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Your first trade for Friday, March 6
The “Fast Money” traders share their first moves for the market open. Steve Grasso was a…
SaaS companies flirt with correction territory as another wild week comes to a close
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the…
Kleiner’s new fund, Atrium is kaput and the latest data on seed rounds
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the…
Coronavirus outbreak could spark more interest rate cuts, economist Benn Steil says
Council on Foreign Relations economist Benn Steil says the Federal Reserve’s half percentage point cut in…
Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: Costco, Gap, Starbucks, H&R Block & more
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Costco (COST) – Costco…
‘Uncharted territory’: Robinhood’s competitors aren’t celebrating its massive outage
Robinhood co-founder and co-CEO Vlad Tenev speaks onstage during the TechCrunch Disrupt New York event on…
China still faces hurdles in making sure its factories can send goods to warehouses
Workers work at a vehicle chair manufacture factory in Lintong District of Xi’an, northwest China’s Shaanxi…
Greece’s Convert Group raises €1.2M to bring e-commerce visibility to FMCG
Convert Group, a startup based in Athens that offers a SaaS to help FMCG (fast-moving consumer…
Mark Cuban backs ChatableApps, developer of a hearing assist app that removes background noise
ChatableApps, a U.K. startup commercialising the work of auditory neural signal processing researcher Dr. Andy Simpson,…
Spindrift, maker of fizzy drinks, has raised $29.8 million
Spindrift, maker of fizzy soda and sparkling water, has raised $29.8 million in a funding round,…
Mobile banking app Empower Finance just closed a $20 million Series A round
Another afternoon, another round of funding for a mobile banking app. This time, it’s Empower Finance,…
Pex buys Dubset to build YouTube ContentID for TikTok & more
Social networks are in for a rude copyright awakening. A new European Union law called Article…
JPMorgan is moving hundreds of traders to backup offices as Wall Street braces for coronavirus
People pass a sign for JPMorgan Chase at it’s headquarters in Manhattan, New York City. Spencer…
Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: American Outdoor Brands, H&R Block, Okta and more
A visitor holding a revolver by US manufacturer Smith & Wesson (S&W) at the IWA OutdoorClassics trade…
Nvidia acquires data storage and management platform SwiftStack
Nvidia today announced that it has acquired SwiftStack, a software-centric data storage and management platform that…
Robinhood client files lawsuit for negligence over two-day trading outages
Stock-trading start-up Robinhood is facing legal fallout from its recent outage. A Robinhood client based in…
Here’s what happened to the stock market on Thursday
Traders work on the floor of the New york Stock Exchange on February 28, 2020. Scott…
Kinnos, which makes colorized disinfectant to ensure surfaces are covered, just landed $6 million in funding
Kinnos, a New York-based startup, was founded six years ago, but what the five-person company produces…
$9 billion money manager bets on dramatic comeback, takes cash off the sidelines
Money manager Bill Stone is betting on a sustainable market comeback. He’s putting new cash into…