Buying and selling on marketplace websites like Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace often lead to meeting a stranger somewhere to complete the purchase and pick up the item. With over 1 billion Facebook Marketplace users per month, Nymbull founder Jackson Wegelin doesn’t think that’s necessary for peer-to-peer transactions. And he estimates that between interacting with potential […]
Athletics-Marathon world record holder Keitany announces retirement
September 22, 2021 (Reuters) – Kenya’s Mary Keitany, the world record holder for a women-only marathon, announced her retirement on Wednesday at the age of 39 due to a back injury. Keitany set the record in her third London Marathon win in 2017, finishing in a time of two hours 17 minutes and one second. […]
Cricket-MCC changes ‘batsman’ to ‘batter’ in Laws of Cricket
September 22, 2021 (Reuters) -The term ‘batsman’ has been amended to the gender-neutral term ‘batter’ in the Laws of Cricket to stress the importance of the women’s game, the Marylebone Cricket Club said on Wednesday. England beat India in the 2017 women’s World Cup final in front of a capacity crowd at Lord’s while the […]
Golf-Fast start could be key to Europe win, says Jacklin
September 22, 2021 By Steve Keating KOHLER, Wisconsin (Reuters) – A fast start could be the key to another Europe Ryder Cup victory, says Tony Jacklin, the four-times team captain, noting that Padraig Harrington’s men could take a lesson from the women who shot out of the blocks on the way to winning the Solheim […]
Robinhood to begin testing crypto wallets, with broader launch in early 2022
September 22, 2021 By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) – Robinhood Markets Inc said on Wednesday it plans to begin testing cryptocurrency wallets next month, with a broader rollout in early 2022, allowing its users to move supported digital currencies in and out of their brokerage accounts. The Menlo Park-based retail brokerage currently allows buying, […]
Golf-Cantlay uses gin analogy to explain Europe’s Ryder Cup dominance
September 22, 2021 By Steve Keating KOHLER, Wisconsin (Reuters) – Patrick Cantlay has earned a reputation as being a deep thinker and the American flexed those credentials on Wednesday when he used the card game gin, roulette and mathematics in his bid to explain why Europe dominates the Ryder Cup. The reigning PGA Tour Player […]
Exxon, Chevron not disclosing payments to some governments -transparency group
September 22, 2021 By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. oil majors Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp have failed to meet a core transparency standard set by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, a global anti-corruption body on which the companies have board seats, EITI said on Wednesday. Exxon and Chevron have declined to publicly […]
Full Federal Reserve policy statement Sept 22, 2021
September 22, 2021 (Reuters) – Following is the full statement issued by the Federal Open Market Committee on Sept. 22, 2021: The Federal Reserve is committed to using its full range of tools to support the U.S. economy in this challenging time, thereby promoting its maximum employment and price stability goals. With progress on vaccinations […]
Motor racing-Ferrari’s Leclerc to start from back of the grid in Sochi
September 22, 2021 (Reuters) – Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will start Sunday’s Russian Formula One Grand Prix from the back of the grid due to a change of power unit, the Italian team said on Wednesday. Ferrari said they would be introducing an updated hybrid system in Sochi, mainly to gain experience with it for the […]
FOMC teases start of taper “soon”
September 22, 2021 NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cleared the way to reduce its monthly bond purchases “soon” and signaled interest rate increases may follow more quickly than expected, with nine of 18 U.S. central bank policymakers projecting borrowing costs will need to rise in 2022. The actions, which were included […]
Soccer-UEFA urges FIFA to stop pushing World Cup plan
September 22, 2021 By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – European football’s governing body UEFA has urged FIFA to stop pushing its plan for a two-year World Cup and instead to engage in “genuine consultation” over reform of the international match calendar. FIFA is conducting a feasibility study into holding the World Cup on a […]
Latin America’s second wave of digital transformation
Julio Vasconcellos Contributor Share on Twitter Julio Vasconcellos is the managing partner of Atlantico, a venture capital fund focused on Latin America. He was previously the founder of Canary and Peixe Urbano, and was Facebook’s first employee in Brazil. More posts by this contributor Latin America’s digital transformation is making up for lost time Over […]
What Canva CEO Melanie Perkins looks for in a potential acquisition
Design software startup Canva has been making news of late. The company just raised $200 million at a $40 billion valuation, and co-founders Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht gave the vast majority of their equity (around $13 billion) to charity through the Canva Foundation. We sat down with Perkins at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 to talk […]
How technology is transforming organ procurement
Every year, more than 100,000 people in the United States wait for an organ donation. More than a dozen people will die each day still waiting. Such is the brutal math and the necessary optimism required to work in the organ procurement world. For the past several decades, a private network of now 57 organ […]
AeroFarms is supplying the hops for Goose Island’s latest IPA
The world of vertical farming has seen a massive uptick in interest over the past decade, as the world grapples with concerns over resource use, farmable area and exploding population growth. While promising, there are still plenty of question marks surrounding the technology, including the diversity of crops one can grow indoors at scale. Newark, […]
Microsoft now more focused on ‘killing Zoom’ than Slack, says Stewart Butterfield
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2021, Slack founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield and Salesforce COO Bret Taylor discussed their $28 billion merger, announced last December, which the Department of Justice signed off on this summer. But shareholders still seem to be second-guessing the deal. At least, they aren’t convinced of the value that Slack brings to Salesforce […]
Ukraine left puzzled after assassination attempt on president’s top aide
September 22, 2021 By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian police are trying to work out who ordered unidentified individuals to try to murder a top aide of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy after his car was sprayed with automatic gunfire on Wednesday morning in an attack that shocked the political elite. Serhiy Shefir, the […]
Tunisia president takes new powers, says will reform system
September 22, 2021 TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian President Kais Saied has put in place special measures for wielding legislative and executive power, the presidency said on Wednesday, without elaborating. It added that Saied would form a committee to prepare amendments to Tunisia’s political system and that he would maintain the suspension of parliament that he […]
U.S. providing over $290 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Yemen -Blinken
September 22, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is providing more than $290 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Yemen, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, part of an additional $600 billion in new donations globally. “The United States remains committed to delivering aid to the most vulnerable in Yemen, and calls […]
Saudi king tells U.N. kingdom supports efforts to prevent nuclear Iran
September 22, 2021 DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that his kingdom supports efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, as world leaders prepare to resume talks with Tehran to reinstate a 2015 nuclear pact. “The kingdom insists on the importance of keeping the […]
