A Venture Fund With Plenty of Virtual Capital, but No Capitalist
Olivier Stern, a 31-year-old French socialist with an appetite for risk, recently invested a third of his life savings —
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Tim Peake drives remote robot on Earth from orbit
UK astronaut Tim Peake has performed a challenging remote control experiment on the International Space Station. He had to command
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Unemployed Detroit Residents Are Trapped by a Digital Divide
DETROIT — In downtown Detroit, start-ups and luxury retailers are opening up and new office buildings are being built as
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Rugs to riches: The carpet seller who became a multimillionaire
When teenage carpet salesman Lee Biggins decided to set up a jobseekers website, he wasn’t going to let the fact
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Facebook ‘Trending’ List Skewed by Individual Judgment, Not Institutional Bias
SAN FRANCISCO — Last July, in a seventh-floor conference room at Facebook’s Lower Manhattan offices, a small group met to
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Warren Buffett’s annual insights to be delivered online
Investors in Warren Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway will be able to access the “sage of Omaha’s” insights live on the
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Venezuelans lose sleep to save electricity
Venezuelans lost half an hour of sleep on Sunday when their clocks moved forward to save power, as the country
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Halliburton and Baker Hughes abandon $34.6bn takeover
The deal, announced in 2014, would have seen a $34.6bn takeover by Halliburton of Baker Hughes, creating a powerful rival
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Trump accuses China of ‘raping’ US with unfair trade policy
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has accused China of “raping” the US, in renewed criticism of China’s trade policy. He
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Uber’s services for the disabled lack actual cars
Sunday Parker can’t catch an Uber in a neighborhood where they typically show up within five minutes. The 24-year-old works
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Craig Wright revealed as Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto
Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright has publicly identified himself as Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto. His admission ends years of speculation about
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Hackers’ $81 Million Sneak Attack on World Banking
Tens of millions of dollars siphoned from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. A shadowy set of casinos in
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ExxonMobil and Chevron profits slide on low oil prices
ExxonMobil reported a 63% slide in first quarter profits following low crude oil prices and weak refining margins. It reported
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Ted Cruz sweeps Wyoming Republican Convention
Casper, Wyoming (CNN)It’s a Ted Cruz sweep in Wyoming. Cruz won 14 of 14 Republican National Convention delegates up for
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Ecuador Earthquake Kills at Least 77
QUITO, Ecuador — A 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook the central coast of Ecuador on Saturday, killing at least 77 people, officials and
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