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Switch gets $531mn in US tech IPO

Bloomberg Switch Inc. raised $531 million in its initial public offering, making it the third-biggest technology IPO this year in the US. The data center company sold 31.25 million shares for $17 each after marketing them for $14 to $16 apiece, Switch said in a statement. Only Snap Inc.’s $3.9 billion IPO and Altice USA Inc.’s $2.2 billion offering topped ...

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‘Fake news problem is more dangerous to solve’

Bloomberg Facebook Inc.’s chief security officer warned that the fake news problem is more complicated and dangerous to solve than the public thinks. Alex Stamos, who’s handling the company’s investigation into Russia’s use of the social media platform ahead of the 2016 US presidential election, cautioned about hoping for technical solutions that he says could have unintended consequences of ideological ...

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What goes into making an eco-conscious jean!

Bloomberg Denim production is a “dirty business,” says Michael Preysman, chief executive officer of fashion e-tailer Everlane Inc. He’s not wrong. Chances are, those jeans you’re wearing produced 44 pounds of carbon dioxide and took up to 10,000 litres of water to make, much of it ending up in waterways, along with toxic dyes and chemicals deployed in making denim. ...

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