Key markets simmering during the thin trading sessions around year-end

Music royalties specialist has done well in a strong market for alt investment trusts

As world markets take a turn for the worse, investors use ETFs as they hope to profit from any bounceback 

Listed businesses have been conspicuously slow in estimating disruption to operations

Market is full of cautionary tales about investors betting on familiar stocks

Spanish and Italian bans on short selling follow US Federal Reserve’s liquidity injection

A number of UK entrepreneurs have banded together to survey Angels about their investment strategy. The initiative comes in the wake of the UK government’s “Future Fund” for startups, which has been criticized as being inadequate for the needs of Angel and Seed-stage startups. The group hopes the survey will give the UK early-stage investment […]

The last time America sold war bonds they were essentially a tax on savers

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

For many college seniors, school is a time for self-exploration, considering options, leisurely contemplating the future. Yet that’s rarely the case for computer engineering students who either attend the world’s best universities or rise to the very top of their classes. Almost immediately after choosing their courses during the first week of school, they typically […]

The problem with bad data is that it lures us into believing false truths

A startup that’s hoping to be a contender in the very large and fragmented market of human resources software has captured the eye of a big investor out of the US and become its first investment in Spain. Barcelona-based Factorial, which is building an all-in-one HR automation platform aimed at small and medium businesses that manages […]

Carmaker puts brakes on dividends and buybacks in order to preserve liquidity

Brent crude slips back below $30 a barrel after a six-day run of gains

Twitch is doubling down on esports in this new era of social distancing as a number of traditional sporting events have been cancelled. The company this week introduced a new esports directory on its site that will make it easier for viewers to find live matches, information on players, games with active competition leagues, a […]

Currency seen as safe haven from eurozone debt crisis

Risk of further bad news from the high street

Investors seek safe haven from stock market volatility

He is making promises to people who care for him by making promises about his will

I would like to pay her but am worried the IR35 tax changes in April could complicate matters

Britain has less margin for error because it is zigging to everyone else’s zag

The John Lewis veteran came late to politics — and wants to bring power back to the regions

You can easily read optimism in the stock market. Ask around the private markets, however, and you'll hear a very different narrative.

Investing for good gains traction, but the yields on oil stocks remain compelling

All portfolios should at least nod to the idea that there’s more to life than short-term profits. But how?

The hum of the helicopters needs to start getting louder

Technology means small shareholders need not — and should not — be excluded from emergency equity fundraisings

Just months after graduating from Y Combinator, H1 Insights, the LinkedIn for the healthcare industry, has raised $12.9 million in a new round of funding. “It’s a better way to connect the ecosystem,” says co-founder Ariel Katz. The company already has more than 8 million profiles for healthcare professionals in its database and is generating […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the manufacture of the Coventor ventilator, a new hardware design first developed by the University of Minnesota. The project sought to create a ventilator that could provide the same level of life-saving care as existing ventilator models, but with a much lower cost to help ramp […]

Samsung Electronics announced today that its blood pressure monitoring app for Galaxy Watches has been approved by South Korean regulators. Called the Samsung Health Monitor, the app will be available for the Galaxy Watch Active2 during the third quarter, at least in South Korea, and added to upcoming Galaxy Watch devices. TechCrunch has contacted Samsung […]

Sound industry leader Rode has done an amazing job keeping up with the needs of the fast-moving creator industry, supporting YouTubers, podcasters and Instagram and Tik Tok media mavens with a host of new products at impressive price points. The Rode Wireless GO mic system might be the most impressive of these, taking the quality […]

Nvidia Chief Scientist Bill Dally has released an open-source ventilator hardware design he developed in order to address the shortage resulting from the global coronavirus pandemic. The mechanical ventilator design developed by Dally can be assembled quickly, using off-the-shelf parts with a total cost of around $400 — making it an accessible and affordable alternative […]

Backblaze today announced that its B2 Cloud Storage service is now API-compatible with Amazon’s S3 storage service. Backblaze started as an affordable cloud backup service, but over the last few years, the company has also taken its storage expertise and launched the developer-centric B2 Cloud Storage service, which promises to be significantly cheaper than similar […]

A group of nine Senators led by Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren penned an open letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos this week, seeking more information about recent employee firings. The statement cites the terminations of four employees who were vocally critical of the company’s policies pertaining to both COVID-19 and climate change. Cosigned by Bernie […]

There are few more messages more timely than the opening line, “Dance your cares away, worry’s for another day” (or is it “worries?”). Today the familiar Fraggle Rock bass line returns, along with the titular felt underground dwellers, as the first of a new series of mini-episodes hits Apple TV+. Apple’s streaming service will post […]

Producers overwhelmed as supply chain disruption fuels fears of shortages

US asset manager apologises following comments by company’s president over debt rules

China’s example suggests that life will not snap back to normal, strategists say

After years of working in mobile advertising, founder Niles Lichtenstein discovered a box of records from his late father. That compelled him to start putting together memories and online histories earlier, by documenting his mother’s life history and how he first met his wife. That developed into an interactive timeline where he collected songs from […]

Honor, an Andreessen Horowitz-backed company focused on caring for seniors as Baby Boomers tip over into retirement, is making its contractor workforce into a full-time one. The care workers, called CarePros within the company, will have the potential for stock options. “I really don’t want two classes of people in our company. Everyone is in it […]

The coronavirus pandemic is presenting hospitals with a terrible choice about whose life to save

Meet Biloba, a French startup that wants to leverage tech to make it easier to keep your children healthy. The company recently launched a new mobile app that lets you chat with a doctor whenever you want between 8 AM and 8 PM. This way, if you have questions about your kids, you can get […]

A number of UK entrepreneurs have banded together to survey Angels about their investment strategy. The initiative comes in the wake of the UK government’s “Future Fund” for startups, which has been criticized as being inadequate for the needs of Angel and Seed-stage startups. The group hopes the survey will give the UK early-stage investment […]

The $525m transaction is the latest to be derailed amid the coronavirus pandemic

Calastone reports record inflows throughout April after heavy redemptions in March

Many put a company’s economic recovery before ESG commitments in coronavirus crisis

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Row escalates between Elizabeth Warren, Blackstone and KKR after coronavirus crisis prompts cuts

German conglomerate hopes to offload lossmaking division to focus on steel

Two-thirds of machines to go to NHS following order from UK government