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Virgin Galactic To Become First Listed Human Spaceflight Company

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Special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. The spaceflight company sees the arrangement as providing it with sufficient capital for funding until the time its spaceships have the ability to operate commercial and churn a profit.

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Community Banks Embrace Faster Payments’ Competitive Edge

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banking industry is known as vast and highly fragmented, with thousands of banks in operation today. has dropped from 8,000 in 2004 to about 5,400 in 2018. ” Yet, small businesses are demanding the same level of technological innovation in their bank products and services that consumers and larger corporates want. .

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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

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For the third consecutive year, we worked with The New York Times to identify and rank the top 100 venture capital professionals from around the globe. We used CB Insights data gathered via our machine learning technology (dubbed The Cruncher ) and from thousands of submissions we received from VC partners and firms via The Editor.

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Uber of X: greenRush is The Uber of Cannabis

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Not until 2004 did cannabis become legal for non-medical use in certain areas of the country. One company that’s looking to capitalize on the cannabis market is startup on-demand delivery company greenRush. Additional, burgeoning sources of revenue are technology and marketing solutions for cannabis brands.

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A Decline in Personal Savings

TrustBank

As of October, the US ranked 32 nd according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) data. By the 1990’s, improvements in technology and further changes to securities regulations made it easier for corporate customers to access financial markets directly. from 1965-1990.

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What Innovators Can Learn From Netflix

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It’s the playbook on using technology and a new business model to turn something that consumers didn’t really want to do into something they no longer had to do , while getting the same — or an even better — result. The sequel, “ Meet The Fockers ,” released in December of 2004, was among the top-grossing films of 2005.

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How The Wealthiest People In Southeast Asia Are Investing In Tech

CB Insights

The regions wealthiest families and individuals are competing for deals alongside venture capital firms, Chinese tech investors, and others. Sinar Mas Group has also invested in Ardent Capital. Ardent Capital, a Thai venture capital firm that seeks to develop startups addressing market gaps. Series A in Q2’15.

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