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Italian mobility startup Wayla zips past €1 million in funding in under 30 hours
EU Startups
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September 8, 2025
Wayla, a Milan-based mobility startup and Italy’s first urban van pooling service, has smashed through its €1 million crowdfunding goal on Mamacrowd in less than 30 hours after going public. Backers include travel company Carrani Tours, known for...
Italian SpaceTech startup Astradyne just raised €2 million for its ultralight solar panels designed for space
EU Startups
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September 8, 2025
Bari-based SpaceTech company Astradyne has closed a €2 million Seed investment round to accelerate the development of Solar-Z, its ultralight solar panel designed for space applications. The round was led by Primo Capital through the Primo Space...
Small Business At Risk Of Closure After NZ Post Suspends Shipping To US
Business Scoop
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Article – RNZ The Wellington business had to cancel a number of orders.Felix Walton, reporter A small Wellington business is fearing for its future after NZ Post suspended shipping to the United States due to tariffs. South Pacific Berets...
From Colorado’s small businesses to its large corporations, tariffs are having a jarring impact
Denver Post - Colorado
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September 6, 2025
Krimson Klover, a high-end women’s outdoor and lifestyle apparel company, isn’t in danger of going out of business because of tariffs. But Gail Ross, chief operating officer, said the 37.5% tariff the Boulder company is paying on goods from China...
Indian startups showcase innovations to global investors at Commonwealth Fellowship event
The Economic Times
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September 9, 2025
Bengaluru, Three Indian startups selected for the six-month Commonwealth Startup Fellowship, a flagship Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) programme funded by the UK government, pitched their ideas to top investors at the Capstone Showcase...
Canadian EV startup Taiga emerges from bankruptcy with a new electric jet ski and a second chance
The Globe and Mail
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September 9, 2025
At the Monaco Yacht Club on the shores of the French Riviera on Tuesday, Montreal-based startup Taiga Motors Inc. made its first big splash since emerging from bankruptcy protection by launching a new electric three-seat personal watercraft called...
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Tribute to Builders and Guardians
Zehabesha
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September 13, 2025
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is more than concrete and turbines; it is a people’s promise kept. This editorial honors the builders and guardians who turned a national dream into power, pride, and purpose for energy and development....
Remote jobs are hard to get. Workers who did share tips for finding one.
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania
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NEW YORK — When Kate Smith worked a 9-to-5 office job, she was burned-out, suffering from daily migraines, and thinking, “I can’t do this for the rest of my life.” She didn’t have to. For her next role, Smith landed a remote, full-time marketing...
Innovation lives on: European startups shine at IFA 2025
Tech.eu
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September 8, 2025
I’ve spent a chunk of the past few days at IFA, Germany’s answer to CES and Europe’s biggest consumer electronics show. Once upon a time, this was the stage for breakthroughs like the debut of dual-channel colour TV and the Nintendo 64. These...
Yuval Tal: “There has never been a better time to found a startup”
CTech
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September 8, 2025
Serial entrepreneur Yuval Tal, known for Payoneer and Borderfree, offered a sweeping look at the evolving landscape of AI-driven content creation during an interview at Calcalist’s AI Conference. Tal’s discussion centered on the transformative...
'A true Italian festival:' Local eats at Latrobe event draw hundreds
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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September 7, 2025
Latrobe can’t compete in size with the best-known Italian festival in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Little Italy Days in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood. But what the fourth annual Latrobe Italian Festival lacks in scale, attendees and vendors...
‘It’s not Paris’: Business leader criticises Scottish rural tourist tax
The Herald (Scotland)
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September 13, 2025
The Federation of Small Businesses said the majority of Argyll and Bute businesses do not want a visitor levy, with 67% of business respondents to a consultation making it clear they didn’t support the introduction of a 5% charge, and just 6% cent...
High-tech startup makes stunning claim that it detected massive earthquake days in advance — here's what it could mean
The Cool Down - Oregon
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September 7, 2025
It's a holy grail in seismology. by Samantha HindmanSeptember 7, 2025 A California-based tech firm said it spotted signs of one of the biggest earthquakes in recent history mere hours before it struck. According to Environment+Energy Leader,...
The Voice of Hind Rajab wins second prize at Venice Film Festival
The National News
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The Voice of Hind Rajab has been awarded the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. The heart-rending drama by Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania uses the real phone recordings of a dying child's plea for rescue in Gaza city....
Italian painting stolen by Nazis found in Argentina thanks to Dutch journalist
The National News
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Argentinian authorities recovered an 18th century painting stolen by Nazis from a Dutch Jewish art collector after it appeared in a property advert, only to suddenly vanish. Portrait of a Lady by Italian baroque painter Giuseppe Ghislandi was...
I'm spending $170,000 to take my startup to Hawaii for the week. It's worth it.
Business Insider
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September 7, 2025
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Marty Kausas, the 28-year-old CEO of Pylon, which has raised $51 million from Y Combinator, General Catalyst, and Andreessen Horowitz. It's been edited for length and clarity. Pylon was started...
Italian social platform Waveful raises €1.8 million to create authentic human connection through shared passions
EU Startups
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September 3, 2025
Milan-based Waveful, a community platform for making friends online, announces a €1.8 million Seed investment round in order to expand to the use, develop their offering, and expand their team. Key investors include a16z Speedrun, Andreessen...
Startup, Refiberd improves fabric recycling with AI to recognise fibres
Materia Rinnovabile | Renewable Matter
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This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano California-based Refiberd, founded in 2020 by Sarika Bajaj and Tushita Gupta, has developed a textile composition identification technology that merges...
Small businesses, shoppers hit as US ends tariff exemption
ColoradoBiz
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August 26, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Low-value imports are losing their duty-free status in the United States this week as part of President Donald Trump’s agenda to make the nation less dependent on foreign goods and reset global trade with tariffs. In Brief: Tariff...
Italian court cuts $1 billion antitrust fine on Amazon
The Economic Times
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September 2, 2025
An Italian court has reduced a 1.13-billion-euro ($1.32 billion) fine imposed on Amazon in 2021 by Italy's competition authority for alleged abuse of a dominant position, a ruling showed on Tuesday. The Lazio administrative court upheld the main...