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14 votes
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Scale was the god that failed
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Annie's Mac and Cheese is based in the Bay Area, but Annie is not. Here's her story.
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Amazon's Twitter army was handpicked for "great sense of humor" leaked document reveals
18 votes -
Swedish carmaker Volvo will offer a generous paid parental leave scheme to its 40,000 employees globally
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A story about losing $10M on a to-do list startup
@Andrew Wilkinson: This is a story about how I lost $10,000,000 by doing something stupid.Ten. Million. Dollars.Literally up in smoke. Money bonfire.That's enough to retire with $250,000+ in annual income.Here's what happened...
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Substack has raised a $65 million Series B funding round, at a $650 million valuation
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Whistleblower alleges Ubiquiti massively downplayed a “catastrophic” incident to minimize the hit to its stock price
18 votes -
The case for music.gov
14 votes -
Female founder secrets: Men clamming up
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Documents show Amazon is aware drivers pee in bottles and even defecate en route, despite company denial
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Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for more than $10 billion
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Marvel picks Penguin Random House as new distributor
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Lego wins design patent case against German company at EU court – critics say the firm is using its heft to crush competition
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Norway prevents sale of Rolls-Royce subsidiary Bergen Engines to Russia – government has blocked the sale on the grounds of national security
8 votes -
How Mastercard invented the health hazard of cash
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French subsidiary of the Swedish retailer IKEA will go on trial over allegations that they snooped on employees and customers using private detectives and police officers
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Sony Interactive Entertainment and new esports venture RTS have jointly acquired the Evolution Championship Series (Evo) fighting game tournament
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Finnish telecoms giant Nokia is to axe between 5,000 and 10,000 jobs worldwide in the next two years as it cuts costs
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Swedish lithium-ion battery maker Northvolt gets $14 billion order as Volkswagen raises ownership
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The turbulent economics of the airline industry
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Reddit hires its first chief financial officer as it prepares for an IPO
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Norway's wealth fund will probe whether companies it is invested in may be using the labour of ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims linked to China's internment camp system
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Oatly to open one of world's biggest alt-milk factories in East Anglia, UK – Swedish vegan brand will open plant in 2023, creating at least 200 jobs, as demand soars
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The Economist Glass-Ceiling Index 2020 – Nordic countries performed best overall, with Sweden, Iceland, Finland and Norway taking the top four spots
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How corporate tyranny works - Chevron poisoned the Amazon, and then punished environmental lawyer Steven Donziger when he tried to get justice
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Volvo Cars to go fully electric by 2030 – it will phase out all car models with internal combustion engines, including hybrids
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Alamo Drafthouse files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announces sale to private equity firms Altamont Capital and Fortress Investment
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Brave has acquired Cliqz and their Tailcat search engine, plans to offer a privacy-oriented search engine
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Beyond Meat signs global supply deals with McDonald’s, KFC and Pizza Hut
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Epic Games acquires Fall Guys developer Mediatonic
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Fry’s Electronics is shutting its doors for good
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TreeToTextile set to build demonstration plant in Sweden – several Nordic pulp makers are part of projects developing new clean ways to turn trees into textile fibre
10 votes -
Oatly, the plant-based milk company started in Sweden, is planning a stock exchange listing in the United States
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Reddit has raised $368 million in Series E funding, at a $6 billion valuation
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Amazon offers $2,000 “resignation bonuses” to bust union drive in Alabama
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Tim Cook expanded Apple in ways Steve Jobs used to resist
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Norway's $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund wants the companies it invests in globally to boost the number of women on their boards
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Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, plans to accept it as payment
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The Ample Hills ice cream company had $19 million, a place on Oprah's favorite things list, a deal with Disney, and dreams of becoming the next Ben & Jerry’s. Then everything fell apart.
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Tesla recalls 135,000 cars after pushing back against regulators
23 votes -
What companies get wrong about remote salaries
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Sending stuff around the world
I want to try something new and send some sacks of coffee over the atlantic and maybe start a sidehustle. I'm in the process of checking tarifs and stuff, but I have no idea where to even start...
I want to try something new and send some sacks of coffee over the atlantic and maybe start a sidehustle. I'm in the process of checking tarifs and stuff, but I have no idea where to even start looking for somebody who would do the actual transporting or what it might even cost.
did anybody here do something like that?
how did you do it?
what did you send?
why did you do it?
what was your experience with it?
would you do it again?8 votes -
Embracer Group acquires Gearbox Entertainment (Borderlands), Aspyr Media (Civilization VI), and Easybrain (mobile puzzle games)
These are large acquisitions, but Embracer Group already owns a lot: The Group has an extensive catalogue of over 200 owned franchises, such as Saints Row, Goat Simulator, Dead Island, Darksiders,...
These are large acquisitions, but Embracer Group already owns a lot:
The Group has an extensive catalogue of over 200 owned franchises, such as Saints Row, Goat Simulator, Dead Island, Darksiders, Metro, MX vs ATV, Kingdoms of Amalur, TimeSplitters, Satisfactory, Wreckfest, Insurgency and World War Z amongst many others.
With its head office based in Karlstad, Sweden, Embracer Group has a global presence through its six operative groups: THQ Nordic GmbH, Koch Media GmbH/Deep Silver, Coffee Stain AB, Amplifier Game Invest, Saber Interactive and DECA Games. The Group has 57 internal game development studios and is engaging more than 5,500 employees and contracted employers in more than 40 countries.
Articles about each of the new acquisitions on GamesIndustry.biz:
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Parler CEO John Matze says he was terminated by the company's board, which is controlled by investor Rebekah Mercer
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Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO, will be replaced by Andy Jassy
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Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing business focus
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Google union in turmoil following global alliance announcement
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Robinhood gets $1 billion infusion, signaling cash crunch
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Discord bans the r/WallStreetBets server
28 votes