Monthly Archives: February 2017

The rise of tech startups around San Francisco has contributed to a rise in rents thats pushing families out of the Bay Area. Crooked landlords use legal loopholes to evict families so they can jack up prices and move in richer tenants. But now one of the Bays wealthiest families is putting a little of […]

Joshua Bateman is based in Greater China and covers finance, entrepreneurship, technology, consumption trends, agriculture, gaming, sports and art. More posts by this contributor: China is disrupting global fintech Necessity Is Driving Agricultural Innovation Indoors How to join the network Chinese policymakers are encouraging consumption, and fintech companies are spurring purchases and investments, ranging from daily necessities […]

Lives with: Partner Laura Starkie, age 25. An accountant on 20,000 a year Location: Oldham, Greater Manchester House price: 125,000 for a three bedroom semi-detached house Deposit: 6,250 (5%) with the Help to Buy mortgage scheme (which ended in December) Why buy a property? We were sick of living at home with each of our […]

(CNN)Britney Spears is asking for prayers for her niece who was injured in an ATV accident on Sunday. The pop star posted a photo of 8-year-old Maddie on Instagram Monday and wrote, “Need all the wishes and prayers for my niece.” Maddie is the daughter of Spears’ younger sister, Jamie Lynn Spears.

Ex-basketball player pleads guilty after forcing another car off the road and into a concret wall on California Interstate 5 The former basketball star Dennis Rodman has received three years probation for going the wrong way on a California highway, forcing another car to crash. Rodman was also sentenced to 30 hours of community service […]

Dortmund police have filed 28 charges for breaches of the law, including assault, after supporters allegedly attacked women and children Borussia Dortmund have said they deeply regret attacks against RB Leipzig supporters, including women and children, before the sides Bundesliga game on Saturday. Dortmund police filed 28 charges for breaches of the law concerning explosives, […]

His bid for the Reform party was a preview of threats and paranoia that would characterize his successful 2016 run but some key elements were different On a windy night 17 years ago, the pre-Apprentice, pre-Twitter, pre-president New York developer Donald Trump could be found greeting Reform party members at his Florida Mar-a-Lago mansion. Trump […]

The residents of Whitefish, a small Montana ski town, provoked an onslaught of antisemitic harassment for standing up to the alt-right racist in their midst On a bitterly cold afternoon, the residents of a Montana ski town waited to see if armed neo-Nazis would show up to march through their streets. Whitefish, a tiny town […]

There’s a Pokmon game on PC now. Sort of. For all the ways that Minecraft has been twisted and transformed over the years, Pokmon: Cobalt and Amethyst is something new. It’s a full-blown game built inside of Minecraft, with what developer Phoenix Projects says is “60 to 80 hours” of gameplay. SEE ALSO: 7 things […]

Martin Macmillan is the CEO of Pollen VC, a fintech company that created the concept of revenue recycling to provide receivables financing to app developers globally together with growth consulting services. More posts by this contributor: VCs Are Ripe For Smart Alternatives To Fund App Growth How to join the network When it comes to obtaining […]