Here’s a round-up of the most important deals in venture capital from the past week. Tencent led an $818 million investment in Chehaoduo, an online platform for buying and selling cars in China. The company has scored $1.7 billion in funding thus far, according to Crunchbase. Earlier investors included U.S. […]
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Trump’s Veterans Day military parade will not include tanks
A military parade requested by President Donald Trump will take place in November on Veterans Day in Washington D.C. but to minimize damage to roads, will not include tanks, a Pentagon memo released on Friday said. The memo listed a number of guidelines for the parade on Nov. 11. “Include […]
US has ordered Broadcom to give notice of steps to redomicile: Report
A U.S. national security panel has ordered Singapore-based chipmaker Broadcom to provide it with five business days’ notice before taking any action toward redomiciling to the United States, three people familiar with the matter said on Friday. The previously undisclosed requirement shows that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the […]
US may tie NATO contributions to tariff exemptions
article U.S. allies seeking to avoid the steel and aluminum tariffs approved by President Donald Trump might be asked to step up their financial commitments to NATO. Continue Reading Below Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin told CNBC in a Friday interview that the president will consider national security, noting that Trump […]
‘Pharma Bro’ Shkreli sentenced to seven years for defrauding investors
FILE PHOTO: Former drug company executive Martin Shkreli arrives at U.S. District Court for the third day of jury deliberations in his securities fraud trial in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., August 2, 2017. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo March 9, 2018 By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) – Martin […]
Cramer: The most bullish thing about police tech play Axon isn’t guidance. It’s how the CEO is paid
Even CNBC’s Jim Cramer was taken aback by the blowout quarterly earnings report from Taser maker Axon Enterprise. Shares of Axon roared 28 percent the day after the report and another 14 percent in the next week, making the “Mad Money” host wonder how Wall Street managed to underestimate it […]
“Tragic” end to California hostage situation
Last Updated Mar 9, 2018 10:51 PM EST YOUNTVILLE, Calif. — An 8-hour hostage situation at a veteran’s home in Yountville, California came to a “tragic” end, with four people being found dead, said Chris Childs of the California Highway Patrol. The bodies of three women and a man, believed to […]
New details emerge in California hostage situation
YOUNTVILLE, Calif. — At the largest veterans’ home in the country, a gunman is holding three hostages in a room inside. The sheriff says the gunman has exchanged fire with deputies, but no injuries were reported. The state-owned veterans’ home is in Yountville, in Napa Valley Wine Country. Law enforcement officers […]
NRA sues Florida over gun law that raises minimum age to buy firearms
The National Rifle Association has filed a federal lawsuit over gun control legislation Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed, saying it violates the Second Amendment by raising the age to buy guns from 18 to 21. The new measures come in the wake of the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory […]