Amid the excitement for Levi Strauss’ initial public offering (IPO), Kongō Gumi is eyeing a listing on the New York Stock Exchange more than 1,000 years after its founding. While plans for the construction company’s listing are not set in stone, unnamed sources have claimed...
To help curb money laundering, identity verification provider Trulioo announced on Monday (April 1) that it had opened an office in the Ozarks. The Vancouver-based company, which recently established a physical presence in Dublin, will seek to fill 40 positions in the region, the firm said...
Bucking the trend of the tech industry for the last decade, Microsoft has formally decided to ban April Fools’ pranks this year. In a company-wide memo, Microsoft’s Chief Marketing Officer Chris Capossela told employees that, this year, they were officially sitting this one out. “I...
Around the world, billions awoke in terror this morning, April Fool’s Day 2019, when they realized that Google search wasn’t working — or, at least, wasn’t working the way it once did. Search returns were presented in alphabetical order, but different search terms presented results that did not include...
The last couple of years have brought a consumer, political and regulatory backlash against the privacy and data-sharing practices of big tech and social media firms. Today came a development that will surely capture of the attention of historians of the digital world of the...
IPOs are everywhere, it seems, but Lyft may be a special case. Yes, Levi Strauss was a star earlier in the month, with a debut on the public markets that sent the 160+-year-old firm’s shares up more than 30 percent on the first day of...
Much hype and hope surrounds the adoption of cryptocurrencies — bitcoin among them as the marquee name in the space, of course — beyond the Wild West of speculative trading that exists now. Favor has met with disfavor, and bitcoin now trades at $3,990 —...
Brexit takes its place as the big fizzle of the week. And to caption what happened, we might say that this week was a gigantic case of “hurry up and wait.” No deal on no deal is a big deal, but what’s next beyond the...
You know the drill: Buyer’s remorse. Getting what you wanted and then wondering if the thrill of the chase and the capture will give way to unexpected regret. Buying a house is no small undertaking. The scrimping, saving, and in some cases, going to the...