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House vote on $3.5 trillion budget raises prospect of higher taxes on the rich
Phil Roeder The prospect of higher taxes for wealthy Americans edged closer on Tuesday as House…
Ray Dalio is wrong about China’s tech crackdown, economist says
China expert George Magnus disagrees with Bridgewater Associates’ Ray Dalio on Beijing’s tech crackdown. In a…
Hedge funds could be staging a comeback as short bets post best month since 2010
A trader works on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), August 5,…
S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are flat a day after closing at records
U.S. stocks were flat on Wednesday as investors took a pause a day after the Nasdaq…
With investors like Lightspeed and The Chainsmokers, Mexican neobroker Flink raises $57M to boost financial inclusion in LatAm
Flink, a Mexico City-based neobroker, has raised $57 million in a Series B round of funding…
Bright raises $15M for its live video platform that lets you Zoom with top creators
Bright, a live video platform that lets fans Zoom with their favorite creators and celebs, has…
Cannabis e-commerce startup Jane Technologies raises $100M after stellar growth
Don’t call Jane Technologies the Amazon of weed. Instead, think of Jane Technologies as the Shopify…
Nuveen has an unusual multi-billion dollar inflation hedge. CEO Jose Minaya explains
(Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) There are traditional ways to hedge against inflation…
D2C specs purveyor Warby Parker files to go public
Did you miss IPOs? I sure did. They could be coming back after a summer lull.…
The U.S. is reviewing its trade policy with China, says USTR Katherine Tai
Katherine Tai, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be U.S. Trade Representative, speaks after Biden announced…
S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are flat a day after closing at records
U.S. stocks were flat on Wednesday as investors took a pause a day after the Nasdaq…
More 401(k) plans are adding Roth accounts — but investors aren’t following
Carlina Teteris | Moment | Getty Images Roth accounts are available in more 401(k) plans than…
Aileen Lee and Guild Education’s Rachel Carlson will share how to get to yes on Extra Crunch Live
Aileen Lee is one of the most prestigious and successful venture capitalists of the past decade.…
OnlyFans’ policy change is a tale as old as the internet
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Level AI lands $13M Series A to build conversational intelligence for customer service
Level AI, an early stage startup from a former member of the Alexa product team, wants…
Goldman Sachs to require all people entering its offices to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19
American flags in front of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. headquarters in New York, on Friday, March…
Ray Dalio is wrong about China’s tech crackdown, economist says
China expert George Magnus disagrees with Bridgewater Associates’ Ray Dalio on Beijing’s tech crackdown. In a…
Cribl raises $200M to help enterprises do more with their data
At a time when remote work, cybersecurity attacks and increased privacy and compliance requirements threaten a…
Bodo.ai secures $14M, aims to make Python better at handling large-scale data
Bodo.ai, a parallel compute platform for data workloads, is developing a compiler to make Python portable…