Jeff Bezos Becomes the Richest Person in the World. And Then the 2nd Richest. All in One Day
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Jeff Bezos briefly surpassed Bill Gates as the richest man in the world on Thursday. Amazon shares rose by 2.5%, which means that Bezos, with 17% shares in the company, saw his wealth grow by $1.4 billion. This news [..]
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Shopify Adds eBay as a Sales Channel for Merchants
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The Ottawa-based e-commerce platform Shopify currently has a number of sales outlets for their merchants including Amazon, Facebook (and Facebook Messenger), Pinterest and Buzzfeed. Now, Shopify has added [..]
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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Approached By Uber to Replace Travis Kalanick
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The New York Post is reporting details that famed Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg is being approached by the Uber Board of Directors to be the next CEO of the company. Huffington Post founder, and Uber board member, [..]
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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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