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Black British entrepreneurs seek to overcome VC funding declines

Former Goldman Sachs executive Ayesha Ofori was confident that investors would be keen to fund her investment platform startup — then came the wall of rejections. Some of the venture capitalists who gave the cold shoulder to Ofori’s female-focused financial investment platform, Propelle, ultimately rejected her, citing her lack of experience. Ofori notes her background at Morgan […]

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Amazon and the endangered future of the middle manager

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during a keynote address at AWS re:Invent 2024, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, at The Venetian Las Vegas on December 3, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Noah Berger | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s note sent this fall to employees about corporate culture drew […]

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Is Archer Aviation or Joby Aviation the Better Air Taxi Stock?

This week, the race to dominate urban air transportation hit a major milestone when U.S. aviation regulators released final safety rules for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The news lifted shares of both Joby Aviation (NYSE: JOBY) and Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR)two leading eVTOL developers in the U.S., though both stocks have lagged […]

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Goldman Sachs (GS) earnings Q3 2024

David Solomon, Chairman & CEO Goldman Sachs, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 17th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBC Goldman Sachs topped estimates for third-quarter profit and revenue on strong results from its stock trading and investment banking operations. Here’s what the company reported: […]