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Black entrepreneurs can tap new markets — but only with VC backing

The racial wealth gap in the US is immense, and despite recent increased patronage of Black-owned businesses, that gap has actually expanded in recent years. There are many factors that have gone into creating this gap, and many issues that exist because of it, but it is critical to the economic future of the US…

EMERGING MARKETS-Singapore stocks sink to 2-month low; airline, banks dive

* Graphic: World FX rates tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh * Graphic: Foreign flows into Asian stocks tmsnrt.rs/3f2vwbA * Singapore lenders slide, MAS asks banks to cap dividends * Singapore Airlines hits lowest since Aug. 1998 * Remote work, U.S.-China tech troubles to benefit Taiwan - ANZ By Rashmi Ashok July 30 (Reuters) - Singapore shares hit a two-month…

EMERGING MARKETS-Singapore stocks sink to 2-month low; airline, banks dive

* Graphic: World FX rates tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh * Graphic: Foreign flows into Asian stocks tmsnrt.rs/3f2vwbA * Singapore lenders slide, MAS asks banks to cap dividends * Singapore Airlines hits lowest since Aug. 1998 * Remote work, U.S.-China tech troubles to benefit Taiwan - ANZ By Rashmi Ashok July 30 (Reuters) - Singapore shares hit a two-month…

Joe Biden’s Great Reclamation Project

Provided that the polling of late summer holds (a big “if” in presidential politics), on January 20 Joe Biden will—as a late bloomer on par with Grandma Moses—have finally achieved his life’s great ambition at age 78. As he moves into the Oval Office after his inaugural address and the congressional luncheon, Biden will face…

How Tesla Punctures the Myth of the Tech Genius

The key scene in Michael Almereyda’s biopic Tesla finds Nikola Tesla (Ethan Hawke) humbling himself in the dimly lit chamber of robber baron J.P. Morgan (Donnie Keshawarz). The inventor has come, cap in hand, seeking funds for his wireless transmission experiments, which he believes can unlock the ability to zap telegrams, phone calls, and even…

S.Africa’s Standard Bank could pay full-year dividend

Featured More Top News Wall Street edges higher with eyes on earnings season; GM soars Wall Street's main indexes inched higher on Tuesday ahead of the start of corporate America's reporting season that could signal a rebound in earnings, while General Motors' shares jumped on launching an electric delivery vehicle business. 11:57am EST Have a…

The End of the University

Since coming down south to be closer to family, I’ve taken many walks around the University of North Carolina’s Greensboro campus, where my father works as a professor of chemistry. I arrived not long before spring classes were moved online and the vast majority of students decamped for home. The spacious campus turned desolate, bicycles…

Retro Robbery Review: Carlos Condit vs. Nick Diaz at UFC 143

Few things infuriate MMA fans more than a fight being scored incorrectly, though the term “robbery” tends to be thrown around carelessly and is often steeped in bias. With Robbery Review, we’ll take a look back at controversial fights and determine whether the judges were rightly criticized for their decision or if pundits need to…