Indiegogo, one of the largest and most popular rewards-based crowdfunding platforms, announced Tuesday that project backers will be able to make equity investments. Karen Bleier | AFP | Getty Images Indiegogo is hoping to dominate the equity crowdfunding space by leveraging its base of more than 15 million visitors per month. Since mid-May, ordinary Americans have been able to make equity investments in new companies on crowdfunding platforms. Prior to that, taking an equity stake in a new business was reserved for accredited investors — those with annual incomes of more than $200,000 or a net worth of a minimum…
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Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari unveiled a plan on Wednesday to prevent future government bailouts by forcing the largest U.S. banks to hold so much capital that they would probably decide to break themselves up. Kashkari’s plan would also penalize large asset managers, with the idea that so-called “shadow banks” can create systemic risks similar to that of big banks. ADVERTISING inRead invented by Teads “We expect that institutions whose size doesn’t meaningfully benefit their customers will be forced to break themselves up,” the Minneapolis Fed said in a summary of its plan. The plan, which would double the…
The RSS has endorsed re-writing textbooks and upholding Sanskrit, citing the importance of science, atomic concepts and plastic surgery in ancient India practiced by the Hindu geniuses. RSS RELATED STORIES First online ‘MOOC’ course to be launched at Oxford University Shortage of teachers in Madhya Pradesh Class 12 Assam boy gets felicitated by President Pranab Mukherjee for ‘Exceptional Achievement’ IIM Bangalore to boost women entrepreneurship IIM-C student to get Rs 4.5 lakh stipend per month The Shangh Parivaar has been advocating saffronisation of education at the national level. After BJP’s sweeping victory 2014, this task has become far easier to…
Oxford has now announced that it will be enrolling students for a course called “From Poverty to Prosperity: Understanding Economic Development” from February 2017 Oxford has now announced that it will begin enrolling students for a course called “From Poverty to Prosperity: Understanding Economic Development” from February 2017 (Image source: http://www.oxfordmindfulness.org/omc-newsletter-summer-2015/) RELATED STORIES IIM-C student to get Rs 4.5 lakh stipend per month Number of American students will rise in India, says envoy Appearance of 95 per cent students in board exams is in itself a ‘surgical strike’: Prakash Javadekar Oxford marks the 150th anniversary of India’s first woman to…
AIs are giving us a kicking in board games and video games, but what else are they good for? An AI developed by Facebook researchers can rival humans when it comes to predicting whether wooden blocks will stay stacked — and where they will fall if they don’t. Credit: Facebook AI Research COMMENTS Peter Sayer IDG News Service Nov 16, 2016 6:12 AM For millennia, we surpassed the other intelligent species with which we share our planet—dolphins, porpoises, orangutans, and the like—in almost all skills, bar swimming and tree-climbing. In recent years, though, our species has created new forms of…
With scheduling, reminders, and other features, these apps make crossing tasks off a list even more satisfying. Credit: Ridofranz / iStock COMMENTS Michael Ansaldo Freelance contributor, PCWorld Nov 16, 2016 7:24 AM The humble to-do list is the foundation of every productivity plan. It’s a natural instinct to unburden our brains by itemizing our most pressing tasks, and few things feel as satisfying as crossing a task off the list. Though a simple pen and paper is still an effective way to keep track of the things you need to do, a good to-do app will actually remind you to…
The Huawei Mate 9 was announced a couple of weeks ago and launches straight on Android 7.0 Nougat. With that in mind, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that a Nougat update is coming to last year’s model – the Mate 8. Already available to download from Huawei servers, the update has not yet been rolled out officially. It’s a rather safe assumption that this won’t happen before the Mate 9 makes it to retail stores – after all, it makes sense for the current flagship to be on the cutting edge in terms of software, at least for a…
After refreshing its budget segment with the V5 yesterday, vivo has now continued on to its “X” family of devices. The vivo X9 and vivo X9 Plus have been popping-up in the rumor mill quite frequently, mostly drawing attention with their 20MP+8MP dual front camera setups. Now that the Chinese launch took place, we can confirm that vivo has, indeed, delivered on its promise. We can’t really judge on the qualities of the cameras, before testing them out, but they do sound quite impressive on paper. The 20MP module uses a 1/2.8″ Sony IMX376 sensor, with an aperture of f/2.0.…
The Huawei P9 has been enjoying quite a lot of popularity, with sales already exceeding the 9 million mark. Naturally, we can’t wait to see what the Chinese OEM has planned for its successor. The device in question will likely bear the logical P10 moniker and was spotted on Chinese social network Weibo today in the flesh. The pair of shots of what appears to be an early prototype prove an ongoing hunch, that Huawei will go for a front-mounted fingerprint reader this time around. That definitely seems to be the case. We are also happy to see that the…
Joe Raedle | Getty Images Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Bayfront Park Amphitheateron November 2, 2016 in Miami, Florida. What does Donald Trump’s presidency mean for our financial system? I’ve been asked this question a lot since election eve. Here’s my answer: I’m most worried about what Trump’s promise to “dismantle” financial reform will mean for the economy and the most vulnerable among us. When the financial crisis hit in the fall of 2008, it was not an act of God or a fluke of history; it was the result of choices made…