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6 ways to dramatically lower your home insurance costs
About two-thirds of American homes are underinsured, by an average of more than 20%. Knowing what type of coverage you need is critical. To cut costs,…
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Why Foot Locker is backing Rockets of Awesome, a start-up disrupting the kids clothing market
Rockets of Awesome, an online kids clothing store, has wooed celebrity backers and capital from Foot Locker. It is the latest e-commerce company to opt for…
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Here’s how you can quickly raise your credit score and land a small business loan
Despite lenders' seeming willingness to grant loan requests, many small business owners are declined, especially those with less-than-stellar credit histories. Here are six expert tips that…
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The Los Angeles Fire Department wants more drones
As it looks to modernize its operations, the Los Angeles Fire Department is turning to a number of new technologies including expanding its fleet of drones…
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Max-Q: This week in space
Space is becoming a major area of startup and commercial investment, and so I’ve decided to start providing a weekly round-up of the biggest news in…
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Week in Review: The web’s free speech conundrum
Hey everyone. Thank you for welcoming me into you inbox yet again. Last week, I talked about the eternal dumbness of the smart home and how…
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16 Creative Ways to Get Press Coverage for Your Small Business
Richard Branson once said: “A good PR story is infinitely more effective than a front page ad.” In other words, free press coverage is priceless, but…
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4 Video Platforms Attempting to Challenge YouTube’s Dominance
For independent creators unhappy with YouTube’s algorithms, here’s a quartet of video platform alternatives. …
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Founders of Kabbage Launch Drum, Your Own Influencer Sales Team
This new tool from Kabbage helps you build an influencer network for your small business. …
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Pentagon Chief Makes Unannounced Visit to Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper arrived as the U.S. considers reviving peace talks with the Taliban. …
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Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas as Protesters Defy Ban
The Sunday demonstration, which followed 20 weeks of antigovernment protests, is a test of the movement’s strength amid increasing violence …
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Pelosi Visits Jordan to Discuss Syria Crisis Amid Shaky Cease-Fire
Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a bipartisan delegation to meet the Jordanian king as an American-brokered truce with Turkey in northern Syria continued to stutter. …
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In Switzerland, Hints That the Far Right Has Run Out of Steam
In parliamentary elections on Sunday, voters appear poised to deliver a rebuke to one of the first nationalist parties to gain political traction, the Swiss People’s…
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In a Deeply Split Israel City, Both Sides Urge Unity
Rosh Haayin almost perfectly reflects the political divide paralyzing Israel, with the religious right on one side and the secular left on the other. But its…
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Boris Johnson Forced to Seek Brexit Extension After Rebuke from Lawmakers
Even as the British prime minister asked the E.U. to delay the deadline for departure, he warned this would be bad for both sides. …
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Want More Email Opens on Your Next Campaign? Try These 5 Tips
This may come as a surprise, but cold emailing is one of the best ways to reach new customers. Here are 5 useful cold email marketing tips to…
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3 Win Nobel Economics Prize For 2019
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer won the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday.
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SoftBank reportedly preps a package to take control of WeWork parent company
SoftBank Group, the multi-billion dollar Japanese technology conglomerate and investment firm, has put together a bid that would save WeWork parent company We Co., just weeks…
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GM Losses Due To Strike Top An Estimated $1 Billion
The biggest auto industry work stoppage in decades is wrapping up its fourth week with no deal on the horizon.
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CEO Calls Out Billionaire Ken Fisher’s Remarks About Jeffrey Epstein, Genitalia
In response to uproar over his “horrifying” comments at a CEO summit, the Fisher Investments chairman said critics “clearly misconstrued my meaning.”
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Autoworkers’ Labor Negotiations Take ‘Turn For The Worse’
The United Auto Workers rejected General Motor’s latest offer for a new four-year labor contract, according to a union official.
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US small businesses fight an uphill battle against counterfeiters in China: ‘It’s like whack-a-mole’
While the discussion about protecting IP has focused on big tech companies, small businesses are fighting an uphill battle to protect patents and trademarks in China….
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Here’s what small businesses, slammed by China tariffs, are doing to minimize impact of trade war
The sweeping tariffs imposed on China for its alleged unfair trade practices was intended to set right imbalances that put U.S. companies at a disadvantage. What…
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Earning money after 65? How to make it work for you
You don't have to leave the workplace for good once you've hit 65. Here's how to get the most out of working in retirement. …
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The manufacturing sector is facing a growing skills gap
Amid concerns about a manufacturing slowdown, the sector is facing a growing skills gap that is leaving hundreds of thousands of positions open. …
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Digitization is changing the way business operates – and one CEO thinks tech could ‘make us happier’
Technology is changing the way people work and firms are run. …
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Underbanked cannabis industry fights to finance growth, leaving biz owners empty-handed
Though recreational use of marijuana is now legal in 33 states, most financial institutions, such as banks, will not work with the cannabis industry. This is…
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China Roundup: Tencent’s NBA test, TikTok parent deepens education push
Welcome to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of events that happened at major Chinese tech companies and what they mean to tech founders and executives around…
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Facebook isn’t free speech, it’s algorithmic amplification optimized for outrage
This week Mark Zuckerberg gave a speech in which he extolled “giving everyone a voice” and fighting “to uphold a wide a definition of freedom of…
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Trump Campaign Floods Web With Ads, Raking In Cash as Democrats Struggle
That campaigns are now being fought largely online campaign is hardly a revelation, yet only one political party seems to have gotten the message. …
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3 Ways to Protect Your Business Against Corporate Phishing Attacks
Up to 80% of all U.S. businesses have been targeted with some kind of payment fraud or business email compromise (BEC) scam. Learn best practices to…
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IPOs are the beginning, not the end
Earlier this month at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco, we sat down with Box’s Aaron Levie and PagerDuty’s Jennifer Tejada to discuss their respective companies’ paths to…
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MediaLab acquires messaging app Kik, expanding its app portfolio
Popular messaging app Kik is, indeed, “here to stay” following an acquisition by the Los Angeles-based multimedia holding company, MediaLab. It echoes the same message from…
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Bonds Are About To Become A Risky Investment, Experts Warn
“The majority of bond investors, I fear, are not aware of this risk.”
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With 18 Million Bitcoins Mined, How Hard Is That 21 Million Limit?
The 18 millionth bitcoin is about to be mined. Though the remaining 3 million will take 120 years to mint, some question the certainty of the…
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Where are US fintech’s next billion-dollar startups?
As fintech investments soar to new heights, investors are looking at the bottom and top levels of the services stack to find the next billion-dollar startups….
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FATF Joins BIS in Calling Stablecoins ‘Global Risk,’ Citing Money Laundering Concerns
Stablecoins pose a money laundering and terrorist financing risk to the world, the FATF said Friday. …
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Kik Sells Messaging App, Reaffirms Kin Crypto Integration
Kik has sold its messaging business to a holding company called MediaLab but plans to continue enabling Kin on the platform …
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Circle to Spin Out Poloniex Less Than 2 Years After $400 Million Takeover
Less than two years after paying $400 million to acquire Poloniex, Circle is spinning out the crypto exchange to an Asian investor group. …
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Five states, including some crucial to Trump, just hit all-time low unemployment rates
Alabama, California, Illinois, New Jersey and South Carolina set news bottoms according to data that goes back to 1976. …
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Real estate mogul Barry Sternlicht: WeWork went ‘off the rails’ but it’s still a ‘real company’
"It was built for hyper growth and that is too capital intensive," says the Starwood Capital founder. …
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Here are the biggest analyst calls of the day: Macy’s, Chipotle, Beyond Meat, Caterpillar & more
Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Friday …
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Morgan Stanley downgrades Caterpillar, says the stock is running ‘out of steam’
Caterpillar shares were downgraded by an analyst at Morgan Stanley amid concerns around two of the industrial's key business segments. …
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Goldman CEO on how he’s turning the Wall Street powerhouse into a giant digital bank for consumers
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon spoke to CNBC's Wilfred Frost on Thursday. …
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Goldman Sachs CEO Solomon says the bank’s investment in WeWork is still profitable at this time
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon spoke to CNBC's Wilfred Frost on Thursday. …
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Expert Tips to Help Small Businesses Maximize Holiday Retail Sales
Black Friday, Cyber Monday—any sale, really—should be an opportunity to increase sales. Follow these steps to a successful holiday selling season.
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Want More Email Opens on Your Next Campaign? Try These 5 Tips
This may come as a surprise, but cold emailing is one of the best ways to reach new customers. Here are 5 useful cold email marketing tips to…
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13 Expert Tips to Increase Online Conversions in 2020
Lessons learned from ManyChat’s annual Conversations Conference …
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The 10 Elements of Great Web Content
Good news: You don’t have to be a professional writer to craft effective content for your business website or blog. But what you write must follow…
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54% of Online Shoppers Get Subscription Boxes, Can Your Business Sell Them, Too?
Maybe it’s time to consider bundling some of your products and attract some loyal repeat customers. …
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7 Ways to Be More Responsive to Your Customers
When it comes to how quickly you need to respond to customers, there’s only one answer: As fast as possible. Here is how you can be…
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FAA says Boeing withheld ‘concerning’ pilot messages about the safety of 737 Max
Boeing shares fell by more 4% after the news broke, dragging down the Dow Jones Industrial Average. …
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Boeing pilot warned of 737 Max software tied to crashes, told regulators to delete it from manuals
Boeing shares fell nearly 7% after the news broke, dragging down the Dow Jones Industrial Average. …
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Barbie Is Renting Out Her Playful Pink Malibu Dreamhouse On Airbnb
And it’ll cost you just $60 a night.
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Qantas tests passenger limits — and pilot brain patterns — on world’s longest nonstop flight
Qantas will test how pilots and passengers withstand a 20-hour nonstop from New York to Sydney, monitoring brain activity and melatonin levels during the flight. …
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As interest in road trips soars, Americans are hitting these 10 global hotspots
Applications for international driving permits soared 33% in five years, AAA says. Here are 10 global hotspots U.S. vacationers are speeding off to. …
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21 Quintessential Dishes Everyone Must Eat In Philadelphia At Least Once
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Tapestry of talent: how an entrepreneur is making the creative industries more diverse
DJ and Instagram influencer Mercedes F Benson is on a mission to get more black, Asian and minority ethnic talent into the creative industries
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Fuel for better business: new Bradford-based academy will ‘give wings’ to grassroots social entrepreneurs
A new programme of high-impact support for social enterprises, the Red Bull Amaphiko Academy, is launching in Bradford, ‘the best city for startups’, providing coaching, training…
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How the ‘world’s fastest’ broadband is coming to rural UK communities that big providers won’t touch
We meet the social entrepreneurs who have made it their mission to tackle poor rural broadband provision. Through crowdfunding, the organisation hopes to raise £3m to…
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Lemoga: Yoga With Lemurs
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Adding Donald Trump To Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ Makes It Even More Chilling
White nationalists and Fox News hosts join the president in Funny Or Die’s spoof trailer.
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Social enterprise connects business women and refugee women in London
We meet one of the co-founders of a social enterprise that matches businesswomen mentors with refugee and asylum-seeking women in London
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