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Diversity In U.K. Venture Capital Firms Remains Shockingly Low

U.K. venture capital firms aren't doing enough to diversify their workforces, according to a study sponsored by Silicon Valley Bank that was published on Thursday.


Cigna Invests In GNS Healthcare Precision Medicine Venture

Cigna joined the parade of health insurance companies and biotech giants backing GNS Healthcare, a technology firm applying machine learning to healthcare through precision medicine.

Lance Armstrong's Next Ventures Raises $24.5 Million Of Expected $75 Million Fundraise

If it seems like a week doesn't go by without news of yet another athlete investing in a new company or starting/participating in a new venture capital fund, it is because that is becoming more and more of a reality.

ADP vs. Paychex: Comparing Key Metrics For The Two Largest Payroll Processing Companies

ADP and Paychex are the two largest payroll processing and human resource management companies. With unemployment levels in the U.S. staying around an all-time low for several months now, the larger workforce in the country has boosted the prospects for human resource-related outfits.


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Symantec Corp. signage is displayed outside of the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
Faced with an evolving global energy mix, practically every major player in the oil and gas business is seeking avenues to gain a competitive advantage as well as meet the obligation of a lower carbon footprint.
A new research agenda for malaria elimination and eradication is laid out in a collection of review articles, led by Regina Rabinovich and colleagues of the Malaria Eradication Scientific Alliance (MESA), in this week's PLOS Medicine
Venture capital firm Vice Ventures has launched a $25 million fund that will focus on early-stage startups from non-traditional verticals including, cannabis, alcohol, CBD, e-sports, addiction recovery, sex tech, and others. The fund does not invest in products that are intended to hurt people, though, Founding Partner Catharine Dockery told Bloomberg TV, bringing up the example of guns.
Kristo Käärmann is the co-founder and CEO of TransferWise. A fintech startup that has gone from bootstrapping to saving users over $1 billion a year when transferring money.
Many of the stocks Wayne Himelsein has recommended before June's strong upturn are no longer bargains. However, Wayne says Starbucks, which is up over 20% since he recommended it on March 10, is still a buy.
The number of women-owned businesses has been exploding, but not in one part of the economy where you'd expect it to be: digital-only businesses. The number of women-owned businesses grew 58% between 2007-2018, according to the American Express 2018 State of Women-Owned Business, compared with 12% for all businesses.
Investing in currencies may sound like a lucrative, exotic venture – and it can be – but it takes knowledge, skill, and experience to succeed. At one time, the forex market was largely dominated by institutional investors and banks, but now, there are online brokerages and margin trading accounts that have made this form of investing accessible to everyone.
Venice, California - Miss Grass is a modern, elevated online magazine with captivating content and an e-commerce destination for modern cannabis consumers. Co-founded by Kate Miller and Dosist alumna Anna Duckworth, the cannabis cultural tour-de-force - dubbed the "Goop of cannabis" by W Magazine- just closed a $4 million funding round.
Bitcoin prices fell to less than $10,000 today, down close to 30% from their recent high of nearly $14,000 reached on Wednesday, June 26th. The digital currency dropped to $9,986.26 at roughly 11:40 a.m. EDT, CoinDesk data shows.
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