• Peak XV's Piyush Gupta is leaving firm to start own secondary-focused VC fund

    Piyush Gupta, one of the operating leaders at Peak XV Partners, is leaving the firm at the end of this month to start his own fund, four people familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. Gupta joined Peak XV (called Sequoia India and SEA then) in 2017, leading the influential venture firm’s strategic development team. Before […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Canada to push ahead with digital services tax on global tech firms starting 2024

    Canada will press ahead with introduction of a digital services tax on large technology companies, which would raise C$5.9 billion ($4.3 billion) over the five years starting fiscal 2024/25, the federal budget showed on Tuesday. Canada, seeking to address the challenge of taxing digital giants like Google parent Alphabet and Amazon.com that can book their profits in low-tax countries, had held off for two years to allow for the conclusion of talks on a global treaty on taxing multinationals....

  • French software firm launches biggest IPO on EU stock exchange in 3 years

    French SaaS company Planisware launched its initial public offering (IPO) today, reaching a valuation of €1.11bn. This is the largest IPO on the Euronext Paris stock exchange in the past three years. Planisware was founded in 1996 by Yves Humblot, Pierre Demonsant, Matthieu Delille, and François Pelissolo. Planisware provides software for enterprise project portfolio management. It counts over 500 blue-chip clients across the globe, including PepsiCo and Pfizer, and employs circa 700 people. ...

  • Zach Wilson's mom Lisa, family celebrate QB's 'fresh start' with Broncos after Jets trade

    Lisa shared several posts on her Instagram story reacting to the news, which included sharing a photoshopped image of Wilson in a Broncos jersey.

  • Zach Wilson’s mom eager for son’s ‘fresh new start’ after reported trade from Jets

    Zach Wilson’s mother, Lisa, appeared to be optimistic about her son’s future on Monday as the quarterback was reportedly traded from the New York Jets to the Denver Broncos. Lisa Wilson re-posted the news that her son was going to be vying for a spot on a new team for the 2024 season. CLICK

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    Phillies Starting Rotation Has Them Off To A Great Start

    Reclamation project Spencer Turnbull joins a group fronted by the Zack Wheeler/Aaron Nola one-two punch to give the Phillies the deepest rotation in baseball.

  • NFL Trade Rumors: Vikings May Not Be Attempting to Trade Up After All

    The Minnesota Vikings made a huge trade with the Houston Texans in March to acquire their No. 23 overall pick and No. 232 overall pick in exchange for the Vikings sending over the No. 44 overall and No. 188 overall. The deal also includes a second-round selection in the 2025 NFL Draft.Many believed the move to acquire two first-round picks was solely based on the Vikings needing a quarterback. With quality prospects like UNC's Drake Maye and Michigan's J.J. McCarthy likely going as top-five...

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    Microsoft starts stuffing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu

    Microsoft has started testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu. Notably, the Start menu shows ads in the form of app recommendations and comes hot off the heels of the latest insider build update.

  • A new start after 60: I gave up teaching, started doodling – and became a cartoonist

    As retirement approached, Nancy Beiman wanted to do something creative. Before long she was sketching out the story of a very unusual blended family When Nancy Beiman was 65 and contemplating retirement from her job as a professor of animation, she had no clue as to how she would fill her days. “Many people take up an artistic hobby. But what was I, a professional artist, supposed to do? Take up accounting?” Before she could embark on a crash course in spreadsheets, she woke up one morning with...

  • F1 Chinese Grand Prix – Start time, starting grid, how to watch, & more

    Following the first sprint race of the season, Verstappen did the double on Saturday with sprint race victory and grand prix pole position – marking Red Bull’s 100th pole in F1. Sergio Perez made it an all-Red Bull front row ahead of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso who bounced back from retiring from the Chinese GP sprint race after picking up a puncture in a clash with Carlos Sainz. Lando Norris led the McLaren charge in fourth in qualifying, unable to repeat his sprint race pole from Friday,...

  • “Try Trades” expo for students seeking high-demand trade jobs

    BIG FLATS, N.Y. (WETM) - The second annual 'Try Trades" expo was held at the Big Flats Municipal Campus on Thursday. The event offers high-school student hands-on experience in skilled trade jobs that are in high demand, like carpentry, welding, electrical and heavy machinery. "I got to drive a loader, operate the loader, it was []

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    Trading Trump: Truth Social's first month of trading has sent investors on a ride

    By MARTHA MENDOZA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There have been lawsuits, short-selling and rampant speculation. Now, as Trump Media & Technology Group approaches its first month as a publicly traded company, it’s clear that — like the man it’s named after — there’s nothing typical about the stock. “If I woke up tomorrow and