The Walt Disney Company announced that they will acquire the majority of assets from rival 21st Century Fox, making this one of the largest media mergers in history. Disney will pay $52.4 billion for Fox. Disney will acquire [..]
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Working your own hours and being your own boss are no longer the best perks of driving for Lyft. The ride-share company has just announced a partnership with Guild Education that will give drivers tuition discounts and [..]
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Thrive Global, a behavior change media and technology company founded by Arianna Huffington, has raised an additional $30 million in its second round of funding. The New York-based start-up is currently valued at $120. The [..]
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In its fifth acquisition in nearly six months, shared workspace startup WeWork has just announced that it will purchase Meetup for an undisclosed amount.
Launched in 2010, WeWork provides over 10 million square feet of [..]
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In a surprise announcement, Meg Whitman will be stepping down from her position as CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. The CEO position at HPE will be handed over to its president, Antonio Neri, beginning on February 1. [..]
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Something important might be missing from your next Uber ride: your driver. Uber has just announced that it will purchase 24,000 SUVs from Volvo and outfit them with self-driving systems beginning in 2019. The fleet of Volvo [..]
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A week after being criticized for verifying the account of white nationalist Jason Kessler, Twitter has revoked the blue checkmark from his account. They have also removed the verification from other far-right white [..]
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When you think of startups, you likely think of the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley as its hub. This area has been the hotbed of startup activity since the 1970s and 1980s, as the region developed into what would [..]
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