Gordon Ritter is Founder and General Partner at Emergence Capital, where he led the first major investment in a fledgling cloud computing company called Salesforce. His ability to see around corners continued with Veeva Systems, which he backed in 2008 when the company had just 25 employees and less than $1 million in revenue. Today,
In its decision to hold rates steady this month, the Fed said that while inflation remains high, it wanted to gather more information before making another decision to change rates. The Fed also noted that while there was uncertainty, the US economy remained resilient. Warsh acknowledged that inflation remained too high, but noted that there
A wholly modern horror story is set to get the feature treatment. “iHunt: Killing Monsters in the Gig Economy,” the independently distributed novel series and tabletop RPG by Hill and Young, is getting a film adaptation. Olivia Hill wrote the script. Hill and Young are a Chicago-based queer married writing duo who have developed the
One of the world’s largest investment firms says that only tech companies are getting a share of the AI pie. In an economic analysis published on Saturday, Apollo Global Management said that while the Magnificent Seven — a group of established tech companies that includes Nvidia and Meta — are seeing revenue growth during the
President Donald Trump has been boasting about the performance of the US economy ahead of the midterm congressional elections, claiming he has boosted incomes, reduced inflation and created jobs. Trump has repeatedly said: “We have the hottest country anywhere in the world.” While the overall US economy is faring better than many expected after Trump
China on Monday said its economy grew 4.5% for the July-September quarter from a year ago fueled by robust exports, moving closer to meeting its official annual growth target as the year nears its end and at a time when its trading partners felt an increased urgency in balancing their trade deficits with the country.
