisk
Quarterly magazine covering the issues of risk management of security, safety, disaster, e-business and red tape for UK businesses.
Provides Information — Source

Treasury & Risk Management Magazine
A resource for senior financial executives covering all areas of corporate finance including cash management, risk management, insurance, pensions, derivatives, treasury, technology, benefits, finance and 401ks.
Provides Information — Source

TWICE — this Week in Consumer Electronics
Weekly trade magazine for professionals in the consumer electronics field.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Publications — V

Variety Magazine
The newspaper of the world of show business. Premier source of entertainment news.
Provides Information — Source

VideoAge
Business journal for international television.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Publications — W

Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition, The
Dow Jones news headlines, special reports and links to 100,000 pages of financial information.
Provides Information — Source

Wharton Journal Online, The
The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business features news, photos, athletics and opinions at its business review.
Provides Information — Source

Wireless Design & Development
Magazine for wireless component and system design engineers in the commercial RF and microwave market.
Provides Information — Source

Wireless Week
Weekly newspaper covering all the business, technology and regulatory news in cellular, personal communications services, paging, specialized mobile radio, private mobile radio, wireless Internet, wireless data, satellite, wireless local loop and microwave technologies.
Provides Information — Source

Working Money
the magazine provides concise information on mutual munds, money management, investment strategies and finacial planning.
Provides Information — Source

Worth
Provides expert views on money, markets, and the culture of finance with tips and tools to grow money.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — SOHO — Numbers

4hb.com
Resources for home based businesses.
Provides Information — Source

900profits.com
Turnkey 900 number business package. Programs include date, party, and chat lines.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — SOHO — A

Actual Business Plan Series
offering downloadable files and online resources addressing how to open a bed and breakfast, bookstore, or restaurant.
Provides Products — Source

Advanced CRM and Quotation software — SaleSmartz
Sales Force Automation SFA. Customer Relationship Manager CRM. Online or networked CRM, Contact manager, Quotation system, Time manager, Product catalogue, e-Commerce and Reporting tool in one. FREE Download
Provides a Service — Source

Affiliated Business Consultants
matches business buyers to sellers.
Provides a Service — Source

American Business Brokers
offering businesses for sale in Southwest Florida.
Provides a Service — Source

American Home Business Association, Inc.
supporting the needs of home-based entrepreneurs through a variety of benefits and services.
Provides a Service — Source

American Small Businesses Association
Our goal is helping you get there by providing the resources you need and negotiating the best packages and discounts on your behalf.
Provides a Service — Source

AutoPlus Window Stickers
Produce custom window stickers for car dealers. Turn-key systems and distributorships.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — SOHO — B

Barcode Label Printers
Economical barcode label maker software has ability to generate multiple barcode labels and stickers using different barcode series creating techniques.
Provides Information — Source

Biztalk
Presents feature articles, daily business and financial news, small business advice, tax and legal information, and an e-mail newsletter.
Provides a Service — Source

Business Know-How
is a web developer and online content provider specializing in creating editorial content, online communities, electronic surveys, and Internet database solutions for businesses, government organizations and commercial online services
Provides a Service — Source

Business Planning Center
business and marketing planning, and business strategy information, advice, and software. Features online interactive business consulting, sample small business plans and outlines.
Provides a Service — Source

Businesses for sale: Buy a business-Sell a business
Search thousands of businesses for sale, buy a business for sale, franchise opportunities, and business brokers.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — SOHO — C

California Association of Employers
Faced with an ever-growing and complex web of governmental mandates and labor relations challenges, they pooled their resources to form CAE as a cost-effective vehicle to provide solutions to employer-employee relations challenges and opportunities.
Provides a Service — Source

California Small Business Association
Mission to provide small business with a meaningful voice in state and federal gov't.
Provides a Service — Source

Cartoon Yard Displays
Unique yard displays for all kinds of special occasions.
Provides a Service — Source

Coastal Vacations
Purchase travel packages for resale.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — SOHO — D

DEMC
Latest news, insightful articles and resources to help small businesses, home businesses and entrepreneurs increase profits.
Provides a Service — Source

Drop Shipping News
Drop shipping source directory.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — SOHO — E

eWeb: Education for Entrepreneurship
provides support to students and faculty interested in starting, running and growing businesses, entrepreneurial firms, home-based businesses or any new businesses.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — SOHO — F

Federation of Small Businesses
lobbying group. offers members a range of benefits and services including free legal advice and insurance costs.
Provides a Service — Source

Free Work at Home Opportunities
Resources, articles and tips to help you select the real free work at home opportunities amongst the thousands of scams.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — SOHO — G

Garage Storage Cabinets
Join a national network of garage storage cabinet dealers.
Provides a Service — Source

GPassCo
Information on getting into the asphalt coating business, available for purchase, not a franchise.
Provides a Service — Source

Great Western Business Formation Services
marketer of businesses for sale by owner.
Provides a Service — Source

Growthink.com
builds and refines business plans, business models, and growth strategies for early stage to pre-ipo internet and technology ventures.
Provides a Service — Source

Guarantee company formation
Providing same day company formation and guarantee company formation for your not for profit company. Forming companies that are limited by guarantee in just a few hours.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — SOHO — H

Home Video Studio
Information on owning and operating a home video studio.
Provides a Service — Source

Home-worker.com
Order the home employment directory.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — SOHO — I

Idea Cafe
at Idea Cafe, we serve info fast, fresh, friendly and for real.
Provides Information — Source

Internet Auctions
A home study course that teaches you how to earn income via internet auctions.
Provides a Service — Source

Internet Work at Home Opportunity
This is a proven home business opportunity. If you are willing to put some time and effort into developing your business, you will succeed. Complete instructions and support are provided.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — SOHO — K

K. Williams Resources
Information for running a small or home based business once its off the ground.
Provides a Service — Source

Kumar Ventures
The place for fine gifts and collectables and offering home-based opportunities.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — SOHO — L

Lost Refunds
Assist others finding their lost refunds.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — SOHO — M

Moon Bounce Business Opportunities
Information on starting your own bounce business. you can buy bouncers, slides, concession equipment and more.
Provides a Service — Source

Mr. Checkout
Offers wholesale distribution routes in Canada and the US.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — SOHO — N

NASA Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
is responsible for the development and management of NASA programs to assist small businesses.
Provides a Service — Source

National Association of Professional Women
Introduction the National Association of Professional Women, the most rapidly growing and recognized association for professional women in the United States.
Provides a Service — Source

National Business Association
non-profit organization supporting and educating small business owners.
Provides a Service — Source

National Women's Business Council
The National Women's Business Council, a bi-partisan Federal government advisory panel, was reauthorized by Congress in 1997.
Provides a Service — Source

Newsletters, Ink.
Home-based franchise opportunities. Customized newsletters for healthcare and business professionals.
Provides a Service — Source

Nevada Small Business Development Center's Services
assists small business enterprises throughout the state by helping them plan their growth potential and develop and maintain professional management skills.
Provides a Service — Source

New York City Partnership Small Business Resource Center
information on starting, financing and building a business in NYC.
Provides a Service — Source

Northern Economic Initiatives
private, non-profit, community development corporation committed to creating and improving new and existing businesses throughout Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Provides a Service — Source

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Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
of the Acquisition and Technology department of the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — SOHO — R

Research Institute for Small and Emerging Businesses
Offers the Small Business postage meter and scale. Risk free 60 day trial. Plus you will get FREE postage coupons.
Provides a Service — Source

Resource Center for Home-Based Businesses
Sells booklets, audio tapes and videos on home-based business topics.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — SOHO — S

Sba Business Development
Get the 8a Certification by our group of business professionals that have come together to provide the very best in SBA Certification Services for your business.
Provides a Service — Source

SBA Business Plan Outline
The Business Plan — Road map to success.
Provides a Service — Source

Service Corps of Retired Executives
is a nonprofit organization which provides small business counseling and training under a grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Provides a Service — Source

Small Business Benefit Association (SBBA)
national organization providing small and home-based businesses with resources including financial support, insurance, and more.
Provides a Service — Source

Small Business Franchise
Browse the Small Business Opportunity site and learn about the top small business opportunities and franchise business opportunity listings available. we have comprehensive directories of business franchise for sale listings.
Provides Information — Source

Small Business Resource Center
aims to help small business to start up, grow and flourish.
Provides a Service — Source

SportsLife
Run your own business selling sporting goods, pro and college apparel to schools, teams, leagues, and on the Internet.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — SOHO — T

Ten Survival Strategies for Entrepreneurs
Seven years ago, I left the administrative career I had built for twenty-three years, and started my own business.
Provides Information — Source

The Rag Company
Home based opportunity with microfiber cleaning products.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — SOHO — U

U.S. Business Advisor
Our goal is to make the relationship between business and government more productive.
Provides a Service — Source

Ultra Bond
Patented auto windshield glass repair processes and products.
Provides a Service — Source

United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
interested in making an impact on government policy and the development of small business and entrepreneurship.
Provides a Service — Source

University of Massachusetts/Amherst Family Business Center
helps family business executives through articles and programs.
Provides a Service — Source

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Winning Edge: Self-Publishing
Offers a manual that teaches how to write, self-publish, copyright, and sell how-to booklets in your own mail order home business.
Provides a Service — Source

Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation
provides business education and training opportunities.
Provides a Service — Source

Work at Home
A work from home system.
Provides a Service — Source

Work at Home Jobs
Work at home job program and business opportunities.
Provides a Service — Source

Working Solo
Features, news and book reviews for people who work at home.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Taxes — Numbers

1st IBCs Online
This website was created to help you to find reliable offshore service providers who can satisfy your needs.
Provides a Service — Source

1040.com
Tax advice, news updates and downloadable tax forms. Includes tax code changes and an interactive Q&Amp;A section.
Provides Information — Source

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American Society of Continuing Education
ASCE — effective Continuing Professional Education (CPE) for Accountants.
Provides Information — Source

American Tax Deal Negotiators
A legal service for taxpayers to use as an alternative to dealing with the IRS.
Provides a Service — Source

Americans for Tax Reform
A national clearinghouse that advocates repealing the income tax. Includes information on social security reform and the flat tax.
Provides Information — Source

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Bisk Totaltape CPA Exam Review & CPE
A leading provider of CPA Exam Review materials and CPE for accounting professionals for over 25 years. Money-Back Guarantee! Video, audio, books, online, and multi-media available.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Taxes — C

California ZipTax
Sales tax preparation software. Easy to learn and easy to use.
Provides Products — Source

Canadian Taxpayers Federation
The nonprofit advocacy organization serves as a watchdog on government spending. Includes publications, a resource center and membership information.
Provides Information — Source

CANTAX Income Tax Software
Demos and patches for individuals and professionals. Includes a product brochure.
Provides Products — Source

CORPTax Software
Programs for federal and state income tax, sales and use tax compliance, and tax planning.
Provides Products — Source

CPAdvantage.com
Real tax tips, not just tax facts, are found on this site along with other great information for individuals and businesses.
Provides Information — Source

CPA Marketing Course
Provides training material based on an independent 3-year project on CPA marketing practices.
Provides Information — Source

CPE Accounting & Tax Institute
A non-profit organization established to deliver on-line CPE and approved CPE credit to CPAs, LPAs.
Provides Information — Source

CPE Tracker
Tracking and reminder service.
Provides a Service — Source

CPEasy
Online CPE for accounting, tax, financial and business professionals.
Provides a Service — Source

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Digita
Software for businesses and tax professionals. Free demo versions for PC and Amiga systems.
Provides Products — Source

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Equity Search Tax Relief
A professional service for taxpayers facing IRS and state tax problems offering help in dealing with the taxing authorities.
An Article — Source

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Fairmark Press Tax Guide for Investors
A plain language explanation of this subject from the Fairmark Press Tax Guide for Investors
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Taxes — I

Internal Revenue Code (26 USC)
IRS Tax code in one location.
An Article — Source

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JN Productions Self-Study CPE Courses
Courses include Excel, Office, Word, PowerPoint, and QuickBooks.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Taxes — M

Motley Fool, The: Tax Q&Amp;A
Feature topics, message boards and archives. Covers capital gains, tax credits, stock donations, estimated taxes, gifts, inheritance tax, home office deductions, stock options and wash sales.
Provides Information — Source

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National Association of Tax Practitioners
Members include CPAs, individual practitioners, enrolled agents, accountants, attorneys and financial planners. NATP's Tax Research Center assists member with federal and state tax questions.
Provides a Service — Source

National Internet CPA
IRS representation and negotiation seevices for troubled taxpayers nationwide. new Live Audio Online Internet 1040talk show for serious IRS problems. Info News Q&Amp;A Help
Provides Information — Source

National Tax Training School
Nationally accredited home-study training programs.
Provides Information — Source

National Taxpayers Union
NTU is the largest grassroots taxpayer organization. Includes articles, news updates, publications, membership info and links to related sites.
Provides Information — Source

NelCo
Your software company has partnered with Nelco as its authorized provider of compatible forms and supplies. with this partnership, we strive to make your forms and supplies ordering as easy and smooth as possible. by forming a relationship with Nelco, you will have access to a new level of support for your software program.
Provides Information — Source

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Oklahoma Tax Commission
Tax forms for Oklahoma individuals and businesses.
Provides Information — Source

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Payroll-Taxes.com — your Source for the Most Payrol
Payroll-Taxes.com — your Source for the Most Payroll Information! Payroll Links, Articles, State and Federal Contact Information and more.
Provides Information — Source

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Queen's University Research Publications
A list of the research publications by the accounting faculty of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada from 1994 to 1997.
Provides Information — Source

Quicken.com: Taxes
Tax law changes, personal and small business tax guides, bulletin boards, forms and publications, and links to related sites. Includes a free Turbo Tax software trial.
Provides Products — Source

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Reid Tax Company
CFP assists with tax problems, estate planning and trusts.
Provides Information — Source

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Saxon Tax Software
Professional tax tools for federal and Florida preparation.
Provides Products — Source

Small Business Taxes & Management
Professional tax and management guidance for small to medium-sized businesses.
Provides a Service — Source

Surgent and Associates, LLC
Provides over 1500 CPA CPE seminars throughout the country through state societies of CPAs.
Provides a Service — Source

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Tax Analysts
The nonprofit tax advocacy and information group offers tax law analysis and advice, legislative news and a list of publications. Includes a tax clinic and discussion groups.
An Article — Source

Tax and Accounting Sites Directory
Dennis Schmidt of the University of Northern Iowa provides a comprehensive index to tax information resources on the Internet. Includes federal, state and international tax sites, tax forms, online tax preparation, policy groups, and software.
Provides Information — Source

Tax Foundation
Founded in 1937, the nonprofit tax policy research organization monitors fiscal issues at the federal, state and local levels. Includes tax policy updates and publications.
Provides Information — Source

Tax Information and Advice
Maxwell Schmerler & Co. presents a tax guide for individuals, information on the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and tax planning advice.
Provides Information — Source

Tax Prophet
A collection of tax advice, interactive tax forms and information on foreign taxes.
Provides Information — Source

Taxlogic
The online tax preparation service presents tax news, an advisory forum and links to related sites.
Provides Information — Source

TaxResources
Provides audit protection services for small businesses and the self-employed. Includes tax forms and FAQs.
Provides a Service — Source

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts — Texas Taxes
From the Comptroller. Texas Education. Reports and Periodicals. Texas Taxes. Texas Economy. Fiscal Management. Search. Site Map.
Provides Information — Source

The CPA Journal
The monthly journal of the New York State Society of CPAs, includes a searchable index of past issues.
Provides Information — Source

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U.S. Tax Code On-Line
A complete text of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, Title 26. Includes hyperlinks that allow cross-referencing between sections and a searchable database.
Provides Information — Source

Uncle Fed's Tax Board
The ONE-STOP web site for all your tax season needs. File your tax return on-line! Download IRS forms, instructions & publications!
Provides Information — Source

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Vertex Tax Software Solutions
At Vertex, we're improving tax processes with innovative software and services that make taxation less time-consuming and more cost-effective.
Provides Information — Source

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Western CPE
Provides instructional conferences at exciting resort locations, as well as in-house and self-study materials. Sponsored by the University of Montana School of Business Administration.
Provides a Service — Source

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4 problems venture capital can't solve
As the technology industry retrenches and venture capital firms tighten their standards, savvy founders should consider this counterintuitive question: Even if my vision is compelling enough to secure funding, should I take it?
April 20, 2023 — Source

4 VCs illustrate why there's good reason to be optimistic about the machine learning startup market
When you talk about investments in artificial intelligence startups versus machine learning startups, it's important to distinguish "AI" from "machine learning." Those phrases are often used interchangeably, but they carry a slightly different meaning.
June 27, 2023 — Source

8 reasons why the venture capital market isn't as miserable as you think
Did the global venture capital market bottom out in the first quarter of this year? The second?
July 14, 2023 — Source

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After spinning out of IBM-acquisition NS1, open source startup NetBox Labs raises $20M
NetBox Labs, a new open source startup spun out of VC-backed network automation company NS1 back in January, today announced it has raised $20 million in a Series A round of funding from a slew of high-profile investors.
April 11, 2023 — Source

Abingworth Management Limited
Venture capital investor on both sides of the Atlantic, specialising in early-stage life science and biomedical companies.
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ABN AMRO Private Equity
business services, communications, information technology and healthcare services companies with new products and services that address large existing markets.
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Advent International
companies at all stages of development, including early-stage, and in virtually any industry
Provides a Service — Source

'AI-powered' VC firm Vela emerges from stealth with $25M under management
Six years ago, Yiğit Ihlamur, a former senior program manager at Google, observed that AI was surpassing human capabilities in certain areas — at least by his estimation. Equipped with this perspective, he looked into various sectors with the goal of tackling a problem that he could work on for the rest of his life.
May 11, 2023 — Source

American Capital Strategies
Evaluates and secures financing for middle market companies.
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American Industrial Partners
With over $1 billion in equity capital under management, American Industrial Partners is actively investing in middle market companies.
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Ampersand Ventures
early and expansion-stage companies seeking capital for product development and growth in electronics, telecommunications, healthcare, life sciences, industrial and building products, process control and instrumentation.
Provides a Service — Source

Apex Investment Partners
emerging growth companies of all stages in telecommunications, software, and information technology industries, with additional emphasis in specialty retail and consumer products.
Provides a Service — Source

Atlas Venture
early and late stage information technology and life sciences in Europe and the U.S.
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B Capital leads Odeko's $53M Series D to help small coffee shops scale
When the global pandemic hit, independent restaurants and shops that didn't already have an online ordering system in place found themselves scrambling to keep operations going when consumers no longer were going into establishments.
April 18, 2023 — Source

Bain Capital
Focus: venture and expansion capital for private companies and growth capital for public companies in a wide range of industries.
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Bertelsmann Ventures
early stage, Internet centric, business-to-consumer and consumer-to-consumer.
Provides a Service — Source

Big-time VCs link arms for climate coalition
About two-dozen venture capital firms say they are teaming up to "build a robust movement" in the VC business to combat the climate crisis. The group calls itself the Venture Climate Alliance, or VCA.
April 25, 2023 — Source

Blockchain messaging protocol LayerZero raises $120M, hitting $3B valuation
LayerZero Labs, a web3 messaging protocol, has closed a $120 million Series B round, raising its valuation to $3 billion from $1 billion, the company said on Tuesday.
April 4, 2023 — Source

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Cart.com has $1.2B valuation after $60M Series C
Cart.com, an Austin-based company providing end-to-end e-commerce services, entered unicorn territory following a $60 million Series C round of funding to push its valuation to $1.2 billion.
June 27, 2023 — Source

CM Equity Partners
Private equity fund focusing on the acquisition of middle-market manufacturing, distribution and service companies.
Provides a Service — Source

Curri nabs $42M for its construction-focused last-mile logistics platform
In 2018, Matt Lafferty and Brian Gonzalez co-founded Curri, a tech platform focused on last-mile logistics for the construction industry. Their goal, they say, was to help customers, specifically distributors, save on operational costs and convert more sales — solving inefficiencies in construction along the way.
June 6, 2023 — Source

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Dexory nabs $19M to bring visibility to warehouses through analytics and autonomous robots
Helping warehouses "virtualize and visualize" their sites
June 27, 2023 — Source

Dimeling, Schreiber & Park
Focus: private equity investments in a broad range of middle market companies having superior management teams.
Provides a Service — Source

Draper Fisher Jurvetson — Venture Capital
early-stage information technology businesses with enormous market potential.
Provides a Service — Source

Dumme's AI video editor creates YouTube Shorts in minutes
Dumme, a startup putting AI to practical use in video editing, is already generating demand before opening up to the public. The Y Combinator-backed company has hundreds of video creators testing its product, which leverages AI to create short-form videos from YouTube content, and a waitlist of over 20,000 pre-launch, it says.
June 2, 2023 — Source

Dynasty Capital Services Consulting
DCS consults with emerging technology companies from startup to IPO and beyond.
Provides a Service — Source

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Edison Venture Fund
proprietary technologies or unique services in emerging markets, generally prefering expansion stage companies.
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EnerTech Capital
service and technology companies related to utilities and the broader energy marketplace, mostly profitable companies with annual revenue in excess of $3 million, but will also consider early-stage.
Provides a Service — Source

Ensemble raises $100M debut fund to bet on startup teams — but not in the way you think
Almost any venture capitalist will say that they back startups based on the strength of the founding team. But what about the rest of a startup's employees? New VC shop Ensemble thinks you need to go beyond the founders to see if a team will actually make a startup successful.
April 4, 2023 — Source

Episode Six raises $48M to streamline payment processes
In an email, CEO John Mitchell said that the tranche will be used to expand Episode Six's go-to-market efforts and scale its business as the company looks to drive digital transformation journeys for banks and companies operating within the payments space.
May 23, 2023 — Source

Everstream, which applies big data to supply chain management, raises $50M
Just short of a year after raising $24 million from backers, including DHL, Everstream Analytics, a company that provides predictive insights for physical supply chains, has secured a fresh round of funding.
April 4, 2023 — Source

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Fetcherr raises $12.5M to dynamically price airfare with algorithms
Roy Cohen believes that there's a severe underinvestment in tech within the airline industry, with airlines continuing to rely on legacy systems and outdated infrastructures that date back decades.
April 4, 2023 — Source

Fintech-focused VC firm Anthemis Group lays off 28% of staff as part of restructuring
Anthemis Group has completed restructuring that resulted in its letting go of 16 employees, or about 28% of its employees, earlier this year, the fintech-focused venture firm has confirmed to TechCrunch.
April 25, 2023 — Source

Foundation Capital
start-ups in their formative stages, and all subsequent financings as a company develops, involving Enterprise & Internet Software, Communications & Networking, Technical Software, and Semiconductors.
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Founders Pledge launches VC arm, Pledge Ventures, to create new 'flywheel' in philanthropy
Founders Pledge is a London-based charitable initiative, where entrepreneurs enter a legally binding commitment to donate to charity when they exit a portion of their personal proceeds on liquidity.
April 21, 2023 — Source

From seed to Series A in 7 months: Why and how Odyssey Energy Solutions moved quickly
Want a sneak peek at the electrical grid of the future? Don't look to the U.S., Europe or China. Instead, head to Nigeria, where Odyssey Energy Solutions has been hard at work. There, a shaky and incomplete grid has driven many businesses and communities to invest in mini- and microgrids that are powered by renewable energy and capable of running independently.
May 19, 2023 — Source

Frontenac Company
health care services, information technology services and consumer/industrial businesses.
Provides a Service — Source

FundingPost.com
Raise money for your company.
Provides a Service — Source

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Gabriel Venture Partners
funding through every stage of the company growth cycle.
Provides a Service — Source

General Atlantic Partners
long term minority investor focused exclusively on software and services, and related information technologies.
Provides a Service — Source

General Catalyst
Funds breakthrough ventures and backs exceptional entrepreneurs via capital, business building resources and strategic support.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Venture Capital — H

Hey, stuck startups, reducing growth could make you less fundable
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
July 7, 2023 — Source

Hickory Venture Capital Corporation
rapidly growing ventues throughout the Southeast, Southwest, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, especially involving healthcare services, medical devices, telecommunications, and software.
Provides a Service — Source

Hopr raises $500K to accelerate product-led go-to-market strategy
Hopr has secured $500K in funding from TEDCO, that has invested an additional $300K, doubling down on their initial investment of $200K, which occurred last year.
May 26, 2023 — Source

How to prepare a hardware startup for raising a Series A
The world we used to live in — the one that revolved around using cheap money to pump up ARR — is gone.
June 2, 2023 — Source

General — Business — Venture Capital — I

Industrial Growth Partners
IGP provides private equity capital for management buyouts in middle-market manufacturing companies.
Provides a Service — Source

Instabase lands $45M investment to help companies automate document processing
Instabase, a startup providing an apps platform that can be used to understand and analyze "unstructured" data, today announced that it raised $45 million in a Series C round led by Tribe Capital, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), New Enterprise Associates and Spark Capital.
June 6, 2023 — Source

Institutional Venture Partners
Investment focus:leading early-stage companies with advanced technology in information and life sciences, and selectively in later stage opportunities
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Internet Capital Group
online marketplaces, electronic commerce applications, and intranet and extranet technologies and service providers.
Provides a Service — Source

Intersouth Partners
seed and early-stage life science and technology companies located near the Research Triangle and Austin.
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InterWest Partners
full range of stages in information technology, health care and non-technology ventures
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J.L. Albright Venture Partners Inc.
emerging companies with exceptional prospects for growth, strong fundamentals and superior products and/or services.
Provides a Service — Source

Jirav, a startup developing financial planning software for businesses, raises $20M
After years of working for startups, including Limeade and Zephyr Health, Martin Zych came to realize that companies were lacking an automated, cloud-based way to run their books and prop up their financial models.
July 11, 2023 — Source

JK&B Capital
telecommunications, software and information technologies, but will consider outstanding opportunities in other industries.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Venture Capital — K

Kennet Capital
European information and communications technology companies.
Provides a Service — Source

Kestrel Venture Management
deals too large for most individual investors and too small for many venture capital firms — broad array of new England industries.
Provides a Service — Source

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
early-stage ventures, and includes the KPCB Java Fund.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Venture Capital — L

Labrador Ventures
early-stage companies seeking less than $1 million and involving digital technologies information, communications, software, media/entertainment, and semiconductors.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Venture Capital — M

Magnets and water net Magnotherm $6.9M seed round to kill hazardous refrigerants
Awarming world is going to need a lot of cold drinks. Problem is, today's refrigeration tech is anything but climate friendly.
April 4, 2023 — Source

Maton Venture
technology-based, private companies at various stages of development.
Provides a Service — Source

Matrix Partners
early-stage software and communications companies.
Provides a Service — Source

Mayfield Fund
seed to second-round financing in companies with unique, information or healthcare technology-driven products and services that address well-defined needs in rapidly growing markets.
Provides a Service — Source

MDB Capital Group, LLC
MDB Capital Group is a merchant/investment banking firm that is a NASD registered broker/dealer located in Santa Monica, CA. MDB invests via Reg D private placements in public and private companies.
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Menlo Ventures
early-stage and emerging growth companies in the areas of biotechnology, medical devices, healthcare services, computer software, hardware, networking, communications, and the Internet.
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Molly Alter leaving Index Ventures for Northzone
There's been quite a bit of movement lately among venture capitalists moving to new firms or going out on their own, while others are getting into VC.
July 3, 2023 — Source

Months after its last raise, Realtime Robotics drums up another $9.5 million
Realtime Robotics has been raising funding at a steady clip since announcing a two-pronged $31 million Series A back in 2021.
June 27, 2023 — Source

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National Venture Capital Association
Dedicated to defining, serving and representing the interests of the venture capital and private equity industries.
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New Enterprise Associates
principally early-stage companies in information technology, medical and life sciences.
Provides a Service — Source

Nuview's lidar satellites hit $15M in funding with Leonardo DiCaprio among investors
Nuview, a startup that wants to map the entire landmass of Earth on an annual basis using space-based light detection and ranging (lidar) technology, has raised $15 million so far, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.
June 6, 2023 — Source

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Pacific Horizon Ventures
technology companies involving healthcare or life science; early-stages in the Northwest, later-stage deals can be anywhere in U.S.
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Pacific Venture Group
broad range of stages involving healthcare services and information systems oriented towards a managed care solution.
Provides a Service — Source

Parrot, an AI-powered transcription platform that turns speech into text, raises $11M Series A
Artificial intelligence touches many aspects of professional industries, including medicine, legal, business, information technology and more. AI-powered transcription service is one example that has become an integral part of those fields.
June 20, 2023 — Source

Pinecone drops $100M investment on $750M valuation, as vector database demand grows
When Pinecone launched a vector database aimed at data scientists in 2021, it was probably ahead of its time. But as the use cases began to take shape last year, the company began pushing AI-driven semantic search.
April 27, 2023 — Source

Pitch Deck Teardown: Careerist's $8M Series A deck
Careerist claims it closed an $8 million round of funding with a tight 12-slide deck and gave us a lot to learn from in the process. Not all in good ways, but I'm getting slightly ahead of myself.
April 27, 2023 — Source

Pitch Deck Teardown: Honeycomb's $50M Series D deck
Honeycomb raised $50 million to make the new landscape of platforms and services more observable. Its long-term goal is to make life easier for people operating large software platforms.
April 20, 2023 — Source

Pitch Deck Teardown: Oii.ai's $1.9M seed deck
The award for the best/worst startup name I've seen in a while goes to Oii.ai. This company's name is weird enough that Google Chrome insists on doing a search for the term "oii.ai' when you type the URL into the address bar. In any case, a confusing name doesn't mean it's a bad business.
June 2, 2023 — Source

PlacementTracker
Research, reporting and analysis on private placements by public companies.
Provides a Service — Source

Polaris Venture Partners
early-stage companies developing information and medical technology.
Provides a Service — Source

Primus Venture Partners
various stages of development, with greater emphasis on businesses beyond proof of concept and which are demonstrating capacity to become large enterprises.
Provides a Service — Source

Proclaim raises $15M so you can pressure-wash your mouth
We all know the importance of good oral hygiene (you do brush twice a day, don't you?), but despite its obvious impact on our mouths as well as our overall health, there hasn't been a whole heap of innovation when it comes to teeth. We brush.
July 11, 2023 — Source

Prospect Street Ventures
information technology ventures in New York City.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Venture Capital — Q

QED closes on $925M to back fintech startups globally
QED Investors today announced the closing of two new funds totaling $925 million, capital that it will be using to back early-stage financial technology startups, as well as growth rounds for later stage companies.
May 23, 2023 — Source

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RAF Ventures
early-stage service, financial, retail, and manufacturing companies, mostly in the Mid-Atlantic states.
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Raft, which services freight forwarders, closes $30M Series B led by Eight Roads VC
During the pandemic, the digitization of the freight industry took off like a rocket, and stayed that way. To date, Forto has raised almost $600 million, Nuvocargo $75 million, Zencargo $66 million and Freightify $14.5 million. All are associated with streamlining/digitizing freight logistics in some way.
July 11, 2023 — Source

Rally bags $12M to build the future of e-commerce checkout
E-commerce had a moment during the global pandemic, but not only have things chilled since then, it's gotten downright competitive as the economy cooled in the past year, according to Jordan Gal, co-founder and CEO of Rally.
April 18, 2023 — Source

Replit, the web-based IDE developing a GitHub Copilot competitor, raises $100M
Investors continue to pump money into generative AI tech. Case in point, Replit, an IDE startup developing a code-generating AI-powered tool called Ghostwriter, this week raised nearly $100 million ($97.4 million) at a $1.16 billion post-money valuation.
April 27, 2023 — Source

River Cities Capital Funds
1st round and follow-on for Midwest companies in a variety of industries; not seed or startup stages — must be actively selling their product or service.
Provides a Service — Source

RoboDeck, the deck maintenance robot, scores a $2M pre-seed
I'm sure the team at RoboDeck is sick and tired of people referring to their robot as a "Roomba for decks." But we did so in our write-up when the Israeli firm competed in Startup Battlefield, and I've just done so above.
July 3, 2023 — Source

Rose Rocket, whose platform helps transportation companies communicate, raises $38M
In 2015, Justin Sky, Justin Bailie and Alexander Luksidadi — all veterans of the trucking and logistics industry — came to the realization that, in order to reach a stage of real-time collaboration, the entire trucking industry needed to come online. Shippers, carriers and brokers — the intermediaries between carriers and shippers — had to adopt a common system of record, the trio believed.
June 20, 2023 — Source

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Salix Ventures
early-stage health care services companies.
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Sanderling
seed and early-stage new biomedical market opportunities, including emerging technology.
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Sapphire Ventures plans to invest over $1B in enterprise AI startups
VC firm Sapphire Ventures says that it plans to invest more than $1 billion in AI-related enterprise startups, demonstrating the strong appetite among investors for cutting-edge AI tech.
July 11, 2023 — Source

Seaflower Associates, Inc.
promising seed and first-round investments in companies in most segments of the biomedical industry that are located in either new England or the Great Lakes region.
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Seattle VC fund Capria raises $100M to invest in 'Global South' startups
Seattle-based venture capital firm Capria has raised a $100 million fund to invest in 20-to-25 tech startups in the "Global South" areas of India, Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.
April 25, 2023 — Source

Semgrep (formerly r2c) lands $53M investment to grow code security platform
Ideally, when it comes to building secure applications, it's best to check the code as it moves through the development process, so that vulnerabilities can be found before it gets into production. That's exactly the kind of solution that Semgrep, formerly r2c, a San Francisco startup, has been building over the last five years.
April 18, 2023 — Source

Senegal's logistics tech startup Chargel raises $2.5M seed funding
After selling their hospitality tech startup, Teranga, in 2018, Senegalese brothers Moustapha and Alioune Ndoye ventured into the trucking business as they pondered their next move.
April 20, 2023 — Source

Sequoia Capital
primarily very early-stage West Coast technology companies; post beta-stage around Boston and Austin; later-stage nationwide.
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Sevin Rosen Funds
early-stage for information sciences and life sciences companies.
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ShopZetu raises pre-seed funding to fuel growth of its fashion marketplace beyond Kenya
Kenyan fashion e-commerce startup ShopZetu is set to add beauty and home decor categories to its portfolio, in response to the growing needs of the young and style-conscious women in Africa.
June 27, 2023 — Source

Shutterstock expands deal with OpenAI to build generative AI tools
Shutterstock today announced that it plans to expand its existing deal with OpenAI to provide the startup with training data for its AI models.
July 11, 2023 — Source

Sierra Ventures
early-stage healthcare, information technology-related companies and service businesses.
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Sorrento Ventures
emerging early-, mid- and later-stage companies in the greater San Diego area involving health care, electronics, high technology, or consumer products.
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South Atlantic Venture Funds
expansions, acquisitions, buyouts and recapitalizations located in Florida, the Southeast and Texas.
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Sprout Group
startups, expansion financing and management buyouts involving business to business services, communications, distribution, education, health care services, information technologies, life science products, or retail.
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Stoke Space has received repeated investments from the venture arm for the U.S. intelligence community
Stoke Space has received multiple investments from In-Q-Tel, the strategic investor for the U.S. intelligence and defense community, TechCrunch has learned.
May 19, 2023 — Source

Summit Partners
Focus: profitable companies which are poised for continued growth in the fields of software, technology, information services, healthcare, and financial services
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Sustainable Jobs Fund
Community development venture capital fund which finances recycling, remanufacturing, environmental and other companies.
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Sutter Hill Ventures
technology-based startups which pioneer products or services in growth markets.
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Svoboda, Collins L.L.C.
Focus: investing in and building value-added service and distribution companies with fundamentally sound operating models.
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Swander Pace Capital
San Francisco-based firm providing value-added investing in consumer products companies.
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Technology Crossover Ventures
growth capital to expansion stage information technology companies
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Technology Investments
Focus: seed stage information technology ventures located in Northern California.
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Technology Partners
Focus: seed or first stage ventures involving information processing, communications or health care
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This VC firm uses personality tests and AI to find its next investments
The fund has no carry, and the first sift is done by robots
July 11, 2023 — Source

Thompson Clive Venture Capital
life science and information technology ventures, early-stage through later-stage, on both sides of the Atlantic.
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TI (Texas Instruments) Ventures, L.P.
early-stage technology companies involving software infrastructure and hardware applications leveraging digital signal processing and related technologies.
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TL Ventures
primarily mid- to later stage information technology and biotechnology companies, but also consider early-stages
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To secure early-stage funding, entrepreneurs should build ESG into their business models
ESG has been under the microscope for the past 12 months with pressure from some Republican politicians in the U.S. who have called for investment managers to pull their clients' money from ESG-focused investments.
May 19, 2023 — Source

Top Technology
early-stage British technology companies.
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Trading-focused blockchain Sei raises $30M, bringing valuation up to $800M
Sei, a layer-1 blockchain focused on trading, has raised $30 million, Jayendra Jog, co-founder of Sei Labs, exclusively told TechCrunch. A company spokesperson shared an $800 million valuation for the round with TechCrunch prior to publication.
April 11, 2023 — Source

Trident Capital
exclusively in information and business services companies, including content providers, transaction processors, application software and Internet products and services.
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Trinity Ventures
early-stage companies in three industries — computer software, electronic commerce, and communications.
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Trying to close a Series B in 2023? Read this first
espite ongoing economic uncertainty, there will always be a path forward for determined founders with strong ideas and smart investors with an eye for opportunity. But make no mistake, the challenges are real and sizable.
July 3, 2023 — Source

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U.S. Venture Partners
principally companies headquartered in the Western United States in three sectors of industry: medical, technology and retail/consumer.
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Vanguard Venture Partners
pre-revenue stage in information technology and life sciences sectors.
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Verity brings in another $11M for its inventory drones
Seems we're in the middle of drone-delivery summer. A few weeks back, Gather AI snapped up competitor Ware following an executive shake-up, and soon after, San Jose-based B Garage brought in a $20 million Series A.
July 11, 2023 — Source

VC-backed boba chain Ume wants to pour into mainstream with surprise plushies
A group of teens excitedly picked up their candy-colored bubble tea from Ume in downtown Mountain View. But before they took a sip, they each peeled open the bottom of their paper cups to reveal a cute little plushie inside. "Our tea is not only pretty but also fun," said Jiachun Li, CEO and co-founder of Ume Tea, in an interview with TechCrunch.
June 8, 2023 — Source

VCs to recommerce startups: Let's pop some tags
Recommerce is a concept as old as trade itself. Everyone knows thrift stores or has bought a used product before — it's not a new concept.
April 7, 2023 — Source

VenGlobal Capital
Early-stage ventures particularly in the data communications and electronic design automation industries.
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Venrock Associates
Venture capital arm of the Rockefeller family with a high percentage of investments are seed or first round, and second round investments are considered where there is a complete management team and demonstrated progress toward market leadership
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Vision Capital
trans-Atlantic expansion for proven U.S and European technology companies.
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Walden Media and Information Technology Fund
early-stage technology companies involving software, interactive services and related enabling technology
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Warburg Pincus Ventures
Providing investments in information technology, healthcare, media, communications, energy, financial and business services.
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Weiss, Peck & Greer — Venture Partners
early- and expansion-stage information technology and life sciences companies throughout the US
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Woodside Fund
startup and early-stage ventures involving software, telecommunications or networking, with consideration for other industries/markets.
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