Within hours of Amazon’s worldwide announcement of its search for a second headquarters, Colorado had the start of a plan: The state would submit a single, coordinated proposal. “We ask that no one reaches out to the company directly and or tries to submit separate responses. We want to be respectful and mindful of the company’s process and we will look very disjointed and not show up well if we are off in different directions,” Michelle Hadwiger, deputy director of the state’s Office of Economic Development and International Trade, wrote in an email to local leaders. Hadwiger’s message, sent nine hours after Amazon launched its search Sept. 7, was among a frenzy of emails between state leaders and others tapped to put together a cohesive pitch of why Amazon should pick Colorado, according to documents requested by The Denver Post and Denver 7 through Colorado’s Open Records Act. The state has declined to share its Amazon proposal. … [Read more...] about Newly released documents show nitty-gritty of Colorado’s bid for Amazon’s second headquarters
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Developer behind plans for new 10,000 home Norfolk town criticised for use of computer game image
PUBLISHED: 12:25 03 August 2018 | UPDATED: 12:33 03 August 2018 Jessica Frank-Keyes The image from the Cities: Skylines computer game used in the Lanpro prospectus about the Mid Norfolk Garden Town, Image: Lanpro/Colossal Order Archant Developers behind plans to build a new 10,000 home town in mid Norfolk have been criticised for using an image from a computer game in a project document. The eight-page brochure, which was published by this newspaper earlier this week, outlines Norwich-based firm Lanpro’s vision for a town the size of Thetford, just off the A1067.Lifelong gamer, Matt Carding-Woods, recognised an image used on page three of the document as a screenshot from the 2015 city building game, Cities: Skylines, released by studio Colossal Order.Lanpro defended the image’s use as educational, and said the document was only ever intended to be distributed internally.Mr Carding-Woods, 33, said: “I’m very familiar with the game … [Read more...] about Developer behind plans for new 10,000 home Norfolk town criticised for use of computer game image
This Is Drew Houston’s 2007 Y Combinator Application For A Company That’s Now Worth $US4 Billion, Dropbox
In 2007, an MIT graduate named Drew Houston was trying to get his startup, Dropbox, off the ground. He didn’t have another co-founder because the person who had agreed to work with him fell through. He had been programming since age 5, and he was trying to get Y Combinator to invest in his file storing and sharing startup. He told Y Combinator he was determined to see the idea through…although if someone offered him $US1-2 million for Dropbox after six months of work, he’d have trouble walking away. It’s a good thing no one made Houston that offer, because now he’s worth much more than that, and his company is worth multiple billions. Here’s the application he submitted to Paul Graham back then. Y Combinator Funding ApplicationSummer 2007Application deadline: 12 midnight (PST) April 2, 2007. Please try to answer each question in less than 120 words. We look at online demos only for the most promising applications, so don’t skimp on the … [Read more...] about This Is Drew Houston’s 2007 Y Combinator Application For A Company That’s Now Worth $US4 Billion, Dropbox
Darling Ingredients Inc. Announces Cash Tender Offer By Darling Global Finance B.V. For Any And All 4.75% Senior Notes Due 2022
[STK] NYSE:DAR[IN] FOD REA HEA PHA UTI[SU] TNMTO BUSINESS EDITORS:Darling Ingredients Inc. Announces Cash Tender Offer By Darling GlobalFinance B.V. For Any And All 4.75% Senior Notes Due 2022IRVING, Texas, April 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Darling Ingredients Inc.(NYSE: DAR) ("Darling" or the "Company") today announced that DarlingGlobal Finance B.V. ("DG Finance"), an indirect, wholly-ownedsubsidiary of the Company incorporated under the laws of TheNetherlands, has commenced a cash tender offer (the "Tender Offer")for any and all of DG Finance's outstanding 4.75% Senior Notes due2022 (the "Notes"). The Tender Offer is being made on the terms andsubject to the conditions set forth in the offer to purchase datedApril 23, 2018 (as it may be amended or supplemented, the "Offer toPurchase") and the related notice of guaranteed delivery (as it may beamended or supplemented, the "Notice of Guaranteed Delivery").The Tender Offer will expire at 3:00 p.m., London time (10:00 a.m.,New … [Read more...] about Darling Ingredients Inc. Announces Cash Tender Offer By Darling Global Finance B.V. For Any And All 4.75% Senior Notes Due 2022
Exclusive: Lockheed Martin to propose stealthy hybrid of F-22 and…
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp plans to offer Japan a stealth fighter design based on its export-banned F-22 Raptor and advanced F-35 Lightning II aircraft, two sources said. FILE PHOTO: An F-22 Raptor aircraft flies during an air display on the first day of the Farnborough International Airshow in south England July 14, 2008. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo Lockheed has discussed the idea with Japanese defense ministry officials and will make a formal proposal in response to a Japanese request for information (RFI) after it receives permission from the U.S. government to offer the sensitive military technology, said the sources, who have direct knowledge of the proposal. The decision on whether to release parts of the highly classified aircraft designs and software to help Japan stay ahead of Chinese advances will test President Donald Trump’s promise to overhaul his country’s arms export policy. The proposed aircraft “would … [Read more...] about Exclusive: Lockheed Martin to propose stealthy hybrid of F-22 and…