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Daily Crunch: GoMechanic lays off 70% after investors discover ‘founders knowingly misstated facts’

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What’s going on with potential increases to USCIS filing fees? “Overnight, the Department worked with key partners here and abroad to disrupt Bitzlato, the China-based money-laundering engine that fueled a high-tech axis of cryptocrime, and to arrest its founder, Russian national Anatoly Legkodymov,” said Deputy Attorney General Lisa O.

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Pear hosted its invite-only demo day online this year; here’s what you might have missed

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” The company says it has already filed patents and secured manufacturing partners and that it expects that the product will be available for consumers to buy directly from its website, as well as in other stores, next year. Founders: Pierre Thys (CEO) , Robert Monaco (President). Website: exporta.io. The pitch: The U.S.

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