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Caribu on Wefunder

"Caribu helps children 0-7 years old to read and draw with their parents and grandparents through a video-call when they’re not in the same location. Caribu is a game-changer for the hundreds of millions of global families that are separated by distance and need to make memories together with their (grand)children through mobile and tablet [...]


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6 years ago

Gig economy workers may get short changed when it comes to Social Security checks

Workers in the gig economy could get short changed when it comes to their Social Security checks in retirement.

6 years ago

Rate-cut euphoria elevates S&P 500 to record high

The S&P 500 index touched a record high on Thursday, driven Wall Street's expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates as soon as next month to keep the U.S.-China trade war from stalling economic growth.



6 years ago

Fed rate-cut sign boosts stocks, dollar drops

World stock markets jumped on Thursday, with the U.S. benchmark S&P 500 hitting a record high, while the 10-year U.S. Treasury note yield dipped below 2% as investors digested a signal from the Federal Reserve of potential U.S. interest rate cuts as soon as its next meeting.



6 years ago

Retailers J.C.Penney, Macy's oppose proposed tariffs on apparel, footwear

Department store operators J.C. Penney Co Inc and Macy's Inc have opposed U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to include apparel and footwear among the Chinese goods targeted for tariffs.



6 years ago

Analyst Dick Bove upgrades Goldman Sachs, says investment bank is 'crushing it'

Longtime Goldman Sachs critic Dick Bove now recommends investors buy the company's stock and says the company is "crushing it."

6 years ago

Exclusive: Chevron Phillips Chemical in bid to acquire Nova Chemicals - sources

​Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, a joint venture between Chevron Corp and Phillips 66, has offered to acquire Nova Chemicals Corp for more than $15 billion including debt, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.



6 years ago

The Trump economy is starting to look more and more like the Obama economy

It wasn't supposed to be this way: The 2017 tax cut and deregulation were supposed to pull the economy out of its glacial move higher.

6 years ago

Martin Shkreli settles all litigation with his former company Retrophin

Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical entrepreneur serving a seven-year prison term for fraud, has settled all outstanding disputes with Retrophin Inc, the biopharmaceutical company he founded in 2011 and which ousted him three years later.



6 years ago

Merck CEO sees legal challenge if U.S. adopts drug pricing based on other countries

Merck & Co Chief Executive Ken Frazier said on Thursday a rule to base the price the U.S. government pays for some prescription drugs in it Medicare program on lower prices in other countries would face legal challenges if adopted.



6 years ago

FTC objects to Qualcomm submission of Apple documents in antitrust case

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday objected to a move by mobile chip supplier Qualcomm Inc to introduce internal Apple Inc documents in its fight to stop the enforcement of a May antitrust ruling.



6 years ago

Slack stock surges at debut, values company at more than $23 billion

Shares of Slack Technologies Inc, the fast-growing workplace messaging and communication platform, soared nearly 50% in their public trading debut on Thursday, valuing the company at more than $23 billion.



6 years ago

Risks to Wall Street's rally abound despite record high

The benchmark S&P 500 index hit a record high on Thursday as an almost giddy euphoria over the prospects of a U.S. interest rate cut fueled the appetite for equities, but there are plenty of pitfalls that could throw the stock market off course.



6 years ago

Investor LGIM dumps ExxonMobil from its Future World funds

Britain's biggest asset manager has removed ExxonMobil and four more companies from its 5 billion pounds ($6.3 billion) Future World Funds, and said it would vote against their chairs for failing to confront the threats posed by climate change.



6 years ago

Apple, Keurig Dr Pepper, Dollar Tree, Fitbit press U.S. to drop China tariff plan

Apple Inc, Keurig Dr Pepper Inc, Dollar Tree Inc and Fitbit Inc have joined other companies in filing letters of opposition to a Trump administration plan for more U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, including iPhones, MacBooks, and single-serve coffee brewers.



6 years ago