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Y Combinator's Sam Altman calls on US to allocate 100 "founders visas"
Y Combinator President Sam Altman has renewed the call that Paul Graham made five years ago on "founders visa" to encourage international startups to establish their firms in the US, TechCrunch reported.
Move and National Association of Realtors file case against Zillow and former exec Errol Samuelson
Zillow and its recently-appointed Chief Industry Development Officer Errol Samuelson were sued by Move and the National Association of Realtors for breach of contract, among others, TechCrunch reported.
Richard Hall is now Harvard Management Company private equity head
Harvard Management Company has named Richard Hall, the private equity head of Teacher Retirement System of Texas, to be its private equity cheif, Reuters-PE HUB reported.
Leonardo DiCaprio purchases Palm Springs estate for $5.23M
Leonardo DiCaprio has bought a Palm Springs estate once owned by singer Dinah Shore and designed by architect Donald Wexler for $5,23 million, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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Joseph Lau, the Hong Kong billionaire tycoon Chairman and CEO of Chinese Estates Holdings, was sentenced to five years in jail for bribery and money laundering, Reuters reported.
The Board of Directors of Salesforce.com now has its 11th member in the person of General Colin Powell, a highly-accomplished four-star general in the US Army, TechCrunch reported.
Jonathan Teo and Justin Caldbeck will be forming Binary, a new fund that seeks to support startups in the consumer technology space so that they can concentrate on their products, TechCrunch reported.
Barry McCarthy will be stepping down from mobile payments startup Clinkle, known for raising the biggest seed round ever, as its Chief Operating Officer, VentureBeat reported.
Former Chief Operating Officer of GGV Capital is now a venture partner of GGV Capital, the venture capital company that seeks investment opportunities in firms that connect China and the US, TechCrunch reported.
Tim Berners-Lee, the Father of Web, has called for an online Magna Carta that will safeguard the openness, independence and neutrality of the Internet, TechCrunch reoprted.
A source close to Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg belied a report that she will be heading the Walt Disney Company when CEO Bob Iger steps down in two years, VentureBeat reported.
Christopher McDonough has been named as the new Director of Investments in New Jersey, replacing Timothy Walsh who left the post in August last year, Bloomberg reported.
Those who use encryption tools are viewed with suspicion by the National Security Agency and users can be targeted by the agency because of it, says "The Intercept" Editor Glenn Greenwald, VentureBeat reported.
