Inside the clash between Amazon and Shopify over Buy with Prime
Internal documents reveal tension between Amazon and Shopify as they worked on a new partnership. Amazon and Shopify announced a new Buy with Prime app for Shopify on Wednesday. In a rare move, Amazon has to compromise and give concessions in return for Shopify’s cooperation. Amazon is the undisputed leader in e-commerce. That is the…
Alice Zheng moved from med school to McKinsey to venture capital. Here’s how she’s using those experiences to advance innovation in women’s health.
Alice Zheng is a VC at RH Capital focusing on early-stage women’s health startups. She is a doctor who graduated with three University of Michigan degrees and a Harvard MBA. Zheng was also a women’s health practice leader at management-consulting firm McKinsey. During her first year at the University of Michigan Medical School, Alice Zheng…
San Jose: City looks to settle George Floyd protest injury lawsuit for more than $3 million
Main plaintiff, who lost an eye after being hit by a police projectile, is set to receive $2.9 million while several other claimants would share $450,000 SAN JOSE, Calif. — According to court and public records, the City of San Jose is poised to pay more than $3 million to a group of demonstrators and…
Meg Ryan returns to rom-coms to show that ‘old people’ are ‘still romantic and sexy’
Meg Ryan returns in nearly 15 years with her first romantic comedy. The “Sleepless in Seattle” star is also the director, star, and co-writer of the upcoming film “What Happens Later,” which released its trailer on Wednesday. Ryan, who co-stars with David Duchovny (“The X-Files,” “Californication”), wants people to know that sexual tension is very…
Fantasy Billboard: Top picks for the breakout players for the 2023 NFL season
Welcome back to Fantasy Billboard’s third season! We begin the pre-draft analysis with a list of players who are primed for exploding stats but who your opponents may overlook. Last year, I recommended Daniel Jones (9th in QB scoring) and encouraged you to stick with the frequently injured Christian McCaffrey (2nd in RB scoring) as…
Stanford and Cal join the ACC: The third newcomer, SMU, could be the key to reducing travel demands on the West Coast schools
The bicoastal conference plans to get creative with scheduling for Olympic sports Cal and Stanford fans planning to travel with their teams beginning next fall will have the opportunity to visit the ACC’s big cities and storied college towns, from Chapel Hill, Tallahassee, and Charlottesville to Miami, Atlanta, and, err, Dallas. SMU and the Bay…
The Loop 2023 Fantasy Football Preview: Our favorites
As the NFL draft approached in April, most of the league’s bottom-dwelling teams wheeled and dealt in an attempt to feast on the glut of quarterbacking prospects. The Chicago Bears, on the other hand. Rather than tying their fortunes and No. 1 pick to Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young, Bears general manager Ryan Poles pulled…
Doctors and patients try to shame insurers online to reverse prior authorization denials
Sally Nix was enraged when her health insurance company refused to cover the infusions she required to alleviate her chronic pain and fatigue. Nix has been afflicted with a number of autoimmune diseases since 2011. Her symptoms were not relieved by brain and spinal surgery. Nothing worked for her until she began intravenous immunoglobulin infusions…
NFL’s RedZone channel will be available for streaming. But it’s going to cost you
The popular cable channel NFL RedZone, which shows every scoring play from the league’s Sunday afternoon games, is coming to a streaming device near you. The NFL announced in August that the RedZone channel would be available in the more expensive version of NFL+, the subscription-based streaming service it launched last year. The NFL Network…
