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Upstairs in the double-height drawing room, in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, a viola player is poised behind her music stand. Her accompanist is at the Steinway piano. After a few words from host Vivien Mclean to her assembled friends, Virginia Slater and Adam Johnson launch into Fauré’s Élégie; Slater plays a furious run up […]
Getty From boycotts to hacks to lawsuits, 2017 has been a rough year for Uber. But early backer and former board member Bill Gurley still think there’s a case for it. Gurley argues that the bull case hasn’t changed. Bill Gurley, a general partner at Benchmark Capital and early investor in Uber, still has faith in […]
Three years after an astronomically successful crowdfunding campaign raised over $ 3.6 million, Jibo the robot is finally ready. The social bot is available to buy on its site for $ 900; Those who backed its Indiegogo have already started receiving their robots, while more recent preorders will start shipping on November 7th. Huge smiles. […]
Getty/Andrew Burton Investors are going crazy for financial tech companies, and on Tuesday Bill.com became the latest company to benefit from the feeding frenzy. The Palo Alto, Calif. startup announced $ 100 million in new funding, in a round led by JPMorgan Chase — the largest bank in the US — and Temasek, a private holding […]
Shutterstock/pp1 Blue Apron has been decimated since going public in June, losing 35% of its value thanks to a direct assault from Amazon and troubling customer-retention issues. The company, which was courting an IPO price of as much as $ 17 a share for a valuation of $ 3 billion in early June, has lost more than half of […]
Reuters/Cheryl Gerber BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Sometimes it seems like the impassioned people who want to preserve Confederate monuments across the South are reading a different history book than the rest of the nation. In fact, they are. A decades-old booklet called the “Confederate Catechism” lays out core beliefs of Southern heritage groups including the […]
Friday Labs has finally begun shipping the smart locks it promised its Indiegogo backers way back in 2015. Long waiting periods like this are definitely one of the most important things to take into consideration when backing crowdfunding projects. But, hey, at least this one didn’t fold without shipping even a single product. In fact, […]
In a collection of U.S. counties carried by President Donald Trump, where much of the economy is mired in the doldrums, those who voted for him now expect action on jobs, taxes as well as immigration. WSJ.com: What’s News US
Some loyal Bernie Sanders voters have organized multiple events and rallies in support of the failed Democratic presidential nominee in Philadelphia to coincide with the party’s convention. “Bernie or Bust” adherents say there is no way they will vote for Hillary Clinton. CBC | World News
