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Hinge CEO says he bribed students with Kit Kats to get the $550-million-a-year business off the ground: ‘I had to beg and borrow a lot‘
Success

Hinge CEO says he bribed students with Kit Kats to get the $550-million-a-year business off the ground: ‘I had to beg and borrow a lot‘

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Beside founding team.
AI

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Success

Founder of $100 million company says she quit her day job to rebuild her father’s Cape Cod chip empire—and there ‘wasn’t time’ to worry about nepotism

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October 26, 2025
Chess.com cofounder Danny Rensch
Success

Like Jeff Bezos and Howard Schultz, Chess.com’s cofounder says people doubted his vision—with a 225 million-user empire, he’s now having the last laugh

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October 19, 2025
Brineworks wind plant.
Energy

Exclusive: Climate-tech startup Brineworks raises $5.87 million

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September 19, 2025
Indonesia bets a new sovereign wealth fund will finally unlock its potential
Magazine

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Trump administration says some of the $6 billion education grants it withheld were funding ‘a radical leftwing agenda’
Politics

Trump administration says some of the $6 billion education grants it withheld were funding ‘a radical leftwing agenda’

By Bianca Vázquez Toness and The Associated Press
July 3, 2025
RFK Jr. says U.S. is pulling its $1 billion support for international vaccines alliance Gavi because it has ‘ignored the science’ and ‘lost the public trust’
Health

RFK Jr. says U.S. is pulling its $1 billion support for international vaccines alliance Gavi because it has ‘ignored the science’ and ‘lost the public trust’

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June 26, 2025
Federal judge orders Trump administration to release billions in EV charger funding in 14 states
Politics

Federal judge orders Trump administration to release billions in EV charger funding in 14 states

By Sudhin Thanawala, Sophie Austin and The Associated Press
June 25, 2025
House barely approves DOGE cuts of $9.4 billion in funding for NPR, PBS and foreign aid
Politics

House barely approves DOGE cuts of $9.4 billion in funding for NPR, PBS and foreign aid

By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press
June 13, 2025
Exclusive: Stablecoin company Conduit raises $36 million from Dragonfly Capital and Altos Ventures
Companies

Exclusive: Stablecoin company Conduit raises $36 million from Dragonfly Capital and Altos Ventures

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Finance

‘Self-deporting’ immigrants are pulling their kids out of school to flee the U.S. Experts say it spells trouble for schools that depend on student enrollments for funding

By Bianca Vázquez Toness, Neal Morton, Ariel Gilreath, Sarah Whites-Koditschek, Rebecca Griesbach, The Associated Press and The Hechinger Report
May 21, 2025
Exclusive: Stablecoin company Zar raises $7 million in round led by Dragonfly Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and VanEck Ventures
Companies

Exclusive: Stablecoin company Zar raises $7 million in round led by Dragonfly Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and VanEck Ventures

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April 30, 2025
17 years after California voters approved $10 billion for high speed rail, no tracks have been laid
Finance

17 years after California voters approved $10 billion for high speed rail, no tracks have been laid

By Sophie Austin and The Associated Press
April 30, 2025
Trump administration has to restore $12 million to pro-democracy Radio Free Europe, federal judge rules
Politics

Trump administration has to restore $12 million to pro-democracy Radio Free Europe, federal judge rules

By Michael Kunzelman and The Associated Press
April 30, 2025

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