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Another Hong Kong Tycoon Looks to Raise Money Via a U.S.-Listed SPAC

Mar 1, 2021 · 1:41am PST
Adrian Cheng, CEO of real estate-to-infrastructure conglomerate New World Development Co., is in early talks to launch a blank check company to raise as much as $400 million.
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China Insurer CEO Says Beijing’s Fintech Crackdown Not Surprising

Mar 1, 2021 · 1:30am PST
Everyone in China's internet finance sector, including Ant Group, knew tighter rules were coming, a Ping An Insurance executive says.
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China’s R&D Spending Reached Record in 2020

Mar 1, 2021 · 12:32am PST
The record spending comes as China moves to become more self-sufficient in areas such as chip development amid a trade war with the U.S.
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Roblox Pitches the Metaverse Ahead of Public Listing

Feb 26, 2021 · 4:11pm PST
“Our vision is that billions of people from around the world will come to Roblox to do stuff together,” CEO David Baszucki said.
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Disney Reportedly Reaches Agreement for NFL Renewal

Feb 26, 2021 · 12:43pm PST
The new deal would be 30% more expensive than the last deal Disney signed with the league.
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Ex-Amazon Studios Executive Claims He Was Fired for Upgrading Airline Ticket

Feb 26, 2021 · 12:01pm PST
Amazon's frugal policy around travel runs in the face of an industry practice of giving executives nice perks.
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Facebook Ends Australia News Blackout After Striking Deal With Local News Publishers

Feb 26, 2021 · 2:25am PST
Facebook lifted the week-old news ban a week after Australia made changes to a law that allowed the social network more time to negotiate with news outlets for content deals.
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ByteDance OKs $92 Million Settlement of Lawsuit Claiming It Violated Teen Users’ Privacy

Feb 26, 2021 · 2:05am PST
A judge has yet to sign off on the agreement, which would close the class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of minors as young as 8 years old.
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Former Kuaishou Executive Arrested for Alleged Corruption

Feb 25, 2021 · 8:10pm PST
The news comes after the Chinese video app's hugely successful Hong Kong IPO earlier this month.
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Startup Otter.ai Raises $50 Million, Hires Chief Marketing Officer

Feb 25, 2021 · 4:53pm PST
With work meetings now happening online, Otter.ai has emerged as a popular way for people to document important details.
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VC Firm Bessemer Hires Amazon Veteran Jeff Blackburn

Feb 25, 2021 · 3:17pm PST
Blackburn first joined Amazon in 1998.
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Salesforce Revenue Grows 20%, Benioff Says Online Sales Paying Off

Feb 25, 2021 · 3:00pm PST
Revenue growth this quarter was the same as last quarter, illustrating why the subscription sales model has become popular with investors.
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DoorDash Reports Strong Growth But Cash Burn in Q4

Feb 25, 2021 · 2:13pm PST
The results showed that DoorDash's marketing costs continued to tick up, raising questions about how the company will fare once the pandemic ends.
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U.S. Travel Helps Airbnb Beats Expectations in First Quarterly Earnings

Feb 25, 2021 · 2:01pm PST
The company's full-year results demonstrate how the year didn't turn as dire for its business as Airbnb feared during the early days of the pandemic.
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AT&T Confirms Sale of 30% of DirecTV to TPG

Feb 25, 2021 · 1:19pm PST
The deal is the first step toward AT&T disentangling itself from the disastrous DirecTV purchase, made in 2015.
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House Lawmakers Renew Antitrust Pressure on Big Tech

Feb 25, 2021 · 12:20pm PST
Bipartisan agreement could overcome Congressional gridlock.
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Stripe Hires Former Google PR Exec as Comms Chief

Feb 25, 2021 · 9:42am PST
Peter Barron started his career on British news channels ITV and BBC.
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Cisco Taps Former AWS Exec to Lead Webex Sales

Feb 25, 2021 · 7:33am PST
Cisco's collaboration leadership has been in flux for the past couple of years, but a recent sales hire could bring stability.
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Twitter Aims to Double Revenue by 2023

Feb 25, 2021 · 6:57am PST · 1 comment
“We agree we haven’t been innovative,” CEO Jack Dorsey said, adding that the company has been “working ourselves out of a significant deficit for years."
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Coinbase Files to Go Public

Feb 25, 2021 · 5:54am PST
Coinbase's filing revealed its revenue more than doubled to nearly $1.3 billion last year, and the company made a significant profit.