Real Estate Private Equity: Technology’s Next Victims?

Source: Medium     I am intrigued by the role of Private Equity in the ongoing fall or Retail; I don’t believe it is well understood, either in sheer volume or in any sort of context. Anecdotally (yes, I know) I have heard tales from people in the business who suggested that empty store fronts…

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10 Friday AM Reads

My last trading day of the year morning reads: • A year in charts: From bitcoin to Trump and chess playing robots (Financial Times) see also The Year in Technology: 2017 in Charts (Bloomberg Gadfly) • Possibly the best Twitter community in the world (Financial Bodyguard) • Harry Markowitz: My advice to investors today (Evidence-Based Investor) • The Robots Are Coming, and Sweden…

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San Francisco’s Skyline, Now Inescapably Transformed by Tech

Salesforce Tower, which at 1,070 feet is the tallest office building west of the Mississippi, will be inhabited in January, signaling tech’s triumph in the city.

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Goldman Sachs Sees $5 Billion Earnings Hit Ahead of New Tax Law

The bank estimated a $5 billion charge to fourth-quarter earnings, much of it coming from taxes on overseas assets, a regulatory filing shows.

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Tesla the Car Is a Household Name. Long Ago, So Was Nikola Tesla.

The star of a man once renowned as the prototype of a genius inventor has faded. But his reputation is having a revival, and his creations still resonate.

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That Game on Your Phone May Be Tracking What You’re Watching on TV

The start-up Alphonso collects viewing data for advertisers through mobile gaming apps that can track users on the devices’ microphones, even when the apps aren’t in use.

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Last-Minute Rush to Prepay Taxes Gives Way to Confusion and Anger

The I.R.S. called into question a strategy of prepaying property taxes before the new tax law goes into effect. That could be just the beginning of the confusion.

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