M&A experts say mergers of private companies that are under financial pressure to combine are some of the hardest deals to do.
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Rumors keep swirling about a Group Nine and Refinery29 merger, but pulling it off would be rough for everyone

Rumors keep swirling about a Group Nine and Refinery29 merger, but pulling it off would be rough for everyone

Lucia Moses | M&A experts say mergers of private companies that are under financial pressure to combine are some of the hardest deals to do.

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This 2012 presentation from Instagram's cofounder revealed his secrets for building the app into a billion-dollar business

This 2012 presentation from Instagram's cofounder revealed his secrets for building the app into a billion-dollar business

Rob Price | Days after selling Instagram to Facebook for $1 billion in 2012, cofounder Mike Krieger gave an illuminating talk explaining the company's strategy.

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Here's why this Amazon executive says shopping with Alexa is 'going to be even more exciting than the launch of the iPhone'

Here's why this Amazon executive says shopping with Alexa is 'going to be even more exciting than the launch of the iPhone'

Callum Burroughs | "Trust takes decades to build and an instant to lose, and we're paranoid about that," says Amazon Pay's Patrick Gauthier.

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Everything you need to know about React, a project started at Facebook that now helps Twitter, Pinterest, and Asana keep their apps looking good and working great

Everything you need to know about React, a project started at Facebook that now helps Twitter, Pinterest, and Asana keep their apps looking good and working great

Rosalie Chan | React was originally a project built at Facebook to manage its ads. Now it's used by Pinterest, Twitter, Asana, Uber, and more. Here's how it started.

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Private venture-backed startups like Slack and Airbnb are investing in other startups. Here’s where their money is going.

Private venture-backed startups like Slack and Airbnb are investing in other startups. Here’s where their money is going.

Megan Hernbroth | The top four corporate venture capital funds have invested more than $2 billion across 76 startups since 2013.

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How Salesforce's AI ethics chief pitched her own job and got it approved by Marc Benioff within 6 days

How Salesforce's AI ethics chief pitched her own job and got it approved by Marc Benioff within 6 days

Isobel Asher Hamilton | Kathy Baxter told Business Insider about what being an 'ethics architect' actually involves, and how her job pitch got seen by CEO Marc Benioff.

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Oracle revoked job offers for some people in the UK, blaming a hiring freeze. Yet it says it's both hiring and still restructuring.

Oracle revoked job offers for some people in the UK, blaming a hiring freeze. Yet it says it's both hiring and still restructuring.

Julie Bort | Oracle's big reorg feels more like the new normal. It said it will spend $432 million on restructuring and warned it might not be done for months.

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This 28-year-old short seller's hedge fund made a 24% return last year. Now she's eyeing the ballooning US debt pile.

This 28-year-old short seller's hedge fund made a 24% return last year. Now she's eyeing the ballooning US debt pile.

Trista Kelley | In an interview, Fahmi Quadir said her winning trades come from focusing on shorting companies with 'predatory business models.'

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Beware the 'perfect storm of negative events' one expert says will send stocks crashing

Beware the 'perfect storm of negative events' one expert says will send stocks crashing

Joe Ciolli,Christopher Competiello | Vincent Deluard of INTL FCStone outlines four market headwinds that could simultaneously wreak havoc on stocks this fall.

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JPMorgan has cut nearly two-dozen people in a group responsible for preventing traders from making risky bets

JPMorgan has cut nearly two-dozen people in a group responsible for preventing traders from making risky bets

Alex Morrell | The firm's model-risk group ballooned in size after the bank's 2012 "London Whale" trading debacle. Sanctions from regulators were lifted last week.

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