Title: After Concussions, Some Ex-Athletes Show Key Marker for Brain Disease: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 5/8/2019 12:00:00 AM
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Reputation always matters, but rarely more than in large M&A deals. With M&A worth $3 trillion a year across the US and Europe, even a small reputational issue can cost billions if it makes the difference between a deal taking place or being scuppered. Historically, reputational damage often revolved around accounting “irregularities.” Think Enron, Worldcom, and AIG to name a few. In M&A, HP’s disastrous acquisition of Autonomy is one of the most high-profile examples of accounting wrongdoing. HP bought the British tech business for $12 billion in 2011 and wrote off $9 billion only 12 months later. After a…
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Even though it might seem biased — coming from a VC — I genuinely believe that for ambitious founders looking to grow fast, VCs are a necessary step on the road to world domination. Unless you’ve got bundles of cash to self-fund, VC investment gives you the resources to get your product to market, scale your operations significantly faster than you could otherwise, and avoid many of the common pitfalls that early startups face. Yet, despite the central role that VCs play in driving startup growth, many founders still have a healthy dose of suspicion when it comes to bringing us onboard.…
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Tencent revealed this week it would be pulling its test version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds from the Chinese market. Instead, it’s going to publish a similar but more, um, approachable app called “Game for Peace.” Tencent announced it was pulling back the test version of PUBG it’d released to Chinese gamers. Shortly thereafter, it announced the release of Game for Peace. According to Reuters, Tencent says the game “pays tribute to the blue sky warriors that guard our country’s airspace” aka, the Chinese air force. The app looks like PUBG, walks like PUBG, but it doesn’t play like PUBG. Instead, “Game for Peace” is a censored, tidied up version of the same gameplay. Guns are still…
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