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Report: 33% of US Small Businesses Couldn’t Pay Their Rent Last Month

Tech.Co

The rent crisis is getting worse, according to a new report that found a full third of all small and medium-sized businesses are behind on their rent for the month of May. The new data comes from small business networking site Alignable, which released its Q2 Rent Report at the start of the month. What's driving the crisis? newsletter.

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What to Expect From CES 2020

Tech.Co

Flesh will be pressed, complimentary bars emptied, but most importantly we'll get a first look at some of the gadgets that will dominate 2020. The small white robot with a rounded, friendly face will deliver news reports to its user, as well as read their emotional state and respond accordingly (at least, according to the press release).

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Notes from the JPM19 Vortex: Price Apocalypse, Celgene Fallout & More

Xconomy

[ Editor’s note: Ben Fidler and Sarah de Crescenzo coauthored this report.] In 2020 (yes, that’s really a year), San Francisco might have a new mayor. It is here, and then it is gone. But by the time everyone staggers to the airport or back home to sleep in their own beds, the annual few days of the J.P.

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Shopify Plots Amazon Affiliate Marketing Attack

Tech.Co

Understand the costs with our complete Shopify Pricing Guide. Consumer tech, for example, is a perfect fit for affiliate marketing with 60% of consumers buying electronics on Prime Day 2020. billion on Prime Day 2020 — that's more than the annual GDP of Monaco in just two days. Considering Shopify? Anti-Amazon Sentiment.

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Elon Musk says Tesla Model Y will be revealed at its LA design studio on March 14

TechCrunch LA

Musk has been teasing the car’s release since 2015, and in a January letter to shareholders said that high volume production would begin by the end of 2020. Tesla said that to achieve this lower price it will shift all sales globally to online only, meaning the company will be closing many of its stores over the next few months.

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Fintech giant Klarna raises $639M at a $45.6B valuation amid ‘massive momentum’ in the US

TechCrunch LA

In all of 2020, it processed $53 billion in volume. To put that into context; Affirm’s financial report in May projected it would process $8.04 To put that into context; Affirm’s financial report in May projected it would process $8.04 Meanwhile, in 2020, Klara hit over a billion in revenue. billion valuation.

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Energica CEO plots her Italian EV company’s reboot from lockdown

TechCrunch LA

Reporting has made much of urban areas attaining visibly cleaner air — featuring before shots of global cities with smog and after shots of clear skies since COVID-19 forced traffic off the roads. general manager ( Stefano Benatti ) — filled more orders in the first two months of 2020 than all its sales for 2019, according to Cevolini.