Business

By Rick Timmer

Science
The First Gene-Edited Food Is Now Being Served
WIRED - Megan Molteni
Not long after Calyxt moved into its shiny new steel and glass headquarters on the outskirts of Minneapolis last summer, a woman pulled her car into …
U.S. Politics
Labor shortage: The US doesn’t have enough workers to fill open jobs
Vox - Alexia Fernández Campbell
Retail and restaurant workers are more in demand than tech workers. It’s official: The US economy doesn’t have enough workers. For nearly a year now, the number of open jobs each month has been higher
Business
Boeing 737 Probe Takes Highly Unusual Turn As New Claims Emerge
investors.com - GILLIAN RICH
A federal prosecutor is reportedly looking into the development of the Boeing (BA) 737 Max as a potential criminal case, while regulators question a …
Science
Boeing faces growing scrutiny in Ethiopian crash probe
PRI - Reuters
Boeing faced escalating pressure on Monday after the initial analysis of the black boxes from the Ethiopian Airlines crash showed "clear similarities" with a Lion Air flight from Jakarta in October. The
Apple Watch
Apple Is A Bit Closer To A Killer Use Case For Wearables
Forbes - Richard Windsor
The latest data from Apple’s study with Stanford University is encouraging and represents a step closer towards a killer use case for wearables as well as a complete disruption for the medical devices
Entrepreneurship
How This Entrepreneur Just Sold For $1.9 Billion The Company That He Created Out Of His Own Garage
Forbes - Alejandro Cremades, Contributor
Rick Stollmeyer Rick Stollmeyer It was really exciting interviewing Rick Stollmeyer in a recent episode of the DealMakers Podcast. He has been through every single part of the lifecycle of building, financing,
Investing
Next downturn will be active investors’ time to shine
The Telegraph - By Tom Stevenson
Investors look at the world around them in one of three ways. Some start with the big economic picture of GDP, interest rates and the like, and then decide which investments fit in with that top-down Others
Startups
To get big faster, younger unicorns start buying startups sooner
TechCrunch - Jason Rowley
In the name of getting big quick, it seems like some of the most valuable private tech companies are turning to mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as a way to accelerate business growth. So-called “unicorns”—privately-held
Business
Boeing Pensioners And Shareholders Contemplate The Unthinkable
Forbes - Ken Kam
Since an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max jet crashed last weekend, Boeing pensioners, many of whom retired with large holdings of Boeing stock, have been asking me whether they should sell. While it’s
Technology
Bitcoin billionaires Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss 'still doing better' despite crypto nosedive
The Telegraph - By Margi Murphy
Tyler Winklevoss takes a seat in the Austin, Texas hotel where we’re meeting. “I’m feeling the time difference,” he says. They have flown in from New York. It is one hour behind. He is in town with his
Opinion (UK)
One man’s fight exposes the greed that still drives big banks
The Guardian - Kevin McKenna
Not long ago, he was being feted for building his business carefully, without leaving himself over-exposed They knew they were getting me to sign up for the ruination of my business Few other issues seemed
The Workplace
The employees you should worry about losing: The average ones
Ladders - Paul White
Why the group of employees that supervisors should be concerned about is the larger group of “middle” employees, or Average Achievers. Disturbing …
Science
The Dropout and The Inventor: Theranos’s uniquely queasy grift
Vox - Alissa Wilkinson
Holmes’s lies didn’t just cost investors. They trashed the hope of a medical breakthrough. Modern grifters and con artists manifest a certain vampiric quality. Thehipster grifter, fraudulent socialite
Supercapacitors
Power-hungry Tesla picks up supercapacitor maker
chemistryworld.com - By Anthony King
To read this article log in to your Chemistry World account. Or register now, it's free. Registered users can view more of our premium content each …
World News
Why has Boeing pulled its 737 Max fleet – and what took it so long?
The Guardian - Matthew Weaver and Gwyn Topham
Donald Trump grounded Boeing’s 737 Max fleet on Wednesday, days after the second fatal crash involving the plane in five months led to governments around the world – but initially not the US – suspending
Purdue Pharma
Opioid Maker Purdue Pharma Considering Bankruptcy After Lawsuits Blame Them For Nationwide Addiction
The Daily Beast
Craig Landau, head of Purdue Pharma, told the Washington Post they will consider filing for bankruptcy after a string of lawsuits claim they are …
World Economic Forum
This Ethiopian crop was so popular exports had to be banned, so how can it take advantage of this demand?
weforum.org - HyeJin Lee
Teff, an ancient grain from Ethiopia and Eritrea, has been growing in popularity across the world in recent years. Huge demand meant prices …
Tesla Model Y
5 things Tesla needs to show at tomorrow's Model Y event
Roadshow - by Tim Stevens
And only one of them is an SUV. We're on the eve of Tesla's Model Y unveiling event (here's how you can watch), and of course we're expecting to see a new, crossover SUV from the company. That vehicle
Fourth Industrial Revolution
The digital skills gap is widening fast. Here’s how to bridge it
weforum.org - Miguel Milano
Access to skilled workers is already a key factor that sets successful companies apart from failing ones. In an increasingly data-driven future - the …
Credit Card Debt
As debt climbs in US, the next financial crisis you should worry about is your own
USA TODAY Money - Susan Tompor
We all seem to be on the lookout for clues that we're on the verge of another widespread financial crisis. The memories from the debacle a decade ago are so bad that no one wants to be caught by surprise
Investing
Downturn Rising, No 'Glitch' In Retail Sales
Seeking Alpha - Jeffrey Snider
You just don't see $4 billion monthly retail sales revisions, in either direction. Advance estimates are changed all the time, each monthly figure …
World Economic Forum
There are now four competing visions of the internet. How should they be governed?
weforum.org - Kieron O'Hara
On the fringe of the 2019 World Economic Forum gathering at Davos, trade ministers from 75 members of the World Trade Organisation, between them …
Business
Amazon Just Announced That It Is Hiring 3,000 New Work from Home Employees (But There's a Catch)
Inc Magazine - Peter Economy
It's no secret that Amazon has been posting strong growth numbers for some time. Annual revenue for 2018 was $232.9 billion -- an increase of 30.9 percent over the 2017 total of $177.9 billion. As a result,
Silicon Valley
The Silicon Valley exodus continues
TechCrunch - Kate Clark
For a long time, it was the norm for founders to haul their hardware to the 3000 block of Sand Hill Road, where the venture capitalists of “Silicon Valley” would be awaiting their pitches. Today, many
Technology
Alphabet’s Security Start-Up Wants to Offer History Lessons
The New York Times - By NICOLE PERLROTH
SAN FRANCISCO — Ten years ago, Google was hacked by the Chinese military in one of the most startling cyberattacks on an American company by government-affiliated agents. This week, Chronicle, a security
Education
Meet The Nonprofit Disrupting The Multibillion-A-Year Teacher Professional Development Industry
Forbes - The 74
When he started his job as an administrator in Tulsa Public Schools more than two years ago, Devin Fletcher experienced a disconnect. A great deal of attention was being paid to how well educators taught
Business
Europe's slowdown is worse than investors imagined: El-Erian
Reuters - By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jennifer Ablan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The European economy is cooling more than many investors believe, Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser for Allianz SE, said on Monday, warning that the slowdown poses the biggest
Insurance Industry
The $1 Trillion Storm: How a Single Hurricane Could Rupture the World Economy
VICE - Geoff Dembicki
Climate change and a potentially vulnerable insurance market could combine in a disaster that starts in South Florida but hits the entire globe. This article originally appeared on VICE US. Nobody is to
Technology
Two Austin-based VC firms are each raising $100M funds
TechCrunch - Mary Ann Azevedo
Texas startups will soon have two new sources for capital. Crunchbase News has learned that two Austin-based venture capital firms, ATX Seed Ventures and Quake Capital, are in the process of each raising