Author: CapitalGainsFund

Sep 18

: Uber hires new tech chief from Amazon

Uber, whose San Francisco headquarters is shown in this photo, has hired a new CTO. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Uber Technologies Inc. is bringing in a new chief technology officer from Amazon.com Inc., Sukumar Rathnam, filling a position that has been vacant for more than three months. The hiring was announced internally Thursday and was first […]
Sep 17

IPO Report: Red-hot IPO market sends Snowflake surging and JFrog leaping, with more software companies to come

New York Stock Exchange President Stacey Cunningham helps Snowflake Inc. executievs and employees ring the opening bell for trading Wednesday. NYSE Snowflake Inc. and JFrog Inc. produced a hot start Wednesday to the busiest week for initial public offerings in more than a year. Snowflake SNOW, +111.60% priced its IPO at $120 a share Tuesday […]
Sep 17

: Trump administration backs down, will resume in-person election-intel briefings to lawmakers

John Ratcliffe. Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has agreed to provide in-person briefings on threats to the November election to key members of Congress, backing down from a decision last month to provide that information only in writing. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has agreed to provide briefings to the Senate and […]
Sep 16

: Trump disputes CDC director on vaccine rollout, blames high coronavirus death toll on ‘blue states’

President Donald J. Trump speaks to the press during a news conference Wednesday at the White House. Getty Images President Donald Trump discussed his administration’s plan to roll out a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible during Wednesday’s coronavirus task force briefing, and disputed earlier comments from CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield. “As soon as […]