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President Barack Obama's second term will come to an end in just a few short weeks. CNBC took the opportunity to list several companies that are now valued at more than $1 billion — dubbed "unicorns" within the venture capital community. These are all impressive stories of entrepreneurship...

Millennials are a stereotyped demographic. They have been said to have a fear of ownership when it comes to large-scale purchases, from home buying to car buying. Certainly, it appears this group has a fear of commitment. Automakers have long worried that millennials were not interested in car...

Just how Uber revolutionized the ride-sharing economy, Airbnb has had a similar impact on the hospitality industry, making these two companies the most influential pre-IPO unicorns. Airbnb has exploded in popularity as people are becoming more and more comfortable with the concept. In areas...

The six degrees of separation theory is a theory that each person in the world can be connected to every other person in the world in only six steps. The same theory could easily apply to the self-driving car industry. In fact, all the major players in autonomous driving can be connected in much...

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) announced a partnership with ride sharing service Lyft to increase business on both ends. The coffee giant will start selling $20 Lyft gift cards at participating stores to increase visibility of the company. A peculiar move, since Lyft and Uber's...

While the IPO market has been struggling recently, the market is starting to shift, however, and with the recent success of Twllio Inc(NYSE: TWLO)'s recent public offering we could see several new tech IPOs in the near future. The number of companies going public hit a 7-year low in Q1 of 2016,...

Car sharing programs, like Uber and Lyft, continue gaining in popularity. Meanwhile, bike sharing programs are flying under the radar, and one company in Detroit is looking to change that. Zak Pashak, a 36-year-old in Detroit, is overseeing a bicycle manufacturing facility he opened in 2013. At...

According to the report published Wednesday, Pacific Crest analysts (after attending the summit in Santa Clara) believe Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to capitalize on the multiyear secular shift to cloud platforms. "While AWS remains a key enabler within the...

Adam Jonas of Morgan Stanley took a deep dive into the taxi and ride-sharing space to see exactly how much of a disruption Uber and Lyft are to the traditional taxi industry. Jonas' new "Taxi and Ride-share App Monitor" (TRAM) examines the detailed monthly report from New York City's Taxi &...

There’s no question that Uber and other ride-sharing companies have completely transformed the transportation business. However, the latest data from New York City’s Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) highlights just how rapidly these services are growing. According to the TLC, Uber...

If you’ve been to a grocery store at any point this decade, you may have noticed organic foods are incredibly popular. According to the Organic Trade Association, Americans spend over $43 billion on organic food each year. And in 2015, the number of organic businesses in the United States...

Shares of Hertz Global Holdings Inc (NYSE: HTZ) surged higher by more than 7 percent early Thursday morning after the company announced it has reached a rental deal with both Uber Technologies and Lyft — the two most popular ride sharing platform. Hertz announced in a press release it reached...

According to the latest data from TickerTags, fresh grocery delivery could become more commonplace in years to come. TickerTags monitors social media sites to identify trends by searching for words and phrases that appear together in social media content, such as tweets. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:...

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has partnered with ride-sharing firms Uber and Lyft to test grocery delivery service for its online shoppers, a move that aims to compete with the last mile delivery program of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). Walmart is expected to start tests of grocery...