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This is how bad China’s startup scene looks now

In early 2018, VC Mike Moritz wrote in the FT that “Silicon Valley would be wise to follow China’s lead,” noting the pace of work at tech companies was “furious” and that China offered “investment opportunities in the best companies.”  Soon after, it all imploded. Worse, as the FT notes …

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Kepner: MLB’s latest tasteless cash grab? Ads on helmets

The thing about baseball, and it’s always been this way, is that the game itself is so enchanting, riveting and charmingly ridiculous that the people who run it know you’ll keep coming back, no matter what they do to it. This latest indignity isn’t a scandal. It’s not the Black …

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