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Russian Foreign Minister will visit North Korea soon, according to North Korean state media

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8 of the top-funded independent self-driving car startups are based in Silicon Valley

It takes a lot of money to re-invent the automobile, as Palo Alto-based electric carmaker Tesla has demonstrated after burning through billions and continuing to operate in the red.

But venture investors continue to pour money into independent startup… […]

Italian turmoil hits global markets, sending stocks plunging in U.S. and beyond

17:05:00 - argus media

Stocks in the U.S. and Europe sank Tuesday following political turmoil in Italy, which stoked fears of instability in the euro bloc. Investors sold stocks, and prices for U.S. government bonds surged as investors shifted money into lower-risk investmen… […]

These entrepreneurs are bucking Warren Buffett’s advice as they try to reinvent insurance with policies that last an hour or a week (BRK.A)

17:04:43 - BusinessInsider

Famed investor Warren Buffett has described his investment in auto insurance company Geico as one of his best investments because it’s a safe bet that relies on annual contracts.
Verifly founders Jay Bregman and Eugene Hertz are building a company th… […]

Microsoft just surpassed Google’s parent company Alphabet in market cap for the first time in three years (MSFT, GOOGL)

17:04:20 - BusinessInsider

Microsoft’s market value was $753 billion at end of day Tuesday, surpassing Google’s parent company Alphabet in valuation for the first time in three years.
Alphabet clocked in at $739 billion Tuesday.
Microsoft now sits as the third most valuable co… […]

How a San Francisco nonprofit’s vision for glaucoma research is gaining new insights, cash

17:02:39 - Bizjournals

Researchers funded by the Glaucoma Research Foundation may never have focused on the blinding eye disease. But as the foundation begins to assemble its third team of researchers, and as funders pushed it to extend its capital campaign to $25 million, i… […]