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The mobile industry vet discusses pricing, features and venture backing Brian Heater @bheater / 8 hours On July 27, hardware maker Nothing will debut its…

Gene-editing technology CRISPR reached a major milestone this past weekend, completing its first systemic delivery as a medicine to a human body.CRISPR, or clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, effectively cuts genomes…

Alibaba founder Jack Ma is staying out of the limelight, focusing his efforts on hobbies and philanthropy, according to a company executive."He's lying low right now, I talk to him every day," Joe Tsai, Alibaba's executive vice chairman,…

He said he first became concerned about the financial health of his company in December when a German regulator said a bank acquired by Greensill Capital must cut its exposure to a client.In business todayUpdated May 11, 2021 at 1:13 p.m.…

Kent Taylor, the founder and general manager of the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain, died of suicide Thursday after suffering from symptoms of Covid-19, the company and his family said in a statement. He was 65 years old."Kent Taylor…

A man walks past a Texas Roadhouse restaurant in Arvada, Colorado.Matthew Staver | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesTexas Roadhouse's founder and CEO Kent Taylor died Thursday, the restaurant chain announced on its Facebook page. He was 65 years…

Robert Johnson, founder of BET, told CNBC on Monday that he believes that once it doesn't affect their share price, companies will be more serious about addressing racial inequality within their workforce. "Companies understand return on…

Stewart Prestley Blake was born on November 26, 1914 in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Herbert Prestley Blake and Ethel (Stewart) Blake. He grew up in Springfield, where his father worked for the watch manufacturer Standard Electric Time…

Frank Shankwitz, an Arizona Highway Patrol official who co-founded the Make-a-Wish Foundation and served as its first president after helping a terminally ill boy realize his dream of becoming a motorcycle cop, died on January 24 in his…

Steven A. CohenScott Eells | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSteve Cohen, the founder of Point72 hedge fund and owner of the New York Mets, turned off his Twitter account after his family received threats in the GameStop trading frenzy this…