Members of the ClickUp team. Photo from company website It wasn’t that long ago that we were writing about startups hitting the billion-dollar ‘unicorn’ valuation. Well, how things have changed. ClickUp, which bills itself as the world’s first productivity platform, recently announced that it has raised $400 million in a Series C funding round. This […]
The economic news coming out of China is all pointing one way—downwards. On Sunday, the National Bureau of Statistics reported that the official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for manufacturing dropped to 49.2 in October, the second straight month in which this key index for factory activity has fallen. A worker wearing a face mask drills […]
___ Fed to start reining in economic aid as inflation risk rises WASHINGTON (AP) — With inflation at its highest point in three decades, the Federal Reserve is set this week to begin winding down the extraordinary aid it has given the economy since the pandemic recession struck early last year, a process that could […]
More than 5 million people have died from COVID-19 since the virus emerged two years ago, according to data released Monday from Johns Hopkins University. Even as total cases and deaths continue to rise, public health experts are already thinking about how to prepare for and respond to future pandemics. In a new book called […]
Champaign-based floral designer Andrea Hunt-Shelton is getting ready to open a new multi-vendor shop that will house her floral studio and several additional businesses serving weddings and other events. C-U Flower House by A. Hunt Design is set to open in early December at 2000 S. Neil St., C. Hunt-Shelton said the new location will […]
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Kamp for Kids receives $5K grant from Westfield Bank Behavioral Health Network, Inc. (BHN) has announced it has received a grant of $5,000 from Westfield Bank’s Future Fund Program to benefit Kamp for Kids, the organization’s summer day camp for children and young adults with and without disabilities. Westfield Bank has been a longtime supporter […]
# trading range for the day is 74.86-75.38.# USDINR remained in range as the US economy grew at its slowest pace in more than a year# Finance ministry approves 8.5% return on PF deposits for FY21# India’s forex reserves fall to $640.10 bln as of Oct. 22 # trading range for the day is 87.34-87.86.# […]
BEKASI, Indonesia, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Seated cross-legged amid a fog of incense and platters of fragrant offerings, dishes of red chillies, garlic bulbs and frangipani petals, Indonesian shaman Ki Joko Sapu-Jagat prepares at home the night before his first day back on the job. After a months-long interruption, Indonesia’s rain shamans who conduct ceremonies […]
A key decision in Australia on Tuesday could be a “potentially market-moving one” for the globe, as a new financial threat takes hold. It has been a rocky period for the global economy in recent months, but a new issue now has experts on high alert – and Australia could be the canary in the […]
