Despite IPO flameouts, 2019 sets record for U.S. unicorn births
Unicorns like Uber, Lyft and Slack may have had disappointing IPOs, but U.S. venture capital firms gave birth to a record number of unicorns in...
Thousands in Poland protest against latest judicial reforms
Thousands gathered in cities across Poland on Wednesday to protest against a proposal by the ruling nationalists that would allow for judges to be fired...
Indian tribunal orders reinstatement of Mistry as chairman of Tata Sons
Cyrus Mistry, who has been embroiled in a legal battle with Tata Group since being ousted in 2016, won backing from a tribunal to be...
Senate panel advances Russia sanctions bill ‘from hell’
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved legislation on Wednesday that would impose sanctions on Russia, but there was no indication of when the full...
‘Rise of Skywalker’ reviews among most critical in ‘Star Wars’ galaxy
Walt Disney Co’s highly anticipated “Star Wars” movie “The Rise of Skywalker” divided film critics on Wednesday, earning more detractors than any film in the...
Exclusive: EU to clear without conditions Nvidia’s $6.8 billion Mellanox buy – sources
EU antitrust regulators are set to give unconditional approval to U.S. chipmaker Nvidia’s $6.8 billion bid for Mellanox Technologies MLNX.O, people familiar with the matter...
Malnutrition curses the children of Venezuela
Last August, Francys Rivero, an unemployed single mother of four, feared for her baby’s life. Two months after his birth, even though she was breastfeeding...
Chile’s Antofagasta seeks green light for Minnesota mine near wilderness
Chile’s Antofagasta said on Wednesday that it had kicked off the environmental permitting process for its $1.7 billion Twin Metals copper, nickel and platinum mining...
Ancient seawall shows how ancestors tried to cope with rising seas
An ancient seawall erected thousands of years ago along the Mediterranean coast at the end of an ice age is the oldest evidence of civilization...
Automakers to pay $3 billion in new U.S. tariffs under USMCA: budget estimate
U.S. President Donald Trump’s rewrite of North American trade rules will cost automakers nearly $3 billion more in tariffs over the next decade for cars...