Google's Wing will test deliveries using drones from FedEx Express, Walgreens, and Sugar Magnolia in Christianburg, Virginia ~tech google Article 419 words 6 votes
Automattic (owner of Wordpress) raises $300 million at $3 billion valuation from Salesforce Ventures ~tech Article 653 words 5 votes
The skills that helped Adam Neumann fuel WeWork's breakneck growth are piling up as potential liabilities as the company prepares to go public ~finance business Article 7 votes
Productions that could have taken advantage of Swedish locations and craft expertise continue to run away to foreign locations for lower costs and tax incentives ~movies Article 1102 words 4 votes
Why rigged capitalism is damaging liberal democracy ~finance economics business Article 2166 words 5 votes
Inside the launch of the Cosmic Crisp apple, the “largest launch of a produce item in American history” ~food Article 4993 words, published Jul 18 2019 9 votes
GitLab announces $268 million in Series E funding, at a valuation of $2.75 billion ~tech Article 516 words 13 votes
Square wants to be a bank but doesn’t want to be taxed like one ~finance banking business Article 57 words, published Sep 12 2019 15 votes
Amazon changed its search system to boost more-profitable listings, including its own brands ~tech amazon Article 19 votes
Purdue Pharma, drugmaker accused of fueling the opioid epidemic, files for bankruptcy ~health medicine Article 1118 words 5 votes
Kickstarter’s year of turmoil - Multiple employees involved with a "Kickstarter United" effort to unionize have been fired over the past week ~tech Article 2611 words 13 votes
The deadly race: How Amazon hooked America on fast delivery while avoiding responsibility for crashes ~finance business Article 5155 words 12 votes
California legislators approved a landmark bill on Tuesday that requires companies like Uber and Lyft to treat contract workers as employees ~transport Article 1340 words 23 votes
Analysis of PC game sales on Steam in 2019, by Mike Rose (founder of publisher No More Robots) ~games Link 13 votes
European regulators have ordered immediate checks on recently delivered versions of some Airbus helicopters after a crash in Arctic Norway last month ~transport Article 281 words 7 votes
The rise and fall of Iceland's tourism miracle – the widespread decline of tourism across the country presents intractable problems ~finance economics business Article 5860 words 8 votes
Recipe for disaster: The meteoric rise and ongoing demise of Blue Apron ~finance business Article 2628 words 7 votes
Sacklers would give up ownership of Purdue Pharma under settlement proposal ~health medicine Article 1022 words 11 votes
Runaway story or meltdown in motion? The unraveling of the WeWork IPO ~finance business Article 4570 words 10 votes
Coalition of fifty US attorneys general launch antitrust investigation into Google ~tech google Article 453 words 17 votes
Iceland's WOW Air to resume flights with new owners in October ~finance business Article 266 words 5 votes
The people who built Etsy dreamed of remaking commerce with their bare hands. Fifteen years later, its sellers are being asked to compete with Amazon. ~tech Article 7046 words 11 votes
Justice Dept. launches antitrust probe of automakers over their fuel efficiency deal with California ~transport Article 765 words 5 votes
Facebook is under investigation for antitrust violations by a coalition of the attorneys general of 8 states and DC, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James ~tech facebook social media Link 10 votes
Exxon Mobil has agreed to sell its Norwegian oil and gas assets for up to $4 billion – ending its production in a country where it started operations more than a century ago ~finance business Article 103 words 5 votes
Walmart dodged up to $2.6 billion in US tax through a “fictitious” Chinese entity, former executive says ~finance business Article 3046 words 13 votes
IKEA has committed to becoming a circular business by 2030 – by eliminating waste and reusing resources ~enviro sustainability Article 1496 words 8 votes
US Senator says Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg should face ‘possibility of a prison term’ ~tech facebook social media Article 309 words 14 votes
Swedish cashless app Swish is teaming up with six other companies to form a European network of mobile payment solutions ~finance business Article 395 words 5 votes
Hans Rausing, head of the family that became Britain's richest thanks to his father's invention of Tetra Pak food containers, has died aged 93 ~finance business Article 310 words 4 votes
Why Norwegian Air is failing – since the start of 2019 the airline has hit a near-constant spell of turbulence ~transport Article 1115 words, published Aug 21 2019 6 votes
Telltale Games' assets have been purchased and some developers re-hired, with the goal of re-releasing select games from Telltale's back catalog and developing new games ~games Article 721 words 8 votes
'Walk away': ACCC finds franchisors failing to outline rent, wages ~finance business Article 533 words 2 votes
How Elon Musk fooled investors, bilked taxpayers, and gambled Tesla to save SolarCity ~finance business Article 4825 words 19 votes
Wow Air – Iceland's purple planes are grounded, and with them its economy ~finance business Article 1148 words 7 votes
Les Moonves, Kevin Tsujihara and the art of Hollywood self-sabotage ~movies Article 912 words 2 votes
Amazon ends controversial practice of using tips to meet drivers’ wage guarantees ~tech amazon Article 559 words 8 votes
Tech billionaires haven’t killed Burning Man’s anti-capitalist spirit—but influencers might ~misc Article 3402 words 6 votes
The weaponisation of information is mutating at alarming speed ~tech privacy social media internet Article 887 words 11 votes