tech In one of the largest tech deals ever struck, Broadcom will buy VMware for $61B – TechCrunch Christin Hakim, March 22, 2024March 19, 2023 To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. It’s Thursday, May 26, 2022, and we have a busy day of news on the site today. Here are the gems sparkling in the spotlight of our… Continue Reading
tech One of the Largest Climate-Tech Workforce Partnerships in US History, + More EV & Battery News Christin Hakim, May 29, 2022 In good green economic news, electric battery maker SPARKZ and the United Mine Workers coal union have announced a labor-management memorandum of understanding for a planned factory in West Virginia that intends to put out-of-work coal miners back to work. More on new battery factories, jobs, recycling, electric vehicles, and… Continue Reading
Real Estate Real Estate Insider: Gilbert’s Bedrock lands a $430 million CMBS loan, the largest in Detroit’s history Christin Hakim, February 24, 2022 Let’s nerd out for a little while, shall we? Dan Gilbert’s Bedrock LLC real estate company has snagged the largest-ever commercial mortgage-backed securities loan in the city’s history, totaling $430 million, to refinance 14 of the billionaire’s Detroit properties in and around downtown. The previous largest CMBS loan was the… Continue Reading
tech Quartile deal creates largest cross-channel e-commerce ad platform Christin Hakim, December 21, 2021 Quartile, an ad optimisation platform for top e-commerce marketplace sellers, has acquired Sidecar, a performance marketing technology provider for e-commerce retailers and brands. The two companies will combine under the Quartile name, growing the brand into the world’s largest cross-channel e-commerce advertising platform. Both platforms apply machine-learning and natural-language processing… Continue Reading
medical US medical schools enrolled the largest and most diverse class in history in 2021 Christin Hakim, December 13, 2021 Medical school applications and enrollments skyrocketed to record highs during the 2021-22 school year across the US, especially among underrepresented minorities, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Applications typically rise and fall by 2% or 3% for the past 20 years, but for the 2021-22 season, they increased by… Continue Reading
Real Estate Manhattan’s Largest Real Estate Loans of September 2021 Christin Hakim, November 3, 2021 1441 Broadway Avenue, 34 Desbrosses Street, 560 Seventh Avenue (Google Maps) After some monster Manhattan real estate lending in August, lightning was not likely to strike again in September. And it didn’t. The 10 largest Manhattan property loans recorded last month totaled $1.1 billion, about one-third the August mark but… Continue Reading