Oh, how we love Fridays! Have a great weekend, everyone. See you Monday morning. —– Top News in the A.M. Last week, French police reportedly raided Uber‘s offices in Paris. Yesterday, it was Dutch authorities barreling their way into the Amsterdam offices of the mobile car-booking company. More here. BlackBerry just reported a surprise profit for […]
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A Startup Takes on Rakuten
Industry watchers are well-aware that Rakuten, the Japanese e-commerce giant, has made a wave of investments in U.S. startups in recent years as it looks to enhance its portfolio of technologies, acquiring Buy.com, Slice and eBates and making big bets on Pinterest and Lyft, among other companies. According to Ryan Koonce, the founder and CEO of […]