Exterior view of the rac rackle field office fee at Wilson Boulevard in Arlington, Virginia, October 18, 2019. Tom Brenner | Reuters Oracle is the latest tech company to move its headquarters from California. On Friday, the company said it was moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas. …
Read More »Congress forced Silicon Valley to answer for its misdeeds. It was a glorious sight | Matt Stoller | Opinion
“ORour founders would not bow to a king, we should not bow to the emperors of the online economy. “This is how Congressman David Cicilline began the remarkable hearing on Wednesday in the Antitrust Subcommittee, where four tech CEOs: Apple’s Tim Cook Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Sundar Pichai of Google …
Read More »“We’re Running Out of Homes for Sale,” Lake Tahoe Brokers Say
This four-bedroom house in Truckee, California, near Lake Tahoe, went on the market for $ 1.65 million and sold less than 24 hours later for $ 2 million. General and Hamilton Lake Tahoe real estate is depleting at a record pace as San Francisco tech workers flee the city in …
Read More »Top tech CEOs prepare to grill
CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google will testify before Congress on Wednesday in what will be a crucial hearing for the future of the antitrust law and Big Tech’s relationship with Washington. It will be the first time that Jeff BezosJeffrey (Jeff) Preston BezosHillicon Valley: Google Extends Remote Work …
Read More »SPACs take over Wall Street
Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman raised $ 4 billion Wednesday through an IPO for a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC), the largest such offering in history. Because it is important: SPACs, publicly traded shell companies designed to acquire other companies, are flooding Wall Street, creating new pathways to public markets for …
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