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Computer Sciences CEO Mike Lawrie, like Meg Whitman of HP Enterprise, had pushed to narrow the focus of his technology company. Now, he is bucking that trend.
Open source software won the hearts and minds of corporate tech strategists, but the first-generation of open-source software startups largely failed to gain commercial traction. A new generation is selling to the CIO in a different way.
Some of the top digital, fundraising and analytics companies on both sides of the U.S. political divide have tried to parlay their campaign skills into for-profit enterprises, but finding the right business model isn’t easy.
The drugstore chain made a blood-testing deal without fully validating the startup’s technology, worrying that Elizabeth Holmes might balk if Walgreens pushed too hard.
The international money transfer startup says it moves more than $750 million globally a month.
Not every object should connect to our smartphones—and if it does, it should at least work. Startups have made smart tampons, water bottles and trash cans, writes Joanna Stern.
China Circuit columnist Li Yuan writes that Chinese entrepreneurs and investors fear that the government is now less open to startups going public domestically than it was a year ago.
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Toyota said it had invested in Uber Technologies as part of a strategic alliance aimed at getting more drivers on the ride-hailing service.
For the first time in the modern era, young adults are more likely to live with their parents than with a spouse or partner, according to a new study by Pew Research Center.
Too many insiders launch companies on the public’s dime—like a $15 million subsidy for balloon rides.
Volkswagen invested $300 million in Tel Aviv-based car-hailing startup Gett, which operates in 60 cities in Israel, Russia, the U.S. and the U.K. The companies also have signed a strategic partnership agreement.
Silicon Valley stalwart Fenwick & West is opening a New York office.
A Delaware corporate law, which can compel locally incorporated firms to open their books to shareholders, is a potentially valuable tool for thousands of tech workers and other small investors questioning their shares’ worth.
An autonomous vehicle startup backed by Ford Motor Co. Chairman Bill Ford has raised $16 million in additional funding with an eye toward launching autonomous taxis in Singapore this autumn.
Videogaming’s rapid shift from a living-room hobby to a spectator sport is luring mainstream advertisers and intensifying competition between big game publishers and nimble upstarts.
Nant Health, the biomolecular medicine company run by a Los Angeles billionaire entrepreneur, said it sees its stock pricing between $12.50 and $15.50 a share in its coming initial public offering.
AIG is giving crowdfunding a try. Not to raise money for startups, but to profit off investors’ concerns about being ripped off as they invest in small businesses.