Ryan Kailath
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Blue Apron’s price cut shows investors are wary of high-growth with no profit
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Ryan Kailath
Jun 28, 2017
The window is closing on Blue Apron’s IPO. The do-it-yourself meal-kit delivery service is going public tomorrow. Today they cut the initial price target for their shares by about a third. That puts the company’s valuation below the estimated $2.2 billion valuation in their last round of private venture capital funding. There are no inside […]
Etsy got famous with macramé and Mason jar chic — then it got more like the rest of them
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Ryan Kailath
Jun 21, 2017
The company changed during the leadup to its IPO.
Why do big companies support a carbon tax?
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Ryan Kailath
Jun 20, 2017
A group called the Climate Leadership Council put out a plan for a carbon tax earlier this year, and it’s made up not just of environmentalist types, though there are some of those, but also conservative Republicans and business leaders. Its founding members include multinational corporations, including fossil fuel and auto companies like Exxon Mobil, […]
The team is hot, but Yankee ticket sales are not
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Ryan Kailath
Jun 15, 2017
Fewer people are saying 'take me out to the ballpark.' At least, the ballpark in the Bronx.
How Apple's technology affects the smartphone repair business
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Ryan Kailath
Jun 7, 2017
The company is rolling out its device to help fix cracked iPhone screens.
A record number of people want to leave Earth
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Ryan Kailath
Jun 7, 2017
Vice President Mike Pence will be at the Johnson Space Center in Houston today to inaugurate the newest class of NASA astronauts. There was a record number of applicants this time around — more than 18,000 people applied to the space program. That’s triple the number of the last class in 2012. But the heightened […]
The powerful interests fighting tax simplification
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Ryan Kailath
Jun 5, 2017
The White House says a revamp will boost revenues. Democrats want an easier system, too. So why hasn't it happened?
U.S. foreign tourism loss may be Canada’s gain
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Ryan Kailath
May 31, 2017
International visitors spent nearly $250 billion in the U.S. last year, according to federal data. Now, a report shows that foreign tourism is down 16 percent from a year ago. That’s from the location intelligence company Foursquare. Major destinations like New York and Los Angeles have separately reported their own declines. Canada and other countries […]
T-Mobile’s getting rid of that second phone problem. Wait, hasn’t that been solved?
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Ryan Kailath
May 30, 2017
If you use T-Mobile as your cellphone carrier, you’ll be getting a new, free service called DIGITS tomorrow (Weds 5/31). Here’s how it works: You can get calls from multiple numbers to one phone or use one phone number across multiple devices. So, for example, send text messages from your laptop or redirect work calls […]
First-time homebuyers are taking out more new loans
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Ryan Kailath
May 25, 2017
And nearly a quarter of them are using a gift from family or a friend, realtors say.