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PayPal’s China Licensing Win May Not Be Much More Than a Historic First

James Peter Rubin — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 20:08:14 +0000

Key Takeaway: Paypal has been eager to establish a bigger presence in China, but its latest deal may not help the company all that much. It was a big first for PayPal — China permitted it to offer online payment services last month, the first foreign company to get that right in the world’s most […]

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ThoughtSpot, Aiming for More Fact-Driven World, Raises Funds and Boosts Headcount

Keshav Pandya — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 17:54:10 +0000

Seven years ago, a Googler and a software platform founder started a company called ThoughtSpot, aiming to disrupt the way companies use data. Since then, it’s grown to about 500 people, increasing by 60% since last year. ThoughtSpot provides a software platform that helps users visualize business analytics data easily and speedily, like a search […]

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Tesla Sued by Walmart Over Solar Panel Fires in Latest Blow to Turnaround Effort

Juliette Fairley — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:03:25 +0000

Tesla was sued by Walmart over roof fires the retailer claims were started by Tesla solar panels, days after Elon Musk announced efforts to revive the struggling home solar business. Walmart, according to a breach of contract complaint filed in New York, asked Tesla to remove its solar panels from more than 240 stores where […]

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Walmart’s Cryptocurrency Plan Aimed at Low-Income Customers

Keshav Pandya — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:10:20 +0000

Walmart filed a patent for a cryptocurrency, saying a Blockchain-based currency would help the retail giant’s low-income customers who don’t have access to credit cards. “Low-income households” may find regular banking expensive and see the currency as an “alternate way to handle wealth at an institution that can supply the majority of their day-to-day financial […]

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Frank Barbieri: “Ad buyers in general are dying to buy something other than Google and Facebook.”

Michael Moran — Mon, 06 May 2019 18:19:52 +0000

Perspectives: Opinions from our network of advisors, investors, operators and analysts on the risks and opportunities they see. When Sizmek filed Chapter 11 in late March, concerns expressed privately for years by many investors in the ad tech space broke into the open: Sizmek was a Frankenstein’s monster, a dead man walking. Sizmek’s stroll through […]

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