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Antiques Roadshow fans are worldwide and PBS viewers saw appraiser Peter Plane take a closer look at a Rolex watch a few years ago. But it was no ordinary item as he unveiled how the backstory gave it a staggering price tag. The gentleman who brought it to the show said: “I brought you my […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty LinkedIn announced its intent to buy the employee survey software company Glint in a deal said to be valued at more than $ 400 million. Glint specializes in employee surveys measuring satisfaction with management, compensation, and other internal issues. The company last raised $ 20 million in November 2017, at a $ 220 million valuation. […]
Kate Middleton’s wedding to Prince William, 35, in 2011 was a fairytale affair with the Duchess of Cambridge wearing an Alexander McQueen gown reportedly worth £250,000. Kate Middleton’s engagement ring is a stunning sapphire, ringed with diamonds, which is a family heirloom. The ring was originally bought for Lady Diana Spencer in 1981, and cost […]
Meghan Markle’s engagement ring from Prince Harry is a stunning piece with three diamonds and a gold band – which the Prince revealed is Meghan’s favourite metal. The huge central stone is a new purchase, while the two diamonds either side belonged to Princess Diana, and are from her private jewellery collection. It was rumoured […]
Thomson Reuters (Reuters) – Software startup Slack Technologies Inc said it raised $ 250 million from SoftBank Group Corp and other investors in its latest funding round, boosting the company’s valuation to $ 5.1 billion. The latest fund-raising, led by SoftBank through its giant Vision Fund and joined by Accel and other investors, lifted Slack’s […]
Enlarge / Maye Musk and Elon Musk attend the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills. (credit: Taylor Hill/Getty Images) After two serious accidents in 2015 and 2016, SpaceX has been on a tear in 2017 with 10 successful launches, including the historic re-flight of two used boosters and a used Dragon spacecraft. These […]
Yik Yak, an anonymous messaging app for college students, announced today that it would finally be shutting down. The app first launched back in 2014 as a way to discretely communicate with others nearby, and it took off quickly for its gossip-centric role in American universities. Along the way, the team scooped up $ 73.5 […]
