How ‘the Motherhood Penalty’ Plays Out for Startup Founders
Fundraising while pregnant makes it clear that VCs should reflect the experience of the founders they purport to support. roxanne petraeus pregnant Army veteran Roxanne Petraeus is the co-founder of Ethena. Courtesy / Irina Gavrilonoka from Pixabay This…
Robinhood Users Defy Smart Money on Tech and Win: Taking Stock
(Bloomberg) — Going against the smart money flow has been a winning strategy for Robinhood traders, at least when it comes to big tech. Retail traders kept boosting their positions in technology megacaps, even as professional stock pickers trimmed…
Amazon knocked $100 off the latest Apple MacBook Air
Yahoo Life is committed to finding you the best products at the best prices. We may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Get the new Apple MacBook Air (early-2020) for only $899.…
Top ETF Stories of July
Wall Street has been steady in July despite the rise in coronavirus cases. SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) (up 5.9%), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) (up 2.5%) and Invesco QQQ ETF (QQQ) (up 7%) have all returned nicely due to fiscal and monetary…
Hurricane Isaias lashes Bahamas on path to virus-hit Florida
Miami (AFP) – Hurricane Isaias lashed the Bahamas Friday as it churned toward Florida, bringing new dangers to a US state suffering record deaths from an unrelenting coronavirus outbreak. The category one storm, packing winds of 75 miles (120…
Big Tech Got Bigger, Big Oil Got Smaller During Virus Lockdown
(Bloomberg) — A quarter that captured the height of pandemic lockdowns is making the divide between Big Tech and Big Oil more apparent than ever. Facebook Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc. smashed analysts’ estimates on Thursday after shoppers…
Fisker Will Roll Out a Lineup of 3 More Electric Vehicles by 2025
Fisker may have barely gotten started, but it’s already expanding. The automotive startup, which has already wowed enthusiasts and industry insiders with its all-electric Ocean SUV, has announced it will add three more EVs to its nascent lineup by 2025.…
The UV Sanitizer That Can Kill 99.9% of Germs on Your Phone is Only $36 Today
According to a study conducted by the NIH (National Institutes of Health) in 2017, the average smartphone has 17,032 germs on its surface, some of which could carry disease. Combine that with research from RescueTime (a company whose productivity…
Big Tech Earnings Surge During Pandemic While Economy Slumps
(Bloomberg) — The largest U.S. technology companies are thriving in a pandemic that has increased dependence on their products and services, while hammering much of the rest of the economy.Quarterly results from Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc.,…
Nvidia in Advanced Talks to Buy SoftBank’s Chip Company Arm
(Bloomberg) — Nvidia Corp. is in advanced talks to acquire Arm Ltd., the chip designer that SoftBank Group Corp. bought for $32 billion four years ago, according to people familiar with the matter. The two parties aim to reach a deal in the next…