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Qualcomm Ventures Corporate VC
First Read ends your week with news Qualcomm inked $12 bln worth of deals with three Chinese mobile handset makers, Amazon pop-up shops are set to open in Whole Foods stores and five women accuse comedian Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct.
CNN
First Read ushers in the day with news that Apple's market cap has closed above $900 billion, AT&T CEO says he has "no intention" of selling CNN to sweeten Time Warner deal, and a self-driving bus crashed two hours after it was launched in Las Vegas.
IPO Profiles VC
First Read begins the day with news that Snap tanks after a huge quarterly revenue miss, Target will be closing a dozen underperforming stores, and Twitter raises the character limit to 280 for users in nearly all languages.
21st Century Fox
First Read kicks off the day with news that 21st Century Fox stock soars after reports of sale talks with Disney, UK-based car-buying startup is closing down, and Will.i.am's tech startup raises $117 million.
Trump's Twitter account
First Read begins the week with news that Twitter has "implemented safeguards" to prevent Trump's account from being deactivated, Radio Shack survives its second bankruptcy--barely, and how the Sprint, T-Mobile merger collapsed.
Apple CEO Tim Cook
First Read ends your week with news PE stocks tumble as investors review tax reform plan, President Trump booted off Twitter for 11 minutes and Apple beats expectations.
private equity, Federal Reserve, hedge fund, venture capital
First Read kicks off the day with news that Trump is set to name Jerome Powell as the next Federal Reserve chairman, MetLife greenlighs a $2 billion buyback, and the "Lion King" remake includes Beyonce as "Nala."
First Read begins the day with news that a terrorist attack in lower Manhattan claimed eight fatalities after a truck deliberately rammed into pedestrians, Grupo Mexico expects to raise $1.23 billion in a rail unit IPO, and House Republicans have delayed releasing their long-awaited tax bill until Thursday.
Netflix's "House of Cards"
First Read begins the day with news that Sprint stock nosedives on reports its merger with T-Mobile is off, Netflix cancels "House of Cards" in the wake of disturbing Kevin Spacey allegations, and U.K. interest rates are due to rise.
First Read starts the day with news that the newly Amazon-acquired Whole Foods is seeking to hire 6,000 workers, tea infusion device startup Teforia shuts down, and women in Saudi Arabia will be allowed to attend sporting events in big stadiums.
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