Travis Kalanick Resigns as Uber’s CEO
Last week, we reported that Travis Kalanick, the co-founder of Uber, announced he was taking a leave of absance from his role with the company. Today it has been reported that he has resigned from the post of Chief [..]
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Amazon to buy Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion
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For some time now, Amazon has long been trying to expand its online grocery business. The online retailer made a big move in that direction today by announcing it will buy Austin-based Whole Foods Market for $13.7 [..]
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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Will Take Leave of Absence; Another Top Executive Departs
Uber execs have been doping like flies ever since February of this year. President and Chief Marketing Officer Jeff Jones, Chief Financial Officer , Guatam Gupta and Senior Vice President of Engineering, Amit Singhalall have [..]
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Elon Musk Leaves Trump’s Advisory Councils After US Withdraws From Paris Agreement
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Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk said Wednesday he would step down from his official advisory roles with the Tump administration if the President followed through with his plan to leave the Paris Climate Accord. [..]
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IBM Tells Remote Employees to Return to Office Work or Find Another Job
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IBM, a technology giant, has been the leader in terms of allowing its employees to work from their homes and it has even bragged about the increased productivity and savings that have followed. Over 40% of its almost 400,000 [..]
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Twitter Co-founder Biz Stone Returns to Twitter
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Twitter is back in Bizness (see what I did there). Biz Stone, world-renowned Twitter co-founder, has just made a heavy comeback to Twitter. However, this time he has one main agenda on top of his to-do list – to guide [..]
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Chris Sacca Announces That He Is Retiring From Investing
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Yesterday, Chris Sacca announced that he was retiring from startup investing. Sacca, who is the founder of Lowercase Capital, has invested in companies like Instagram, Twitter, Uber, Kickstarter and Twilio. He is also well [..]
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Uber Gets Sued Over Alleged Program to Track Lyft Drivers
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Uber, the transportation network company, finds itself a hot spot after being sued for 5 million dollars by former Lyft driver, Michael Gonzales, for gross invasion of privacy. Uber allegedly used fake passenger and driver [..]
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Pet Supply Company Chewy Sold to PetSmart for $3.35 Billion
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PetSmart has made just made a big move towards dominating the pet supply space by acquiring Miami based Chewy.com.
Chewy, an online pet supply company, became operational in 2011 and has been in business for [..]
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Lyft Lands $600 Million in New Funding at a $7.5 Billion Valuation
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Last Tuesday, Lyft announced on their official blog that they have raised more than $600 million from new funding. It has achieved an impressive post money valuation of $7.5 billion. There have been recent reports which have [..]
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