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VCs told to get real about their role in the tech wreck
Since then, we have been in the grip of a supposed tech wreck, where higher interest rates have caused investors to turn Jekyll and Hyde on start-up growth spending, and keep their wallets closed for cash burning endeavours.Valuations have fallen across VC portfolios, and start-ups have jettisoned staff in distressing numbers to try to show
More than 40 migrants die in boat wreck off Italy
ROME - More than 40 migrants, including a baby just a few months old, died after their overloaded boat sank early on Sunday in stormy seas off Italy's southern Calabria region, rescue services said. "At the current time, 80 people have been recovered alive, including some who managed to reach the shore after the sinking,"
New Wreck Sunk In The Waters Off Belize
A new wreck diving site has been established in the waters off Belize. The Witconcrete was sunk at Blackbird Caye, in the Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve. The ship was one of the largest ever deployed to the Caribbean, coming in at an impressive 375ft/114m. The Witconcrete was built between 1942 and 1944, and during its…
Research: Wreck of last US slave ship mostly intact on coast
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Researchers studying the wreckage of the last U.S. slave ship, buried in mud on the Alabama coast since it was scuttled in 1860, have made the surprising discovery that most of the wooden schooner remains intact, including the pen that was used to imprison African captives during the brutal journey across…