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Startups are Personal: Be Careful with Cheap and Cheerful
Forbes - 21 Feb 2016 14:00
In the fourth part of our lessons learned series (which is co-authored by Traklight’s Mike Willee), we tackle a topic near and dear to my heart: cost-cutting measures. Sometimes, they’re necessary, but other times, t...
FBI gathers clues in massive Goldman Sachs money scandal
New York Post - 21 Feb 2016 02:00
Fallout from Goldman Sachs' involvement with the controversial Malaysian state fund continued last week. US law enforcement officials are gathering sensitive documents -- and identifying potential witnesses -- in the mas...
The week ahead in business and finance
Telegraph - 21 Feb 2016 21:51
Economic and corporate news expected from Monday, February 22 to Friday, February 26
Facebook Signals It's All-In On VR
Fast Company - 21 Feb 2016 23:54
Facebook has created a Social VR team to help figure out how best to help people use the technology to connect with each other. Facebook wants the world to know that it's all in on virtual reality. Read Full Story
Watch the world's largest cruise ship being built
Business Insider - 21 Feb 2016 21:15
When The Harmony of the Seas is finished, it will be the world's largest cruise ship, and able to carry 5,497 passengers. It'll also have robotic bartenders, 10-story water slides, and virtual balconies for those rooms n...
Can Xerox avoid a bankruptcy like Kodak's?
USA Today - 21 Feb 2016 03:31
Patents may hold the key to the new company's future.
He's blazing a Web trail for hikers
L.A. Times - 21 Feb 2016 13:00VIDEO: Call to relax Sunday trading laws
BBC - 21 Feb 2016 10:52
Rules on Sunday opening hours for shops in England and Wales are out of date and should be relaxed, according to a group of 200 MPs and council leaders.
Japan's Sharp to vote on rival takeover bids on Thursday
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 07:03
(Reuters) – Sharp plans to choose between rival rescue offers as soon as Thursday, as a favored bid from Taiwan’s Foxconn continues to be challenged by a Japanese state-backed investment fund, people with direct know...
This Cable News Panel Just Dismissed Bernie Sanders' Wall Street Tax Plan
The Huffington Post - 21 Feb 2016 03:20
A panel of reporters led by MSNBC's Chris Matthews agreed Saturday that Sen. Bernie Sanders' plan to use a tax on financial transactions to pay for tuition at public colleges is cheap, pie-in-the-sky pandering with littl...
Dear John: Fed's negative interest idea has zero upside
New York Post - 21 Feb 2016 03:17
Dear John: Let me understand this: The Federal Reserve cannot improve the economy or the markets and wants to charge the banks negative interest on bonds. I read a quote somewhere recently stating that this is working in...
Uncertainties Infect Stocks - Time For Preemptive Action
Forbes - 21 Feb 2016 02:50
Uncertainties are not risks - they are worse. Without precedent, they are the stuff from which sell-offs and fears can come. Cash is a good antidote.
The Week's Best Reads: Unlikely Entrepreneurs In Cuba And Why Foodies Flock To A New Funding Site
Forbes - 21 Feb 2016 18:00
Meet the unlikely entrepreneurs behind Cuba's first U.S. factory since the revolution.
This is why your wedding is ridiculously expensive
New York Post - 21 Feb 2016 02:30
If you're planning on tying the knot, it's best to do it out of town. Weddings have never been so expensive as they are in the metro area, with the average wedding cost now rising 20 percent compared with last year. New ...
Suspect in Kalamazoo shooting spree drove for Uber
Market Watch - 21 Feb 2016 23:58
Uber confirmed Sunday that the suspect in a series of Saturday-night shootings that left at least six people dead in and around Kalamazoo, Michigan, drove for the ride-hailing service.
Nokia says it's 5G ready, launches a $350M IoT fund, and acquires network security firm Nakina
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 23:40
It’s changed days for Nokia as the former mobile phone giant used Mobile World Congress (MWC) to announce not a sexy new range of smartphones, but a trio of tidbits centering on 5G, the Internet of Things (IoT), and se...
Why Fintech Firms Aren't So Different From Banks
Wall Street Journal - 21 Feb 2016 23:38
The recent stock-market selloff shows that online lenders can suffer just like big banks.
Seven Ways To Inspire Your Team To Collaborate
Forbes - 21 Feb 2016 23:18
The first step to inspiring collaboration is realize there are two basic human instincts that are automatically triggered under different circumstances: hoarding and sharing.
A quick-start intro to Canvas, Facebook's new ad unit
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 23:00
GUEST: Facebook's recent quarterly earnings showed just how important mobile has become to the company, with mobile advertising making up a significant chunk of the company’s 52 percent jump in revenue. Facebook is cle...
Galaxy S7 and S7 edge: What Samsung changed
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 22:06
At its Galaxy Unpacked event in Barcelona today, Samsung announced the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge, successors to the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, respectively. After weeks of leaks, Samsung’s seventh-generation ...
When the downturn starts killing off your company's SaaS providers
Venture Beat - 21 Feb 2016 22:00
GUEST: Over the last 10 years, we’ve seen a major shift as enterprises embrace cloud-based SaaS. It’s now customary for large enterprises to rely daily on dozens of outside services to function. While some of these s...
Interest servicing ability deteriorates further for firms
livemint.com - 21 Feb 2016 21:37
Credit Suisse report shows share of debt having interest coverage ratio (ICR) less than 1 increasing to 41% in the December quarter