• Former top SpaceX exec Tom Ochinero sets up new VC firm, filings reveal

    Former senior SpaceX executive Tom Ochinero is teaming up with SpaceX alum-turned-VC Achal Upadhyaya and one of Sequoia’s top finance leaders, Spencer Hemphill, on a new venture called Interlagos Capital, TechCrunch has learned. There is little public information available about Interlagos, and the trio did not respond to TechCrunch’s request for comment. The company was […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Millions of New Yorkers May Be Planning to Leave

    About 7 million New Yorkers plan to leave the state, a new survey revealed this month.In a new Marist poll, 37 percent of New Yorkers—roughly 7 million people—said they plan to move away. The number was slightly more concentrated among Republicans, as 46 percent said they plan to leave the state compared to just 29 percent of Democrats.: How to Sell Your HomeThe mass migration echoes a trend that gained momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic and continued in the years that followed as Northerners...

  • Refugees Would Get Millions for Housing Under New Bill

    Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Wednesday that his chamber will finally hold a vote this weekend on passing additional foreign aid including support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as $481 million to assist refugees in the U.S.But after releasing text of the funding measures—which are split into three separate bills—Johnson is once against facing pushback from members of his own party, who have withheld authorizing supplemental funding for months.Drafts of the legislation...

  • Two new appointments for Sheffield-based Altitude

    B2B specialist Amy Lloyd joins the Sheffield-based consultancy as a senior account manager and motorsport specialist Ellie Fish joins as Marketing Manager, focusing solely on Altitude’s F4 racing driver client, Rowan Campbell-Pilling. In just over two years, Altitude has grown from two to six permanent team members and offers PR, media relations, strategic communications, marketing services, crisis management, training, and social media support. The agency, which was named Best New UK PR...

  • New Mexico gets $156 million for solar projects

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is giving New Mexico $156,120,000 to fund solar projects. The goal is to bring solar energy to low-income families through the "Solar for All" initiative. “With the fires, drought and heat that New Mexico is experiencing because of the global climate crisis, there is real hope in []

  • Here's What Millions of Small Businesses Have in Common, According to a New Survey

    A majority of the businesses surveyed, almost three in five, have been running for at least six years, and 15% were operational for over a quarter of a century.

  • Love, Kat: What's on My Radar in New York, Paris, and London

    Check out our editor in chief's recommendations in New York City, Paris, and London.

  • Vancouver-based BowFlex sold for $37.5 million

    A federal bankruptcy court has approved the sale of Vancouver-based BowFlex

  • Ohio proposes new $20 million natural gas law

    House Bill 349, sponsored by Reps. Don Jones (R-Freeport) and Tim Barhorst (R- Fort Loramie), would create an interest loan fund to the tune of $20 million.

  • Dutch medtech firm Enovation acquired in €500 million deal

    The French medical equipment producer Legrand is acquiring the Dutch health software company Enovation from its current owner, the private equity firm Main Capital Partners. Enovation did not mention any amounts in its announcement of the acquisition, but insiders told Bloomberg the deal involves over 500 million euros.

  • Trump attorneys agree to new conditions on $175 million bond

    The deal probably ends a challenge from state officials that had imperiled

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    New York's New Budget

    WNYC / Gothamist Albany reporter Jon Campbell talks about what's in and what's out of the just-approved New York State budget, including housing incentives, zoning changes, limited tenant protections, mayoral control of the schools, and more.