Walmart sold its China-based e-commerce business in 2016, but the U.S. retail giant is very much involved in the Chinese internet market through a partnership with e-commerce firm JD.com. Alibaba’s most serious rival, JD scooped up Walmart’s Yihaodian business and offered its own online retail platform to help enable Walmart to products in China, both on…
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Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing services were dealt a major regulatory blow on Wednesday after the New York City Council voted to cap the number of new licenses for one year in an attempt to reduce traffic congestion and increase driver compensation. New York City’s vote to cap ride-hailing vehicle licenses is the first of…
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WeWork recently announced a new office space solution called “HQ by WeWork” to provide mid-sized companies the privacy, flexibility, customization and cost-efficiency they need without making a long-term brick-and-mortar commitment. According to U.S. Census data, the number of mid-sized companies with 11 to 250 employees account for 1.1 million companies in the country and employ approximately…
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Dandelion, a clean energy startup that was originally incubated inside Google parent Alphabet, has raised $4.5 million in funding to build out its business — a geothermal heating and cooling system for homes that claims it will drastically reduce its customers’ bills — it claims to cut bills in half (notwithstanding the upfront costs, more…
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Natalie Sisson, ‘The Suitcase Entrepreneur,’ discusses her take on starting a personal travel brand today.
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