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Gates Foundation gives millions to help persuade ultra-wealthy donors to give more of their billions

GeekWire

Bill and Melinda Gates at the University of Washington in 2017. In October 2020, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gave $5 million to the TED Foundation’s Audacious Project to “research and overcome barriers to large scale giving by ultra-high net worth donors.”. In 2017, ultra-wealthy American families donated just 1.2%

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Redfin CEO says strength of housing market ‘almost feels eerie’ amid economic and health crisis

GeekWire

Redfin topped Wall Street estimates for the quarter , reporting $214 million in revenue, up 8%, and a net loss per share of $0.08. Redfin is investing in tech-enabled tools that aid the remote homebuying process, such as virtual tours, video appointments with agents, and more to help adjust for social distancing mandates.

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T-Mobile Store Owner Made $25M Illegally Unlocking Cellphones

SecureWorld News

Department of Justice (DOJ) says Argishti Khudaverdyan, 44, was found guilty of 14 federal criminal charges for the scheme he ran from 2014 to 2019 that netted $25 million in criminal proceeds. which was a T-Mobile store, in Los Angeles in January 2017. How was he unlocking these phones?

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Vizio files to go public, has sold over 80 million TVs

The Verge

Later in the filing, Vizio says: While we generate the significant majority of our total net revenue from sales of our Smart TVs and sound bars, our Platform+ net revenue has grown 304.4 Important background on Vizio’s data practices: the company agreed in 2017 to pay the FTC $2.2 percent from $36.4 million in 2018 to $147.2

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How Splash Made a Splash at Dreamforce (on a Budget)

The Investing Edge

For those of you still recovering from Dreamforce 2017 , I interviewed Amy Holtzman, VP of marketing at leading event marketing platform Splash , to get the inside scoop on how they planned and executed on their own Dreamforce presence. Splash found strong success generating high quality leads via paid social ads.

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Lynk & Co’s compact SUV costs €500 a month but might earn you a profit

The Verge

In China, the 01 originally listed at just under $24,000 when it first went on sale in 2017. The face has some slight tweaks (but remains largely unchanged visually) while inside the cars there’s a new infotainment system, a new airbag configuration for Europe, and the use of more sustainable fabrics made from recycled fishing nets.

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Pandemic spells uncertain future for bikes and scooters as mobility services confront new realities

GeekWire

Seattle pioneered dockless bike-share in the United States with its novel 2017 pilot. LimeBike, Spin, and Ofo bikes in Seattle in 2017. billion net loss for the first quarter of 2020 and CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told investors gross bookings in major cities are down as much at 70%. A micro-mobility test lab. permanently.

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