Congressional Democrats announced Saturday that a bipartisan group of House and Senate negotiators have reached an agreement on a sweeping Russia sanctions package to punish Moscow for meddling in the presidential election and its military aggression in Ukraine and Syria. Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 House Democrat, said lawmakers had settled lingering […]
Read moreHarris Markowitz was overjoyed when he was nominated for Shorty Award’s “Snapchatter of the Year” last year. The award show, which honors the best in social media, pitted the 25-year-old against the likes of DJ Khaled, who would later be crowned. Markowitz’s nomination, however, piqued the interest of some major brands like Zillow and Coca-Cola, […]
Read moreFinding less painful and more efficient ways to draw blood is a holy grail for medical entrepreneurs. Seventh Sense Biosystems, a start-up based in Massachusetts, is among the furthest along in this quest. This year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its TAP device for use in hemoglobin A1C testing. The company claims that […]
Read moreThree times a week, on a quiet block of Stock Island on the Florida Keys, 25,000 of the world’s deadliest creatures are released into the wild. Not to fear. While these are mosquitoes — the creature responsible for more human deaths each year than any other on the planet — they’re all males: It’s only […]
Read moreOn one morning late this spring, dozens of inmates at Solano State Prison in Northern California scurried around the penitentiary’s gym, ready for a life-changing day. They were about to pitch their business ideas to a squad of Silicon Valley’s elite tech leaders and venture capitalists. The prisoners were part of an entrepreneurship program by […]
Read moreSAN FRANCISCO — Last October, AngelList, a company that helps tech start-ups raise money and hire employees, held an office retreat. In the Hollywood Hills, far from Silicon Valley, the firm’s mostly male staff mingled poolside with bikini-clad women who had been invited to the event. Before the afternoon was over, Babak Nivi, a founder […]
Read moreAmazon is testing its own meal kit on a limited basis in Seattle, and we got our hands on one. So we decided to unbox, cook and eat it alongside a similar kit from Blue Apron, which is available in 48 states. We tried catfish tacos from Amazon and catfish fillets from Blue Apron. Disclaimer: […]
Read moreWhen Jim Cramer first started out in trading, he didn’t like rules. He believed that either they couldn’t really help, or they would cut his upside and prevent him from making more money. After getting burned too many times, he learned the value of discipline. “The rules protect you against your own bad judgment about […]
Read moreSAN FRANCISCO — Female start-up founders who have come forward with stories of unwanted physical contact and repeated propositions for sex by venture capitalists have received a wave of support from Silicon Valley. But not from everyone. There’s talk of witch hunts and fake news as the resignations of Justin Caldbeck and Dave McClure have […]
Read moreAhead of Google parent company Alphabet‘s quarterly earnings report next week, one trader says he’s watching for the company’s report as a bellwether for technology stocks. “So much of their revenue is based on advertising, and that is so important for the tech industry. So we know that, if ad dollars are flowing to Google, […]
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