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with Tonya Riley Venture capital firms are proclaiming that Black Lives Matter.  But the Medium posts, news releases and tweets from these titans of technology stand in stark contrast to the lack of diversity in the exclusionary and insulated world of start-up investing.  Just 1 percent of start-up founders who raised venture capital are black, …

The Dow (INDU) was up 450 points or 1.6% in late morning trading. The S&P 500 (SPX) rose 1.5%, while the Nasdaq Composite (COMP) was up 1.7%. But the global coronavirus is still not over. So what’s behind the excitement? Chinese stimulus The People’s Bank of China stepped in this week by injecting billions of …

Last Updated Jul 18, 2019 9:24 AM EDT President Trump took his attacks on four Democratic lawmakers to a raucous campaign rally in North Carolina where his supporters chanted “send her back,” echoing the president’s racist tweet that the four women of color should “go back” to the countries they came from. The rally, in …

Australia is having a disappointing World Cup, and looks nothing like the dark horse contender everyone thought it was coming into the tournament. The Matildas followed up their opening defeat to Italy with a wacky 3-2 win over Brazil on Thursday, taking advantage of some fortunate bounces and a poorly written offside rule. But superstar …