No matter how carefully you set up your systems, sooner or later something fundamental breaks. How you react during those times and how quickly you respond to the crisis is what people remember after it’s over. FireHydrant, a startup that helps companies prepare for and manage such crises, announced a $23 million Series B investment…
Butternut Box, a London-based fresh dog food business with a tech-driven platform that delivers HelloFresh-style, catered dogfood, has raised $55.4 million (€47.2 million) in a funding round led by L Catterton, the consumer-focused private equity firm, and included participation from White Star Capital, Five Seasons Ventures and Passion Capital. We covered their early funding round…
© Reuters. China’s Central Bank Outlook Fuels Calls for Policy Easing (Bloomberg) — China’s central bank fanned expectations of further monetary policy easing, saying in its latest quarterly report that inflation pressures are “controllable,” while highlighting risks to the economic growth outlook. The People’s Bank of China largely reiterated its stance of stable policy, pledging…
© Reuters. China’s New Oil Giants Flourish in Xi’s Clean Energy Wave (Bloomberg) — China’s newest oil refiners are thriving by aligning themselves with President Xi Jinping’s vision, expanding even as their older rivals and several other private businesses have been reined in by Beijing. These newcomers have gained the moniker Teapot 2.0 in China,…
2/2 © Reuters. Peru’s Finance Minister Pedro Francke gestures during an interview with Reuters in Lima, Peru, August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Angela Ponce 2/2 By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s finance minister, Pedro Francke, told Reuters on Monday that the new leftist government can increase mining taxes to fund public spending without affecting…
DUBLIN, Aug. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The “Environmental Monitoring Market by Product, Sampling, Application – Forecast to 2028” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The global environmental monitoring market is expected to grow at a CAGR of ~7.0% from 2021 to 2028 to reach ~$25.95 billion by 2028.The growth in the environmental monitoring market…
Cryptos Need More RegulationBitcoin prices hit a three-month high Monday, topping the $45,000 mark, according to CoinDesk. On Saturday, the U.S. Senate, including 18 Republican senators, passed a procedural vote 67-27 to limit debate and advance the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act toward a final vote. The Wall Street Journal reported that lawmakers…
Turo, the peer-to-peer car-sharing startup, has initiated the confidential process of filing for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission. The number of shares to be offered in the IPO and the price range have not yet been determined, the company said in a statement. Turo declined to provide additional information to…
Roxanne Petraeus Contributor Roxanne Petraeus is the CEO and co-founder of Ethena, a compliance training platform for modern teams, and she is a former Army combat veteran. More posts by this contributor Sexual harassment is, unfortunately, always in the news. Of late, it’s revelations at gaming giants and governments. Yet despite how prevalent harassment is,…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is pictured inside the company’s office in Bengaluru, India, April 20, 2018. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa/File Photo By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc and one of its biggest sellers in India, Cloudtail, have decided to end their relationship, they said on Monday, following years of allegations…





