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May 10, 2017
With an eye on providing banking services later this year, online lending startup SoFi is planning to apply for an industrial bank charter in the next month, according…
Read articleMay 10, 2017
Snap may have had a successful IPO, but that was pretty much wiped out after it reported its first-quarter earnings — where it completely whiffed on what Wall…
Read articleMay 9, 2017
Nvidia’s ballooning GPU business and big bets on divisions like autonomous driving continue to look better and better, with the company’s shares jumping more than 10% after it…
Read articleMay 9, 2017
A startup called Current is today launching a new way for parents to dole out allowances to their kids: with an app. The company offers a Visa debit…
Read articleMay 8, 2017
Some people really need help with grammar. To that end, Grammarly has been quietly building a freemium grammar checker to help students, writers and people who want to…
Read articleMay 8, 2017
Most venture capital funds that have 27 exits under their belt are not in stealth. In fact, most venture capital firms today don’t even know what 27 exits looks…
Read articleMay 3, 2017
Facebook had another strong quarter, beating estimates to start 2017. It scored $8.03 billion in revenue and $1.04 GAAP actual EPS in Q1 compared to $0.87 EPS estimate. It…
Read articleMay 3, 2017
Square, the payments company founded and run by Jack Dorsey, released its quarterly financial results for the first quarter after the bell on Wednesday. The company beat expectations,…
Read articleMay 2, 2017
Apple hit a little snag in the second quarter, falling slightly under what Wall Street expected in its earnings report — causing a slight drop after its stock…
Read articleMay 2, 2017
A good report on revenue wasn’t enough to keep Twilio stock from taking a dive in after-hours trading. What at first glance appeared to be a positive story very…
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