Fintech start-up Stripe notches eye-popping $35 billion valuation after new funding round
Stripe, a payments company, announced an additional $250 million funding round on Thursday, bringing its valuation to $35 billion.
Stripe, a payments company, announced an additional $250 million funding round on Thursday, bringing its valuation to $35 billion.
Jones said he worked it out with Jay over a 5-hour conversation.
The Egyptian Football Association announced the former Al Ahly coach as Javier Aguirre’s replacement on Thursday
The Theremin, an electronic musical instrument that you play by not touching it, celebrates the 100th anniversary of its invention next year. Smithsonian looks at the history of the first successful electronic musical instrument that New York Times critic Harold C. Schonberg described as sounding like "(a) cello lost in a dense fog, crying because it does not know how to get home." From Smithsonian:
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New research has uncovered how to make mice better at remembering.
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the concept of a "carbon budget" and how you can help save the birds.
Racist images taint a prime minister who painted himself as a liberal savior.
Developers with city contracts who flouted state pay-to-play laws by donating to Mayor de Blasio’s shady political nonprofit were docked thousands of dollars, the state ethics watchdog said Thursday.
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Judoka Saeid Mollaei left the Iranian team after losing the bronze medal bout in the World Judo Championships and has been hiding in Germany.
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Brandon Carlo learned this summer how hard waiting can be, but doing so almost became unbearable. The Boston Bruins defenseman... Read More »
A NASA astronaut has revealed why he has changed his view on a decision made during Apollo 11 over Mission Commander Neil Armstrong.
Jadavpur Univ ruckus: Babul Supriyo heckled, guv rescues him amid political slugfest
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A statement from the club on Thursday said they had made record turnover of 990 million euros last season and projected an increase to 1.047 billion euros for the 2019/20 campaign.
Want an external drive that can take a serious beating and still keep your data safe? You need the ioSafe Solo Hawk.
The Edmonton soldier accused of attempted murder of her three children was in court Thursday. There is now a publication ban so we cannot report her name.
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WASHINGTON/KABUL, Sept 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday the United States would withdraw about $100 million earmarked for an energy infrastructure project in Afghanistan and withhold a further $60 million in planned assistance, blaming corruption and a lack of transparency in the country.
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Purdue Pharma LP — the company that’s been called largely responsible for the country’s opioid problem — will only be able to pay the $10 billion settlement it agreed to at the start of of this week if it’s able to sell more OxyContin over the next seven years, according to Bloomberg.
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“The workers had lit a bonfire and were sitting together when a drone targeted them,” says a tribal elder.
JEMMA Lucy has obliterated her tattoo of former idol Katie Price in the wake of their bitter feud – and replaced it with an enormous horse’s head. The 31-year-old Celebrity Big Brother star once adored the 41-year-old reality queen and even turned up at a book signing to show her the inking on her arm. […]
“I really feel that Elizabeth Warren would have a better shot at unifying the left and the center," said one Working Families Party leader.
Juventus director of sport Fabio Paratici has made light of the club's failure to offload a number of unwanted stars this summer.
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