Inside the 'awkward,' 'tense,' and 'heated' private meeting between Elon Musk and Texans whom SpaceX is trying to buy out to fully realize its vision to reach Mars

Dave Mosher | A man who lives in Boca Chica says he told Musk that SpaceX's buyout offer was "unconscionable" to people who hoped to retire in the secluded area.

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Lambda School is Silicon Valley's big bet on reinventing education and making student debt obsolete. But students say it's a 'cult' and they would have been better off learning on their own.

Rosalie Chan | The Y Combinator startup Lambda School has raised money from GV, Stripe, and even Ashton Kutcher for a better way of thinking about education.

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The new CEOs of SAP say they're not worried about Oracle or Larry Ellison's constant slams: 'It's a weakness when you talk too much about the competition'

Benjamin Pimentel | SAP's new CEOs say that it came as a surprise even to them when they were appointed to replace Bill McDermott as leaders of the German software giant.

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The 'worst of all possible worlds': One renowned stock bear is crying foul on an increasingly vulnerable part of the market — and reiterating his call for a 65% crash

Christopher Competiello | John Hussman, president of Hussman Investment trust, thinks a 65% market crash will bring the S&P 500 back to "run-of-the-mill valuation levels."

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Meet 2019's Rising Stars of Wall Street from firms like Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, and Apollo shaking up investing, trading, and dealmaking

Dan DeFrancesco,Casey Sullivan,Meghan Morris | From starting a hedge fund before 30 to running alternative-data shops and helping lead $27 billion investments, this group is in a league of its own.

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Meet the 5 execs that Larry Ellison and insiders say are on the short list to one day be the CEO of Oracle

Benjamin Pimentel | With Oracle’s Mark Hurd on leave, here are 5 execs who could replace him as Safra Catz’s co-CEO, according to insiders and Larry Ellison.

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VMware's COO says that its $2.1 billion acquisition of Carbon Black is all about fixing cybersecurity, an industry 'going through turmoil'

Rosalie Chan | Now that the acquisition has been closed, VMware COO Sanjay Poonen and Carbon Black CEO Patrick Morley explains what's next for both companies.

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The WeWork fiasco is making employees wonder if their shares have been set on fire. We talked to experts who said most tech startup workers are in the dark about how much their equity is worth.

Shana Lebowitz | WeWork has indefinitely postponed its IPO and may run out of cash as soon as next month. That could spell disaster for the value of employee shares.

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SAP CEO Bill McDermott resigned six months after activist investor Elliott elbowed in

Julie Bort | McDermott says he 'enjoyed' working with activist investor Elliott but he made the decision not to renew his contract, up in 2020, all the same.

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