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Dodge will debut an all-electric muscle car in 2024. Dodge will release an all-electric muscle car in 2024, just don't call it an EV. The automaker announced its first foray into the battery electric vehicle market earlier today as part of an event held by Stellantis, its parent company. (Igor Bonifacic via Engadget)
China's Didi crackdown Is all about controlling Big Data. Shortly after Beijing's shock cybersecurity probe into Didi Global Inc., Chinese social media users furiously passed around a 2015 story on the Uber-like app that showed what might be spooking President Xi Jinping. (Bloomberg)
'Financially Hobbled for Life': The Elite Master's Degrees That Don't Pay Off. Recent film program graduates of Columbia University who took out federal student loans had a median debt of $181,000. Yet two years after earning their master's degrees, half of the borrowers were making less than $30,000 a year. (Melissa Korn via Wall Street Journal)
The upside to inflation: rising wages. Although consumers may be paying more for everyday items, it's not all bad news. As inflation takes hold, wages may increase, too. As the economy picks up in the wake of the Covid pandemic, concerns about inflation are also gaining steam. (Jessica Dickler via CNBC)
Some Britons crave permanent pandemic lockdown. BORIS JOHNSON can often channel John Bull, a ruddy cartoon figure from Georgian England. He personified the liberty-loving English yeoman, in opposition to Napoleonic tyranny. (The Economist)
Miami twins raise $18M for Lula, an insurance infrastructure upstart. Lula, a Miami-based insurance infrastructure startup, announced today it has raised $18 million in a Series A round of funding. Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures co-led the round, which also included participation from SoftBank, hedge fund manager… (Mary Ann Azevedo via TechCrunch)
GitHub’s CTO Joins Redpoint As A Partner In The VC Firm’s New $725 Million Growth Fund.When Jason Warner joined Heroku, a buzzy cloud infrastructure acquired by Salesforce, he quickly met Scott Raney, a venture capitalist at Redpoint and an early investor in the startup. Soon, Raney and his partners were sending technical companies to Warner for vetting and advice. (Alex Konrad via Forbes)
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