Northzone, the European VC firm that's probably best-known for being an early backer of Spotify, has raised a new $500 million fund, which it claims was oversubscribed and will reach its final close imminently. Dubbed “ Northzone IX,”…
Newsday has removed its paywall to allow everyone access to this groundbreaking and essential investigative project. In one of the most concentrated investigations of discrimination by real estate agents in the half century since enactment of…
The New York Times
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Jim Tankersley
– Nov 17, 2019, 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON — In the 2017 fiscal year, FedEx owed more than $1.5 billion in taxes. The next year, it owed nothing. What changed was the Trump administration's tax cut — for which the company had lobbied hard. The public face of its…
Substantial declines in short-term cognitive performance after short-term exposure to moderate (median 27.0 µg/m³) PM2.5 pollution: 'The results from the MMSE test showed a statistically robust decline in cognitive function after…
The New York Times
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Kevin Roose
– Nov 13, 2019, 1:50 AM
A decade ago, an internet video start-up called Hulu boldly declared an end to the era of paid TV. The company announced that users would be able to watch their favorite shows over the internet, “anytime, anywhere, for free.”…
