General — Business — December 25th, 2024

$132K – $149K, here’s what seed-stage founders pay early employees, based on data
Once a startup has raised its seed round, the perennial question becomes how much should the founders pay themselves and their first few employees?
December 25th, 2024 — Source

GV, the VC team backed by Google, has a broad remit, but it can’t do one thing
David Krane is in an enviable position. As the CEO of GV, the venture firm that is funded entirely by Google to the tune of $1 billion a year, his team of roughly 100 gets to make a lot of bets — with just a couple of notable restrictions.
December 25th, 2024 — Source

'House of the Dragon' and families fighting for power—it can happen in business, too
While most agree that HBO's hit fantasy show "House of the Dragon" (HotD) might be an interesting dive into the chaos of the Middle Ages, less has been said about its lessons for the contemporary business world.
December 25th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — December 20th, 2024

Apple sends spyware victims to this nonprofit security lab
Before the elections, the cybersecurity team of U.S. vice president and then-presidential candidate Kamala Harris reached out to Apple asking for help, according to Forbes, after a tool that's designed to detect spyware on iPhones flagged anomalies on two devices belonging to campaign staffers. Apple declined to forensically analyze the phones, per Forbes.
December 20th, 2024 — Source

Digital labels can help grocers waste less food
In 2022, U.S. grocers wasted 5 million tons of food, with 35% of it going to landfills, according to the food waste nonprofit ReFed. More than half of that waste—2.7 million tons—was past the labels' expiration dates.
December 20th, 2024 — Source

Energy Revolution Ventures' $18M fund lays a bet on 'new chemistry' startups in energy and hydrogen
What happens when a chemical engineer, who's previously built a hydrogen-powered drone, becomes a venture capitalist? Energy Revolution Ventures (ERV), that's what. The VC has now closed an $18 million seed and Series A fund to invest in deep tech, such as energy storage, carbon capture, and, yes, hydrogen technologies.
December 20th, 2024 — Source

Swizzle Ventures raises $5M for inaugural fund addressing women's health and wealth
There is a new venture fund in town. Swizzle Ventures, founded by Jessica Kamada, former COO of the marketing agency Bamboo, has raised just over $5 million for its Fund I, according to an SEC filing. There was no target raise amount.
December 20th, 2024 — Source

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sues Zelle and four of its partner banks
The agency accuses them of not doing enough to protect consumers from fraud.
December 20th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — December 16th, 2024

Adobe’s Stock Fell 15% as Investors Are Uncertain of Its AI Direction
Despite posting record profits quarter after quarter, Adobe’s stock fell hard last week as investors appeared uncertain that the company’s AI strategy will result in future revenue.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Amazon facing strike threats as Senate report details hidden widespread injuries
Amazon ignores strike threats, denies claims of “uniquely dangerous warehouses.”
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Amazon ignored internal studies on injuries, Senate investigation claims
Reports of high worker injury numbers have plagued the company for years.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Amazon Teamsters in NYC have voted to authorize a strike
Workers are asking Amazon to recognize their union and bargain for better working conditions and pay.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Bitcoin's Record Price Puts Cost Of Two Papa John's Pizzas In 2009 At $1.06 Billion
Well, it finally happened. The infamous cryptocurrency transaction involving 10,000 Bitcoins for a pair of Papa John's pizzas back on May 22, 2010 has surpassed the $1 billion mark. It reached that mark when Bitcoin breached the $100,000 mark, and at the time of this writing, it's trading at over $106,000 for a new all-time high. That puts the value of the pizza transaction from 14 years ago at over $1.06 billion (and climbing).
December 16th, 2024 — Source

BlackBerry sells Cylance for $160M, a fraction of the $1.4B it paid in 2018
Arctic Wolf has acquired Cylance, BlackBerry’s beleaguered cybersecurity business, for $160 million — a significant discount from the $1.4 billion BlackBerry paid to acquire the startup in 2018.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Easier payments, robot assistants and improved accessibility -- fintech predictions for 2025
The banking and finance sector has already seen some major changes in technology use in recent years. These show no signs of slowing down but newer developments like AI are starting to have an impact too.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Here Is How MicroStrategy Could Qualify For An Inclusion In The S&P 500 Index In 2025
As a levered bet on Bitcoin, which itself is one of the most volatile assets to ever exist, MicroStrategy (MSTR) shares are in the limelight these days, with investors and analysts alike honing in on the company's ever-increasing BTC holdings, which then serve to precipitate a circular "tail wags the dog" effect on the price of the world's preeminent cryptocurrency.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

How cities are reinventing the public-private partnership: Four lessons from around the globe
Cities tackle a vast array of responsibilities—from building transit networks to running schools—and sometimes they can use a little help. That's why local governments have long teamed up with businesses in so-called public-private partnerships. Historically, these arrangements have helped cities fund big infrastructure projects such as bridges and hospitals.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

New Apple Card users can score a sign-in bonus if they spend enough money over 60 days
The Apple Card Savings account pays a 3.9% APY (annual percentage yield) which is the amount that the cardholder will receive in interest over the course of a year and the yield figure includes compounded interest. Since it is not considered a credit applied to the cardholder's statement, the $100 can be spent on anything the cardholder desires. Again, this bonus is offered to any new customer who receives his new Apple Card no later than January 13th.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

No more Skype credits and phone numbers: embrace subscription!
2024 goes away and with it – two landmark Skype features!
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Prequel is building a community-driven approach to finding software bugs
Cybersecurity practitioners take a community-driven approach to solving problems. Security researchers share the vulnerabilities they find with the broader cybersecurity community, which allows companies to patch up their security holes before something catastrophic happens.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Reddit announces key filing on the path to a proposed public offering
Reddit is one step closer to proposed public offering as it has just confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Once the company does get permission for this proposed public offering, anyone will be able to buy the shares of the social media platform.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Senate probe rips Amazon over warehouse worker injuries; company calls it ‘wrong on the facts’
A new congressional report found that Amazon “knowingly puts its workers at risk of injury” in the latest critique of the company’s treatment of warehouse employees.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

Social media deepfake scams push fraudulent investment schemes
Social media has seen a 335 percent boom in new scams using deepfake videos and company-branded posts to lure victims into fraudulent investment schemes.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

This stealthy African stablecoin startup already processed over $1B in cross-border payments
Juicyway, an African fintech that leverages stablecoin technology to power fast and cheap cross-border payments, is launching out of stealth after processing over $1 billion in transaction volume for thousands of African businesses over the last three years.
December 16th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — December 13th, 2024

A sustainable, circular economy could counter Trump's tariffs while strengthening international trade
In response to United States President-elect Donald Trump's threats to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian imports and his escalating hostile rhetoric, Canada and its allies must urgently explore new international trade strategies. Trump's proposed tariffs could reduce trade and hurt the economy if left unchecked.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

As AI-fueled disinformation explodes, here comes the startup counterattack
With disinformation on the rise, especially given the explosion of AI, companies are just as vulnerable to its effects as individuals. Refute is a London-based startup that detects and responds to disinformation on behalf of these commercial entities. It's now raised a £2.3 million ($2.9 million) pre-seed round led by U.K. investors Playfair and Episode 1.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Controversial EU ad campaign on X broke bloc's own privacy rules
The European Union's executive body is facing an embarrassing privacy scandal after it was confirmed on Friday that a Commission ad campaign on X (formerly Twitter) breached the EU's own data protection rules.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Don't use crypto to cheat on taxes: Bitcoin bro gets 2 years
Early bitcoin investor first to get prison time for crypto-related tax evasion.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Head of Microsoft for Startups: Europe just needs time to spawn more winners
And on how to unlock different kinds of founders
December 13th, 2024 — Source

How 21-year-old Koko Xs became the new rising-star solo VC
When Koko Xs considered pursuing a career as a VC after he graduated from college last year, he observed a handful of trends that suggested he should do something else. He noticed that it's hard to land deals and it takes a long time to see returns, given that most VC funds typically take a decade to mature.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Liquid AI just raised $250M to develop a more efficient type of AI model
Liquid AI, an AI startup co-founded by robotics luminary Daniela Rus, has raised $250 million in a Series A led by AMD. Per Bloomberg, the round values Liquid AI at over $2 billion.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

Sam Altman and Jeff Bezos are the latest billionaires to donate $1M to Trump fund
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Jeff Bezos' Amazon plan to donate $1 million each to President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural fund, according to reports from Fox and The Wall Street Journal.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

See what Google's Project Astra AR glasses can do (for a select few beta testers)
Google has released a prototype of Project Astra's AR glasses for testing in the real world. The glasses are part of Google's long-term plan to one day have hardware with augmented reality and multimodal AI capabilities. In the meantime, they will be releasing demos to get the attention of consumers, developers, and their competition.
December 13th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Women entrepreneurs who take a scientific approach to decision-making find new markets, study suggests
New research co-authored by Bayes Business School suggests that women entrepreneurs who take a scientific approach to decision-making are more likely to find new uses and target markets for their product or service, making them more likely to translate into actual ventures.
December 13th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — December 10th, 2024

A new disclosure shows, again, how badly Tiger's 'spray and pray' fund performed
Tiger Global famously fueled the pandemic-era venture capital boom, investing heavily in a wide range of startups, setting up bidding wars for even the most unproven startup that led to sky-high valuations. In 2021 alone, the hedge fund backed 315 startups, according to PitchBook data.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

AMD's Lisa Su Named Time CEO Of The Year -- Downplays Custom AI Chip Competition From Marvell, Broadcom
With 2024 approaching, AMD CEO Lisa Su has been named Time Magazine's CEO of the year. Su's leadership has transformed AMD from a firm unable to turn a profit into a company that has capitalized on Intel's weaknesses to eke out precious market share for itself in the personal and enterprise computing CPU markets. Since she took over the helm at AMD, the firm's market value has surpassed that of its larger rival, Intel.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Best CD Rates for December 2024: Lock in an APY up to 4.70% While You Still Can
The sooner you open one of these top CDs, the greater the APY you could score.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Don't Put Off Earning Interest. Snag High Savings APYs While You Can. Today's Savings Rates, Dec. 10, 2024
Even if interest rates aren't as high as we saw a year ago, a high-yield savings account is still a good place to stash your emergency fund.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

CarDekho SEA raises first-ever outside funding, co-founder says he's interested in acquisitions
CarDekho SEA, a Singapore-based auto financing service platform, has raised $60 million in equity, valuing the company at over $300 million, from Navis Capital Partners and Dragon Fund. This is its first round of external funding, following a previous investment of $40 million from its parent company, CarDekho Group.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Lock in a High APY Before the Fed Cuts Rates Again. Today's CD Rates, Dec. 10, 2024
The sooner you open one of these top CDs, the greater your earning potential could be.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

No, Google's Quantum Computing Breakthrough Via The Willow Chip Is Not A Threat To Bitcoin (BTC)
Google's recent quantum computing breakthrough in the form of its latest cutting-edge Willow chip has captured the imagination of not only the market at large but also established innovators such as Elon Musk and OpenAI's Sam Altman. However, in this effervescent environment, some crypto skeptics have begun targeting Bitcoin as the ultimate loser in the oncoming paradigm shift when, in reality, this thesis could not be further from the truth.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

OpenAI-backed Speak raises $78M at $1B valuation to help users learn languages by talking out loud
Languages are typically taught by first exposing you to reading and writing, but native speakers always start learning languages by hearing and talking. Speak has built a platform to teach languages by focusing on how native speakers learn: Using AI, the startup generates audio conversations and listens to users' responses to improve their grasp of a language.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Refi Rates Drop Before Wednesday's Inflation Data. Today's Refinance Rates, Dec. 10, 2024
Despite some recent dips in mortgage rates, it's still a difficult market for homeowners looking to refinance.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Software testing platform LambdaTest secures $38M for AI push
LambdaTest, a cloud-based software testing platform, has raised $38 million in a Series D funding round as it looks to expand its presence in existing markets and improve its AI capabilities.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet joins Expedia as new product chief; Avanade names president
Shilpa Ranganathan is back at Expedia Group as its new chief product officer.
December 10th, 2024 — Source

Time for a move? These are the top cities in Europe for developers right now
Launch your career and discover a new city
December 10th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — December 6th, 2024

Amazon just completed its first delivery by drone in Italy
International testing of Amazon's drone delivery service has begun, following operations set up in Arizona and Texas.
December 6th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Boeing busted by employee over plans to surveil workers, quickly reverses course
Crashing stock, plummeting reputation, but yeah, of course, let's focus on office usage
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Crypto evangelist David Sacks will serve as Trump's AI and cryptocurrency advisor
Trump said Sacks would also "safeguard Free Speech online."
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Donald Trump names Ex-PayPal COO David Sacks as White House AI and crypto czar
President-elect Donald Trump announced on his social media platform, Truth Social, the appointment of David Sacks, a venture capitalist and prominent Silicon Valley figure, as the White House's first AI and crypto czar. Sacks will serve in this newly created position, which reflects Donald Trump's ambition to bolster America's leadership in AI and cryptocurrency advancements.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Election results show potential of prediction markets and blockchain, economist says
A prediction market was more accurate in forecasting the 2024 presidential election than traditional polls and pundits. Prediction markets, also known as betting markets, are where contracts that are contingent on the occurrence of events in the future can be traded.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Entrepreneurs who take funding from close family and friends are more likely to pursue lower-risk growth options
Entrepreneurs often lack resources and funding needed to launch a venture and reach out to family and friends for initial support. But is it always good for a startup when individuals close to the founder are asked if they want to "be on the ground floor of something good?"
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Fly Ventures sets its eyes on technical founders with a fresh €80M fund
Fly Ventures, the Berlin-based VC that invests in seed-stage European startups within enterprise and deep tech, has launched its third fund at €80 million. The firm raised its last €53 million fund in 2020.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Former LA Lakers star launches VC firm
Former NBA Lakers star Metta Sandiford-Artest (formerly known as Metta World Peace) has teamed up with Stephen Stokols, the former CEO of Boost Mobile, to launch Tru Skye Ventures, a firm looking to invest in sports and health tech, according to Sportico.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Heartcore Capital closes $180M fund to pivot toward infrastructure, synthetic biology, climate
Back in the heady days of 2021, Heartcore Capital planned to focus on consumer technology with a $200 million fund. Fast-forward to 2024, and its latest fund will now "leaven the bread" of that thesis, with a fresh $180 million (€170 million) to go broader and more generalist than that earlier thesis.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

In at least one leading company, foreign-born talents are paid less
In the national debate over legal immigration, the H-1B visa program has acquired a special significance. Immigration skeptics contend that the program—reserved for high-skilled foreign nationals working in tech and other lucrative industries—might suppress domestic wages and challenge fair labor standards.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Fly Ventures sets its eyes on technical founders with a fresh €80M fund
Fly Ventures, the Berlin-based VC that invests in seed-stage European startups within enterprise and deep tech, has launched its third fund at €80 million. The firm raised its last €53 million fund in 2020.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Losing Social Security Benefits Can Be Devastating. Here's How It Happens
More than 70,000 people have their Social Security benefits suspended or terminated each year.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Red Dead Redemption 2 -- 20 More Insane Details You Likely Missed
Red Dead Redemption 2 still manages to impress six years later.
December 6th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Seattle-area fintech startup Finagraph merges with LeaseCrunch
Finagraph, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup that develops financial data analysis software, merged with LeaseCrunch, a Milwaukee, Wi.-based company that sells accounting software. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Speaking crystal: AI learns language of atom arrangements in solids
A new artificial intelligence model that can predict how atoms arrange themselves in crystal structures could lead to faster discovery of new materials for everything from solar panels to computer chips.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Trump appoints 'czar' of AI and crypto policy
US President-elect Donald Trump late Thursday named former PayPal chief operating officer David Sacks as White House "AI and Crypto Czar."
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Ultralytics AI model hijacked to infect thousands with cryptominer
The popular Ultralytics YOLO11 AI model was compromised in a supply chain attack to deploy cryptominers on devices running versions 8.3.41 and 8.3.42 from the Python Package Index (PyPI)
December 6th, 2024 — Source

Understanding Cross-border Payments: A Complete Guide
If you have a digital wallet or a banking app, you are one step away from cross-border payment capabilities at your fingertips. Learn all about cross-border payments, including challenges, potential, and innovations.
December 6th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — December 2nd, 2024

12 Of The Most Important Moments In Microsoft's History
When you think of Microsoft, the first thing that springs to mind might be the desktop PC, which is essentially synonymous with Microsoft's Windows operating system. Maybe you picture the Microsoft logo, which is instantly recognizable to many, and you can find it everywhere. Or maybe you think of super-famous co-founder Bill Gates and his billions... and his lesser-famous co-founder, the late Paul Allen.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

10 Money Moves Experts Say You Should Make Before the End of the Year
These money tips can set you up for financial success in the new year.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

An Apple employee is suing the company over monitoring employee personal devices
An Apple ad tech employee filed a lawsuit against his employer on Sunday over how the company monitors its employees, reports Semafor.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

BlackRock marks down its investment in Automattic by 10%
BlackRock has cut the worth of its stake in web hosting provider Automattic by 10%, the asset manager said in its latest quarterly disclosure report.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

‘Brain rot’ wins as Oxford’s word of the year
According to Oxford University Press, which publishes the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the term “brain rot” is defined as the “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state” as it relates to overdosing on online content without much of a narrative — like TikTok videos.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

CD APYs Stay High, but Could Drop Later This Month. Today's CD Rates, Dec. 2, 2024
If you've been thinking about locking in a high-interest CD, now's your chance.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Delivery firm Glovo riders in Spain to become employees
App-based food delivery firm Glovo's freelance riders in Spain will be hired as employees following pressure from the government to give them labor contracts, its German owners Delivery Hero said Monday.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

European AI infra company Nebius nabs $700M from Nvidia, Accel, others
Nebius, the publicly traded European AI infrastructure company formerly known as Yandex N.V., has raised $700 million to fuel its U.S. expansion.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

FTC fines online retailer Goat $2M over deceptive ‘Instant’ and ‘Next Day’ orders
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ordered Goat, an online marketplace for sneakers and apparel, to pay more than $2 million to consumers over illegal shipping practices. The FTC also alleges that Goat fails to honor its “Buyer Protection” policies.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

GM offloads its stake in EV battery factory to joint venture partner LGES
General Motors is selling its stake in the nearly completed Ultium Cells battery cell plant in Lansing, Michigan, to its joint venture partner LG Energy Solution (LGES). GM’s step back from the factory comes amid weakening electric vehicle demand and the potential rollback of Biden administration incentives to produce clean energy domestically.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Indian online ID verification firm Signzy confirms security incident
Signzy, a popular vendor offering online “know your customer” ID verification and customer onboarding services to several top financial institutions, commercial banks, and fintech companies, has confirmed a security incident, TechCrunch can exclusively report.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Intel’s CEO hasn’t turned the company around, and now he’s no longer CEO
Gelsinger rejoined Intel as CEO in early 2021 after a previous 30-year stint.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Musk busts through the UK political china shop
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and X (formerly known as Twitter) may detest the current Keir Starmer government due to clashes on topics like free speech and immigration, but Musk is playing the long game. He’s getting cozy with major figures on both sides of the aisle, advancing his particular beliefs on AI and the next generation of communications. And if those connections help his business interests, too, well, why not?
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Poland arrests former spy chief in Pegasus spyware probe
For the last few years, the Polish government under Donald Tusk has been investigating the use — and alleged abuse — of Pegasus phone spyware by the previous government.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Prosus expects 5 IPOs from its India portfolio in next 18 months
Prosus anticipates as many as five potential IPOs from its Indian portfolio over the next 18 months, signaling growing momentum in the world’s second-largest internet market.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Russian government confirms rare criminal charges against ransomware hacker
The Russian government has confirmed the indictment of a 32-year-old resident, who authorities accuse of creating and launching ransomware attacks. Russian prosecutors said last week that they charged the unnamed hacker, who lives in the Russian province of Kaliningrad, with the creation of ransomware to gain “illegal profit.”
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Swiggy scales 10-minute food delivery to 400 cities in quick-commerce push
Swiggy, a leading food delivery and quick-commerce app in India, said on Monday that it has expanded its 10-minute food delivery service, Bolt, to more than 400 cities and towns across the country.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

The Browser Company teases Dia, its new AI browser
The Browser Company, the company behind Arc Browser for both desktop and mobile, teased its new web browser Monday called Dia — and this time, it focuses on AI tools. In the last few years, the startup launched Arc on Mac and Windows and Arc Search on iOS and Android, but the company is beginning work on a new product with a broader appeal.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

The Delaware Court Of Chancery Again Strikes Down Elon Musk’s $56 Billion Pay Package Even Though A Majority Of Tesla Shareholders Recently Voted In Its Favor
In what is a huge setback for Elon Musk, the Delaware Court of Chancery has again struck down the Tesla CEO's mammoth pay package, jeopardizing his active role in steering the EV giant.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

Why does the name ‘David Mayer’ crash ChatGPT? OpenAI says privacy tool went rogue
Users of the conversational AI platform ChatGPT discovered an interesting phenomenon over the weekend: the popular chatbot refuses to answer questions if asked about a “David Mayer.” Asking it to do so causes it to freeze up instantly. Conspiracy theories have ensued — but a more ordinary reason is at the heart of this strange behavior.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

World Labs’ AI can generate interactive 3D scenes from a single photo
World Labs, the startup founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, has unveiled its first project: an AI system that can generate video game-like, 3D scenes from a single image.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

You can buy Bitcoin with Apple Pay via new Coinbase rollout
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are getting easier to buy into, as Coinbase is rolling out a new integration today for purchasing crypto via Apple Pay across third-party apps. Here are the details.
December 2nd, 2024 — Source

General — Business — November 30th, 2024

Climate VCs are cautiously optimistic about a second Trump term — here's why
President-elect Donald Trump made no secret during his campaigning that he doesn't think the U.S. should take an aggressive stance on climate change. From leading chants of "drill, baby, drill" to frequently criticizing everything from wind turbines to electric vehicles, he appears poised to cast a shadow over the climate tech sector for the next four years.
November 30th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — November 29th, 2024

As Cohere and Writer mine the 'Live AI' arena, Pathway joins the pack with a $10M round
As large enterprises grapple with how to incorporate AI into their platforms and processes, they have encountered a problem: Generative AI needs to have memory and its training data must be constantly updated for it to have any practical use. This area is now called "Live AI," and a number of startups are working in the space, including Cohere and Writer.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Light and symmetry study may offer opportunities for anti-counterfeiting
In a study at the University of Twente, researchers discovered a way to scatter light in a special, symmetrical way using nanotechnology. This shows potential for future technologies such as anti-counterfeiting.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Inside Amazon's first Alaska delivery station
With Anchorage streets mostly empty early on a November morning, dozens of workers at the new Amazon delivery station used tiny devices on their fingers to scan barcodes on packages. Details appeared on smartphones on their forearms, helping them organize the flood of shipments.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

New data analysis tool will help insurance firms assess probable liabilities
State-of-the-art software enabling insurance companies to judge with unprecedented accuracy how much cash to keep in the bank will help the industry thrive. It will lead to higher profits, an ability to insure more and more competitive premiums for customers.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Research highlights greater financial hardship, importance of legal system for divorced survivors of domestic abuse
A new report reveals that women in England and Wales who have experienced domestic abuse are more financially vulnerable than other women in the wake of divorce and beyond.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Sequoia nears first Asia-Pacific deal since regional split
Sequoia is closing in on making its first deal in India and the broader Asia Pacific region since its split with former partners, according to four sources familiar with the matter.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

Thanksgiving 2024: $33.6B spent online, 72% of that on mobile, says Salesforce
Thanksgiving weekend has long been seen as the traditional start of the most important sales period for retailers, and so far, the indication is that we're in for a strong holiday season for e-commerce.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

These alternatives to popular apps can help reclaim your online life from billionaires and surveillance
There is immense power in being in control of your own data. As ownership and governance of apps and online services consolidate, it's understandable if you want to consider your options when it comes to where you store your private data and records of your everyday activities.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

X could introduce labels for parody accounts, but enforcement might be tricky
X is filled with accounts that mimic real-life public figures, ranging from politicians to sports professionals and artists. While some accounts mention "Parody" in their display names, others mention it in their bios, leading some people to mistake them for real accounts — including news anchors.
November 29th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — November 27th, 2024

Best 9-Month CD Rates for November 2024
You can earn up to 4.25% APY with today's top nine-month CDs
November 27th, 2024 — Source

Bitcoin Bull Run 2024: Will BTC Finally Hit $100K?
The Bitcoin bull run 2024 has been historic — the dream of Bitcoin at $100,000 has migrated to a reality that is the touch of a fingertip away.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

Crypto Bull Run History: The Rise of Bitcoin & Altcoins
Bitcoin (BTC) prices have scaled multiple all-time high peaks in 2024 supported by the introduction of spot Bitcoin exchange traded funds (ETFs) and the US presidential election win of pro-crypto candidate Donald Trump.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

How much for cash? Why the informal economy is bad for business, consumers and society
Who hasn't heard someone ask, "How much for cash?" While it may seem harmless, research reveals such demands contribute to a growing culture of informality in business.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

Marc Andreessen, Joe Lonsdale, and all the other VCs reportedly in the running for DOGE and other Trump committees
With Elon Musk playing such a high-profile role in Donald Trump's transition team, Musk's buddies, many of them Silicon Valley venture capitalists, are reportedly being tapped to help out.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

Tell the Senate: Don't Weaponize the Treasury Department Against Nonprofits
Last week the House of Representatives passed a dangerous bill that would allow the Secretary of Treasury to strip a U.S. nonprofit of its tax-exempt status. If it passes the Senate and is signed into law, H.R. 9495 would give broad and easily abused new powers to the executive branch. Nonprofits would not have a meaningful opportunity to defend themselves, and could be targeted without disclosing the reasons or evidence for the decision.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

The workplace has become a surveillance state
Cracked Labs report explores the use of motion sensors and wireless networking kit to monitor offices
November 27th, 2024 — Source

You Can Still Find Savings Rates up to 5%, but They Won't Likely Last. Today's Daily Savings Rates, Nov. 27, 2024
APYs could dip in December, especially if the Fed cuts rates again.
November 27th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — November 25th, 2024

10 Money Moves Experts Say You Should Make Before the End of the Year
These money tips can set you up for financial success in the new year.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Appcharge raises $26M to help gaming apps cut out Apple and Google from virtual goods revenues
As Apple and Google continue to battle with regulators and publishers over whether their app stores are monopolistic, a startup called Appcharge has raised some funding to build an alternative for game developers who want a different avenue for monetization.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

As Amazon expands use of warehouse robots, what will it mean for workers?
Amazon has introduced a handful of robots in its warehouses that the e-commerce giant says will improve efficiency and reduce employee injuries.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Bending Spoons is taking video platform Brightcove private in $233M acquisition
Brightcove, a cloud platform that helps businesses manage and monetize video content, is being taken private by Italian technology company Bending Spoons in an all-cash deal valued at $233 million.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Bernstein Believes MicroStrategy (MSTR) Could Eventually Acquire 4 Percent of The Global Bitcoin Supply, Up From The Current 1.7 Percent Holding
As anticipation builds around Bitcoin hitting the psychologically critical $100,000 price level, MicroStrategy (MSTR) has emerged as one of the most potent near-term bullish influences on the cryptocurrency's price trajectory, thanks to the firm's relentless buying of Bitcoin. Today, MSTR has provided another bullish impetus by announcing its next batch of BTC purchases.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Dogecoin is a joke—so what's behind its rally?
After a three-year plummet, dogecoin is blasting off again, jumping 250% since the election of Donald Trump—part of a broader wave of optimism in the industry, due to Trump's courting of crypto advocates during his campaign.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Don't Lose Your Social Security Benefits. Here Are 4 Ways It Could Happen
Learn income limits and other restrictions to avoid having your Social Security benefits suspended or terminated.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Energy ventures: Hydrogen wildcatters are betting big on Kansas to strike it rich
A new Gold Rush is taking shape on a quiet stretch of Kansas prairie. There, a clutch of startups backed by the likes of Bill Gates are searching below the surface for naturally occurring hydrogen, a fuel that can generate power without adding to climate change.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati's New Startup Unveiled
Mira Murati, who previously served as the Chief Technology Officer at OpenAI, has embarked on a new venture by launching her own AI startup. This development marks a significant shift in the AI industry, underscoring a growing trend where seasoned experts are branching out to explore innovative AI solutions. Murati's startup is set to focus on post-training AI models, with the aim of enhancing AI capabilities for specific tasks. This approach holds the potential to transform various sectors by offering more tailored and efficient solutions.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Is Decentralized Science (DeSci) the Next Big Crypto Trend?
The push towards decentralization, brought into the mainstream by cryptocurrencies, is now setting its targets on science.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Julie Sandler, managing director at Pioneer Square Labs, will shift to venture partner role
Longtime tech startup investor Julie Sandler plans to transition away from her role as managing director at Pioneer Square Labs, the Seattle venture firm that runs an investment fund and startup studio.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Savings Rates May Be Falling, But You Can Still Find APYs Over 5%. Today's Savings Rates, Nov. 25, 2024
If you're not earning interest in a high-yield savings account, you're missing out.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Scammers Are Stealing Billions From Americans' Bank Accounts. Here's What You Need to Know.
A CR investigation found that sophisticated scams targeting bank customers are becoming more common. Yet when the depositors make reimbursement claims, the nation's biggest banks often deny them.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Startup radar: 5 early stage tech companies to know in Seattle
From software to sustainability to space, we're spotlighting another crop of newer startups in Seattle in the early stages of their entrepreneurial journeys.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute Selects IQM Spark Quantum Computer to Boost Research
The Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI) under the National Applied Research Laboratories today announces the procurement of its first full-stack quantum computer from IQM Quantum Computers (IQM), a global leader in designing, building, and selling superconducting quantum computers. The delivery and installation of the system at TSRI's premises will take place in the second quarter of 2025.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Tether Has Become a Massive Money Laundering Tool for Mexican Drug Traffickers, Feds Say
Tether is being used on a massive scale by large scale drug traffickers, to the point where Tether is sold cheaper in Mexico due to its links to drugs, according to court records reviewed by 404 Media.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

These High APYs Won't Last Forever. Today's CD Rates, Nov. 25, 2024
Take advantage of rates up to 4.75% APY while you still can.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

Why Jaguar's Copy Nothing campaign broke the internet - plus 5 ways to nail your next product launch
The internet has plenty to say about Jaguar's recent colorful rebrand. This article breaks down what happened and shares five hacks to crush your next product launch.
November 25th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — November 24th, 2024

Five common misconceptions about women and entrepreneurship
Women entrepreneurs are essential for the Canadian economy, a fact recognized by the government's Women Entrepreneurship Strategy. This strategy was launched in 2018 and has seen nearly $7 billion be put toward supporting women-owned businesses in Canada.
November 24th, 2024 — Source

Latin America fintech will be a market to watch in 2025
Midway through 2024, Mike Packer, a partner at fintech-focused QED Investors, predicted we'd already hit the bottom for funding to Latin American fintech startups, and that a bounce back was coming. While momentum hasn't been a straight shot up and to the right ever since, it's looking like he was right.
November 24th, 2024 — Source

Musk Teases Buying MSNBC: 'How Much Does It Cost?'
As Comcast readies a sale of its legacy media outlet, the rightwing billionaire has mused about an acquisition.
November 24th, 2024 — Source

Scammers exploit tiny typos to trick people into sending money to their crypto wallets
A team of cybersecurity researchers at Stony Brook University has uncovered a new way for scammers to steal from unsuspecting cryptocurrency users. They have posted a paper to the arXiv preprint server describing the new crypto scam and how users can protect themselves.
November 24th, 2024 — Source

Top 10 Toncoin Holders: Who Owns the Most TON in 2024?
The Open Network (TON) blockchain, known for its early association with the messaging platform Telegram, has experienced explosive growth across 2024, with trading volume, total value locked, active users, and daily transactions all growing considerably.
November 24th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — November 23rd, 2024

Beware of scams when opening your own ecommerce store
Here are the top warning signs a scammer might be operating an online store on your behalf.
November 23rd, 2024 — Source

Best dash cams 2024: Our picks for all types, at all budgets
A dash cam is exactly what you need on today's mean streets, and new 4K models deliver supercrisp images (for a price).
November 23rd, 2024 — Source

How one man lost $56,000 when he opened an Amazon store
The victim of a scheme being investigated by the FTC shares his story.
November 23rd, 2024 — Source

LinkedIn is shutting down its 'Audio Events' feature
The audio streaming feature was LinkedIn's answer to 'Twitter Spaces.'
November 23rd, 2024 — Source

Trump's tariff threats don't scare this Mexican fintech
Mexico's economic development — turbocharged by the amount of nearshoring in recent years — has made it fertile ground for startups. But the trend is under threat if President-elect Donald Trump follows through with his idea of taking a harder line on trade with Mexico.
November 23rd, 2024 — Source

What Companies Does BlackRock Own in 2024? Tech, Healthcare & More
With over $10 trillion in investments under its control, it's no surprise that BlackRock (BLK) occasionally attracts its share of controversy. Among other things, the company has been criticized for its strong stance on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) requirements and accused of inflating residential real estate prices by investing heavily in rental properties.
November 23rd, 2024 — Source

General — Business — November 21st, 2024

AI hiring bias? Men with Anglo-Saxon names score lower in tech interviews
Study suggests hiding every Tom, Dick, and Harry's personal info from HR bots
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Compare 15-Year Mortgage Rates for November 2024
15-year fixed mortgages typically offer lower interest rates than 30-year fixed loans, but they come with higher monthly payments.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Compare Current Mortgage Rates in November 2024
The waiting game for lower mortgage rates continues.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

German fintech unicorn N26 just had its first profitable quarter
Ten years after pitching onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt in London, fintech N26 has reported its first ever quarterly (pretax) profit. The challenger bank with millions of customers across Europe generated a net operating income of €2.8 million during the third quarter of 2024 (or $2.9 million at current exchange rates).
November 21st, 2024 — Source

High Savings APYs Linger for Now, but Could Drop Soon. Today's Rates, Nov. 21, 2024
Act fast. Some banks are holding rates high, but these APYs won't last.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Mortgage Rates Hang Tight Near 7%. Today's Mortgage Rates, Nov. 21, 2024
The only direction mortgage rates seem to be pointed in these days is up. Here's when that could change.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

OneRail's software helps solve the last-mile delivery problem
Last-mile delivery, the very last step of the delivery process, is a common pain point for companies. According to one survey, nearly 90% of retailers struggle with their last-mile delivery operations, either because of technical issues, costs, or a combination of both.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Pepe Unchained Presale Hits $40M Amid Whale Investments and Tier-1 Listing Rumors
Pepe Unchained ($PEPU) broke the $40M presale milestone with daily funding of $1.6M. Could a tier-1 listing drive more gains?
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Protect Your Earnings From Falling APYs With These Top Accounts. Today's CD Rates, Nov. 21, 2024
You can still score up to 4.75% APY with today's best CDs, but the clock is ticking.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Refinance Rates Still Painfully High for Homeowners. Today's Refi Rates, Nov. 21, 2024
Following last month's surge in mortgage rates, the number of homeowners who can benefit from refinancing has dwindled.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Social Security tackles overpayment 'injustices,' but problems remain
criticized agency "injustices" that "shock our shared sense of equity and good conscience as Americans."
November 21st, 2024 — Source

Wiz acquires Dazz for $450M to expand its cybersecurity platform
Wiz, one of the most talked-about names in the world of cybersecurity, is making a significant acquisition to expand its product reach in cloud security, particularly with developers. It is buying Dazz, a specialist in security remediation and risk management, and according to sources familiar with the matter, this is a cash-and-share deal valued at $450 million.
November 21st, 2024 — Source

General — Business — November 18th, 2024

Best 3-Year CD Rates for November 2024
A long-term CD can boost your interest earnings as rates continue to decline.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Best Debit Cards for Kids and Teens in November 2024: Greenlight, BusyKid and More
Help your children learn financial concepts and build wise money habits with the help of these debit cards.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Best Savings Rates Today, Nov. 18, 2024: Don't Miss Your Moment to Earn More Money
Time is running out to maximize savings. The average interest rate is already below 4.5%.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Company behind TikTok is now valued at $300 billion
China's ByteDance is one of the most notable tech companies nowadays. The company owns some of the most popular apps including TikTok and Toutiao. ByteDance launched its first app in March 2012. Now, after 12 years, TikTok owner ByteDance's value has reached around $300 billion, suggest the industry insiders.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Don't Let Identity Thieves Use Your Social Security Number. Here's How to Lock It
You can't always prevent your SSN from falling into the wrong hands, but you can limit what bad actors can do with it.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Financial institutions open Detroit area locations based on racial makeup
The placement of banks, credit unions and alternative financial services is significantly influenced by changes in the neighborhoods' racial composition, even when factors like income and poverty are taken into account, according to a new University of Michigan study.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Infosys founder defends call for 70-hour workweeks, says he "doesn't believe in a work/life balance"
He hates weekends, too
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Microsoft turns a new page in the book business with its own publishing imprint
Microsoft will attempt to find the sweet spot between the speed of social media and the lasting impact of books with its own publishing imprint, 8080 Books — aiming to bring new titles to market much faster than traditional publishing allows.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Moonvalley wants to build more ethical video models
The wide availability of tools to build generative AI has led to a Cambrian explosion of startups in the space. Plentiful capital hasn't hurt, either — nor has the declining cost of the requisite technical infrastructure.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Mortgage Predictions: How the Election Shifted the Path to Lower RatesMortgage rates were supposed to hit 6% this year. Do they still stand a chance?
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November 18th, 2024 — Source

Mortgage Rates Aren't Falling Just Yet for Homebuyers. Today's Mortgage Rates, Nov. 18, 2024
After two rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, experts aren't certain we'll see a third this year. Here's what that means for mortgage rates.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

RBC On Tesla: "FSD's Next Version (13.0) Is Tracking At ~10k Miles Before Intervention, Compared To Waymo's 17k Level"
Tesla is one of the top gainers in early trading today, spurred by reports that the upcoming Trump administration is prioritizing the creation of a federal framework for autonomous vehicles (AVs). This news bite is also attracting scrutiny from sell-side analysts, with RBC going so far as to pen a fairly exhaustive note on the topic.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Pairing the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card and Chase Freedom Unlimited to Level Up Your Rewards
Pairing a travel card and a cash-back card from Chase gives you the best of all worlds.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Refi Rates Ride High Near 7%. Today's Refinance Rates, Nov. 18, 2024
Mortgage refinance rates inched slightly lower today, but they're still too high for most homeowners to realistically consider refinancing.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Score a Bank of America CD Earning Up to 4.20% APY
This big bank offers plenty of perks. But its CD rates aren't the most competitive.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Social Security Tackles Overpayment 'Injustices,' but Problems Remain
In March, newly installed Social Security chief Martin O'Malley criticized agency "injustices" that "shock our shared sense of equity and good conscience as Americans."
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Substack says it could be profitable — but it still isn't
The newsletter platform Substack still isn't turning a profit, even as its writers make millions.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Text marketing firm Blip secures backing from SoftBank, Microsoft
People prefer texts over phone calls — especially when it's a company on the other side. According to one survey, two-thirds of consumers say they'd switch to a company that offered texting as a contact option.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

The Chase Sapphire Preferred Should Be Your Next Travel Credit Card -- Here's Why
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card is an affordable and rewarding option with many attractive features that put it at the head of the pack.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

These Big Banks Deliver More Bang for Your Bucks
These big banks have more to offer than name recognition.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Time's Up: Claim Your $2,500 in the Cash App Legal Settlement Today
Cash App users are eligible for a share of a $15 million class-action settlement -- but the deadline for filing a claim is today.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

Zelle Limits at Top Banks: How Much You Can Transfer
Sending money via Zelle is easy, but there are limits to how much you can send.
November 18th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — November 17th, 2024

AMA With Anndy Lian: What Life With Memecoins Has Taught Me
In a recent AMA (YouTube) titled Memes to Millions: The Next Big Thing, blockchain strategist Anndy Lian shared his thoughts on the blazing trend in crypto: memecoins.
November 17th, 2024 — Source

Crypto Apps Climb up App Store Rankings Amid Bitcoin Rally
Mobile cryptocurrency applications are experiencing unprecedented popularity on Apple's App Store, fueled by the recent rise in Bitcoin and other digital assets.
November 17th, 2024 — Source

IT Survey Lists Microsoft as Top Tech Firm Attracting Spending
A survey of 800 IT leaders revealed that Microsoft leads the list of vendors companies plan to spend the most money with.
November 17th, 2024 — Source

Norwegian startup Factiverse wants to fight disinformation with AI
In the wake of the U.S. 2024 presidential election, one fact became clear: Disinformation proliferated online at a startling rate, shaping Americans' views about each candidate as well as a diverse set of topics, including public health, climate change, and immigration. Generative AI — with its ability to produce deepfakes in seconds and its propensity to hallucinate facts — only stands to exacerbate the problem.
November 17th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — November 16th, 2024

10 Pieces Of Desk Tech To Help You Keep Active At Work
You've probably heard that too much of anything is bad, and ironically, that includes sitting. Spending hours in a chair can get really boring, and while it may seem harmless, it can have health downsides, such as backaches and stiff joints. Standing for too long isn't great either.
November 16th, 2024 — Source

Best High-Yield Savings Accounts for November 2024
These high-yield savings accounts continue to outperform competitors even as rates decline.
November 16th, 2024 — Source

Bitcoin launderer hands over $400 million as he heads to prison — offender sentenced to three years in prison for laundering money for drug dealers
Sentencing was deemed 'lenient' as the defendant cooperated with the authorities and pleaded guilty.
November 16th, 2024 — Source

Don't Let Identity Thieves Use Your Social Security Number. Here's How to Lock It
You can't always prevent your SSN from falling into the wrong hands, but you can limit what bad actors can do with it.
November 16th, 2024 — Source

GOOG versus GOOGL: Which Google Stock Symbol Should I Use?
The best Google stock symbol to use, either the ticker GOOGL or GOOG, depends on how and why you plan to invest in Alphabet stock. Let's quickly delve into why Google has two stock tickers and which is which.
November 16th, 2024 — Source

US flood governance drives social inequity, and maybe the next housing market crash
A recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment looked at the current US National Flood Insurance Program, and how, without drastic changes, another housing crash could be on the horizon.
November 16th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — November 15th, 2024

4 Expert-Approved Side Hustles Just in Time for the Holidays and Beyond
You'll still need to watch out for other fees and costs leading to less take-home pay.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Best CD Rates Today, Nov. 15, 2024: There's Still Time to Score up to 4.75% APY
Don't wait to see what the Fed does in December. Lock in a high rate now to protect your earnings.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

GM's Cruise Will Pay $500k Fine Over False Robotaxi Crash Report
GM's Cruise Will Pay $500k Fine Over False Robotaxi Crash Report
November 15th, 2024 — Source

How enterprises can maximize the value of automation [Q&A]
The idea of automating processes has of course been around since the industrial revolution. But even though we've moved on from the Spinning Jenny to artificial intelligence, automation has lost none of its importance.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

In an outcome beyond parody, a bankruptcy judge puts The Onion's Infowars purchase on hold
He wants to review the bankruptcy auction process.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Fed Chair Powell says no need to rush interest-rate cuts
Wall Street is expected to open lower on Friday, following U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's comments on interest rate cuts. Powell indicated that the Fed may take a cautious approach to future rate reductions, citing ongoing economic strength and persistent inflation. This news has led to a rise in bond yields and a decline in rate-sensitive stocks.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Man who stole and laundered roughly $1B in bitcoin is sentenced to 5 years in prison
A computer expert who stole bitcoin worth billions of dollars at current prices—and then spent years laundering some of the hacked cryptocurrency with help from his wife—was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

OpenSim user growth cools down with chilly weather
The weather's been getting cooler here in the US where I live — some days, at least. The weather's been a little wonky lately. And there have been other things happening in the country that make me want to spend less time in the real world and more time in a virtual one. So it makes sense that registered users and land area both went up in the public OpenSim grids.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Research finds no negative impact of repealing law allowing companies to pay disabled workers below minimum wage
Debate continues to swirl nationally on the fate of a practice born of an 86-year-old federal statute allowing companies to pay workers with disabilities subminimum wages: anything below the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, but for some roles as little as 25-cents-per-hour (PDF).
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Samsung Electronics to Buy Back KRW 10 Trillion in Stock
Samsung Electronics announced today it plans to buy back a total of KRW 10 trillion in the Company's shares to enhance shareholder value.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Tom Scott on YouTube Departure, New Book, and His Move Into Quiz Games
"It's been lovely to work on a project that can't be clickbaited."
November 15th, 2024 — Source

Trends in Engineering Leadership: Observability, Agile Backlash, and Building Autonomous Teams
In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Chris Cooney about emerging trends in software engineering such as the backlash against "Agile" practices, the growing importance of observability and people-focused metrics, and strategies for aligning teams around common goals while still preserving their autonomy.
November 15th, 2024 — Source

UK energy watchdog slaps down Capita's £130M smart meter splurge
Regulator finds poor planning and overuse of consultants added to costs in ailing rollout
November 15th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — November 12th, 2024

Altos Ventures, an early backer of Coupang and Roblox, raises $500M fund
Altos Ventures, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm that has backed the likes of Roblox, Coupang, PandaDoc, and Quizlet, has secured $500 million for its latest fund, according to SEC filings. The firm has been around for almost three decades and this is its largest fund to date.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Bitcoin could soon pass $90,000 for the first time ever
Following the election of Donald Trump, Bitcoin has raced up from around $67,000 to $89,000 and is currently looking at passing $90,000 for the first time in its 16-year history. According to the prediction market, Polymarket, 94% of users who placed their bet believe it will hit $90,000 this month.
November 12th, 2024 — Source or Source

Bitcoin Surpasses Silver, Paving the Way for Crypto Market Cap to Hit $2.8T ATH
Bitcoin's (BTC) market cap has surged past $1.7 trillion, overtaking silver.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Bitcoin's FOMO Finally Starts Appearing On Google Trends As A $100,000 BTC Appears A Shoo-In
Bitcoin, inarguably the world's preeminent cryptocurrency, created a new all-time high as Trump emerged as a shoo-in at the conclusion of the 2024 US presidential elections, and has refused to look back ever since.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Dapr graduates to become a CNCF top-level project
Dapr, the Microsoft-incubated open source runtime for helping developers build secure and resilient distributed applications, has graduated from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation's (CNCF) pool of incubating projects to become a top-level project at the same level of projects like Kubernetes, Prometheus, Istio, and Vitess.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Disney Said to be Considering a Surprising Replacement for Bob Iger: EA CEO Andrew Wilson
Will EA's CEO swap Madden for Mickey Mouse?
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Ecosia and Qwant partner to develop European search index
Europe-based search engines Ecosia and Qwant are working together to build a European search index to reduce their dependence on big tech firms in the United States.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Employee Monitoring: How to Do it The Right Way
Employee monitoring is a common practice that companies use to keep tabs on workers. It helps keep employees productive and on-task, optimizes business processes, and improves an organization's security.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

European Search Engines Ecosia and Qwant Join Forces to Rival Google and Microsoft
Ecosia and Qwant revealed a collaboration on November 12 to create a European search index to minimize their dependence on major US tech companies.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

General Catalyst and Khosla Ventures back data mapping startup Lume
Data integration is a necessary part of many workflows from onboarding customer data to exercising payroll, but for many data sets the process is long and manual. Data is siloed into databases and SaaS applications that each keep the information in different formats, which makes it difficult to move information from one database to another. Lume looks to change that using AI.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Logitech launches Sync smart office tools to streamline workplace efficiency
Logitech has introduced a range of Sync smart office tools designed to improve workplace efficiency and provide enhanced analytics for IT teams. The new suite includes Auto Book and Auto Release, which automate room reservations and cancellations based on user activity. Additionally, Logitech View offers interactive digital office maps to assist with navigation in large office spaces.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

Meet Amperity's new CEO: Former Salesforce exec takes reins at customer data startup
Tony Alika Owens, a longtime tech exec who previously spent a decade at Salesforce, was named CEO at Amperity, a Seattle-based startup that helps companies collect and manage customer data.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

The Journey of ClearBank from Start-Up to Scale-Up
Michael Gray discusses how ClearBank has balanced autonomy and process in its engineering teams who faced increased demands due to departmental expansion and a complex regulatory environment.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

The Rivian-Volkswagen joint venture deal is now up to $5.8B
Rivian and Volkswagen Group have finalized a multibillion-dollar joint venture to develop software, paving the way to let the German auto giant leverage the EV startup's more technical chops in the coming years. Volkswagen will invest up to $5.8 billion by 2027, about 16% more than when the deal was first announced in June.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

What is "Act 1" ($ACT)? Solana Memecoin Surges 2,200% in One Week
Act I: The AI Prophecy (ACT) has become the latest Solana memecoin to take the crypto world by storm. The token has experienced a dramatic 2,241% price surge over the past seven days, fueled by Sourcemajor exchange listings on Binance and Crypto.com.
November 12th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — November 10th, 2024

Encore is an AI-powered search engine for your thrifting needs
Former Apple engineer Alex Ruber and former Twitter and Asana engineer Parth Chopra first met on Y Combinator's founder match platform, then met in person at a thrift store for shopping. They later went on a thrift store shopping trip where they talked about solving problems with finding the right product in the online space.
November 10th, 2024 — Source

Open source projects draw equity-free funding from corporates, startups, and even VCs
A dearth of funding for vital open source technologies is leading to a swath of support from startups, unicorns, corporations, and even venture capital firms.
November 10th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — November 9th, 2024

Bank of America Savings Account Rates for November 2024
Savings accounts at this bank leave much to be desired.
November 9th, 2024 — Source

The Fed Cut Rates Again. Will Savings Account and CD APYs Continue to Drop?
As rates dip, boosting your interest earnings with a high-yield savings account or CD ASAP is a smart strategy.
November 9th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — November 8th, 2024

Former Raya, Dispo exec has a new fund for the biggest out-of-favor tech: consumer
The idea of one day becoming a venture capitalist always loomed in the back of TJ Taylor's mind.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Rivian Bets on LG Batteries Amid Disappointing Earnings
LG Energy Solution (LGES) has inked a significant long-term agreement with U.S. automaker Rivian to supply 4695 cylindrical battery cells for the upcoming Rivian R2 series of electric vehicles (EVs).
November 8th, 2024 — Source

SMIC Reports 2024 Third Quarter Results
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world, today announced its consolidated results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2024.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

Startup radar: 5 early stage companies in Seattle that are raising cash and gaining traction
We're back with another spotlight on startups making moves in Seattle.
November 8th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — November 7th, 2024

7 Go to Market Strategy Templates for a Successful Launch
Introducing a new product or service to the market requires meticulous preparation. A go to market strategy template helps streamline the planning process and reduce risk while helping you develop a clear plan of action.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Another official four-day week pilot kicks off in the UK
Nation's favorite cloud-slinger, AWS, unlikely to be taking part
November 7th, 2024 — Source

ETHENA Price Surges Over 30% Amid Crypto Market Boom
The cryptocurrency market's recent bullish phase has driven significant interest in major tokens, especially after Bitcoin surged to an all-time high of $76,000 following the U.S. election.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

iRobot is laying off staff for the second time this year
The latest round will impact 16 percent of the robovac maker's workforce.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

SocialCrowd raises $2.5M seed round as interest in future of work software remains
Back in February, when TechCrunch spoke to Raphael Akinsipe, he described his company SocialCrowd as a "Fitbit but for work." As CEO and co-founder, he explained that the product allows companies to set goals for employees and then reward them when those expectations are met.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

Taskrabbit takes over on-demand moving service Dolly in latest twist for former Seattle startup
Taskrabbit has quietly absorbed the operations of Dolly, a Seattle-based on-demand marketplace for moving services.
November 7th, 2024 — Source

What's really behind Big Tech's return-to-office mandates?
Companies want workers back at their desks. Is it about productivity, 'backdoor layoffs,' or something else?
November 7th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — November 5th, 2024

Amazon begins drone delivers to Phoenix, provided the weather is favorable
Products must weigh five pounds or less.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Bitcoin Spot ETFs Records One of Largest Outflows Ever: $541M
The Bitcoin (BTC) Spot ETF saw its second-largest outflow in the asset's history.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Boeing strike ends after workers vote to accept "life-changing" wage increase
Workers vow to restore Boeing's iconic legacy as costly strike ends.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

DOGE Gains 10% as Most of Crypto Market Slumps
The price of Dogecoin (DOGE) has risen from $0.15 to $0.17 over the past 24 hours.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Former Facebook lobbyist joins UK comms regulator as non-exec director
Who better to watch the watchmen?
November 5th, 2024 — Source

How project governance helps navigate public-private 'coopetition' tensions
The Ariane 6 project, Europe's new space launcher, is in the headlines as the European Space Agency (ESA) and ArianeGroup push for its first launch in 2024. This high-profile initiative has faced delays, but it remains a cornerstone of European ambitions in space. The project is a significant example of public-private collaboration, with private-sector partners playing a key role alongside the ESA.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Mapping the maze where the IRS could find billions in unpaid taxes
In 2021, the difference between what U.S. taxpayers owed the federal government and what they paid hit nearly $700 billion. This "tax gap" has been growing for years while the Internal Revenue Service's budget has shrunk, declining by 18% between 2010 and 2021. The audit rate for millionaires fell by more than 70% in roughly that same period.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division
This is the second layoff at Mozilla this year, the first affecting dozens of staff on the side of the organization that builds the popular Firefox browser.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Sensitive yet empathetic: The dual nature of highly sensitive persons in the workplace
Work stress is a prevalent issue globally, and a recent study from Japan highlights a distinct group of employees who perceive stress in a unique way. Highly sensitive persons (HSPs), known for their heightened sensitivities to external stimuli, tend to experience higher levels of stress and display increased empathy, offering potential benefits to their organizations.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

UBS Chooses $ETH for Tokenized Money Market Fund: What's Next?
Swiss banking giant UBS has launched a tokenized money market fund on the Ethereum blockchain, marking the first tokenized fund ever introduced by the firm.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Vodafone-Three merger looks more likely than ever after CMA announcement
The Vodafone-Three merger in the UK looks more likely than ever today after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the firms could address the competition concerns. It said that a multi-billion-pound upgrade of the merged company's network across the country (including the rollout of 5G), plus short-term consumer protections, could solve the concerns, allowing the merger to go ahead.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

Waymo's latest funding round boosts it to a $45B valuation
Waymo recently closed a $5.6 billion Series C funding round led by parent company Alphabet and joined by a who's who of Silicon Valley venture firms. The investment boosts Waymo's overall valuation to more than $45 billion, according to Bloomberg News.
November 5th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — November 3rd, 2024

Founders should seek sector alignment when looking for a family office investor
Family offices invest a substantial amount of capital in startups each year. In the first half of 2023, 27% of overall startup deal value came from deals that included a family office investor, according to a recent report from PwC.
November 3rd, 2024 — Source

GenAI suffers from data overload, so companies should focus on smaller, specific goals
"There is no AI without data, there is no AI without unstructured data, and there is no AI without unstructured data at scale," said Chet Kapoor, chairman and CEO of data management company DataStax.
November 3rd, 2024 — Source

General — Business — November 2nd, 2024

Dropbox CEO 'Takes Full Accountability' as He Fires 500 People
CEO Drew Houston will remain in his job.
November 2nd, 2024 — Source

Financial institutions told to get their house in order before the next CrowdStrike strikes
Calls for improvements will soon turn into demands when new rules come into force
November 2nd, 2024 — Source

How national interest startups should be thinking about government contracts
National interest technology can show up in a lot of ways, like in data analysis and cybersecurity, as well as satellites and weapons. Many startups with dual-use applications are increasingly looking at the government as an attractive customer due to its wide range of use cases and the amount of federal dollars available.
November 2nd, 2024 — Source

US Regulators Refuse Amazon Data Center Proposal For Interconnect Agreement
U.S energy regulators have blocked an amended interconnection agreement for an Amazon data center plant to be directly connected to a nuclear power station in Pennsylvania.
November 2nd, 2024 — Source

Why Moody's Ratings Cares About Blockchain Sharding & Scalability
Sharding is an approach to scaling blockchain networks that is rapidly gaining traction — and the TradFi world is beginning to take note.
November 2nd, 2024 — Source

General — Business — November 1st, 2024

Amazon to cough $75B on capex in 2024, more next year
Despite extending server lifespans, AI's power demands drive more datacenter builds
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Apple underwhelms Wall Street with all-time record fourth quarter earnings
Following Apple’s fiscal fourth quarter earnings report in which the company posted all-time record revenue of $94.9 billion (an average of more than $1 billion in revenue per day), Apple said that total sales in the December period will rise by a percentage in the “low-to-middle single digits.” Analysts had been projecting a 7% increase.
November 1st, 2024 — Source or Source

Dropbox is axing jobs, 528 employees are laid off
Dropbox announced plans to lay off 528 employees, cutting its global workforce by 20 percent in an effort to streamline its operations.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

How to build a company that can save the world and generate a profit
For startups that hope to save the world, or at least make it a better place, balancing impact with profit can be tricky.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Intel Posts Earnings Beat On Record $16.6B Loss, Shares Spike
Shares of Intel spiked in aftermarket trading hours last night and remains up (by more than 5.5%) early this morning, as investors are focused on the future and not the $16.6 billion loss that Intel reported for its third quarter of 2024, its biggest quarterly loss ever.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Report: Benioff in talks to sell Time; Salesforce CEO has called media ‘much harder’ than tech
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is in talks to sell Time to Greek media company Antenna Group, CNBC reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Samsung Witnesses a Whopping 40% QoQ Decline In Semiconductor Profits, As They Struggle To Capitalize On AI Boom
Samsung Foundry has witnessed a massive blow, as the division reports a whopping 40% QoQ decline in profitability, creating massive troubles for the Korean giant.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

TIDAL could lay off a quarter of its current staff
TIDAL, the high-definition music streaming platform, is not having the best of times. The company has already made layoffs, and its management has been mulling a potential restructuring to get back on track to profitability. Now, a report claims that an upcoming round of layoffs will affect around a quarter of the current TIDAL staff.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Ultra Safe Nuclear files for bankruptcy in a procedure aimed at facilitating its sale
Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp. says it has filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition as part of a court-supervised process that will lead to its purchase through a public auction.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

Why Is ETH Underperforming BTC & SOL? Latest Analysis
Once the most coveted cryptocurrency in the market, Ethereum (ETH) today is an overlooked asset that has underperformed the crypto king, Bitcoin (BTC), and smart contract platform rivals such as Solana (SOL) throughout 2024.
November 1st, 2024 — Source

General — Business — October 30th, 2024

AI, cloud boost Alphabet profits by 34 percent
Google's cloud business is still a distant third to Microsoft and Amazon.
October 30th, 2024 — Source

AMD Smashes Earnings As Record Data Center Revenue Offsets A Big Dip In Gaming
You might not know it by looking at AMD's stock price this morning (more on that later), but the company is coming off its biggest-performing quarter, with third-quarter revenue tallying $6.8 billion. That's an 18% increase year-over-year and a 17% jump sequentially. This led to a monster gain in net income (profit), which shot up 158% year-over-year and 191% sequentially to $771 million.
October 30th, 2024 — Source

AT&T praises itself after getting caught taking too much money from FCC program
AT&T obtained subsidies for duplicate users and non-users, will pay $2.3 million.
October 30th, 2024 — Source

Bifrost helps industrials speed up model training with its 3D data-generation platform
For many companies working on AI models with applications in the physical world, data presents the biggest opportunity. It’s also the biggest hurdle they face, as nicely labeled and clean real-world data is as readily available as hen’s teeth, and the costs and effort required to gather and clean up data can be immense.
October 30th, 2024 — Source

Dropbox is laying off 20 percent of its workforce
The cuts will affect 528 employees.
October 30th, 2024 — Source or Source

Exploring BlackRock's BUIDL: What's the Buzz and What Comes Next
BlackRock launched its first tokenized fund issued on a public blockchain, dubbed the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), earlier this year.
October 30th, 2024 — Source

Here's How to Freeze Your Credit After the Change Healthcare Data Breach
Freezing your credit won't protect you from all scams. But it does keep cybercriminals from opening accounts in your name.
October 30th, 2024 — Source

Hiring, supporting justice-impacted individuals in the workplace
Hiring those who have criminal records or histories of incarceration serves a significant role in the integration of those individuals back into society while helping hospitality businesses withstand labor shortages, according to researchers in the Penn State School of Hospitality Management. The researchers developed a framework to guide hospitality businesses in the efforts to break down barriers of bias and destigmatize the hiring of these individuals.
October 30th, 2024 — Source

Hummingbirds, a platform that connects local creators with brand campaigns in their area, raises $5.4M
Hummingbirds is a female-founded startup that connects hyperlocal content creators with brands that reward them for sharing products with their small and highly engaged communities via social media to juice their marketing.
October 30th, 2024 — Source

New study finds honesty-humility is key to auditors monitoring quality
External auditors play a vital role in upholding the accuracy of financial reports. However, recent high-profile accounting scandals have raised concerns about their effectiveness, sparking questions about why auditors sometimes fail to flag financial discrepancies.
October 30th, 2024 — Source

New algorithm picks fairer shortlist when applicants abound
Cornell researchers developed a more equitable method for choosing top candidates from a large applicant pool in cases where insufficient information makes it hard to choose.
October 30th, 2024 — Source

Reddit Posts First Profitable Quarter With Shares Up 25%Forum social network Reddit recorded its first profitable quarter since its March 2024 IPO, sending its shares up 25% in extended trading on October 29.
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October 30th, 2024 — Source

Sketchy financials send Supermicro auditors running for the hills
If SMCI is the AI Enron, Ernst & Young wants nothing to do with them
October 30th, 2024 — Source

Subway Sued Over ‘Misleading’ Amount of Meat in Ad Photos of Sandwiches
A customer has sued fast-food chain Subway alleging that the sandwiches in its ad photos are “grossly misleading” and contain at least three times more meat than it delivers.
October 30th, 2024 — Source

These No-Fee Savings Accounts Grow Your Bottom Line Faster
Don’t let monthly fees chip away at your savings goals.
October 30th, 2024 — Source

Univ. of Washington selected for new federally funded Northwest innovation training hub
The University of Washington is part of a new federally selected Northwest Region Hub to support the commercialization and deployment of technologies in fields including medical tech, energy, clean tech, agricultural and food tech, and maritime and related technologies.
October 30th, 2024 — Source

What's Going on with Google Stock?
Alphabet Inc. (Google) stock surged almost 6% in morning trading after the Google parent company reported better-than-expected results for its fiscal third quarter.
October 30th, 2024 — Source

Why Gen Z is saying 'no' to middle management
Gen Z is poised to become the most populous generation on the planet, and their influence is already shaping the future of work. As one of the most educated and racially and ethnically diverse generations, they bring fresh perspectives and new expectations for how we work and lead.
October 30th, 2024 — Source

Wonder Dynamics now lets you go straight from multi-camera video to fully animated 3D scene
Wonder Dynamics made a strong opening play in AI-enhanced visual effects, providing tools animators and filmmakers actually find useful — and earning the startup a prompt acquisition by Autodesk. Their latest tool further automates the animation process, letting you put in practically any video and get a fully editable 3D scene, characters and all.
October 30th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — October 28th, 2024

Best CD Rates Today, Oct. 28, 2024: Lock in a High APY While You Still Can

The clock is ticking on APYs up to 4.75%. Maximize your earnings by opening one of these accounts today.
October 28th, 2024 — Source

ForestGuard is building the 'Internet of Trees' to detect fires even earlier

Many startups have taken aim at the problem of early wildfire detection and prevention, but Turkey-based ForestGuard's space-based system could give it an edge over competitors.
October 28th, 2024 — Source

Level Zero Health is working on a potentially life-changing device for hormone health

Level Zero Health's co-founders Ula Rustamova and Irene Jia are swinging for the fences. They are attempting to invent a never-achieved technology that could help millions of people. If they succeed — and there are some positive early indicators — they will create a continuous hormone monitoring medical device.
October 28th, 2024 — Source

Potato's AI research assistant digs through publications for science experiment inspiration

Science can reward its practitioners with thrilling eureka moments — with an emphasis on "moments." A lot of research is slogging through experiments that don't always work, wading through research publications, and performing mental contortions in pursuit of the next hypothesis.
October 28th, 2024 — Source

Remote ropes in Carta to simplify equity grants for distributed teams

A few months after acquiring equity management company Easop, Remote, an HR platform for managing geographically distributed teams, is doubling down on its focus on managing equity compensation with a new product, Remote Equity.
October 28th, 2024 — Source

Satya Nadella asked for 50% cut in his incentive payout over security failures

Microsoft agreed, then upped his payout 63%
October 28th, 2024 — Source

Wiz CEO and Co-Founder Assaf Rappaport: From Zero-Day to Hero

Fresh off a $1 billion funding round, Wiz has shot to fame as one of the fastest-growing, impactful cloud security startups ever. And one of the most sought after: earlier this year it rebuffed a $23 billion M&A offer from Google.
October 28th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

Wiz CEO explains why he turned down a $23 billion deal

Assaf Rappaport, the co-founder and CEO of cloud security startup Wiz, said that turning down a $23 billion offer from Google was "the toughest decision ever," but justified it by saying the company can get even bigger and reach $100 billion because cloud security is the future.
October 28th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — October 25th, 2024

McDonald's restaurants can finally repair their own McFlurry machines

The US Copyright Office approved a third-party repair exemption for the chronically inoperable dessert making machines.
October 25th, 2024 — Source

Microsoft CEO earns $30.6 million more despite laying off over 2,000 employees in 2024 — salary package represents a 63% raise from the previous year

AI bonuses, unfortunately, do not translate to job security for employees in other divisions.
October 25th, 2024 — Source or Source or Source

Microsoft Recommends Shareholders Reject Bitcoin Investment Proposal

In an October 24 filing with the SEC, Microsoft’s board advised shareholders to vote against a proposal seeking an assessment of Bitcoin as an investment asset.
October 25th, 2024 — Source

Startup radar: Early stage tech companies making moves in Seattle

There’s a lot of action happening in Seattle startup land.
October 25th, 2024 — Source

Waymo just raised $5.6 billion to spread robotaxis to more cities

The funding round was the driverless car company’s largest to date.
October 25th, 2024 — Source or Source

YC startup Pharos lands a $5M seed led by Felicis to bring AI to hospital quality reporting

Medical and administrative staff are increasingly overwhelmed with piles of paperwork they have to fill out every day.
October 25th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — October 20th, 2024

Eric Yuan's Net Worth: How Zoom CEO Built His Fortune
Eric Yuan, the brains behind Zoom, has experienced a massive rise in both fame and fortune, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eric Yuan's net worth is estimated at an impressive $4.5 billion in 2024.
October 20th, 2024 — Source

Is AI the Answer to Your Money Problems? We're Starting to Find Out
Some clever budgeters are using chatbots to make better spending decisions. Here's what AI can — and can't — do for you, according to personal finance experts.
October 20th, 2024 — Source

Investments in generative AI startups topped $3.9B in Q3 2024
Not everyone is convinced of generative AI's return on investment. But many investors are, judging by the latest figures from funding tracker PitchBook.
October 20th, 2024 — Source

Joseph Jacks bets on open source startups, a 'paradox of philanthropy and capitalism'
Open source might be many things, but one thing it's not is a business model — by most estimations, at least. However, that hasn't stopped Joseph Jacks and OSS Capital from seeking some of the earliest-stage, open source startups and funding them through their formative years.
October 20th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — October 18th, 2024

Alleged Bitcoin crook faces 5 years after SEC's X account pwned
SIM swappers strike again, warping cryptocurrency prices
October 18th, 2024 — Source

Apple's top recruiting executive exits the company
Marking another major departure for Apple's tumultuous human resources team, the company's top recruiting executive is leaving to become the chief human resources executive at investment firm Citadel, Bloomberg News reports citing "people with knowledge of the matter."
October 18th, 2024 — Source

Dogecoin Spikes 7% After Musk's Trump Rally Appearance
During a recent Trump rally, Elon Musk shared plans for a new initiative called the "Department of Government Efficiency," short for D.O.G.E.
October 18th, 2024 — Source

EU Could Target Musk's Empire for Potential X Fines
The EU may calculate fines against X for potential violations of the DSA based on revenue from all ventures owned by Elon Musk.
October 18th, 2024 — Source

Microsoft could end up with substantial equity in the restructured, for-profit OpenAI
How much equity in OpenAI will Microsoft get once the former becomes a for-profit company? That's the multibillion-dollar question — one the two parties are racing to answer ahead of a two-year deadline.
October 18th, 2024 — Source

Nebius to resume Nasdaq trading after severing ties with Russia and Yandex
Nebius, the company formerly known as Yandex that's now focused on cloud infrastructure for AI uses (aka "AI compute"), is to begin trading on the public markets once again — more than two years after the Nasdaq halted trading due to economic sanctions imposed in the wake of Russia's Ukraine invasion in 2022.
October 18th, 2024 — Source

Private Equity Firm Permira Acquires Squarespace for $7.2 Billion
Private equity company Permira has purchased all available common stock for the website builder Squarespace, ending Squarespace's publicly traded era.
October 18th, 2024 — Source

Tech Moves: Ex-Yahoo CMO joins Starbucks; Shape Therapeutics' CEO steps down; Read AI grows team
Lieberman is coming to the coffee company from Yahoo, where she was chief marketing officer for the past year.
October 18th, 2024 — Source

Will Vitalik Buterin's Reduced Ethereum Staking Threshold Work?
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has unveiled a new proposal that aims to revamp the network's staking model by reducing the validator lockup threshold from 32 ETH to 1 ETH.
October 18th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — October 16th, 2024

5 Free eSignature Alternatives To DocuSign
Electronic signature tools have revolutionized the way we manage documents, simplifying the process of signing, sending, and securing important paperwork without the need for printing and scanning. With these tools, you can sign documents from anywhere, at any time.
October 16th, 2024 — Source

African crypto startup Yellow Card raises $33M led by Blockchain Capital to scale its B2B pivot
Africa’s blockchain and crypto space is receiving a much-needed venture boost during a tough time for startups, some of which have retreated from specific markets or completely shut down due to issues like harsh regulatory environment, macros, or downright mismanagement.
October 16th, 2024 — Source

Apple expands tools that help businesses connect with customers
Apple Business Connect now allows businesses of all sizes, including those without a physical location, to manage the way they appear to over 1 billion Apple users in the apps they use every day.
October 16th, 2024 — Source

Apple, Tesla will pay higher U.S. taxes under President Trump, says Howard Lutnick
A second Trump presidency would limit monopoly providers, make permanent the 2017 tax cuts, and encourage people to build and make products in American and pay taxes, according to Howard Lutnick, the Cantor Fitzgerald LP chief executive officer who is in charge of recruiting political appointees for a second Trump administration.
October 16th, 2024 — Source

Long careers in luxury fashion led to a $17M raise for this supply chain platform
The retail sector needs inventory planning to maintain margins and meet demand. This is getting harder because there are now many distribution channels, more complex supply chains, and shorter sales cycles. Mid-market retailers and premium brands have less firepower than the retail giants and tend to rely on legacy software.
October 16th, 2024 — Source

'Newport would look like Dubai' if guy could dumpster dive for lost Bitcoin drive
To Wales now, where crypto bro sues to be allowed to excavate landfill site
October 16th, 2024 — Source

NVIDIA collecting feedback on key Control Panel features ahead of NVIDIA App migration
NVIDIA is asking for feedback
October 16th, 2024 — Source

$ARKM Price Analysis: Arkham’s Token & Exchange Explained
Arkham Intelligence is a crypto intelligence platform that made headlines in 2024 by revealing that the Kingdom of Bhutan became the fourth-largest government with Bitcoin (BTC) holdings.
October 16th, 2024 — Source

Say Goodbye to Procrastination: Simple Tips to Boost Productivity
Ever feel like productivity is a mountain you just can’t climb? You’re not alone. Many of us struggle with the belief that being productive requires ironclad discipline, a trait that often seems out of reach. But what if I told you there’s a way to boost your productivity without turning into a discipline machine? That’s the promise of Time Blocking 2.0—a flexible approach that accommodates life’s little surprises without derailing your progress.
October 16th, 2024 — Source

Support automation firm Capacity grows with new cash and acquisitions
Capacity, his support automation company, was planning a $5 million “bridge round” to help the company reach the break-even point. But TVC Capital, Toloka.vc, and the venture’s other backers had something grander in mind. So they threw in an additional $21 million for what became Capacity’s $26 million Series D.
October 16th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — October 13th, 2024

2025 Retirement Changes: 401(k) Updates, Increased Catchup Contributions and More
The SECURE Act 2.0 might make saving for retirement a little easier. Here's how.
October 13th, 2024 — Source

My Favorite Credit Card for the Holidays Might Surprise You
I use this credit card for just about everything with one exception.
October 13th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — October 12th, 2024

Boeing to lay off 17,000 employees to 'stay competitive'
The layoffs will include executives and managers.
October 12th, 2024 — Source

What the New Social Security COLA Increase Means for You
Now that the 2025 COLA increase has been announced by the Social Security Administration, here's what you need to know.
October 12th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — October 11th, 2024

New rounds will help startups challenge well-funded rivals
It was once again the private market that generated the most funding-related news in the startup world this week, both for companies and for funds. But it would be a mistake to forget the public sector; startups gathered with lawmakers, while others obtained and lost licenses.
October 11th, 2024 — Source

ProKYC Deepfake Tool Exploited to Bypass Crypto Exchange Security
Cato Networks has detailed how cybercriminals are using an AI-powered deepfake tool called ProKYC to evade advanced KYC security measures online.
October 11th, 2024 — Source

Sequoia Capital, US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Tidelift take the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
In today's software ecosystem, open source code has become the backbone of innovation and digital infrastructure, playing a pivotal role in everything from startups to major enterprises. The collaborative nature of open source software has unlocked incredible potential for businesses, allowing rapid development and agility. But with this openness comes a critical dilemma: security vulnerabilities. As state-level actors target open source projects, the global community must confront the balance between innovation and protection.
October 11th, 2024 — Source

Temu gets more questions from the EU about illegal product risks
The European Union has dialed up scrutiny of Chinese e-commerce marketplace Temu, asking for more information about its compliance with multiple provisions of the bloc's online governance framework, the Digital Services Act (DSA), including in relation to how it prevents the sale of illegal goods on its platform.
October 11th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — October 8th, 2024

21Shares Urges European Regulators to Provide Clearer Crypto Guidelines
21Shares wants the EU's financial regulator the ESMA to work on the fragmented regulatory environment in Europe.
October 8th, 2024 — Source

Antitrust case against Amazon moves forward in the US
Google isn't the only company embroiled in big antitrust cases in the US. Amazon, the e-commerce giant, is also in the middle of one. Last week, media outlets reported a "partial victory" for the platform in an antitrust case filed in late 2023. However, not all the information was available, so the "bigger picture" was still unclear. Now, a new report reveals that the antitrust case against Amazon in the United States is moving forward.
October 8th, 2024 — Source

Cryptocurrency Adoption 'Fastest-Growing Tech in Years', Says BlackRock Executive
Blockchain technology and digital currencies are emerging as one of the fastest-growing technologies, even surpassing historical adoption rates of major innovations like the internet and mobile phones, according to a BlackRock executive specializing in thematic investing.
October 8th, 2024 — Source

Dave Clark, formerly of Amazon and Flexport, just landed $100M for new supply chain venture
Dave Clark has had a roller coaster of a time these past two years.
October 8th, 2024 — Source

Home Depot quietly begins rolling out Apple Pay support
Just a few hours ago, I wrote about H-E-B finally caving to the pressure and rolling out Apple Pay to all of its locations. As it turns out, H-E-B isn't alone in this change. According to multiple 9to5Mac readers and reports across social media, Home Depot has also recently started rolling out Apple Pay support.
October 8th, 2024 — Source

More Crypto Exchanges to Receive Licenses in Hong Kong by End of 2024
Julia Leung, CEO of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), announced plans to advance crypto regulation by year-end.
October 8th, 2024 — Source

Mortgage Predictions for Week of Oct. 14-20, 2024
When will the mortgage rate rollercoaster end?
October 8th, 2024 — Source

North American robotics sales declined in first half of 2024
Even a category as hot as robotics is not immune from macroeconomic trends. According to figures from automation advocacy group, A3, the North American robotics market declined in the first half of 2024, both in terms of sales and revenue.
October 8th, 2024 — Source

Samsung says it's in "crisis," apologizes for missing profit target
Performance has not met expectations as company tries closing fab gap with TSMC.
October 8th, 2024 — Source

Smartsheet rolls out new user experience, adds integration with Amazon Q
Smartsheet unveiled a bevy of new features and design changes on Tuesday at its annual ENGAGE conference, including an integration with Amazon Q Business.
October 8th, 2024 — Source

'Underconsumption core' is just another form of consumerism
Get in girls, we're changing our lives to be centered around underconsumption-core.
October 8th, 2024 — Source

Unify, an OpenAI Converge accelerator grad, lands $12M for 'warm outbound' messages
Unify, an AI-powered startup that uses data to reach prospective buyers, has raised a $12 million Series A led by existing investors Emergence Capital and Thrive Capital. OpenAI Startup Fund, Neo, Abstract, 20Sales, and AltCap also participated in the round.
October 8th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — October 7th, 2024

Base Memecoins Pump after Elon Musk Tweet
Memecoins on Layer 2 blockchain Base, including Toshi (TOSHI), Mochi (MOCHI) and Degen (DEGEN), rallied on Monday as memecoin traders took heart from a tweet by tech mogul Elon Musk.
October 7th, 2024 — Source

Brands' dark side: FOMO spurs obsession, compulsive buys
Ever scrolled through Instagram or TikTok and felt a sudden rush to buy something before it's gone? You're not alone. A new study published in the Journal of Business Research, investigates how a "fear of missing out" (FOMO) and intense brand passion are pushing many consumers toward compulsive buying—often leading to stress, debt, and even anxiety.
October 7th, 2024 — Source

Fintech OpenBB aims to be more than an 'open source Bloomberg Terminal'
Fledgling fintech startup OpenBB is revealing the next step in its plans to take on the heavyweights of the investment research world. The company is launching a new, free version of a product that will open its arsenal of data and financial tooling to more users.
October 7th, 2024 — Source

Hum from 300-megawatt facility allegedly causing stress, lack of sleep.
Hum from 300-megawatt facility allegedly causing stress, lack of sleep.
October 7th, 2024 — Source

Implementing SLOs in Microservices: A Comprehensive Guide to Reliability and Performance
Explore why SLOs are indispensable in microservices architecture. We'll guide you through a step-by-step process to implement SLOs in your organization.
October 7th, 2024 — Source

Instacart's smart cart helps you navigate to the sauce that's on sale
The company's Caper Cart can now show your live location on a map in the grocery store.
October 7th, 2024 — Source

Neighbors sue over loud Bitcoin mine
Hum from 300-megawatt facility allegedly causing stress, lack of sleep.
October 7th, 2024 — Source

New Ethereum Proposal Aims to Boost Throughput by 50%
Ben Adams, co-founder of Illyriad Games, presented the proposal, known as EIP-7781, on October 5. If implemented, it could reduce block times from the current 12 seconds to just 8 seconds, potentially increasing the network's overall throughput by 50%.
October 7th, 2024 — Source

Seattle startup Loot Labs raises $6M to grow digital collectibles platform Boxed.gg
Seattle-based Loot Labs, which owns and operates the collectibles platform Boxed.gg, raised a $6 million seed round investment to expand its ongoing venture into digital collectibles. Seattle-based Loot Labs, which owns and operates the collectibles platform Boxed.gg, raised a $6 million seed round investment to expand its ongoing venture into digital collectibles.
October 7th, 2024 — Source

Study finds donations more effective than discounts for delayed delivery
A new study finds consumers are more willing to accept slower delivery from retailers when ordering products online if the retailers agree to donate to a charitable cause. The finding suggests a path forward for companies that hope to ease stresses associated with providing the fastest possible delivery times. The paper, "Not-So-Speedy Delivery: Should Retailers Use Discounts or Donations to Incentivize Consumers to Choose Delayed Delivery?," is published in the Journal of Retailing.
October 7th, 2024 — Source

Study shows how international student mobility can reduce poverty in low and middle-income countries
A new study exploring the effects of international student mobility has found that foreign-educated graduates reduce extreme poverty in low and middle-income countries. The paper, published in the International Journal of Educational Research, uses data spanning two decades.
October 7th, 2024 — Source

Unsealed order in Amazon antitrust suit lets entire FTC case proceed, dismisses some state claims
A week after a federal judge in Seattle issued a sealed order on Amazon's motion to dismiss the landmark U.S. antitrust lawsuit against the company, the mystery is over — and the vast majority of the case is going forward.
October 7th, 2024 — Source

ZachXBT Exposes Crypto Influencer Ansem for Alleged Scam Practices
On-chain investigator ZachXBT recently accused cryptocurrency influencer Zion "Ansem" Thomas of running pump-and-dump schemes online.
October 7th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — October 6th, 2024

AI Tokens Outperform Market With 48.6% Monthly Growth
Artificial intelligence (AI) tokens have recorded the highest growth among all crypto narratives in the past 30 days.
October 6th, 2024 — Source

Man pleads guilty to stealing $37 million in crypto from 571 victims
A 21-year-old man from Indiana named Evan Frederick Light pleaded guilty to stealing $37,704,560 worth of cryptocurrency from 571 victims in a 2022 cyberattack.
October 6th, 2024 — Source

New York's top VCs under 30
The next generation of New York City investors are already making their mark in the Big Apple.
October 6th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — October 5th, 2024

New York tech investor and serial entrepreneur Kevin Ryan explains when to sell your company
Kevin Ryan has had a long and storied career as a pivotal force in New York City tech. He's the founder and CEO of investment firm AlleyCorp, which has invested in a wide variety of startups, and is a serial founder, participating in the early stages of companies such as Business Insider, Zola, Gilt, Pearl Health, and Transcend Therapeutics.
October 5th, 2024 — Source

OpenAI closes the largest VC round of all time
Welcome back to Week in Review. This week, we're diving into OpenAI's $6.6 billion fundraising round, the fifth Cybertruck recall in less than a year, and a neat project that's Shazam-ing songs heard on a San Francisco street. Let's get into it.
October 5th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — September 28th, 2024

Best Savings Accounts for October 2024
The best savings accounts offer more than just competitive rates.
September 28th, 2024 — Source

'Gray Charges' May Be Sneaking Onto Your Credit Card. How to Fight Back
It's not just surprise subscriptions. Unexpected charges can show up from a variety of sources.
September 28th, 2024 — Source

Shiba Inu Price Up 37% in a Week: SHI Stablecoin and Burn Rate Increase
The Shiba Inu (SHIB) has surpassed Dogecoin (DOGE) in terms of trading volume: $2.1 billion versus $1.4 billion.
September 28th, 2024 — Source

VCs expect a surge in startups offering lower rate mortgages, other loans now that the Feds cut rates
When the U.S. Feds cut interest rates by half a percentage point last week, it was a dash of good news for venture capitalists backing one particularly beleaguered class of startups: fintechs, especially those that rely on loans for cash flow to operate their businesses.
September 28th, 2024 — Source

Why Index Ventures is bulking up its investment team in NYC
While online discourse would make it seem that venture has retreated to the Bay Area, with San Francisco being the most important place to build a startup, Index Ventures is looking to bulk up its New York-based investing team.
September 28th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — September 25th, 2024

Apple Card Savings Account Receives Another Interest Rate Cut
The Apple Card's high-yield savings account received an interest rate cut overnight, the second time it has done so this year.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

Amazon demands a lot from its drivers: Now they're pushing back
Rajpal Singh sweltered on his routes, delivering hundreds of packages every day for Amazon to homes on twisty dirt roads in the hills and valleys surrounding Lancaster and Palmdale, California. Temperatures in his van commonly climbed above 100 degrees.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

Automattic sends WP Engine its own cease-and-desist over WordPress trademark infringement
The brouhaha in the WordPress community looks likely to escalate into a legal battle around trademarks.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

Crypto CEO and Bankman-Fried ex Caroline Ellison gets two-year sentence
Caroline Ellison, who testified against her former boyfriend and FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried at his crypto fraud trial, was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for her role in the case, New York prosecutors told AFP.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

Cryptocurrency platform boss urges tighter regulation
The co-founder of one of the world's most popular cryptocurrencies called for tighter regulation of the sector to guard against the fraud and wild swings that have dogged it, in an interview with AFP.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

Google Wallet adds support for nearly 50 more regional banks and small credit unions
Nearly 5,000 financial institutions are now compatible with Google Wallet. Here's a list of the newest additions.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

How US utility companies could double electric transmission capacity by 2035
Utility companies in the United States could double electric transmission capacity by 2035 by replacing existing transmission lines with those made from advanced materials, according to a new study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

ING Uses AI to Price Currencies, Outperforming Human Traders
ING Groep NV has introduced a new AI model to handle currency pricing, replacing the traditional role of human traders.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

Meta acquires the Threads.com domain name
Meta has acquired the Threads.com domain name, according to Whois records of the URL that were updated on September 24.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

Mortgage Rates Move Lower a Week After Fed Meeting. Today's Mortgage Rates, Sept. 25, 2024
Following a rate cut from the Federal Reserve, mortgage rates are near a two-year low.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

Raycast raises $30M to bring its Mac productivity app to Windows and iOS
Anyone who works at a computer for eight-plus hours a day will likely know that the amount of tools and "context switching" required to stay productive can be overwhelming. "Where did I put that file?" "How do I manage all my Bluetooth devices?" "How quickly can I switch from my to-do list, to my GitHub, to searching the web?"
September 25th, 2024 — Source

Restarting nuclear power plants: the unprecedented gamble in the US
Two American energy companies are each preparing to bring a nuclear power station back into service, an unprecedented operation which should help meet the growing need for electricity in the United States.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

$TUSD Stablecoin Reserve 'Misuse' Exposes Proof-Of-Reserve Flaw
The U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) has charged stablecoin issuers TrueCoin LLC and TrustToken with defrauding cryptocurrency investors and making misleading statements regarding the TrueUSD (TUSD) stablecoin reserves.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

Supabase, a Postgres-centric developer platform, raises $80M Series C
Supabase, the open source developer platform and Postgres database service that started out as an alternative to Google's Firebase, on Wednesday announced that it has raised an $80 million Series C round led by Peak XV and Craft Ventures.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

Vsim, founded by Nvidia alums, raises $24M for robotics simulation tech
One of Nvidia's fundamental breakthroughs has involved processors that power detailed, compute-intensive graphical simulations that can be used for everything from games and industrial development to AI training. Now two of the engineers who helped build those physical simulations for Nvidia have raised a sizable amount of seed funding for their new startup.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

Whatfix raises a whopping $125M for its in-app user guides
Digital transformation — upgrading a company's legacy apps and processes with new tech — has long been a buzzy and lucrative business. But the pandemic supercharged the market.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

WIF Price Soars 32% in Seven Days
The price of dogwifhat (WIF) has surged by 32.5% in just one week, climbing to $2.08.
September 25th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — September 23rd, 2024

All Iron Ventures rebrands as Acurio Ventures with a new €150M 'follow-on'fund
Spain and Portugal are bubbling up in the European tech ecosystem, with plenty of new startups and funding rounds being announced in the two countries. Barcelona-based Plus Partners recently launched with the aim of closing a $30-$50 million fund; Yellow is a new VC firm that launched with a €30 million fund; and Spanish VC Kfund raised $75 million.
September 23rd, 2024 — Source

Apple Adds These 12 Macs to Vintage and Obsolete Products Lists
Apple today added three Mac models to its vintage products list, and moved an additional nine Mac models from the vintage list to its obsolete products list.
September 23rd, 2024 — Source

Kestra raises another $8M for its open source orchestration platform
It's right there in the company's name — Kestra is all about or-kestra-tion. The product acts a bit like a train station manager, but for a business environment: Kestra makes sure the trains run on time, are on the right tracks, and are heading to the right station.
September 23rd, 2024 — Source

The Real Owners Behind The World's Biggest Tech Companies
Technology dominates our everyday lives, with devices such as smartphones, computers, and televisions playing a major role in how people work, rest, and play. As such, it shouldn't be a huge surprise that many of the largest companies in the world are tech companies.
September 23rd, 2024 — Source

Verizon faces lawsuit over allegedly illegal collection of voiceprints
Verizon will be dealing with a couple of lawsuits from disgruntled customers. The company has been particularly busy lately, handling 5,000 worker layoffs and moving forward with the acquisition of Frontier.
September 23rd, 2024 — Source

General — Business — September 22nd, 2024

Bittensor Price Soars by 42.2% in the Past Week
The price of Bittensor (TAO) has been a top performer in the crypto market this week.
September 22nd, 2024 — Source

Days Before EIGEN Trading Starts: What We Know So Far
On September 16, the EigenLayer launched the second season of its airdrop, known as a stakedrop.
September 22nd, 2024 — Source

Hamster Kombat Prepares for HMSTR Token Airdrop as Interlude Season Unfolds
Since its launch on Telegram in March 2024, Hamster Kombat has become one of the platform's most popular crypto games, boasting over 300 million players.
September 22nd, 2024 — Source

Huawei Sees U.S. Ban as Catalyst for Growth in Chip Technology
Huawei's ongoing response to the U.S. sanctions has become a cornerstone of its strategic development in the chip technology sector.
September 22nd, 2024 — Source

Right to Disconnect: What Countries Grant It in 2024?
With the rise of remote working and flexible hours in the past few years, it has become harder for employees to draw boundaries between their personal and professional lives, as there is often no designated workplace or fixed working hours. However, this phenomenon has also impacted hybrid employees, as well as those who are in the office full-time.
September 22nd, 2024 — Source

General — Business — September 21st, 2024

The head of Boeing's defense and space business is out as company tries to fix troubled contracts
Boeing on Friday replaced the head of its troubled defense and space business, which has struggled with money-losing government contracts and embarrassing setbacks involving its Starliner space capsule.
September 21st, 2024 — Source

This startup helped Bryson DeChambeau win the U.S. Open — can it improve my golf swing?
It's not common for a tech startup get a shoutout during a high-profile sports event press conference. But that's what happened in June after golf superstar Bryson DeChambeau won the prestigious U.S. Open tournament.
September 21st, 2024 — Source

General — Business — September 19th, 2024

MrBeast named in California lawsuit over 'Beast Games' show
YouTuber MrBeast has been named in a lawsuit claiming participants in his $5 million jackpot game show were exploited.
September 19th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — September 16th, 2024

11x.ai raises $24M led by Benchmark to build AI digital employees
A startup that builds AI bots for process automation (aka automating end-to-end workflows), 11x.ai just raised a fresh $24 million Series A led by Benchmark. It is also one of a growing crowd of AI startups relocating its headquarters to San Francisco, Hasan Sukkar, the company’s founder and CEO, told us. It was founded in London.
September 16th, 2024 — Source

Bitcoin Exchange Reserves Near 2016 Lows: Is Bull Market Near?
Bitcoin exchange reserves have nearly fallen to 2016 levels, which could signal a bull market.
September 16th, 2024 — Source

TeamBridge, founded by former Uber execs, raises $28M to build HR software for hourly workers
Arjun Vora and Tito Goldstein were working on the corporate side of Uber when they realized that HR software largely wasn’t built to manage hourly staff. Many hourly workers lacked a way to complete basic self-service tasks, the pair perceived, like clocking in and changing payment accounts.
September 16th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — September 15th, 2024

A walk through the crypto jungle at Korea Blockchain WeekBlockchain technology is all about decentralization and virtualization. So it’s a little ironic that humans love to come together in person at big blockchain events. Such was the case last week in Seoul, where a record 17,000 people and 300 speakers came together for Korea Blockchain Week.

September 15th, 2024 — Source

Base Emerges as Clear L2 Frontrunner — How Can You Capitalize on Growth?
Coinbase’s Ethereum-based Layer Two (L2) chain Base has made quite the impression since its debut in August 2023.
September 15th, 2024 — Source

Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst’s indie band, Good Kid, is almost as successful as his AI company
They played at Lollapalooza, have opened for Portugal. The Man, and have day jobs as programmers.
September 15th, 2024 — Source

How Does PayPal Make Money? Revenue Model Explained
Launched in 1998, US-based payments company PayPal provides merchants and consumers with a platform to send and receive online, mobile, and in-person payments worldwide. The company earns revenues from transaction and other service fees.
September 15th, 2024 — Source

Science is breeding a new generation of booming deeptech startups in Estonia
Can deeptech be Estonia's next big hit?
September 15th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — September 14th, 2024

The Beginners Guide to Notion: How to Get Started
Notion is a powerful and versatile tool that offers a wide range of capabilities, making it an ideal choice for businesses looking to streamline their project management processes. Whether you need to take notes, track goals, manage client relationships, or even publish websites, Notion has you covered.
September 14th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — September 13th, 2024

A fireside chat with Andreessen Horowitz partner Martin Casado at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
Martin Casado, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, will tackle one of the most pressing issues facing today's tech world — AI regulation — only at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, taking place at Moscone West in San Francisco on October 28-30.
September 13th, 2024 — Source

Best CD Rates Today, Sept. 13, 2024: Don't Sleep on These High APYs. A Fed Rate Cut Is Looming
Rapidly falling APYs make now the time to open a CD if you want to maximize your earnings.
September 13th, 2024 — Source

DRIFT Price Surges Over 60% in 7 Days: What's Behind This?
DRIFT token price has been climbing for seven days, boosted by Multicoin Capital's forecast of it reaching $3.58.
September 13th, 2024 — Source

German startup secures $62M for 'carbon negative' biogas power plants
Reverion's plants generate energy, capture CO2, and make hydrogen all in one
September 13th, 2024 — Source

Google Wallet Gets Digital ID and Transit Features
Google Wallet, the innovative digital wallet solution, has recently introduced a groundbreaking feature that allows users to create and store a digital ID using their U.S. passport. This update marks a significant advancement in the realm of digital identification, offering users a secure and convenient alternative to traditional physical IDs.
September 13th, 2024 — Source

SoftBank-backed Delhivery contests metrics in rival Ecom Express' IPO filing
Indian logistics firm Delhivery has publicly contested the accuracy of the metrics presented by competitor Ecom Express in its draft initial public offering prospectus, a rare confrontation in the lead-up to the latter's market debut.
September 13th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — September 10th, 2024

Google & Apple slapped with astronomical fines in the EU
Google and Apple have been slapped with astronomical fines in the EU. Well, truth be said, Apple's is way higher than Google's both both are billions of euros, so... they're astronomical either way.
September 10th, 2024 — Source

Inversion Space accelerates orbital reentry vehicle tech with $71M Space Force contract
Goods are shipped around the world via roads, rail, and air. Why not space, too?
September 10th, 2024 — Source

General — Consumer Information — September 10th, 2024

Best Google Pixel 9 (Pro) Screen Protectors
Your Google Pixel 9 is a marvel of technology, sleek design, and powerful performance. But its vibrant display is also vulnerable to scratches, cracks, and everyday wear and tear. A high-quality screen protector can be the unsung hero, keeping your Pixel 9's screen pristine and ensuring an optimal viewing experience for years to come.
September 10th, 2024 — Source

Best Of IFA 2024: ASUS NUC 14 Pro AI
ASUS is no stranger to powerful PCs and this year at IFA, it introduced yet another PC that is equipped to handle all your tasks, the NUC 14 Pro AI, but it's not just the PC's power that struck a chord with us, it's the fact that ASUS shoved so much of that power into such a small device, which is why the ASUS NUC 14 Pro AI earned the Best of IFA 2024 award from Android Headlines.
September 10th, 2024 — Source

Best Of IFA 2024: Sony Bravia Projector 9
Sony brings home cinema-grade entertainment with the Bravia Projector 9
September 10th, 2024 — Source

Google versus Yelp: Everything You Need To Know
As if Google didn't have enough on its plate with the DOJ antitrust lawsuit, Yelp decided to sue the company too. On August 28, 2024, Yelp filed a lawsuit against the search giant. It's not difficult to guess why, of course.
September 10th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — September 9th, 2024

Battery maker Northvolt to cut jobs, slash operations
Beleaguered Swedish electric car battery maker Northvolt said Monday it would cut its workforce as it scales back operations to focus on its main gigafactory in Sweden.
September 9th, 2024 — Source

Best Savings Rates Today, Sept. 9, 2024: Rates Top 5% APY -- But the Clock Is Ticking
Opening a high-yield savings account today allows you to maximize your earnings before the Fed cuts rates.
September 9th, 2024 — Source

Progress acquires file management platform ShareFile for $875M
Automation and IT monitoring company Progress on Monday announced that it intends to acquire file management platform ShareFile for $875 million in cash and credit.
September 9th, 2024 — Source

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol faces unique digital challenges as he takes over Seattle coffee giant
It's the first day on the job for new Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol.
September 9th, 2024 — Source

YC alum Odigos aims to help enterprises find errors and stamp out latency in their systems
Companies' data architecture today looks nothing like it did 20 years ago, but monitoring and tracing tools haven't followed suit, making it difficult for engineering teams to identify the root cause of errors and latency issues.
September 9th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — September 7th, 2024

Analysis-Trump plan for Musk-led efficiency commission could give CEO influence over rules for his work, wealth
Musk's previous role on a Trump commission was short-lived
September 7th, 2024 — Source

AT&T sues Broadcom for refusing to honor existing VMware service agreements
VMware parent now wants "hundreds of millions" in subscription fees to continue offering support
September 7th, 2024 — Source

Corporate expense software startup Center lays off workers
Bellevue, Wash.-based startup Center laid off eight workers, or about 4% of its workforce.
September 7th, 2024 — Source

Startups are getting fined, or sometimes banned, by individual states
Even big startups like Carta and Pulley have been caught
September 7th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — September 6th, 2024

App helps Mexican tortilla makers join digital economyLong marginalized by the banking industry, Mexico's neighborhood tortilla producers are cautiously embracing financial technology, in a country where cash is still king for many.

September 6th, 2024 — Source

Best Savings Rates Today, Sept. 6, 2024: Don't Miss Out on APYs as High as 5.25%
Rate cuts might be right around the corner, so now's the time to maximize your interest earnings with a high APY.
September 6th, 2024 — Source

Donald Trump says he'll task Elon Musk with auditing the entire federal government
Elon Musk has already agreed to lead a proposed 'government efficiency commission.'
September 6th, 2024 — Source

Real estate revolutions and beanie baby economies
The Equity podcast crew is wrapping up another eventful week, with real estate, AI agents, gambling and secondary markets — which are, of course, a form of legalized gambling.
September 6th, 2024 — Source

TechCrunch Minute: Canva faces backlash over price hikes
Some Canva customers are experiencing serious sticker shock, while the company is pointing to new AI features to justify the price hike.
September 6th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

The New Data Pipeline: Fivetran, DataStax and NEA are coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
In the world of modern AI, data is more than just a resource — it's the fundamental core that aligns decision-makers, supports processes and enables innovation. As AI applications become more robust and pervasive, the pace of such advancement is only as good as the evolution of the data infrastructure behind it.
September 6th, 2024 — Source

VC pitch show 'Meet the Drapers' partners with TikTok
Venture capitalist Tim Draper's international pitch competition, "Meet the Drapers," is partnering up with TikTok as it heads into its seventh season. Under the new tie-up, entrepreneurs will pitch their startups to the public through the short-form video app for one of the show's upcoming episodes.
September 6th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — September 3rd, 2024

Amazon grows third-party grocery delivery network, inks new deal with Metropolitan Market in Seattle
Seattle-area residents who want to get their groceries delivered from Metropolitan Market have a new option.
September 3rd, 2024 — Source

Australians trust new retail technologies but are slow to adopt them, report finds
Researchers from the Queensland University of Technology have found that while Australians generally trust retail technology, they remain hesitant to swiftly adopt new advancements, largely due to concerns over security and privacy.
September 3rd, 2024 — Source

Dragonfly Capital, Galaxy Ventures and NFX share insights on crypto scaling and strategy at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
Curious about how top venture capitalists are positioning themselves for the next wave in the crypto market?
September 3rd, 2024 — Source

Iceland's sonic simulator Treble wants to build 'a better sounding world'
The company just raised €11mn in Series A
September 3rd, 2024 — Source

Intel Likely To Get Booted From The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Owing To The Stock's ~60 Percent Loss This Year
These days, it is fairly simple to predict Intel's stock price trajectory: the stock is down on an otherwise up day, and it is down on a generally red day. This chronic underperformance, which has seen Intel shares sink around 60 percent so far this year, is now likely to deprive the stock of a key source of passive inflows: the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) index.
September 3rd, 2024 — Source

Poor quality of employment is responsible for UK workers' reliance on foodbanks, study shows
University of Liverpool researchers have published the first-ever peer-reviewed study of workers using foodbanks in the U.K. The study, published in the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, found that the primary reason for workers turning to emergency and community food support is the poor quality of available employment.
September 3rd, 2024 — Source

The 6 best Mint alternatives to replace the budgeting app that shut down
We tested half a dozen budgeting apps for you to consider now that Intuit has shut down Mint.
September 3rd, 2024 — Source

The flat-rate real estate startup that's got big players worried and BNPL's turning a corner
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we're looking at a new real estate startup that's making big waves with its offering, Klarna and Affirm's financials, a neobank focused on immigrants that's growing fast, and more!
September 3rd, 2024 — Source

General — Business — September 2nd, 2024

60% of Brits don't consider careers in the creative sector as 'real jobs'
Nearly half of adults in the UK also said creative degrees "are taken less seriously than others"
September 2nd, 2024 — Source

We must break tech monopolies before they break us
The recent CrowdStrike crash took place at the intersection of bad cybersecurity and bad cloud computing. The headlines showed the world what many of us have long warned about — that concentrating power with a handful of tech titans is dangerous and can have devastating real-world consequences.
September 2nd, 2024 — Source

General — Business — September 1st, 2024

From InstaDeep to Paystack: Here are Africa's biggest startup exits and how much they raised
Startups globally have faced challenges over the last couple of years when trying to exit, due to factors like a frozen IPO market and reduced attractiveness to buyers. In addition, large mergers-and-acquisitions (M&A) deals have faced heightened regulatory scrutiny, particularly involving Big Tech or multi-billion-dollar conglomerates.
September 1st, 2024 — Source

General — Business — August 27th, 2024

Cribl Raises $319 Million at $3.5 Billion Valuation
The IT and data security firm raises $319 million in a Series E round led by Google Ventures and is now valued at $3.5 billion.
August 27th, 2024 — Source

Data infrastructure startup Cribl raises $319M at a $3.5B valuation
San Francisco-based data infrastructure startup Cribl has raised $319 million in a Series E funding tranche led by new investor GV (Alphabet's corporate venture arm) with participation from GIC, CapitalG, IVP and CRV. Bringing Cribl's total raised to $600 million, the cash injection values the company at $3.5 billion — up around 40% from Cribl's Series D valuation in 2022.
August 27th, 2024 — Source

Europe's unicorns have risen to €447.4B in total value, report finds
European VC valuations continue path of recovery
August 27th, 2024 — Source

Hold $1M in BTC? You Are One of the Lucky 85,400
The number of new Bitcoin millionaires has sharply risen over the last year. According to the Crypto Wealth Report 2024, the number of individuals owning more than $1 million in BTC has jumped by 111%, reaching as many as 85,400 by July 30, 2024.
August 27th, 2024 — Source

Paris court explains why it's arrested Telegram founder Pavel Durov
When Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram, was arrested on August 24, French authorities did not respond to requests for comment. The secrecy of pre-trial investigations and inquiries is an important principle in the French judicial system.
August 27th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — August 26th, 2024

Apple to replace CFO Luca Maestri on January 1st in planned succession
Apple on Monday announced that Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri will transition from his role on January 1, 2025. Maestri will continue to lead the Corporate Services teams, including information systems and technology, information security, and real estate and development, reporting to Apple CEO Tim Cook.
August 26th, 2024 — Source

Astar Network ($ASTR) is a Bet on Sony's Soneium Crypto
Sony's entry onto the blockchain has excited the cryptocurrency faithful who expect the Japanese electronics giant's know-how in the entertainment and gaming industries to help crypto adoption.
August 26th, 2024 — Source

Beam Mobility secretly deployed 'phantom' e-scooters in Australia and NZ to dodge fees and boost profits
Shared e-scooter startup Beam Mobility has placed hundreds of extra "phantom" scooters on city streets in Australia and New Zealand to avoid paying vehicle registration fees to local governments, according to a two-part report from The Australian.
August 26th, 2024 — Source

Cognizant alleges Infosys swiped its trade secrets
Sueball suggests outsourcer went out of bounds by developing competing product
August 26th, 2024 — Source

Crypto Autumn: Will Bitcoin Fail to Move Past 70K Again in 2024?
Over the past few months, the Bitcoin (BTC) price has been treading cautious territory. It briefly surged over $70,000 in March and even reached an all-time high, but it has been unable to beat past records ever since.
August 26th, 2024 — Source

GoPro Layoffs: Popular Camera Firm To Fire 15% of workforce
This marks GoPro's second round of job cuts in 2024. Earlier in March, the company had already reduced its workforce by 4%.
August 26th, 2024 — Source

Indiegogo introduces its new guaranteed shipping program
The Shipping Guaranteed program ensures you get the product or your money back.
August 26th, 2024 — Source

Nonprofits with investment income slower to recover from economic downturns, study shows
A recent study evaluates three decades of financial data from nonprofit organizations and finds that while the sector tends to bounce back quickly after periods of economic recession, some organizations bounce back more quickly than others.
August 26th, 2024 — Source

Palico is now the first FINRA-approved company to facilitate online LP-led secondaries deals
Limited partners selling their investment stakes in venture capital funds to other LPs on the secondary market is nothing new. But traditionally these transactions happen offline through an opaque network of brokers that could charge costly fees and prove prohibitive for certain LPs to participate.
August 26th, 2024 — Source

The biggest trends young NYC investors are bullish about — and why
As twenty-something-year-old investors enter the venture landscape, they bring fresh vibes and spot new trends that could become the next multibillion-dollar tech businesses. Already, we are seeing some young investors carving out new niches.
August 26th, 2024 — Source

Why is it so hard to cancel subscriptions or end 'free' trials? AU report shows how companies trap you into paying
Many businesses are trapping Australian consumers in paid subscriptions by making them hard to cancel, hiding important details and offering "free" trials that auto-renew with hefty charges. We need law reform to tackle this continuing problem.
August 26th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — August 24th, 2024

Google just made a $250M deal with California to support journalism — here's what it means
This week, Google joined a $250 million deal with the state of California to support California newsrooms. While the deal offers a much-needed cash infusion for an industry that's seen crippling layoffs this year, the deal's been criticized by some as a half-measure — and a cop-out.
August 24th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — August 22nd, 2024

AI sales rep startups are booming. So why are VCs wary?
When you really probe venture capitalists about investing in AI startups, they’ll tell you that businesses are experimenting wildly but are very slow to add AI solutions into their ongoing business processes.
August 22nd, 2024 — Source

Apple stock is the biggest bargain in Big Tech
Big Tech is looking pretty good right now, sporting nice gains after the market meltdown from a few weeks ago. But the real big bargain in the bunch for buying is Apple.
August 22nd, 2024 — Source

Corn L2 Brings Bitcoin DeFi to Life With BTC Gas Fees
An increasing number of projects are working on bringing decentralized finance (DeFi) to the trillion-dollar Bitcoin (BTC) economy.
August 22nd, 2024 — Source

Dropbox acquires Index Ventures-backed AI scheduling tool Reclaim.ai
Dropbox has acquired AI-powered scheduling tool Reclaim.ai, which counts Calendly and Index Ventures among its backers. The development was revealed in a blog post on Reclaim.ai’s website Tuesday.
August 22nd, 2024 — Source

Expedia vet leads stealthy Madrona Venture Labs spinout building an AI agent for business travelers
A group of longtime travel industry veterans are teaming up on a new Seattle-based startup called Otto that is developing an AI-powered virtual assistant for business travel booking.
August 22nd, 2024 — Source

Former Alphabet X spinout Mineral sells technology to John Deere
Earlier this year, reports surfaced that Alphabet had closed the book on its ag tech robotics spinout, Mineral. The news arrived amid larger money crunches at Google’s parent.
August 22nd, 2024 — Source

Now You Can Stake Bitcoin On Proof-Of-Stake (PoS) Chains To Earn Passive Income
Much has been written on Bitcoin's hard-coded scarcity over the past few years and the resulting potential for supercharged capital gains in a rising demand environment. But now, Bitcoin holders can amplify their gains via the passive income-enabling staking mechanism.
August 22nd, 2024 — Source

Periphery Synthetic is a chill, accessible audio dream
The space adventure is a glimpse into unsighted play.
August 22nd, 2024 — Source

Zoom profits up despite CEO's doubts about remote working
And CFO is off, maybe to find a role where she doesn't have to come into the office
August 22nd, 2024 — Source

General — Business — August 21st, 2024

Amazon's AI spending plans keep stock from joining tech rebound
More than any of the megacap technology stocks, Amazon.com Inc.'s big spending ways are coming at the expense of profits, and its shares are being punished as a result.
August 21st, 2024 — Source

Anthropic's Claude surpasses $1M in mobile app revenue
It's taken 16 weeks to get there, but Anthropic's AI app Claude has hit a notable milestone: It crossed $1 million in gross mobile app revenue across iOS and Android. Nearly half of that revenue has been generated by users in the U.S., according to new data from app intelligence firm Appfigures.
August 21st, 2024 — Source

Do You Hate Your Budget? Try This Instead
If the word 'budget' makes you want to run and hide, I've got the solution
August 21st, 2024 — Source

Grafana Labs raises $270M
Grafana Labs, the open source company that probably powers at least a few operational dashboards in your company, today announced the completion of a primary and secondary transaction worth about $270 million, with the proceeds going to the company and some of its stockholders.
August 21st, 2024 — Source

Nothing is requiring employees to be in the office five days a week
'This is a company for grown ups,' CEO Carl Pei told staffers in a recent email.
August 21st, 2024 — Source

Paytm sells movie ticketing business to Zomato for $244 million
Zomato, the Indian food delivery giant, has acquired the entertainment ticketing business of financial services firm Paytm for $244.1 million, signaling a strategic move to expand its "going out" offerings.
August 21st, 2024 — Source

Tallinn startup bags €2.3M to turn CO² into 'critical' graphite for EV batteries
Up Catalyst is developing an industrial reactor that transforms CO² emissions into green carbon materials
August 21st, 2024 — Source

Texas judge blocks the FTC from enforcing its ban on noncompete agreements
The judge said the commission doesn't have the authority to enforce the rule.
August 21st, 2024 — Source

The best identity theft protection and credit monitoring services
Identity theft is rife, but you can protect yourself and reduce the risk of becoming a victim by signing up for a trustworthy ID theft and credit monitoring service.
August 21st, 2024 — Source

Ticketmaster Used Revolving Barcodes to Control Ticket Resale Market and Surveil Customers, DOJ Alleges
"We now not only know the person that bought the ticket, but we're going to know those three people that you are taking to the show, which we have not known historically."
August 21st, 2024 — Source

General — Business — August 16th, 2024

As India Celebrates 78, Apple Becomes Nation's Fastest-Growing Firm in 50 Years
Officials revealed that Apple's rapid expansion in India has made it the fastest-growing company in the past 50 years. The tech giant has increased its local operations, including iPhone production, by 20x, marking a big shift from its reliance on China.
August 16th, 2024 — Source

Apple Card Continues Its Winning Run By Coming First For The Fourth Year In A Row In The U.S. Credit Card Satisfaction Study
The Apple Card was introduced in 2019 and it quickly cemented itself as one of the best consumer-focused payment cards available. Despite the tumultuous relationship with partner Goldman Sachs, the J.D. Power U.S. Credit Card Satisfaction Study has once more given the number one position to the credit card, making it four years in a row now.
August 16th, 2024 — Source

EU's big tech hammer won't be returning as a commissioner
The European Union's (EU) commissioner in charge of going after big tech, Margrethe Vestager, will not be returning as an EU commissioner in the second von der Leyen Commission, which will be formed following the recent EU elections.
August 16th, 2024 — Source

Pricing Projects As A Freelancer Or Agency Owner
Discover effective pricing strategies for digital projects. Learn how to balance fixed pricing, time and materials, and value-based approaches while managing client expectations and scope creep.
August 16th, 2024 — Source

Report reveals effectiveness of interactive elements in boosting consumer choice in mobile advertising
A new report launched by Digital Turbine, in collaboration with research from Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), King's Business School and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, has revealed the extent to which three key interactive elements in mobile video advertising influence brand choice.
August 16th, 2024 — Source

Salesforce integrates Tableau's AI-powered 'Pulse' feature into its flagship CRM platform
Salesforce will expand one of Tableau's key AI features to its core customer relationship management platform, in one of its most notable integrations since acquiring the data visualization company five years ago.
August 16th, 2024 — Source

Tech Moves: Avanade CEO to join Microsoft; Seattle gaming vet's new project
Pamela Maynard, the longtime CEO of IT services and consulting firms Avanade, is joining Microsoft in a new role as chief AI transformation officer for the tech giant's Customer and Partner Solutions business.
August 16th, 2024 — Source

This Seattle startup studio is leaning on its Amazon leadership chops to launch new companies
Former longtime Amazon leaders are applying lessons from their time at the tech giant to help incubate new companies at Jelly Collective, the latest startup studio to surface in Seattle.
August 16th, 2024 — Source

Zonar Systems lays off 57 employees as parent company Continental considers restructuring
Zonar Systems, a Seattle-based company that provides electronic fleet inspection and tracking systems for public and private fleets, laid off 57 positions this week.
August 16th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — August 14th, 2024

EliseAI lands $75M for chatbots that help property managers deal with renters
EliseAI, a company developing a suite of AI-powered property management tools for landlords, has raised $75 million in a Series D round that values the startup at $1 billion.
August 14th, 2024 — Source

Gender-sensitive job titles may affect women's interest in job ads
A new study suggests that the use of gender-sensitive language in the title of job advertisements may influence the level of interest demonstrated by female potential applicants.
August 14th, 2024 — Source

Larger teams in academic research worsen career prospects, study finds
As the Paris Olympics captured the world's attention, it proved apparent that winning medals often hinged on the success of teamwork. While such an approach clearly works in sports, new research suggests teamwork is not always the desired method ... especially for young scientists trying to find an academic job.
August 14th, 2024 — Source

Norway wealth fund credits tech for $138B profit but envisions market crash
Spiralling debts and global conflicts are alarming investors
August 14th, 2024 — Source

Paying fairly: Insights from new study on tax fraud prevention
A recent study from the University of Waterloo has provided critical insights into how penalty severity and social norms influence tax compliance, particularly in the context of COVID-19 relief fraud.
August 14th, 2024 — Source

Sonos lays off 100 employees as its app crisis continues
The company is making cuts despite CEO Patrick Spence's pledge that fixing the app has become Sonos' top priority.
August 14th, 2024 — Source

Tech Moves: TerraClear's new CEO; CoreWeave hires ex-Oracle SVP; Amperity adds revenue chief
Devin Lammers, a longtime leader in the agriculture technology industry, joined rock-mapping and picking technology startup TerraClear as its new CEO.
August 14th, 2024 — Source

The defense tech acquisition spree has begun: Autonomous factory startup Hadrian acquires Datum Source
Hadrian founder and CEO Chris Power got tired of turning away startups.
August 14th, 2024 — Source

The race to power Europe's warehouses with robots
Some robotic functions are inspired by the neural activities of insect brains
August 14th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — August 8th, 2024

China's top chipmaker reports Q2 plunge in profits
Leading Chinese chipmaker SMIC announced Thursday a sharp year-on-year drop in profits during the second quarter, as a domestic price war and technological rivalry between Beijing and Washington show no signs of abating.
August 8th, 2024 — Source

Don't Sleep on This Online Bank. It Has the Highest Savings Account Rate Right Now
Now's the time to maximize your interest earnings with a high APY before the Fed's anticipated rate drops.
August 8th, 2024 — Source

General Fusion lands $15M to develop its fusion demonstration device
General Fusion employees prepare for a weekly run of the Lawson Machine 26 (LM26) compression test bed, a device that uses a magnetic force to compress a solid lithium liner, which is one of the components of the company's planned fusion reactor.
August 8th, 2024 — Source

Good News: Fuji Operating Profit up 38.9% - FY2025
The financial reports of Fuji Film are highly impressive for the first quarter of the financial year ending in March 2025. They have received strong sales in the instant photo system categories and digital cameras, leading to an increase in revenue and profits.
August 8th, 2024 — Source

Humble's Choice subscription for August includes Sifu, High on Life and more
Humble's Choice subscription service is a great way to get a bunch of games each month for a relatively low cost -- aided by the fact that you can freely pause and unpause your subscription at will. For the month of August, those subscribed to Humble Choice will be able to get their hands on a number of excellent games, including the incredibly visceral SIFU.
August 8th, 2024 — Source

Lessons for Democracy From the Brazilian Amazon
"The environment and its natural resources are at the heart of the discussion on the maintenance of democracy," said Hugo Loss, an official in Brazil's environmental protection agency and a target of surveillance by the Bolsonaro administration.
August 8th, 2024 — Source

Siemens profits soar on software demand, AI 'boom'
German industrial giant Siemens said Thursday its quarterly profits jumped sharply, driven by demand for production software as well as the "boom" in artificial intelligence and customers upgrading power grids.
August 8th, 2024 — Source

UK opens antitrust investigation into Amazon over its ties to AI startup Anthropic
This comes after the retail giant invested $4 billion, which could represent a merger of sorts.
August 8th, 2024 — Source

Warner Bros games revenue down 41% during Q2 due to Suicide Squad
The game's performance was described as "weak," especially in comparison to Hogwarts Legacy's success during Q2 2023
August 8th, 2024 — Source

Zillow stock rises 18% as mortgage and rentals helps boost revenue amid slow home sales
Shares of the Seattle real estate giant were up more than 18% in early trading Thursday, following the company's second quarter earnings release and the news that co-founder Rich Barton is handing the CEO reins to longtime executive Jeremy Wacksman.
August 8th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — August 6th, 2024

Amazon's India chief resigns amid intensifying competition
Manish Tiwary, the head of Amazon's India operations, is leaving the firm "to pursue an opportunity outside of the company" as the U.S. e-commerce giant grapples with mounting pressure from competitors in one of its crucial international markets, TechCrunch has confirmed.
August 6th, 2024 — Source

GrubMarket has acquired Good Eggs
The online food and grocery delivery space is seeing more consolidation. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that GrubMarket, the startup that has quietly built a B2B empire in produce and grocery logistics and is now valued at $3.5 billion, has acquired Good Eggs, a once-feted fresh food delivery startup that has fallen on hard times recently.The online food and grocery delivery space is seeing more consolidation. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that GrubMarket, the startup that has quietly built a B2B empire in produce and grocery logistics and is now valued at $3.5 billion, has acquired Good Eggs, a once-feted fresh food delivery startup that has fallen on hard times recently.
August 6th, 2024 — Source

H3X scales up its electric aerospace ambitions with $20M in new funding
This lean startup sees power in going small
August 6th, 2024 — Source

Maxed Out: Inside America's $1.14 Trillion Credit Card Debt Crisis
A complex web of policy, psychology and profit has consumers staring down record-high balances. Five everyday borrowers shared how they got here.
August 6th, 2024 — Source

PayPal makes quick guest-checkout solution Fastlane available to US businesses
PayPal said on Tuesday that it is making its quick guest-checkout solution, Fastlane, available to all U.S. merchants after testing it with select businesses for a few months. Businesses will initially have to use the company's payment processing services, such as PayPal Braintree or PayPal Complete Payments, to use Fastlane.
August 6th, 2024 — Source

Quick Scrum Gains
Learn 10 quick Scrum gains to pull off without asking for permission or budget to prove your contribution to your org's survival in these challenging times.
August 6th, 2024 — Source

Social First secures $4.2m in funding
Studio will use investment to support development of its upcoming untitled game
August 6th, 2024 — Source

Sweden's startup ecosystem retains EU lead, but loses momentum
The country ranks sixth globally
August 6th, 2024 — Source

To predict tax revenue, look at corporate earnings
In the complex task of building a state budget, much rides on the accuracy of its fiscal crystal ball: its forecast of how much tax revenue will come in to fund services during the year ahead. Forecasting errors have increased since 2001 (PDF) due to revenue volatility, such as wider swings in personal income and consumer spending.
August 6th, 2024 — Source

US Credit Card Debt Notches New High of $1.14 Trillion
The overall balance rose $27 billion in the second quarter of 2024, and credit card APRs also sit at record highs.
August 6th, 2024 — Source

Ziff Davis is acquiring CNET for more than $100 million
Red Ventures paid $500 million for the tech property once valued at $1.8 billion.
August 6th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — August 3rd, 2024

5 Ways to Pay Down Debt on a Low Income
Commentary: If your monthly earnings are low, there are still action steps you can take to make meaningful financial progress.
August 3rd, 2024 — Source

Intel faces crisis as revenue misses and a bleak forecast shakes investor confidence
Many wonder if Pat Gelsinger can execute on a turnaround plan
August 3rd, 2024 — Source

Meet the founder who built and sold a $600M enterprise software startup from Sri Lanka
Sanjiva Weerawarana founded enterprise software firm WSO2 in 2005, got it close to $100M in ARR, then sold it to private equity firm EQT in May.
August 3rd, 2024 — Source

Why Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy and other investors are scouring universities for founders
The humble garage is so steeped in Silicon Valley lore it's almost cliche. Yet that's exactly how Caleb Boyd and Kevin Bush started Molten Industries: in the garage of the Stanford professor's on-campus home, where Kevin rented an apartment.
August 3rd, 2024 — Source

Warren Buffett sells nearly half of Berkshire's stake in Apple
According to filings published today, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway sold nearly 50% of its stake in Apple during the second quarter of 2024, after the firm already trimmed their stake by around 13% in the first quarter.
August 3rd, 2024 — Source

General — Business — August 2nd, 2024

6 Money Lessons You Didn't Learn in School -- But Definitely Should Have
The CNET Money team reveals money management lessons that should've been covered in class.
August 2nd, 2024 — Source

AI can help businesses design for positive externalities
By leveraging AI's predictive and analytical capabilities, companies can make more informed decisions that benefit not only their bottom line but also society and the environment.
August 2nd, 2024 — Source

Amazon reports boost in quarterly profits but misses revenue estimates
Amazon reported a boost in its quarterly profits Thursday, but the company missed revenue estimates, sending its stock lower in after-hours trading.
August 2nd, 2024 — Source

Apple earns $1 billion profit every four days — company announces $85.8 billion revenue in third-quarter results
$85,800,000,000.
August 2nd, 2024 — Source

Goldman Sachs analyst: Apple earnings results keep 'bull thesis alive and well'
Apple reported third quarter earnings on Thursday, August 1st that beat expectations on both revenue and earnings per share.
August 2nd, 2024 — Source

How Bitcoin's founder disappeared because of PCWorld
Whatever happened to Satoshi Nakamoto? A PCWorld article may have triggered his exit from the public eye.
August 2nd, 2024 — Source

Nasdaq 100 plunges into correction territory
The Nasdaq 100 Index has plunged into correction territory, wiping out more than $2 trillion in value in just over three weeks.
August 2nd, 2024 — Source

Nvidia faces two DOJ antitrust probes over market dominance
The investigations will reportedly focus on the company's Run:ai acquisition and anti-competitive business practices.
August 2nd, 2024 — Source

Pump and Trump
Inside the MAGA-fueled fever dream of the 2024 Bitcoin Conference.
August 2nd, 2024 — Source

Rediff, once an internet pioneer in India, sells majority stake for $3M
Payments infrastructure firm Infibeam Avenues has acquired a majority 54% stake in Rediff.com for up to $3 million, a dramatic twist of fate for the 28-year-old business that was the first Indian internet firm to list on Nasdaq back in the year 2000.
August 2nd, 2024 — Source

Uh-Oh: This Guy Plows $700,000 Into Intel Shares Just Before Its Terrible Earnings!
Some traders invest systematically, choosing their bets via a meticulous process that employs rigid rules. Others adopt a roulette table approach, gambling away excess liquidity based on a hunch or an inkling. Consider the case of a Redditor who gambled $700,000 on Intel shares just before its deplorable Source.
August 2nd, 2024 — Source

General — Business — July 31st, 2024

After launching aQuantive and Pioneer Square Labs, Mike Galgon backs a different kind of entrepreneur
As co-founder and former chief strategy officer of aQuantive, the online advertising giant that Microsoft bought for $6 billion, he was one. Helping launch the Seattle startup studio and investor Pioneer Square Labs, Galgon has worked with numerous founders in the Pacific Northwest.
July 31st, 2024 — Source

AMD Earnings Spike As Massive AI Data Center Revenue Offsets Gaming Slump
The AI chip boom is benefiting the bottom line of big tech firms, and further proof of that comes by way of AMD's latest earnings report. For the second quarter of 2024, AMD generated over $5.8 billion in revenue, which is a gain of 7% sequentially and 9% year-over-year, and increased its net income to $265 million, representative of a massive 115% rise compared to the previous quarter and even bigger 881% jump from last year.
July 31st, 2024 — Source

Checkly tests software by mimicking the way people use it
It's not uncommon for developers working at companies of a certain size to have trouble keeping track of all the software dev-related tasks and bugs that need to be addressed. According to a 2024 survey by Dynatrace, 88% of tech leaders say that the complexity of their tech stacks increased in the past year and that this increased complexity has made it difficult to deliver a satisfactory customer experience.
July 31st, 2024 — Source

Microsoft cloud unit miss dulls bright earnings
Microsoft on Tuesday reported strong quarterly earnings but saw its shares slip on figures showing its crucial cloud computing unit did not grow as strongly as expected.
July 31st, 2024 — Source

Microsoft Q4 2024: Key figures highlight growth across products and services
After the market closed yesterday, Microsoft reported its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2024. Microsoft's overall revenue was $64.7 billion, up 15% year-over-year, and net income was $22.0 billion, up 10% year-over-year.
July 31st, 2024 — Source

New report shows greater interest in labor unions, especially among young workers
A new report from the University of California San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy reveals significant changes in support for labor unions among U.S. workers.
July 31st, 2024 — Source

Optica, The Washington-Based Non-Profit Found Accepting Funds From Huawei, Faces Deeper Investigation From U.S. Lawmakers Over Ties With Chinese Entity
Huawei and Optica were previously reported to have cut ties, likely due to U.S. pressure, but that has not stopped lawmakers from prying deeper into their investigation. The top Republican and Democrat on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, Frank Lucas and Zoe Lofgren, have criticized Optica CEO Elizabeth Rogan for actively engaging with an entity that has been on the U.S. trade ban and believes that the initial responses provided by the company have been inconsistent with the latest findings.
July 31st, 2024 — Source

Samsung Eclipsed Its Previous Quarter Profit By Posting A 15-Fold Increase For Its Q2 2024 Earnings, Driven By AI Demand And Contributions From Mobile
The 933 operating profit increase posted by Samsung in Q1 2024 was nothing compared to the success the Korean giant garnered in its latest Q2 2024 quarter. The company posted a 15-fold increase in net earnings, with various business segments displaying incredible growth during this period.
July 31st, 2024 — Source

Samsung Electronics Q2 shows fastest growth in over a decade
Samsung Electronics Wednesday reported its fastest growth since 2010, with operating profits soaring for the second quarter, as chip prices bounce back and demand for generative AI continues to grow.
July 31st, 2024 — Source

Samsung marks huge profit increase in Q2 2024
Today, Samsung announced financial results for its second quarter of 2024 and the numbers are quite impressive. Samsung reported a 23.42% boost in revenue in Q2 2024 with a bumper rise of 1,458% in operating profits compared to the same period last year. The main reason behind the higher-than-expected Q2 revenue is the ever-rising price and soaring demand for advanced memory chips that are vital for AI.
July 31st, 2024 — Source

StubHub accused of charging 'deceptive' fees in DC lawsuit
The ticketing site advertises 'deceptively low' ticket prices before tacking on extra fees at checkout, a lawsuit from DC's attorney general alleges.
July 31st, 2024 — Source

General — Business — July 28th, 2024

Are you a workaholic? Here's how to spot the signs
Psychologists now view an out-of-control compulsion to work as an addiction.
July 28th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — July 27th, 2024

Autonomous delivery startup Nuro is gearing up for a comeback
The California Department of Motor Vehicles this week granted Nuro approval to test its third-generation R3 autonomous delivery vehicle in four Bay Area cities, giving the AV startup a positive boost after facing some setbacks and financial struggles.
July 27th, 2024 — Source

California Supreme Court backs treating Uber, Lyft drivers as independent contractors
Ruling upholds Prop 22. is a blow to the service industry union that filed suit
July 27th, 2024 — Source

Max Space reinvents expandable habitats with a 17th-century twist, launching in 2026
Super-strong and 'stupidly simple'
July 27th, 2024 — Source

Privacy engineer's vision to use tech for good fuels his bid for Seattle City Council
Tariq Yusuf's wake-up call came from Google.
July 27th, 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.
July 27th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — July 26th, 2024

Agtech startup Terrantic raises $3.5M to help food growers optimize yield and quality
A group of former colleagues at DataCloud, a startup that helped mining companies extract value out of data collection, are teaming up again to take aim at another industry: food.
July 26th, 2024 — Source

Digital marketing startup Plaiced has acquired Precursor Ventures-backed Clutch
Clutch, a marketplace for digital marketing services, has been acquired by the online social network Plaiced, Clutch's co-founder, Madison Long, told TechCrunch.
July 26th, 2024 — Source

Hasbro CEO: "We're going all in on becoming a digital play company"
"Our goal is to be shipping one to two new games per year starting as early as late 2025, potentially early 2026," Chris Cocks says
July 26th, 2024 — Source

Look North World raises $4.5m in overall funding
Studio will use investment to further support development of original titles
July 26th, 2024 — Source

Paradox Interactive profits drop 90% due to Life By You cancellation
Write-downs of development costs for the game amounted to $19.2 million
July 26th, 2024 — Source

T-Mobile class action lawsuit over broken lifetime price guarantee
A T-Mobile class action lawsuit has been filed by customers on plans with a lifetime price guarantee. The carrier broke that apparent promise by cancelling legacy plans, and switching them to a more expensive one.
July 26th, 2024 — Source

ZeroTier raises $13.5M to help avert CrowdStrike-like network problemsZeroTier raises $13.5M to help avert CrowdStrike-like network problems
With the CrowdStrike update continuing to cause havoc across the planet, a startup has raised $13.5 million to at least improve some level of security for the kinds of devices that have been affected. California-based ZeroTier raised the Series A in a funding round led by Battery Ventures.
July 26th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — July 24th, 2024

After AgentGPT's success, Reworkd pivots to web-scraping AI agents
Reworkd's founders went viral on GitHub last year with AgentGPT, a free tool to build AI agents that acquired more than 100,000 daily users in a week. This earned them a spot in Y Combinator's summer 2023 cohort, but the co-founders quickly realized building general AI agents was too broad. So now Reworkd is a web-scraping company, specifically building AI agents to extract structured data from the public web.
July 24th, 2024 — Source

Astranis is set to build Omega constellation after $200M Series D
Astranis has fully funded its next-generation satellite program, called Omega, after closing its $200 million Series D round, the company said Wednesday.
July 24th, 2024 — Source

CityRock launches second fund to back founders from diverse backgrounds
CityRock announced on Wednesday the close of a $24 million Fund II to invest in founders from diverse backgrounds. The fund, which is part of H/L Ventures, will seek to back companies in areas such as climate, healthcare and the future of work.
July 24th, 2024 — Source

Dazz snaps up $50M for AI-based, automated cloud security remediation
Cybersecurity has become a white-hot topic in the world of technology. Not only are data breaches continuing unabated, but also security companies themselves are very much in the spotlight as a result. One of the fastest-growing, Wiz, was the object of a now-abandoned $23 billion acquisition offer from Google.
July 24th, 2024 — Source

Lakera, which protects enterprises from LLM vulnerabilities, raises $20M
Lakera, a Swiss startup that's building technology to protect generative AI applications from malicious prompts and other threats, has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by European venture capital firm, Atomico.
July 24th, 2024 — Source

Proton releases a self-custody bitcoin wallet
When you think about it, Proton has always been a crypto company — cryptography, not cryptocurrency. But the Switzerland-based company, better known for its secure email, VPN and storage services, is now launching its first cryptocurrency product.
July 24th, 2024 — Source

Seattle-area ports vying for $500M in federal funding to boost zero-emissions tech
Seattle-area seaports have teamed up to go after $500 million of federal funding to bring zero-carbon technologies to maritime operations.
July 24th, 2024 — Source

The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz
Two of Silicon Valley's famous venture capitalists make the case for backing Trump: that their ability to make money is the only value that matters.
July 24th, 2024 — Source

UK unicorn Improbable finally makes profit after pivot to venture building
The milestone comes after yet another pivot for the SoftBank-backed business
July 24th, 2024 — Source

UW lands $50M from National Science Foundation to lead new center for research security
Backed by $50 million from the National Science Foundation, the University of Washington will lead a national consortium of research institutions in a new effort aimed at addressing research security and integrity.
July 24th, 2024 — Source

Vanta raises $150 million to accelerate its AI product innovation
Vanta announced that it has raised a $150 million Series C funding round at a valuation of $2.45 billion.
July 24th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — July 22nd, 2024

17-year-old Eric Zhu's startup was built in a high school bathroom — now it's raised $2.3M and is emerging from stealth
Eric Zhu started building Aviato, an analytical platform for private market data, in a very atypical place for an entrepreneur: the bathroom in his Carmel, Indiana, high school. Now the 17-year-old's startup is emerging from stealth with $2.3 million in venture funding.
July 22nd, 2024 — Source

Docusign co-founder launches firm to help entrepreneurs improve their odds of success
Court Lorenzini, a technology industry veteran who co-founded e-signature giant Docusign and three other companies, is launching a new endeavor called Founder Nexus that wants to help entrepreneurs supercharge their businesses.
July 22nd, 2024 — Source

J.D. Vance wants to break up Big Tech, Starting with Google
Last week, the Republican nominee for US President, Donald Trump, chose his running mate. Which is Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, and now we're starting to learn quite a bit more about him, including the fact that he wants to break up Google.
July 22nd, 2024 — Source

Pesa unlocks new markets to keep remittances flowing to emerging economies
The fintech is in the final stages of acquiring the requisite licenses for roll out in the United States, having just recently launched in 27 European countries after Canada success.
July 22nd, 2024 — Source

Seattle's new CTO brings Silicon Valley experience north to take on city's tech challenges
Rob Lloyd grew up a military kid who lived in 12 states and three countries and went to seven schools by the time he graduated high school. He hopes Seattle is his "forever home."
July 22nd, 2024 — Source

Serco appoints former GDS leader Tom Read to digital leadership role
Read also served at UK's MoJ, where outsourcer paid fine over electronic tagging fiasco
July 22nd, 2024 — Source

What a 'right to disconnect' from work could look like in the UK
The UK's new government has promised to take action to "promote a positive work-life balance for all workers," and to prevent homes "turning into 24/7 offices (PDF)". The risk of "always on" working has grown since the pandemic, with technology meaning that work is often within easy reach.
July 22nd, 2024 — Source

General — Business — July 19th, 2024

Businesses are harvesting our biometric data. We need new protections
Facial recognition is flying under the radar
July 19th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — July 18th, 2024

Fintech startup Coast lands $40M just 4 months after its last $25M raise
Coast, a startup that describes itself as "a financial services platform for the future of transportation," has raised $40 million in Series B funding — just four months after announcing a $25 million venture round and $67 million in debt financing, the startup has told TechCrunch exclusively.
July 18th, 2024 — Source

United to trim US capacity as profits rise
United Airlines reported higher quarterly profits Wednesday but announced it would trim US capacity later this year as the industry contends with a seat glut that has pressured fares.
July 18th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — July 5th, 2024

S&P 500 is poised to rocket 100% in 5 years -- analyst
We are in the early innings of a bull market where the earnings recovery story has barely begun," Bradesco BBI's head of equity strategy Ben Laidler told Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi on his Opening Bid podcast.
July 5th, 2024 — Source

Samsung Expects An Unfathomable Fifteen Times Operating Profit Increase For The Q2 2024 Quarter, As Demand For AI-Related Chips Boosts The Company's Growth
Fortune is favoring Samsung for the second quarter in a row. Just like its Q1 2024 earnings, where the company netted an incredibly impressive 933 percent operating profit growth compared to Q1 2023, the Korean giant expects to witness a similar outcome, but this time, the rewards are expected to be much higher.
July 5th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — July 2nd, 2024

As the AI boom gobbles up power, Phaidra is helping companies manage datacenter power more efficiently
In a May 2024 report, Goldman Sachs predicted that data centers will use 8% of the U.S.'s total power supply by 2030, up from 3% in 2022, as cloud service providers expand to meet the demand for AI infrastructure.
July 2nd, 2024 — Source

Clean aviation startup ZeroAvia lands deal with American Airlines to buy 100 plane engines
American Airlines plans to buy 100 hydrogen electric engines from clean aviation company ZeroAvia to power some of its commercial planes. The deal also includes an investment by the airline of an undisclosed sum.
July 2nd, 2024 — Source

Blockchain and smart contracts: Revolutionizing settlements in personal injury cases
The advent of blockchain technology and smart contracts has opened new avenues for handling transactions across various industries. In the realm of personal injury law, these innovations are starting to significantly alter how settlements are managed. Blockchain's inherent characteristics of transparency, security, and immutability, coupled with smart contracts' ability to execute agreements automatically, pave the way for a more streamlined and efficient settlement process.
July 2nd, 2024 — Source

Husband-and-wife former Olympians target $50M for new fund to invest in influencer-led consumer brands
Samyr Laine and his wife, Ayanna Alexander-Laine, started Freedom Trail Capital in 2023 and are working their way toward a $50 million fund
July 2nd, 2024 — Source

Industry Ventures raises a $900M fund for investing in small, early-stage VCs and their breakout startups
The venture fundraising trend in 2024 is fairly clear by now: Large, established VC firms are continuing to attract capital from limited partners, while smaller, newer funds are finding it more difficult to raise.
July 2nd, 2024 — Source

Walmart versus Amazon: Which retail giant has the best deals?
Our guide to shopping smart at the two biggest stores.
July 2nd, 2024 — Source

Why Nvidia could soon be with hit with antitrust charges in France
Nvidia has emerged as the foremost supplier of advanced AI chips — but this is raising eyebrows in the EU
July 2nd, 2024 — Source

General — Business — June 29th, 2024

Inside a violent gang's ruthless crypto-stealing home invasion spree
More than a dozen men threatened, assaulted, tortured, or kidnapped 11 victims.
June 29th, 2024 — Source

Matrix venture firm distances from India and China affiliates
Matrix is rebranding its India and China affiliates, becoming the latest venture firm to distance its international franchises.
June 29th, 2024 — Source

US Treasury finalizes crypto rules to prevent tax evasion
Crypto platforms will have to start reporting traders' sales proceeds to the IRS.
June 29th, 2024 — Source

Women in Washington state earn $18,400 less per year than men — a new campaign wants to fix that
Working women in Washington earn on average $18,400 less per year than men. That disparity puts the state in 49th place nationally for gender pay equity, just outranking Utah, according to a study released in March.
June 29th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — June 28th, 2024

All VCs say they are founder friendly; Detroit's Ludlow Ventures takes that to another level
'If we are not standing up in their wedding, we've failed.'
June 28th, 2024 — Source

Digital remittance company Remitly inks lease for new downtown Seattle office at Rainier Square
Remitly is moving into a new headquarters office in downtown Seattle.
June 28th, 2024 — Source

FCC chair asks telecoms companies to prove they're actually trying to stop political AI robocalls
This follows a consultant getting indicted over calls imitating President Biden.
June 28th, 2024 — Source

In-app subscriptions continue to grow, despite consumer fatigue
The in-app subscription market continues to grow, according to a new report, despite increasing consumer fatigue with the trend to turn everything into a recurring payment. Surprisingly, the most common subscription model is reportedly now a weekly one.
June 28th, 2024 — Source

The benefits of working remotely | GI Sprint
Bossa Studios' Henrique Olifiers and FuturLab's Toby Adam-Smith discuss remote working, and how to maintain efficiency and teamwork
June 28th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — June 26th, 2024

Atos in chaos as bailout talks unravel faster than you can say 'restructuring'
Time for plan B (or will it be C?)
June 26th, 2024 — Source

CData, which helps orgs use data across apps and build AI models, snaps up $350M
Artificial intelligence startups continue to dominate the headlines with immense venture capital rounds, but there's enough opportunity out there for companies building tools that make it easier to work with data-heavy applications like AI. That's especially true for organizations that may still have one foot (or both feet) in the legacy data camp.
June 26th, 2024 — Source

Clearbrief, which uses AI to help lawyers find and verify facts in legal docs, raises $4M
Seattle legal tech startup Clearbrief is raising more cash to boost its technology aimed at helping lawyers find, summarize, and verify facts for cases.
June 26th, 2024 — Source

Companies in strategic alliances get better access to financing and more desirable terms, research shows
Shoppers browsing through blouses and blenders at Target know they can also quaff a cappuccino at one of more than 1,700 Starbucks cafeshoused within Targets. The strategic alliance benefits both corporations by helping them reach new markets, boost their brands, and add incremental sales.
June 26th, 2024 — Source

Fetcherr lands $90M to get airlines on board with dynamic pricing
The airline industry is headed for record revenue this year — $996 billion — as the demand for travel soars. But the margins remain razor-thin. According to the trade association IATA, total expenses for airlines are projected to reach $936 billion, with earnings coming out to around $6.14 per passenger.
June 26th, 2024 — Source

Dappier is building a marketplace for publishers to sell their content to LLM builders
When Napster emerged in the late 1990s, it made it easy for people to grab music files without compensating the content owners. The iPod and the iTunes music store changed that by allowing artists or publishers to get paid for reusing their content in a digital context.
June 26th, 2024 — Source

Data warehousing startup SDF, led by Microsoft and Meta vets, comes out of stealth mode
SDF Labs, a Seattle startup aiming to help software developers manage their enterprise data warehouse systems, this week announced public availability of its product and revealed $9 million in seed funding.
June 26th, 2024 — Source

Helsinki startup raises €4M for smart bed legs to outsmart bed bugs
Valpas aims to help hotels remain safe from bed bug infestations
June 26th, 2024 — Source

Loti, a Seattle startup that helps public figures spot and squash deepfakes, raises $5.1M
Seattle startup Loti raised $5.1 million to grow its technology platform that helps public figures scour the internet for fake social media accounts, fake endorsements, or deepfakes that misuse their likeness.
June 26th, 2024 — Source

Most consumers ready to switch banks over fraud protection measures
A new study reveals growing anxiety among consumers that weaknesses in their banks' fraud-protection measures could leave them exposed to scammers, this would result in the vast majority (75 percent) switching providers.
June 26th, 2024 — Source

Refi Rates Increase Before General Election Debate: Current Refi Rates on June 26, 2024
Homeowners should keep an eye out for volatility in mortgage rates over the coming months.
June 26th, 2024 — Source

Sensi.AI grabs $31M Series B from Insight, Zeev to monitor seniors 24/7
Older adults increasingly want to age in their homes rather than nursing facilities.
June 26th, 2024 — Source

Study finds foreign-born CEOs are more likely to acquire international targets, including in their birth country
New research shows that CEOs who have moved away from their country of origin have a significantly higher tendency to make acquisitions internationally, with a preference for targets in their birth country or in countries that once colonized it.
June 26th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — June 24th, 2024

Black Semiconductor raises €254m for graphene chip production
Aachen-based startup Black Semiconductor has raised a €254.4m Series A to make graphene-based microchips, designed for applications ranging from autonomous driving to generative AI. €228.7m was secured from Germany's federal government and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia under the European IPCEI Microelectronics programme — an EU programme which will invest public funding of €8.1bn in 56 companies for chip development and manufacturing.
June 24th, 2024 — Source

Former Amazon colleagues raise $2.8M to help equipment rental companies run online stores
BoxedUp, a startup founded by ex-Amazon employees to help equipment rental companies set up and run online stores, raised $2.85 million in a seed funding round.
June 24th, 2024 — Source

Meet the climate startup helping other climate startups fund their ventures with lower cost loans
Government grants and publicly funded projects have been a boon to climate tech and clean energy businesses. But while companies are landing these funds, the payments often trickle in slowly or sometimes there's a need for cash up-front to make purchases to get the work going.
June 24th, 2024 — Source

NVIDIA Adds New Taiwan Suppliers Amid "Explosive" Blackwell Demand, Plans To Ramp Up Production
NVIDIA is witnessing explosive demand for Blackwell AI products as the firm places additional orders at TSMC & new Taiwanese suppliers.
June 24th, 2024 — Source

Rivian aims for profit by simplifying output and cutting costs
Rivian's overall cost of building its EVs has 'improved dramatically'
June 24th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — June 21st, 2024

5 Lowe's Finds That Could Come In Handy For Off-Road Enthusiasts
Like many hobbies, off-roading requires a wide range of various accessories and other items in order for you to successfully spend your downtime doing it. Once you've bought that jeep or ATV you've always dreamed about — and perhaps a really cool looking helmet — you might be ready to hit the road (so you can drive off of it.) But, there are still other things you should consider purchasing ahead of time for a better, and safer, experience.
June 21st, 2024 — Source

Looking To boost profit margins with smart promotional tactics? What you should consider
Businesses are constantly seeking ways to enhance their profit margins, and smart promotional tactics can play a crucial role in achieving this goal. Promotions are not merely about attracting attention; they are strategic tools that, when executed effectively, can drive sales, increase customer loyalty, and strengthen brand presence.
June 21st, 2024 — Source

Nonprofit helps bring solar to the Puerto Rican island of Vieques
Solar panels help communities maintain power even after destructive tropical storms and hurricanes.
June 21st, 2024 — Source

Real estate vets launch accelerator and advisory firm to fuel underrepresented founders
After working decades in real estate, Katherine Winston and Kenya Burrell-VanWormer were tired of the statistics showing how the majority of real estate agents were women, but most leadership roles in the sector were held by men.
June 21st, 2024 — Source

Researchers release first national study on partner-friendly support for dual-career academic jobseekers
In the first national study analyzing the support of academic couples, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a full ranking of universities by their partner-friendly status and resources for dual-career academic jobseekers.
June 21st, 2024 — Source

The Jim Henson Company's Iconic Studio Is Now Up for Sale
The Muppets will say goodbye to the filming location of The Happy Time Murders and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
June 21st, 2024 — Source

General — Business — June 20th, 2024

Climate tech funding dip poses threat for capital-intensive startups — but it's not time to panic
In a webinar Tuesday on the future of climate tech, Alan Neuhauser of Axios kicked off the questions by asking what it means to succeed in a burgeoning market where simply surviving is challenging enough.
June 20th, 2024 — Source

E-commerce vets raise $50M seed round for new startup that aims to reimagine online shopping
A new startup founded by longtime e-commerce leaders is using artificial intelligence in a bid to shake up the way people find and buy clothing online.
June 20th, 2024 — Source

Hero wants to save the day for companies facing a working capital crunch
For the past couple of years, the company has been quietly building an ambitious banking product for small companies that can essentially replace everything you'd expect from a traditional bank, from managing money to accepting payments and getting a credit line.
June 20th, 2024 — Source

It's now possible to invest in bitcoin on Australia's largest stock exchange. Is the currency going mainstream?
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has just seen the listing of its first bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund—"ETF" for short.
June 20th, 2024 — Source

'Lawyer-in-the-loop' startup Wordsmith wants to bring AI paralegals to all employees
Wordsmith, a fledgling Scottish legal tech startup, has somehow managed to attract the backing of two well-known venture capital firms. The startup targets in-house legal teams and law firms with an AI platform that they can configure to help other workers in the company.
June 20th, 2024 — Source

Paris-based VC Breega hits first close of $75M Africa fund to back pre-seed and seed startups
Paris-based VC firm Breega has observed Africa's tech ecosystem mature over the years. From receiving less than a billion dollars in venture capital per year to a record-high $6 billion, there's also been an increase in high-growth companies, from one unicorn to seven within the span of three years.
June 20th, 2024 — Source

PayPal Ventures leads $20M round into Gynger, which offers companies 'buy now, pay later' for technology purchases
Gynger, a platform that lends capital to companies for technology purchases, has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by PayPal Ventures, it told TechCrunch exclusively.
June 20th, 2024 — Source

Pocket FM partners with ElevenLabs to convert scripts into audio content quickly
Lightspeed Ventures-backed audio platform Pocket FM announced it has partnered with voice-cloning company ElevenLabs to quickly convert text content, such as script, into audio series using AI.
June 20th, 2024 — Source

TSMC Begins Experimenting with Rectangular Panel-Like Chip Packaging
TSMC is working on a new advanced chip packaging technology that uses rectangular panel-like substrates instead of the traditional circular wafers, according to a Nikkei report citing sources. This new approach would allow more chips to be placed on a single substrate
June 20th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — June 17th, 2024

Innovative tools for binary options strategies
In the fast-paced world of financial trading, binary options offer a unique opportunity for traders to capitalize on market movements with a clear risk-reward proposition. However, navigating the binary options market requires more than just intuition; it requires a solid strategy, precision timing, and the use of innovative tools to enhance decision-making and maximize profits.
June 17th, 2024 — Source

Perplexity AI searches for users in Japan, via SoftBank deal
After announcing a strategic partnership with SoftBank in April, Perplexity — the AI search engine that has ambitions to take on Google — is now using the deal to expand its user base, and data touchpoints, in SoftBank's home market of Japan.
June 17th, 2024 — Source

Tinybird raises another $30 million to transform data into real-time APIs
Tinybird is not so tiny anymore. The enterprise data startup TechCrunch first covered three years ago has been growing at a rapid pace and recently raised a $30 million Series B funding round. According to a source, the company is now valued at $240 million.
June 17th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — June 14th, 2024

Corporate spending software giant Brex plans to open office in downtown Seattle
The Salt Lake City-based fintech giant operates as a "remote-first" company and a spokesperson said the Seattle office will be used "in a hybrid capacity which will allow us to advance competitively."
June 14th, 2024 — Source

Enveda raises $55M to combine ancient remedies with AI for drug discovery
For centuries, people chewed willow tree bark to relieve pain, but scientists at chemical firm Bayer didn't isolate its active ingredient until the 1800s and eventually patented its modified version as Aspirin.
June 14th, 2024 — Source

Highview Power secures £300M to build UK's first liquid air battery
The plant could provide backup power to hundreds of thousands of homes
June 14th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — June 12th, 2024

Astrocade AI secures $12m in seed funding round
Investment will go towards supporting Astrocade's social gaming platform
June 12th, 2024 — Source

Friends & Family Capital, a fund founded by ex-Palantir CFO and son of IVP's founder, unveils third $118M fund
Small VC firms require deep trust, mutual support and long-term commitment among the partners — a kinship that, in many ways, resembles a family dynamic.
June 12th, 2024 — Source

Foresite Capital raises $900M sixth fund for investing in life sciences companies
Venture fundraising has been a slog over the last few years, even for firms with a strong track record.
June 12th, 2024 — Source

Gorilla, a Belgian startup that helps energy providers crunch big data, raises $25M
Gorilla, a Belgian company that serves the energy sector with real-time data and analytics for pricing and forecasting, has raised €23 million ($25 million) in a Series B round led by U.S. venture capital firm Headline.
June 12th, 2024 — Source

Lightspeed Venture Partners leads $4.3M seed in automated financial reporting fintech InScope
The financial reporting and auditing process is not often on the list of sexy topics that technology startups want to go after. And yet, when errors are made on financial reports, like the one Lyft had earlier this year, it can have dire consequences for a company. Just ask Lyft.
June 12th, 2024 — Source

Restate raises $7M for its lightweight workflows-as-code platform
When one of the co-creators of the popular open source stream-processing framework Apache Flink launches a new startup, it's worth paying attention. Stephan Ewen was among the founding team of the open source project back in 2010 and then later became the CTO of Data Artisans, which aimed to monetize Flink.
June 12th, 2024 — Source

The hidden link between Seattle and Spokane: Tech companies find success on both sides of the state
Back in 1999, when F5 recruited Jeff Stockdale to build its hardware business, expanding beyond its core expertise in software, the engineering leader had one condition for the Seattle-based technology company.
June 12th, 2024 — Source

Warner Bros. is beefing up its animation slate with even more Adventure Time
Warner Bros. Discovery has ordered three new Adventure Time projects as well as Regular Show and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends spinoffs.
June 12th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — June 10th, 2024

Husband-and-wife tech vets, with startup and Microsoft experience, venture into skincare
Vargas previously co-founded and was CTO at LegUp, a Seattle-based child care enrollment startup that sold in 2022. He then and moved over to Microsoft as an engineering manager.
June 10th, 2024 — Source

Raspberry Pi's IPO could value the non-profit at nearly $700 million
The IPO has already been oversubscribed multiple times over
June 10th, 2024 — Source

Seattle tumbles to No. 20 in global ranking of startup ecosystems
Seattle fell 10 spots to No. 20 in Startup Genome's annual "Global Startup Ecosystem Report," a ranking of the leading startup regions in the world. But the city is still rich in tech talent and considered a "top-tier hub for innovation."
June 10th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — June 9th, 2024

Cat-sitting startup Meowtel clawed its way to profitability despite trouble raising from dog-focused VCs
Dogs are the most popular pet in the U.S.: 65.1 million households have one, according to the American Pet Products Association. But while cats are not far off, with 46.5 million households with one, a lot of innovation in the pet category has focused exclusively on dogs.
June 9th, 2024 — Source

Virgin Galactic completes final spaceflight before two-year pause
Virgin Galactic on Saturday successfully completed its last spaceflight before heading into a two-year pause on commercial operations to upgrade its fleet, as the space tourism company seeks to finally turn a profit.
June 9th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — June 7th, 2024

AirMDR Raises $5 Million for AI-Powered Managed Detection and Response
AI-powered MDR startup AirMDR has raised $5 million in seed funding from Foundation Capital and Storm Ventures.
June 7th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — June 6th, 2024

eBay dropping Amex card support, citing 'unacceptably high fees'
eBay is dropping Amex card support, emailing users to advise that it will no longer accept American Express cards for payments from mid-August ...
June 6th, 2024 — Source

NVIDIA has its "iPhone moment" with a $3 trillion market valuation to be the second-most valuable company ahead of Apple
NVIDIA overtakes Apple with its AI efforts and is now the second-most valuable company in the world.
June 6th, 2024 — Source

Prolific Machines, with a $55M Series B, shines 'light' on a better way to grow lab proteins for food and medicine
Two years ago, Prolific Machines unveiled its technology for a unique manufacturing approach to grow cells for industries, including cultivated meat. Today, the Emeryville, California-based company said it's ready to go to market with a bioreactor that will make that growth possible.
June 6th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — May 30th, 2024

Amazon plans major expansion of drone deliveries after winning key FAA approval
Amazon says it will expand the range of its drone deliveries and the footprint of its drone network across the United States after the Federal Aviation Administration granted the tech giant permission to operate its delivery drones beyond the visual line of sight of drone operators.
May 30th, 2024 — Source

Web-hosting startup Hostinger hit €110M revenue in 2023, praises AI for 57% growth
New AI tools enabled the company to increase its customers and reduce operational costs
May 30th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — May 28th, 2024

ASML sets new EUV chipmaking density record, proposes Hyper-NA tools and radical EUV speed boosts
Smaller, faster transistors at unprecedented speed
May 28th, 2024 — Source

Intel Innovation 2024 To Take Place In San Jose on 24th September, Arrow Lake & Granite Rapids To Be The Main Talking Points
Intel's Innovation events are annual affairs during which the company talks about its roadmaps for future products. Last year, Intel presented its latest roadmap for client and servers ranging from its Core to Core Ultra, Xeon and Gaudi / GPU families.
May 28th, 2024 — Source

Nvidia rumored to be opening a second R&D center in Taiwan — and it has plans for an AI supercomputer on the island
Foxconn is Nvidia's facility setup partner, say reports.
May 28th, 2024 — Source

Nvidia said to be prepping AI PC chip with Arm and Blackwell cores
Rivalry in Windows on Arm space would intensify once GPU giant enters the fray
May 28th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — May 24th, 2024

Amazon shareholder proposals on warehouse and union issues lead voting but fail to pass
Amazon shareholder resolutions related to warehouse working conditions and the company's response to labor unions garnered the most support among the 14 proposals at this year's annual shareholders meeting, according to detailed results released Friday afternoon.
May 24th, 2024 — Source

From Plaid to Figma, here are the startups that are likely — or definitely — not having IPOs this year
Last year's investor dreams of a strong 2024 IPO pipeline have faded, if not fully disappeared, as we approach the halfway point of the year.
May 24th, 2024 — Source

Nvidia faces local competition for its 'China special' GPUs
Which rival would be so bold as to snatch its business Huawei?
May 24th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — May 23rd, 2024

Ethereum heats up over key ETF decision. Here's what you need to know.
Crypto is getting popular again.
May 23rd, 2024 — Source

Seattle resident files FTC complaint alleging Uber, DoorDash mislead customers with 'junk fees'
DoorDash orders in Seattle include a $4.99 "SEA Regulatory Response Fee" to "help cover DoorDash's increased operating costs" as a result of new minimum wage standards implemented by the city. (GeekWire Photos / Taylor Soper)
May 23rd, 2024 — Source

Ticketmaster owner sued by DOJ and 30 attorneys general over alleged monopoly
An antitrust suit claims the company harmed fans, promoters and artists.
May 23rd, 2024 — Source

General — Business — May 21st, 2024

AMD Said to be Planning Taiwan R&D Center
According to the Taiwan Central News Agency AMD is considering opening up an R&D center in Taiwan. AMD is said to have applied with the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) as part of Taiwan's "A+ global R&D and innovation partnership program" to set up a new R&D facility.
May 21st, 2024 — Source

Easy Metrics lands $31M from private equity firm to boost labor analytics platform
Easy Metrics, a Seattle-area software company that provides insight into labor productivity and warehouse operations performance, raised $31 million from San Francisco private equity firm Nexa Equity.
May 21st, 2024 — Source

Parent company of Trump's Truth Social posts $328 mln loss
Trump Media and Technology Group, which owns former US president Donald Trump's social media platform Truth Social, lost more than $300 million in the first quarter of 2024, it said Monday.
May 21st, 2024 — Source

General — Business — May 17th, 2024

An SEC mystery: What's the deal with voluntary filers?
Companies tend not to clamor for more regulatory oversight, as a general rule. One remarkable exception would be the relatively small group of companies that voluntarily file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Although not required to file due to their small size or private ownership, these companies do so willingly, at considerable time and expense.
May 17th, 2024 — Source

Brothers charged with stealing $25 million in Ethereum in 12 seconds — Cryptocurrency heist exploited transaction validation process
Forget gone in 60 seconds, these brothers allegedly stole the crypto in just 12 seconds.
May 17th, 2024 — Source

Following demise of Techstars Seattle, prominent VC launches new twist on accelerator concept
An entrepreneur and investor with roots in the defunct Techstars Seattle program plans to launch a new invite-only organization and shared workspace that supports tech founders by surrounding them with fellow entrepreneurs and experienced startup mentors.
May 17th, 2024 — Source

Startups Weekly: It's the dawning of the age of AI — plus, Musk is raging against the machine
We've been drowning in AI news this week. Google's I/O set the pace: At its keynote, the word "AI" came up on average once per minute throughout its two-hour keynote. Yowzers! Here's the DL on Google's AI plans.
May 17th, 2024 — Source

Tech Moves: Agility Robotics hires Magic Leap exec; Zuper adds CMO; and more
Daniel Diez, a longtime tech and communications leader who was most recently chief commercial officer at augmented reality company Magic Leap, joined Agility Robotics as its chief strategy officer.
May 17th, 2024 — Source

The crypto nexus: The next compliance challenge
Cryptocurrency has been increasingly professionalized in recent years, offering millions of transactions to a global base of everyday users. However, this trend of mainstream investment has happened in tandem with recent high-profile prosecutions of former crypto leaders.
May 17th, 2024 — Source or Source

General — Business — May 14th, 2024

After surpassing $100M in ARR, Harness grabs a $150M line of credit
Harness isn't founder Jyoti Bansal's first startup. He sold AppDynamics to Cisco for $3.7 billion in 2017, the week it was supposed to go public. His latest venture has raised $425 million, per Crunchbase.
May 14th, 2024 — Source

Amazon Web Services CEO to step down
Adam Selipsky led Amazon's profit driver for three years.
May 14th, 2024 — Source

AWS CEO logs off after three years at the helm
Adam Selipsky off on new adventures. What those are, we'll have to wait and see
May 14th, 2024 — Source

Bay Area investor Vivek Ladsariya moves to Seattle, joins Pioneer Square Labs as managing director
Seattle's venture capital ecosystem is getting some fresh Bay Area talent with the addition of Vivek Ladsariya, a veteran investor who recently relocated from Silicon Valley to take a new role as managing director at Pioneer Square Labs (PSL).
May 14th, 2024 — Source

Best CD Rates Today - Don't Wait to Lock in One of Today's High APYs, May 14, 2024
Protect your earnings from future rate drops with these high-yielding CDs.
May 14th, 2024 — Source

Best Savings Rates Today -- Act Now to Maximize Your Interest Earnings, May 14, 2024
Don't settle for near 0% APYs from traditional savings accounts. Here's where you can earn an APY more than 10 times the national average.
May 14th, 2024 — Source

'Free' delivery plans can profit both retailers and customers
In March, Target became the latest mega-retailer to offer "free" delivery—for a price. For $99 a year, subscribers to Target Circle 360 can place unlimited orders without having to worry about shipping costs. Target competes with similar plans offered by Walmart and Amazon.
May 14th, 2024 — Source

Google's basic income trial to give families $12,000 a year
Google is known for its philanthropic endeavors, like pledging $40 million to fight racial justice. Per reports, Google is co-funding a basic income trial that will help 225 families secure long-term housing in the Bay Area. The initiative will help another 225 families over the same period by giving them $50 monthly.
May 14th, 2024 — Source

Microsoft introduces Places to make flexible working less fraught
Hit by a return-to-office mandate? Let the Copilot Company help you find co-workers and a desk to work at
May 14th, 2024 — Source

Paris-based VC firm Blisce launches climate tech fund with a target of $160M
Blisce has become the latest VC firm to launch a fund dedicated to climate tech, for which it plans to raise as much as €150 million (about $162 million).
May 14th, 2024 — Source

Return to office mandates had senior employees jumping ship
More stringent rules led to staff to find more remote options
May 14th, 2024 — Source

'She's going to be a bigger deal': What's next for Melinda French Gates
Melinda French Gates is walking away from a 2,000-employee philanthropy with assets totaling more than $75 billion. But some say her departure from the Gates Foundation, announced Monday, could unlock something for the 59-year-old who is passionate about supporting women, families and minorities.
May 14th, 2024 — Source

Sona, a frontline workforce management platform, raises $27.5M with eyes on US expansion
Sona, a workforce management platform for frontline employees, has raised $27.5 million in a Series A round of funding.
May 14th, 2024 — Source

Once Alibaba's main investor, SoftBank sheds remaining stake
SoftBank to focus on AI, but might pick up LINE, Yahoo! holding company
May 14th, 2024 — Source

Waymo's robotaxis under investigation after crashes and traffic mishaps
Waymo's autonomous vehicle software is under investigation after federal regulators received 22 reports of the robotaxis crashing or potentially violating traffic safety laws by driving in the wrong lane or into construction zones.
May 14th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — May 13th, 2024

6 Best Nonprofit CRM Software for 2024
Find the perfect CRM solution for your nonprofit organization. Explore the features, pricing and more of the top-rated CRM options tailored for nonprofits.
May 13th, 2024 — Source

Analysts believe SpaceX's Starlink internet service is finally profitable
"Mind-blowing" growth in just five years
May 13th, 2024 — Source

Apple Retail Store workers in Maryland vote to authorize strike
Over the weekend, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) said in a statement that workers at Apple's retail store in Towson, Maryland, have voted in favor of authorizing a strike.
May 13th, 2024 — Source

Healthy growth helps B2B food e-commerce startup Pepper nab $30 million led by ICONIQ Growth
Pepper, the e-commerce platform for food distributors, continues to edge into Sysco and US Foods territory by giving smaller, independent distributors a technology leg up.
May 13th, 2024 — Source

Google plans exit from its massive office in San Fransico
Google made a lot of profit this year. However, despite the continuous growth, the employees accused the firm of declining morale as they were not happy with the company's treatment. In another turn of events, Google seems to taking an exit from its massive San Fransico waterfront office tower. This is one of the most premium and important business offices of the tech giant.
May 13th, 2024 — Source

Microsoft Places uses AI to find the best time for your next office day
Places is a new app that integrates into Microsoft 365 and is designed to help with flexible and hybrid working.
May 13th, 2024 — Source

Profit, rules or values: Skills that lead to success on the labor market
There is no specific set of skills that university graduates need in order to be successful professionally. Rather, the required skills vary according to different areas of the labor market and their specific requirements.
May 13th, 2024 — Source

Square Enix embarking on "aggressive multiplatform strategy" as profits drop 70%
Following disappointing financial year, company unveils three-year plan targeting long-term growth
May 13th, 2024 — Source

US economy would be devastated if China seizes TSMC, Commerce Secretary says
TSMC is a company that could send the world into disarray if China were to take its control, and the US is very concerned about it. During a recent House hearing, the US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said that such an event would be "absolutely devastating" for the American economy. That's because of its overreliance on the Taiwanese semiconductor company. The US buys "92% of its leading edge chips from TSMC," Raimondo revealed.
May 13th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — May 12th, 2024

Alora Baby aims to push baby gear away from the 'landfill economy'
Fast consumption and waste generation run rampant in all industries, but it's particularly true around baby equipment. Tiny humans get big fast, and parents might be nervous to buy used items ("Is that high chair really sanitized?") and are often too stressed out to think about what to do with the equipment the little tyke has grown out of.
May 12th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — May 10th, 2024

After caretaker Tim Cook, who'll be Apple's next CEO?
Since taking over as Apple's chief executive officer from Steve Jobs in 2011, Tim Cook has trotted out iterations of products started under Jobs, including Apple Silicon, the Apple Watch, and the Apple Vision Pro, while building out Apple's Retail Store network (also started by Jobs) and various Apple Services.
May 8th, 2024 — Source

Analyst on Starlink's rapid rise: "Nothing short of mind-blowing"
Starlink's estimated free cash flow this year is about $600 million.
May 8th, 2024 — Source

Microsoft's mystifying mismanagement | This Week in Business
If you're a developer working for Xbox, what can you do to secure your job?
May 8th, 2024 — Source

China's SMIC sounds alarm on price wars from silicon surplus
Competition heats up while profits cool down
May 8th, 2024 — Source

Pitch Deck Teardown: Cloudsmith's $15M Series A deck
Back in September 2021, Cloudsmith raised $15 million in Series A funding for its cloud platform that manages companies' software supply chains. At the time, that was the largest Series A round for a Northern Ireland company since 2005, so it definitely got something right!
May 8th, 2024 — Source

Seattle startup's telerobotic ultrasound system brings specialist care to underserved areas
Seattle startup Dopl Technologies has developed a telerobotic ultrasound system intended to bring specialist care to patients in rural areas.
May 8th, 2024 — Source

Trump Media and Technology Group Asks Florida's Attorney General To Investigate How Some Short-Sellers Are Allegedly Able To Obtain a "Drastically Reduced" Rate for Share Locates
Trump Media and Technology Group, the parent company of the Truth Social platform, is doggedly holding on to its original thesis that its stock is being artificially manipulated by certain market players.
May 8th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — May 8th, 2024

FTX plans to refund defrauded customers with interest
But they'll miss out on major gains in the crypto market.
May 8th, 2024 — Source

TCL CSoT denies reports of a $8.7 billion investment in a new 8-Gen AMOLED fab
As OLED display makers are racing to launch IT AMOLED displays (for laptops, monitors and tablets), there has been recent reports that TCL CSoT has decided to build a 8-Gen AMOLED line, in a 63 billion Yuan (about $8.7 billion USD) investment.
May 8th, 2024 — Source

Uber CEO says minimum wage law in Seattle has 'hurt the people that it's supposed to protect'
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he's expecting a "positive outcome" from a potential vote this week in Seattle to move forward with a proposal that would revise recently implemented minimum pay requirements for food delivery drivers.
May 8th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — May 7th, 2024

Infineon trims financial forecast amid order slowdown
Chipmaker outlines plans to save hundreds of millions and, hey presto, share price magically jumps
May 7th, 2024 — Source

Outreach founders reveal new 'buyer copilot" AI startup that automates customer demos
A new Seattle startup led by the co-founders of sales software giant Outreach is using AI to automate initial customer interactions and provide personalized product demos for B2B companies.
May 7th, 2024 — Source

Tech Moves: NanoString CEO and CFO depart; Remitly names HR chief; Temporal founders swap roles; Gradial adds exec
Brad Gray is stepping down from NanoString after 14 years leading the Seattle biotech company as CEO.
May 7th, 2024 — Source

TSMC fully booked on advanced packaging until 2025
TrendForce warns of 'potential crowding out effects on HBM'
May 7th, 2024 — Source

Wiz raises $1B at a $12B valuation to expand its cloud security platform through acquisitions
Wiz, the buzzy startup building an all-in-one cloud security platform, is on an acquisition march to expand its business quickly en route to an IPO.
May 7th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — May 3rd, 2024

Apple stock surges after earnings report
Dow Jones futures and other major stock indexes extended their rallies in Friday premarket trading after the U.S. Labor Department's weaker-than-expected April jobs report. Among the risers was Apple stock, which enjoyed a surge fueled by a record $110 billion share repurchase plan.
May 3rd, 2024 — Source

Chase Sapphire Preferred Card versus Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card
Categorical rewards and flat-rate rewards face off in a $95 battle.
May 3rd, 2024 — Source

Deeptech VC raises €300M in push for 'semiconductor supremacy'
The firm is also expanding its presence in the Netherlands, a world leader in chip tech
May 3rd, 2024 — Source

Despite recent successes, IPO market still won't fully open until 2025
This year already proved that startups are willing to go public in a less-than-ideal market — and get rewarded for it, too. But bankers, lawyers and investors said the recent IPO successes aren't enough to foster more than a dozen tech IPOs this year.
May 3rd, 2024 — Source

Hadeda ibises' 'sixth sense' works best in wet soil: New research is a wake-up call for survival of wading birds
Hadeda ibises (Bostrychia hagedash) are one of the most familiar species of birds across sub-Saharan Africa. They are large, long-legged birds with long, thin beaks for probing invertebrates out of soil, and though they appear dull brown at a glance, they actually have beautiful iridescent feathers on their wings.
May 3rd, 2024 — Source

Three things we learned about Apple's AI plans from its earnings
Apple CEO Tim Cook didn't give much away about the company's AI plans on Thursday's Q2 earnings call with investors, but he did confirm a few tidbits about how the tech giant plans to move forward with artificial intelligence.
May 3rd, 2024 — Source

General — Business — May 1st, 2024

Amazon reports strong 1Q results driven by its cloud-computing unit and Prime Video ad dollars
Amazon on Tuesday reported strong results for the first quarter, driven by growth in its cloud-computing unit and new advertising dollars from its Prime Video streaming service.
May 1st, 2024 — Source

'Breaking a Promise': California Deficit Could Halt Raises for Disability Workers
Families of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities say Gov. Gavin Newsom is reneging on a scheduled raise for the workers who care for their loved ones, and advocates warn of potential lawsuits if disability services become harder to get.
May 1st, 2024 — Source

Chicago-based Hyde Park Venture Partners closes $98M Fund IV with two investments made so far
Midwest venture capital firms might always play catch-up to the coasts, but that's not stopping some firms from pulling in nice-sized funds to support startups in their local ecosystems and overall region.
May 1st, 2024 — Source

Island Gets $175M Series D Funding, Doubles Valuation to $3B
Investments in Island Led by Coatue and Sequoia Support Global Expansion, R&D, M&A
May 1st, 2024 — Source

Prudential to shut down Assurance, the insurance tech startup it acquired for $2.35B in 2019
Insurance giant Prudential is shutting down Assurance IQ, five years after spending $2.35 billion to acquire the under-the-radar tech startup based in the Seattle region.
May 1st, 2024 — Source

Samsung on cloud nine after 933% Q1 profit jump, thanks to AI wave
The generative AI craze brought about a surge in memory chip prices, benefiting Samsung
May 1st, 2024 — Source

General — Business — April 30th, 2024

Apple Cards Issued in 2019 Set To Expire, Replacement Titanium Cards on the Way
Apple Card was launched in 2019 amidst much fanfare. The company is now notifying early adapters that their Apple Card is set to expire. Soon Apple will dispatch physical titanium cards to those who got Apple Cards early in 2019.
April 30th, 2024 — Source

Asia's first spot bitcoin, ether ETFs start trading in Hong Kong
Hong Kong on Tuesday launched trading of Asia's first spot bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs), moving forward in the city's race to become a regional virtual asset investment hub.
April 30th, 2024 — Source

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao sentenced to four months in prison
Federal prosecutors recommended three years.
April 30th, 2024 — Source

Despite soaring profits, Google lays off more staff, including Python and Flutter engineers
The Python, Dart, and Flutter teams have been impacted
April 30th, 2024 — Source

Even Walmart thinks American healthcare is too expensive
Walmart is shuttering its health centers.
April 30th, 2024 — Source

Island raises $175 million at $3 billion valuation
Island announced its $175 million Series D financing. The new funding round brings Island's valuation to $3 billion, doubling the last valuation from less than a year ago. The round was led by new investor Coatue and existing investor Sequoia Capital, with additional funding from other existing investors.
April 30th, 2024 — Source

Samsung says Q1 operating profits soar nearly tenfold on-year
Samsung Electronics said Tuesday that its first-quarter operating profits had risen nearly tenfold year-on-year amid recovering chip prices and growing demand, notably for generative AI.
April 30th, 2024 — Source

Tableau Public will finally get local file-saving in latest move to appeal to loyal users
Tableau will enable local file-saving for the free version of its data visualization software, no longer requiring Tableau Public users to publish their work online to the community if they prefer to keep their projects under wraps.
April 30th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — April 29th, 2024

Best Savings Rates Today -- Don't Wait to Maximize Your Interest Earnings, April 29, 2024
You haven't missed the boat on great rates. That may change on Wednesday.
April 29th, 2024 — Source

Indian ride-hailing giant Ola cuts 180 jobs in profitability push
Ola has let go its chief executive, Hemant Bakshi, merely four months after appointing him to the post, and is cutting about 180 additional jobs, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch.
April 29th, 2024 — Source

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says "Security underpins every layer of the tech stack and it's our No. 1 priority. We are doubling down on this very important work" amid rising concerns over 'cascade of security failures'
Microsoft is laying more emphasis on cybersecurity across its systems.
April 29th, 2024 — Source

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of Mastodon's new US nonprofit
Biz Stone, a Twitter co-founder, is among those who have joined the board of directors of Mastodon's new U.S. nonprofit, Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko announced over the weekend. Mastodon's service, an open source, decentralized social network and rival to Elon Musk's X, has gained increased attention following the Twitter acquisition as users sought alternatives to X's would-be "everything app" that felt more like the old Twitter of days past.
April 29th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — April 27th, 2024

T-Mobile Adds Subscribers as It Grows Wired Internet Business
The carrier closes its first quarter earnings with acquisitions and more customers.
April 27th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — April 26th, 2024

Does fighting inflation always lead to recession? What 60 years of NZ data can tell us
There is an ongoing global debate over whether the high inflation seen in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic can be lowered without a recession.
April 26th, 2024 — Source

OpenAI Startup Fund quietly raises $15M
The OpenAI Startup Fund, a venture fund related to — but technically separate from — OpenAI that invests in early-stage, typically AI-related companies across education, law and the sciences, has quietly closed a $15 million tranche.
April 26th, 2024 — Source

Sued by FTC, bill payment company Doxo disputes 'unjust" allegations of deceptive billing
A lawsuit by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleges that Seattle-based bill payment company Doxo has repeatedly deceived consumers into thinking it"s an official channel for the companies they"re seeking to pay, adding unwanted fees and using web design tricks to get them to sign up for unwanted subscriptions.
April 26th, 2024 — Source

Second time lucky for Thoma Bravo, which scoops up Darktrace for $5.3B
Analysts brand deal a 'nail in the coffin' for UK tech investment
April 26th, 2024 — Source

Tech Moves: Seattle tech vet Dave Parker named CEO of Entrepreneurs" Organization
Veteran entrepreneur and startup advisor Dave Parker is taking over as CEO at global networking group Entrepreneurs" Organization.
April 26th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — April 24th, 2024

Best Wine Club and Subscriptions to Gift in 2024
A monthly wine subscription makes a great gift for the grape-minded. We tried several to find the best wine clubs to give a loved one (or yourself) this year.
April 24th, 2024 — Source

Block lets Square merchants convert a part of their daily sales to bitcoin
Block, the company behind Square, Cash App and other services, announced a new program today allowing merchants using Square's solutions to convert a percentage of their daily sales to bitcoin.
April 24th, 2024 — Source

Canon has published their First Quarter of 2024 Financials
Today, Canon released their financials for the first quarter of 2024.
April 24th, 2024 — Source

Dripos raises $11M Series A to replace Square, Toast and 8 other pieces of software
Small coffee shops that relied on foot traffic were thrown for a loop when the global pandemic kept people in their homes. That's when many coffee shop owners turned to technology to help them take online orders and payments.
April 24th, 2024 — Source

Former EKWB Employees say company has racist, hostile work environment, withholds overtime pay
Multiple employees describe racist jokes, wage theft and unsafe conditions.
April 24th, 2024 — Source

FTC bans employers from using noncompete clauses
They 'keep wages low, suppress new ideas and rob the American economy of dynamism.'
April 24th, 2024 — Source

Former Amazon Prime Air employees raise $4.5M for stealthy solar airplane startup
Radical's co-founders, CTO Cyriel Notteboom and CEO James Thomas, carry a solar-powered demonstrator aircraft that flew continuously for more than 24 hours during a test flight last year.
April 24th, 2024 — Source

Madica, a program by Flourish Ventures, steps up pre-seed investing in Africa
Madica, an investment program launched by U.S.-based investor Flourish Ventures to back pre-seed startups in Africa, plans to invest in up to 10 ventures by the end of the year, ramping up its funding efforts after closing three initial deals.
April 24th, 2024 — Source

RBI bars Kotak Bank from adding new online customers and credit cards
India's central bank on Wednesday ordered Kotak Mahindra Bank to immediately cease onboarding new customers via its online and mobile banking channels and to stop issuing fresh credit cards, citing serious deficiencies in the bank's IT systems and risk management practices.
April 24th, 2024 — Source

Seed-stage firm Eniac Ventures raises $220M across two funds
Eniac Ventures has closed two funds totaling $220 million, the seed-stage firm shared exclusively with TechCrunch.
April 24th, 2024 — Source

Second Life developer sells off payments business Tilia
The deal with Thunes will include a five-year partnership for payment processing and payouts to Linden Lab
April 24th, 2024 — Source

Tesla profits drop 55% as Elon Musk dodges cheap car questions
Tesla spent $1 billion on GPUs even as its profit margins shrank by half.
April 24th, 2024 — Source

UK probes Amazon and Microsoft over AI partnerships with Mistral, Anthropic and Inflection
When is a merger not a merger?
April 24th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — April 22nd, 2024

After personal experience with cyberstalking, tech founder launches startup battling deepfake content
In January, pornographic deepfake images of Taylor Swift were viewed by millions of people on X and other social media platforms before the sites took action. No one has been identified and prosecuted for using artificial intelligence tools to create the graphic and sometimes violent images of Swift. The response from the tech sector has been limited.
April 22th, 2024 — Source

Atomo opens new roastery in Seattle to produce its beanless coffee for cafes around the U.S.
Atomo, the Seattle-based beanless coffee maker, is marking Earth Day with the grand opening of a new roastery in its hometown that will produce the company's grounds for coffee shops around the country.
April 22th, 2024 — Source

Google to pay $62 million settlement for tracking location without consent
Google will have to pay $62 million as a settlement for tracking and storing users' location history information without their consent. The sum will be used as a payout for a class-action lawsuit that followed an expose by the Associated Press in 2018.
April 22th, 2024 — Source

Google Wallet frustrates Wear OS users with PIN requirement on watch
Google Wallet users on Wear OS smartwatches are feeling frustrated by a recent change that now requires them to enter their PIN on the watch before every contactless tap-to-pay transaction. This disrupts the previously seamless experience. And it has gotten some users questioning the convenience of using Google Wallet on their watches.
April 22th, 2024 — Source

IT consultant-cum-developer in court over hiding COVID-19 loan
Syzmon Jastrzebski bagged six figures, money written off as he's left the country
April 22th, 2024 — Source

Original Blair Witch Project Cast Wants 'Retroactive Residuals' And More From Lionsgate
As the Blair Witch Project turns 25 next month, it is being primed for a reboot, but the original cast has some requests before it goes forward.
April 22th, 2024 — Source

Salesforce's silly deal dies, Rubrik's IPO, and venture capital in space
It's going to be a big week! Tech earnings are coming up, the EV wars are on (and how!), and it feels like venture capital has its head in the clouds. All that adds up to one packed Equity episode!
April 22th, 2024 — Source

'Send now, pay later' startup Pomelo lands $35M Series A from secretive Vy Capital, Founders Fund
Pomelo, a startup that combines international money transfer with credit, has raised $35 million in a Series A round led by Dubai venture firm Vy Capital, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. Additionally, the company is announcing a $75 million expansion of its warehouse facility.
April 22th, 2024 — Source

TLcom Capital closes second fund at $154M to back early-stage startups across Africa
Venture capital activity in Africa has shown resilience over the past six months, with major firms on the continent closing their funds despite the ongoing funding winter.
April 22th, 2024 — Source

Wells Fargo: Buy Apple stock on weakness
Apple stock continues to underperform the market, but one Wells Fargo analyst recommends buying the dip ahead of some potential positive catalysts, even if shares fall after its Q224 earnings release after market close on Thursday, May 2nd.
April 22th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — April 19th, 2024

a16z promotes Jennifer Li to help lead the new $1.25B Infrastructure fund
Powerhouse venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is promoting Jennifer Li to general partner after six years at the firm. She's being tapped to help invest the new $1.25 billion Infrastructure fund managed by longtime a16z general partner Martin Casado.
April 19th, 2024 — Source

Bitcoin's latest 'halving' has arrived. Here's what you need to know
The "miners" who chisel bitcoins out of complex mathematics are taking a 50% pay cut—effectively reducing new production of the world's largest cryptocurrency, again.
April 19th, 2024 — Source

Equities platform Midas raises $45M Series A as fintech retains its sparkle in Turkey
Midas, a fintech startup that allows people in Turkey to invest in U.S. and Turkish equities, says it has raised $45 million in a funding round led by Portage of Canada.
April 19th, 2024 — Source

Mortgage Rates Haven't Killed the Spring Homebuying Season Yet
It's warmer outside, but experts say the traditional season for buying and selling a home isn't the same anymore.
April 19th, 2024 — Source

Samsung adopts six-day workweek policy amid business challenges
Samsung has reportedly introduced a six-day workweek policy for its executives. The company aims to instill a sense of urgency in its leadership amid mounting geopolitical and macroeconomic risks. It wants executives to work an extra day each week to formulate emergency measures to tackle this business uncertainty. The new policy is effective as early as this week for some business units, with others to follow soon.
April 19th, 2024 — Source

Samsung factory produced its one billionth device, a Galaxy S24 Ultra
Samsung's smartphone factory in Vietnam has reached a remarkable milestone. Located in the Thai Nguyen province of the Southeast Asian country, the factory has produced a billion mobile devices in its lifetime. It churned out the one billionth product, a Galaxy S24 Ultra, on Wednesday, April 17. SEVT (Samsung Electronics Vietnam Thai Nguyen), as the factory is known, organized an event to celebrate the milestone.
April 19th, 2024 — Source

Seattle tech vet calls rapidly growing 'AI Tinkerers' meetups the new 'Homebrew Computer Club' for AI
Seattle tech veteran Joe Heitzeberg remembers seeing a random, AI-related tweet in September 2022.
April 19th, 2024 — Source

These credit cards feature OLEDs that light up upon payment
An innovative way to get you to spend more?
April 19th, 2024 — Source

Tech Moves: Sana R&D chief steps down; Seattle U names new computer science leader
Seattle University named Dr. Burkhard Englert as the new Department Chair and Amazon Endowed Chair of Computer Science.
April 19th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — April 17th, 2024

Amazon insists Just Walk Out isn't secretly run by workers watching you shop
Amazon says human reviewers only annotate shopping data for its cashierless tech.
April 17th, 2024 — Source

Are we in a cost of technology crisis? Our vultures think so
Won't somebody please think of the shareholders
April 17th, 2024 — Source or Watch Video

ASML profits plunge 40% amid dip in chipmaking tool orders
Except in China, where customers accounted for almost half of the photolithography giant's top line
April 17th, 2024 — Source

Buy Nothing meets GoFundMe: How a new website aims to 'revolutionize' philanthropy
An Minnesota nonprofit leader hopes to "revolutionize" charitable giving with a new platform for people to trade household items they no longer need, resulting in a donation to a nonprofit.
April 17th, 2024 — Source

Dwarf Fortress' Adventure Mode brings the sim's chaotic spirit to CRPGs
Travel your own world, meet fascinating creatures, and put bolts in their necks.
April 17th, 2024 — Source

Google's laying off more people, shifts roles to other countries
While the year 2024 has been great for Google's AI technology, it has not been great for Google's workers (or, shall we say, "former workers"). The company has been shedding employees like crazy, and the layoffs don't seem to be slowing down. According to a new report, Google is laying off even more people, and it shifted some roles to other countries.
April 17th, 2024 — Source

Inside LemFi's play to be fintech to the Global South diaspora
First, the Nigerian startup focused on migrants from Africa. Now its target is all emerging markets
April 17th, 2024 — Source

Miggo Security Gets $7.5 Million Seed Funding to Build ADR Technology
YL Ventures leads an early stage funding round for Miggo Security, a Tel Aviv startup working on application detection and response technology.
April 17th, 2024 — Source

Tech venture capital titan Andreessen Horowitz raises $7.2 bn
Silicon Valley venture capital star Andreessen Horowitz said Tuesday it had raised $7.2 billion to invest in startups behind games, apps, artificial intelligence and more.
April 17th, 2024 — Source

Top tech brands have insufficient ad transparency tools
Many of us are familiar with ads across the internet, but not many people know where they come from. Sure, you conveniently see ads for products and services that you recently Googled, but that doesn't really tell you much. Well, according to a new report, many of the big brands serving us ads have insufficient ad transparency tools.
April 17th, 2024 — Source

What to do after you have lost your VR job
It's not the best moment for the tech and gaming industry: many startups have failed and many people even from big companies have been laid off. In the VR industry, we are not immune to this trend and probably we have even bigger problems, since after the metaverse hype we entered again in an "autumn phase" for the whole ecosystem.
April 17th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — April 15th, 2024

Former Facebook engineers lead Seattle-based investment firm backing data-focused startups
Back when Ravi Grover and his colleagues at Data Tech Fund were getting off the ground a few years ago, not everyone was excited about their focus on data.
April 15th, 2024 — Source

Investors are growing increasingly weary of AI
After years of easy money, the AI industry is facing a reckoning.
April 15th, 2024 — Source

Hong Kong conditionally approves first bitcoin and ether ETFs
Hong Kong's securities regulator on Monday granted conditional approval to start the city's first spot-bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs), firms involved said, positioning it as a leader in Asia for the use of cryptocurrencies as investment tools.
April 15th, 2024 — Source

Jio Financial, BlackRock to tap India's wealth management market
Jio Financial Services, part of the Indian conglomerate Reliance, is forming a joint venture with U.S. asset manager BlackRock to set up a wealth management and broking business in India, the two firms said Monday.
April 15th, 2024 — Source

Kode Labs makes a bid to become the Salesforce of commercial building automation
Like many immigrants, the New York City skyline was one of the first sights young brothers Edi and Etrit Demaj took in when they arrived in the U.S. more than 20 years ago. The pair, along with their family, had fled violence in their native Kosovo, and they still remember the view as their plane flew overhead.
April 15th, 2024 — Source

Lawhive raises $12M to expand its legal tech AI platform for small firms
U.K.-based legal tech startup Lawhive, which offers an AI-based, in-house "lawyer" through a software-as-a-service platform targeted at small law firms, has raised £9.5 million ($11.9 million) in a seed round to expand the reach of AI-driven services for "main street" law firms.
April 15th, 2024 — Source

Tesla lays off 'more than 10 percent' of its workforce, loses top executives
The global layoffs are expected to impact at least 14,000 employees as Tesla prepares for 'the next phase of growth.'
April 15th, 2024 — Source

Tesla plans to lay off 10% of workforce after dismal quarterly sales, multiple news outlets report
After reporting dismal first-quarter sales, Tesla is planning to lay off about a tenth of its workforce as it tries to cut costs, multiple media outlets reported Monday.
April 15th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — April 12th, 2024

Apple shares look to retake key level
Apple shares look to retake a key level as the stock rose in above-average trading volume for the second straight day on a news report that the company plans a big AI-focused refresh of its Mac and iPhone lineups this year.
April 12th, 2024 — Source

IT biz trials gadget deliveries by drone to sidestep traffic and emissions
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a hard drive!
April 12th, 2024 — Source

News of Apple's AI-focus unleashes $112 billion stock surge
The stock market has punished Apple this year for failing to offer a generative AI (GenAI) solution to help power its future growth. The shares caught a bid Thursday after news broke of AI-focused next-gen Apple Silicon.
April 12th, 2024 — Source

Startups Weekly: So are we all working from home now?
In the corporate tug-of-war over remote work, CEOs like Andy Jassy and Elon Musk are the old-school gym teachers insisting everyone get back on the field, despite the bleachers being perfectly fine. They argue that remote work is akin to slacking off, yet studies and employee sentiments suggest otherwise, highlighting that flexibility might just be the secret sauce to productivity and satisfaction.
April 12th, 2024 — Source

Top 10 funding deals in Q1 for Pacific Northwest startups
Startup fundraising activity didn't budge much in the first quarter of 2024 across the U.S. as the venture capital slowdown continued into the new year.
April 12th, 2024 — Source

Uber and Lyft delay their plans to leave Minneapolis after officials push back driver pay plan
The ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft said they will delay their planned exit from Minneapolis after city officials decided Wednesday to push back the start of a driver pay raise by two months.
April 12th, 2024 — Source

Your anonymous OpenTable reviews will soon display your first name
The company has announced a new review policy, which it will apply to old posts retroactively.
April 12th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — April 11th, 2024

Amazon names business and tech leader Andrew Ng to its board, boosting AI expertise
Amazon"s newest board member is Andrew Ng, a business and technology leader, serial startup founder, investor, and educator who specializes in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and online education.
April 11th, 2024 — Source

Exec pay: New filing shows how much Amazon CEO Andy Jassy made in compensation in 2023
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy"s compensation for 2023 totaled $29.2 million, including his base pay, the value of shares that vested during the year, and security costs, according to a new filing by the company.
April 11th, 2024 — Source

Hedge Funds show interest in Apple as valuation moderates -- JPMorgan
JPMorgan Chase & Co. analysts say that Apple is drawing interest from hedge fund investors as a slump in its shares reduces the stock"s valuation premium amid hopes for AI-linked upgrades to its iPhones and other devices.
April 11th, 2024 — Source

How hybrid work is reinventing management
When it arrived en masse for the COVID pandemic, remote working was hailed as an arrangement that boosted work-life balance and slashed commuter-related misery and pollution. But it would appear its golden days are over.
April 11th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — April 10th, 2024

A $60M venture fund with a twist, and more startup-on-startup acquisitions
Ah, spring has sprung here in the Northeast United States, and it's not only flowers that are blooming. No, startup-on-startup deals are the crop this season!
April 10th, 2024 — Source

Alethea raises $20 million to combat disinformation campaigns
Alethea announced the close of a $20 million Series B funding round led by GV, with participation from Ballistic Ventures, who led Alethea's Series A funding in 2022.
April 10th, 2024 — Source

ByteDance profits jump 60%, beating tech rivals: Bloomberg
The profits of TikTok owner ByteDance jumped around 60 percent in 2023, Bloomberg reported Wednesday citing sources, beating online rivals Tencent and Alibaba.
April 10th, 2024 — Source

Delta eyes record Q2 on still-strong demand
Delta Air Lines reported another round of strong earnings on Wednesday as it forecast a record second quarter based on consistently strong travel appetite.
April 10th, 2024 — Source

Google Wallet now has a website
We're all used to using Google Wallet with our phones. It's a method of replacing our physical wallet and making paying for goods and services much more convenient. However, Google just revealed the new Google Wallet website.
April 10th, 2024 — Source

U.S. inflation accelerated in March for the third straight month likely delaying interest rate cuts
Inflation accelerated in March for the third straight month, with prices already painfully high for millions of Americans and likely delaying any interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
April 10th, 2024 — Source

What is Google Wallet? -- Updated March, 2024
Google Pay... or is it GPay? What about that Android Pay thing? Wait, was it Google Wallet?! Google's money management app has been knighted with multiple names in the past, and it's hard for the user to keep up with them. Not only have the names changed, but the intentions have also changed over time.
April 10th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — April 5th, 2024

Apple lays off more than 600 workers in California in its first major round of post-pandemic cuts
Apple is laying off more than 600 workers in California, marking the company's first big wave of post-pandemic job cuts amid a broader wave of tech industry consolidation.
April 5th, 2024 — Source

From YC to IPO: Winter 2024 Demo Day, Rubrik and Ibotta
What a week, everyone. Two full days of Y Combinator demo day activity kept us busy, but the latest accelerator cohort's launch was far from the only big story in startup land. Today on TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Mary Ann, Becca and Alex gathered to dig into favorites from the hundreds of new YC companies that pitched, and a venture capital fund that wants to become "the investment and innovation arm of the autism community."
April 5th, 2024 — Source

Seattle-area mental health startup focused on serving first responders is raising cash
Mental health challenges can be doubly difficult for first responders such as firefighters and police officers. Their jobs have higher-than-average levels of trauma, stress and danger. There are also deterrents to getting help, including a stigma for first responders seeking mental health care. And some worry they could lose their job if someone assumed they were unfit for duty because they wanted therapy.
April 5th, 2024 — Source

General — Business — April 4th, 2024

A16Z Games to invest $75m for accelerator program
This year's program will run from July 29, 2024 and provide investment, mentorship, and support for early games startups
April 4th, 2024 — Source

Against games industry doldrums, Bitkraft Ventures raises $275M to back studios and platforms
Bitkraft Ventures — a games investor based out of Denver, Colorado, but with European founders — is raising its third fund, coming in at $275 million. The fund will make seed and Series A investments in gaming studios and platforms to support game production. The moves come at a time when games investments have actually declined 72% year on year, according to a recent PitchBook report.
April 4th, 2024 — Source

Aplos Review (2024): Key Features, Pricing Plans, Pros & Cons
Aplos is a web-based accounting software designed specifically for nonprofit organizations and churches. The beginner-friendly solution handles classic features, like double-entry financial tracking and basic analytics. However, it also tackles industry-specific needs, such as IRS Form 990.
April 4th, 2024 — Source

Fintech funding slows to the lowest level since 2017
When it comes to funding, the fintech sector didn't have a very good start to the year.
April 4th, 2024 — Source

Jobs for the Future's new $50M fund looks to invest in underrepresented founders
Two years ago, Jobs for the Future (JFF), a nonprofit dedicated to helping low-wage workers attain upward mobility, established a venture arm, JFFVentures, to back innovative employment tech.
April 4th, 2024 — Source

Seattle office market continues to struggle as vacancy rates rise for ninth consecutive quarter
A new Q1 report from Kidder Mathews shows regional vacancy rates in the Seattle area rising to 15.1%, up from 13.9% at the end of 2023, the ninth consecutive quarterly increase.
April 4th, 2024 — Source

Tech Moves: Ex-Smartsheet CMO lands at Conga; former Panopto CMO joins Valid8
Andrew Bennett, the former chief marketing officer at Smartsheet, is now chief marketing officer at Conga, a Denver-area startup that helps companies manage revenue.
April 4th, 2024 — Source

Waymo and Uber Eats start human-less food deliveries in Phoenix
You'll need to run outside when your robot delivery arrives.
April 4th, 2024 — Source or Source

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
@3
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 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 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

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

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

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.
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

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."
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

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

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

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

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

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 — 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

General — Business — Consulting — N

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 — 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

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

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:
Provides a Service — Source

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

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.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

Business Training Works
Business Training Works is a comprehensive business training provider. Offering onsite management seminars tailored to your organization's needs.
Provides a Service — Source

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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.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

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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.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Education — E

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.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Education — G

Guide to Defaulted Student Loans
a comprehensive guide for student loan borrowers with defaulted student loans.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Education — H

Hoover's Company Information
The Business Network was built to serve the needs of people behind desks.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

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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.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Education — J

Joan Charles International
Unique and effective business training courses developed by internationally renowned business advisor, Joan Charles.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

Mindstudio.net
Offers live and self-study seminars for small businesses and self-employed individuals.
Provides a Service — Source

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

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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.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Employment — A

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

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.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

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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.
Provides a Service — Source

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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.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Employment — G

Getting good job references
An article on getting and keeping good job references.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Employment — H

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

HR Consulting Associates
aids clients with employment law, pay systems, equality and diversity, policies, staff surveys, and outplacement.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Employment — I

In Demand Recruitment and Consulting Inc.
specializes in temporary, contract, and permanent placement options in Edmonton, Calgary, and surrounding areas.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Employment — J

JamminJobs.com
Employers can post their jobs and job seekers can search for free.
Provides a Service — 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.
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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

General — Business — Employment — M

Monster Board, The
Provides an online job-search database. Includes job market trends and resume advice.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Employment — N

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 World Training & Consulting
offering individual career coaching as well as corporate training and consulting.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Employment — O

Occupational Outlook Quarterly
Publication for career guidance professionals, job seekers, and students. Includes employment projections from Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Provides a Service — 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

General — Business — Employment — R

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

General — Business — Employment — T

THC Recruitment
THC is a specialist recruitment company working with clients and candidates across the whole range of Financial Services.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Employment — W

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

Workplace Moxie
Information, ideas, resources and secrets to better your professional and personal skills.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Insurance — A

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

General — Business — Insurance — C

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

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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

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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

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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

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# 1 Abacus
Offshore Company Registration Services Corporation.
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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

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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 — 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

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

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

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 — 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

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.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Law — N

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
Provides a Service — Source

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

General — Business — Law — Q

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.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Law — R

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.
Provides a Service — Source

Solomon, Ward, Seidenwurm & Smith, LLP
Providing expertise in bankruptcy, corporate and business, employment law, and taxation
Provides a Service — Source

Spieth, Bell, McCurdy & Newell
offering services for estate planning, business and taxation, litigation, and employment disputes.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Law — T

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

General — Business — Law — V

Vandeveer Garzia
serving most business, corporate and administrative law needs.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Law — W

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

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.
Provides a Service — Source

Wragge and Co
offering a broad range of commercial, business, corporate, and financial legal services.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Marketing & PR — A

Ad Network Consulting
offers consulting services focusing on banner advertising.
Provides a Service — Source

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

General — Business — Marketing & PR — B

BannerCo-Op.com
2:1 ratio. Banner size: 250 x 72. Optional membership generates $0.10 per click.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Marketing & PR — C

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.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Marketing & PR — E

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.
Provides a Service — Source

Extreme Connection
Free classifieds for extreme sports equipment.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Marketing & PR — G

Guerrilla Marketing
This weekly targets small businesses and entrepreneurs. offers advice, stories and products.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Marketing & PR — H

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.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Marketing & PR — K

Kingdom Classifieds Services
Place your own full page classifieds today.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Marketing & PR — L

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.
Provides a Service — Source

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

General — Business — Marketing & PR — M

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

General — Business — Marketing & PR — P

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
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Marketing & PR — S

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.
Provides a Service — Source

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

General — Business — Marketing & PR — T

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.
Provides Information — Source

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

General — Business — Resources — A

Access used industrial machines and equipment
Used industrial machines, used industrial equipment and surplus machine tools.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Resources — B

Better Business Bureau
are private non-profit organizations supported largely by membership dues paid by business and professional groups in each Bureaus' service area.
Provides Information — 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.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Resources — C

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

General — Business — Resources — E

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

English Consulting and Language Reference Services
answering grammar and language questions, and checking documents for correct usage.
Provides Information — Source

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

General — Business — Resources — F

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

General — Business — Resources — I

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

Internal Revenue Service
The IRS is the U.S. government agency responsible for tax collection and tax law enforcement.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Resources — M

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

General — Business — Resources — S

SBA: International Trade
international export and import information.
Provides Information — Source

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
Provides Information — Source

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.
Provides Information — Source

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.
Provides Information — Source

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.
Provides Information — 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.
Provides Information — 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.
Provides Information — Source

Suresh Timber Co.
Wooden Pallets Manufacturers in vadodara, Suppliers and Exporters in Gujarat India
Provides Products — Source

General — Business — Resources — U

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.
Provides Information — Source

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
The SEC is the agency responsible for administering federal securities laws in the U.S.
Provides Information — Source

US Business Advisor
Over 60 different federal organizations exist to assist or regulate business.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — Numbers

1st Consumer Credit Counseling Alliance
offers debt consolidation and credit counseling services.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — A

ABC Mortgage Consulting
provides mortgage advice online using a chat-style page and offers personalized reports.
Provides a Service — Source

Action Debt Relief, Inc.
offers debt consolidation and counseling.
Provides a Service — Source

Advantage Consulting Group, Inc.
specializes in consulting for the credit card industry.
Provides a Service — Source

Advantage Fund-Raising Consulting
specializes in the education and health fields.
Provides a Service — Source

Affordable Payday and Paycheck Loan Consulting
offering payday loans, training manuals, and consulting for the payday advance industry.
Provides a Service — Source

Allied Debt Consolidation
Offers debt consolidation / bill consolidation and consumer credit counseling services.
Provides a Service — Source

Alpha Investment Advisors, Inc.
Fee-only management of securities and stocks.
Provides a Service — Source

American Asset Managers
Registered money manager located in Rockville, MD.
Provides a Service — Source

American Capital Management,Inc.
Formed in 1980 to provide superior returns for clients by investing in quality small and medium sized growth companies.
Provides a Service — Source

Annuities-Central.com
contains consumer information about annuities and also offers online quotes.
Provides a Service — Source

Associated Credit Managers, Inc.
offers application processing, background checks and analyses, skip traces, collection services, and more.
Provides a Service — Source

Association of Employee Benefit Planners of new Orleans
Promotes the exchange of information among professionals in the field of employee benefits.
Provides a Service — Source

Auto-Finance-Car-Loans.com Online Vehicle Financing
Association of national automobile dealers financing new and used car loans for people with bad credit.
Provides a Service — Source

AWT Group, LLLP
Provides retirement and estate planning publications and resources.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — B

Bad Credit Personal Loans
Informational site containing articles about various lending options for people with bad credt.
Provides a Service — Source

Bassett, Brosius and Dawson, Inc.
Financial and investment consulting firm.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

Benefits Consulting Group, The
administrative services for the creation and maintenance of pension, profit sharing, defined benefit, and 401(k) plans.
Provides a Service — Source

Beyond Wills and Trusts
Guide for families caring for a member with special needs and disabilities.
Provides a Service — Source

Bill Consolodation Loan
Offers free debt advice and debt consolodation services.
Provides a Service — Source

Brian Carruthers and Associates
Retirement planning specialists. Headquartered in Orange County, California.
Provides a Service — Source

BTA Consulting
global financial and capital markets consultants.
Provides a Service — Source

Business & Estate Advisers, Inc.
Firm offers business planning and personal estate planning services.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — C

Cabot Money Management
Providing professional investment portfolio management.
Provides a Service — Source

Caleb Lawrence
Independent full service financial planning and investment.
Provides a Service — Source

Capital Strategies Inc.
Offers financial planning to individuals, corporations and institutions.
Provides a Service — Source

CardWeb.com
provides information for various types of payment cards including credit, debit, ATM, loyalty, and phone cards.
Provides a Service — Source

Charter Investment Services, Inc.
Investment advisor with a focus on retirement planning and estate conservation.
Provides a Service — Source

Chifley Financial Services Ltd
Retirement planning, investment in managed funds and other services.
Provides a Service — Source

Claremont Financial Group
Registered Investment Advisor that assists individual investors and qualified retirement plans with financial planning and asset management services.
Provides a Service — Source

Clinton Group
Registered investment adviser managing investment funds for individual, institutional, and sovereign investors.
Provides a Service — Source

Cofidis Group
on-line consumer credit company offering personal loans.
Provides a Service — Source

Columbus Financial Group
Financial planning and registered investment advisory services.
Provides a Service — Source

Consolidated Credit Counseling Services
offers repair, consolidation, management, and other services.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides Products — Source

Consumer Counseling Centers of America, Inc.
non-profit credit counseling, debt management and counseling organization.
Provides a Service — Source

Consumer Credit and Budget Counseling, Inc.
non-profit counseling agency that serves individuals and families in financial distress.
Provides a Service — Source

Consumer Credit Repair
offers advice, software, and insider tips on repairing personal credit reports.
Provides a Service — Source

Consumer Debt Consolidation
non-profit debt consolidation and credit counseling organization.
Provides a Service — Source

Consumer Information on Reverse Mortgages
from the National Center for Home Equity Conversion.
Provides a Service — Source

Compass Advisors LLC
A fee-only financial planning firm in Atlanta, Georgia.
Provides a Service — Source

Compass Investment Advisors
An independent and objective financial advisory firm serving the needs of individuals and their families.
Provides a Service — Source

Consumer World: Money & Credit
A list of links to personal finance, investing, insurance, credit and banking.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — D

David T Martula, CFP
Hadley, Massachusetts firm offers fee-only financial planning services.
Provides a Service — Source

David Twenhafel, CFP
Rockville, MD firm offers financial planning to people in the process of divorce.
Provides a Service — Source

Debt Cafe Debt Consolidation Services
Provides non profit debt consolidation services nationwide
Provides a Service — Source

Debt Relief Experts
educates and assists individuals who are in debt by offering a consolidated payment program.
Provides a Service — Source

DebtAmerica.com
Organization offering confidential debt counseling and education.
Provides a Service — Source

Donald J. Puff, Financial Advisors
Specialize in TSA/403(b), IRA, 401k, and all your retirement needs.
Provides a Service — Source

Douglas F. Hudson, CFP
Offers Canadians information in the areas of retirement, estate, tax and investment planning.
Provides a Service — Source

Dow Theory Forecasts
Proven Stock Advice!
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — E

EasierHomeLoans
offers advice on home buying, interest rates, credit reports, the loan application process, and more.
Provides a Service — Source

Entrust Administration Inc.
We handle the record keeping and government reporting requirements for truly self-directed IRAs and Qualified Plans.
Provides a Service — Source

Evergreen Credit Reporting, Inc.
provides credit reports to consumers.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — F

Farr, Miller and Washington, LLC
A Washington, D.C. based firm specializing in portfolio management and estate planning.
Provides a Service — Source

Field Stone Financial
Full service financial management firm.
Provides a Service — Source

Fidelity Captial Management.
Provides comprehensive financial planning services, including estate, retirement,and business continuity planning.
Provides a Service — Source

Financial Planners Standards Council
The Canadian regulatory organization awarding the Certified Financial Planner designation.
Provides a Service — Source

Financial Pipeline
An educational site for the amateur investors, Financial Pipeline demystifies bonds, mutual funds, real estate, stocks and other aspects of personal finance.
Provides a Service — Source

Financial Services Advisory, Inc.
An registered investment advisory company in Silver Spring, MD.
Provides a Service — Source

Financially Fit
You're not fit, unless you're Financially Fit.
Provides a Service — Source

Finway Investment Advisors
Investment advisors specilising in structuring private clients wealth world wide.
Provides a Service — Source

First Manhattan Consulting Group Home Page
specializing in the financial services industry.
Provides a Service — Source

Fletcher Asset Management Inc
Registered Investment Advisor.
Provides a Service — Source

Forest Investment
Registered Investment Adviser providing investment management services for institutional investors in timberland.
Provides a Service — Source

Freecreditreportz.com
offers credit reports, a mortgage loan finder, and online credit cards.
Provides a Service — Source

FreeERISA.com
Free and unlimited access to current retirement and pension benefit information.
Provides a Service — Source

Future Funds Pty Ltd
Provides superannuation, retirement and investment advice to clients in Australia from Sydney to Perth.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — G

George H. Coughlin II, CFP
Provides financial and IRA planning services.
Provides a Service — Source

GetSmart
resources and referral services for mortgages, debt consolidation, credit cards, auto and student loans, and business financing.
Provides a Service — Source

Gross Capital Associates
Provides investor and public relations for publicly traded companies.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — H

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.
Provides a Service — Source

Henrietta Humphreys Group
Fee-only CFPs provide financial planning and investment advice to individuals and families.
Provides a Service — Source

Hourglass Capital Management
Financial services to institutional and individual clients.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — I

ICMA Retirement Corporation VantageLink
An independent, non-profit provider of integrated retirement and investment advisory services for government organizations.
Provides a Service — Source

iDebtAssistance.com
offers consolidation, loan, and credit counseling services.
Provides a Service — Source

iDebtHelp.com
Offers to consolidate debt into one low monthly payment.
Provides a Service — Source

Instant Credit Card Approvals.com
offers credit cards, reports, and online bill paying services.
Provides a Service — Source

Ivy Asset Management Corp.
Company information and part of the Bank of NY.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — K

Kiplinger Online
Daily news summaries, personal finance, business forecasts, calculators and retirement advice.
Provides a Service — Source

Klaas Financial Services
Financial advisors and certified financial planners.
Provides a Service — Source

Kooman and Associates, Inc.
Assists investors in a full-range of financial and estate services.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — L

Larry Cogdell, CFP
Provides financial planning, investment products and free tools and information.
Provides a Service — Source

Law Offices of Kim Kerber
A debt consolidation and counseling firm helping clients become debt free.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — M

Martin Capital Advisors
A registered investment advisor managing individual investment portfolios and mutual funds forlong term capital appreciation and income.
Provides a Service — Source

Mathisen Financial, Inc.
Retirement planning, insurance options, mutual funds and tax strategies for the long-term investor.
Provides a Service — Source

Merrill Lynch
Helping manage your money wisely.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

Mitchell Capital
Registered Investment Advisor serving employee benefit plans, foundations, and individual investors with accounts of $400,000 and above.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — N

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.
Provides a Service — Source

Noesis Capital Management Corp.
Financial results consistent with our clients' investment goals, with capital preservation a priority at all times.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — O

OakBrook Investments, LLC
A registered investment advisor specializing in domestic large cap equity investments.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — P

Parish and Company
Investment research and management services.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

Principal.com
Educational and customer service site from Principal Financial Group.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — Q

Quest Investment Management, Inc.
Registered Investment Advisor in Portland Ore.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — R

Reilly Financial Advisors
Financial services firm whose core business is portfolio management.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

Robert Wacker and Associates
Fee-only financial planning firm located in San Luis Obispo, California.
Provides a Service — Source

Runnymede Capital Management
Research intensive investment firm headquartered in Mendham, new Jersey.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — S

Santa Barbara Asset Management
Provides experienced investment counsel and portfolio management.
Provides a Service — Source

Sargent Bickham and Associates
Fee only firm providing services on an independent and objective basis.
Provides a Service — 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.
Provides a Service — Source

Sheffield Investment Management, Inc.
Registered investment counseling firm based in Atlanta, Ga.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

Sycamore Financial Group
Regional firm that specializes in investment management.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Personal Finance — T

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 — 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 — 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

General — Business — SOHO — O

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

General — Business — SOHO — W

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

General — Business — Taxes — A

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

General — Business — Taxes — B

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

General — Business — Taxes — D

Digita
Software for businesses and tax professionals. Free demo versions for PC and Amiga systems.
Provides Products — Source

General — Business — Taxes — E

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

General — Business — Taxes — F

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

General — Business — Taxes — J

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

General — Business — Taxes — N

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

General — Business — Taxes — O

Oklahoma Tax Commission
Tax forms for Oklahoma individuals and businesses.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Taxes — P

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

General — Business — Taxes — Q

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

General — Business — Taxes — R

Reid Tax Company
CFP assists with tax problems, estate planning and trusts.
Provides Information — Source

General — Business — Taxes — S

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

General — Business — Taxes — T

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

General — Business — Taxes — V

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

General — Business — Taxes — W

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

General — Business — Venture Capital — A

Abingworth Management Limited
Venture capital investor on both sides of the Atlantic, specialising in early-stage life science and biomedical companies.
Provides a Service — Source

ABN AMRO Private Equity
business services, communications, information technology and healthcare services companies with new products and services that address large existing markets.
Provides a Service — Source

Advent International
companies at all stages of development, including early-stage, and in virtually any industry
Provides a Service — Source

American Capital Strategies
Evaluates and secures financing for middle market companies.
Provides a Service — Source

American Industrial Partners
With over $1 billion in equity capital under management, American Industrial Partners is actively investing in middle market companies.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Venture Capital — B

Bain Capital
Focus: venture and expansion capital for private companies and growth capital for public companies in a wide range of industries.
Provides a Service — Source

Bertelsmann Ventures
early stage, Internet centric, business-to-consumer and consumer-to-consumer.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Venture Capital — C

CM Equity Partners
Private equity fund focusing on the acquisition of middle-market manufacturing, distribution and service companies.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Venture Capital — D

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

Dynasty Capital Services Consulting
DCS consults with emerging technology companies from startup to IPO and beyond.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Venture Capital — E

Edison Venture Fund
proprietary technologies or unique services in emerging markets, generally prefering expansion stage companies.
Provides a Service — Source

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

General — Business — Venture Capital — F

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.
Provides a Service — 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

General — Business — Venture Capital — G

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

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

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

Institutional Venture Partners
Investment focus:leading early-stage companies with advanced technology in information and life sciences, and selectively in later stage opportunities
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

InterWest Partners
full range of stages in information technology, health care and non-technology ventures
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Venture Capital — J

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

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

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.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Venture Capital — N

National Venture Capital Association
Dedicated to defining, serving and representing the interests of the venture capital and private equity industries.
Provides a Service — Source

New Enterprise Associates
principally early-stage companies in information technology, medical and life sciences.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Venture Capital — P

Pacific Horizon Ventures
technology companies involving healthcare or life science; early-stages in the Northwest, later-stage deals can be anywhere in U.S.
Provides a Service — Source

Pacific Venture Group
broad range of stages involving healthcare services and information systems oriented towards a managed care solution.
Provides a Service — 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

Prospect Street Ventures
information technology ventures in New York City.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Venture Capital — R

RAF Ventures
early-stage service, financial, retail, and manufacturing companies, mostly in the Mid-Atlantic states.
Provides a Service — 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

General — Business — Venture Capital — S

Salix Ventures
early-stage health care services companies.
Provides a Service — Source

Sanderling
seed and early-stage new biomedical market opportunities, including emerging technology.
Provides a Service — 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.
Provides a Service — Source

Sequoia Capital
primarily very early-stage West Coast technology companies; post beta-stage around Boston and Austin; later-stage nationwide.
Provides a Service — Source

Sevin Rosen Funds
early-stage for information sciences and life sciences companies.
Provides a Service — Source

Sierra Ventures
early-stage healthcare, information technology-related companies and service businesses.
Provides a Service — Source

Sorrento Ventures
emerging early-, mid- and later-stage companies in the greater San Diego area involving health care, electronics, high technology, or consumer products.
Provides a Service — Source

South Atlantic Venture Funds
expansions, acquisitions, buyouts and recapitalizations located in Florida, the Southeast and Texas.
Provides a Service — Source

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.
Provides a Service — Source

Summit Partners
Focus: profitable companies which are poised for continued growth in the fields of software, technology, information services, healthcare, and financial services
Provides a Service — Source

Sustainable Jobs Fund
Community development venture capital fund which finances recycling, remanufacturing, environmental and other companies.
Provides a Service — Source

Sutter Hill Ventures
technology-based startups which pioneer products or services in growth markets.
Provides a Service — Source

Svoboda, Collins L.L.C.
Focus: investing in and building value-added service and distribution companies with fundamentally sound operating models.
Provides a Service — Source

Swander Pace Capital
San Francisco-based firm providing value-added investing in consumer products companies.
Provides a Service — Source

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Technology Crossover Ventures
growth capital to expansion stage information technology companies
Provides a Service — Source

Technology Investments
Focus: seed stage information technology ventures located in Northern California.
Provides a Service — Source

Technology Partners
Focus: seed or first stage ventures involving information processing, communications or health care
Provides a Service — Source

Thompson Clive Venture Capital
life science and information technology ventures, early-stage through later-stage, on both sides of the Atlantic.
Provides a Service — Source

TI (Texas Instruments) Ventures, L.P.
early-stage technology companies involving software infrastructure and hardware applications leveraging digital signal processing and related technologies.
Provides a Service — Source

TL Ventures
primarily mid- to later stage information technology and biotechnology companies, but also consider early-stages
Provides a Service — Source

Top Technology
early-stage British technology companies.
Provides a Service — Source

Trident Capital
exclusively in information and business services companies, including content providers, transaction processors, application software and Internet products and services.
Provides a Service — Source

Trinity Ventures
early-stage companies in three industries — computer software, electronic commerce, and communications.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Venture Capital — U

U.S. Venture Partners
principally companies headquartered in the Western United States in three sectors of industry: medical, technology and retail/consumer.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Venture Capital — V

Vanguard Venture Partners
pre-revenue stage in information technology and life sciences sectors.
Provides a Service — Source

VenGlobal Capital
Early-stage ventures particularly in the data communications and electronic design automation industries.
Provides a Service — Source

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
Provides a Service — Source

Vision Capital
trans-Atlantic expansion for proven U.S and European technology companies.
Provides a Service — Source

General — Business — Venture Capital — W

Walden Media and Information Technology Fund
early-stage technology companies involving software, interactive services and related enabling technology
Provides a Service — Source

Warburg Pincus Ventures
Providing investments in information technology, healthcare, media, communications, energy, financial and business services.
Provides a Service — Source

Weiss, Peck & Greer — Venture Partners
early- and expansion-stage information technology and life sciences companies throughout the US
Provides a Service — Source

Woodside Fund
startup and early-stage ventures involving software, telecommunications or networking, with consideration for other industries/markets.
Provides a Service — Source