German business software giant SAP SEA said it would return Qualitrix International Inc. to the public market, with at least 50% of the business value expected to be paid for the startup two years ago. Prova, Utah-based Qualitrix, in a regulatory filing on Monday, sets the initial price range between …
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Inside Tony Hussey’s mansion in Park City, Utah, thousands of color-coded sticky notes covered the walls, representing many of the financial commitments that Zappos.com Inc. eventually made. Were co-founders of employees, friends and local businesses, according to acquaintances. According to people close to Mr., those registrations, written by a tech …
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A day after unloading its self-driving vehicle unit, Uber Technologies Inc. Silicon Valley startup Joby Aviation said it would acquire Uber Elevate, and that Uber has agreed to invest 75 75 million as part of the deal. Joby told Uber UBR, -1.47% It had previously invested an undisclosed $ 50 …
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An unusually large and powerful eruption of an ice-covered gravitational volcano on Iceland in 2011 sent 20 kilometers of ash into the atmosphere, canceling about 900 passenger flights. In comparison, about 100,000 flights were canceled in 2010 due to very small explosions in Izzafallajukul. Understandably, any mention of another volcanic …
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We move forward in our universe with the confidence of a giant by giving a little thought to the fact that reality spreads bubbles with uncertainty. But physicists have given a vague reminder that our macroscopic world is also subject to the laws of quantum physics – successfully trapping millimeter-sized …
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