
Little Credibility to Rumors That Marissa Mayer Is Leaving Yahoo
CEO Marissa Mayer denied rumors over the weekend that with Yahoo stock down 38 percent over the last twelve months, she was about to leave the company.

CEO Marissa Mayer denied rumors over the weekend that with Yahoo stock down 38 percent over the last twelve months, she was about to leave the company.

Global venture capitalists invested $56.31 billion in 4,894 deals during the first half of 2015–the lowest number of deals recorded by the Pitchbook blog over a six month period in the last 25 years. The major reason for a smaller number of companies being funded is that venture capitalists are throwing huge amounts of money at a small number of “unicorns.”

Earlier this week, Breitbart News broke described how hedge funds paid too much for venture investments and are actually losing money on many public offerings. Now a new report by pitchbook.com called “Are IPO down rounds to blame for dearth of VC tech IPOs?” reveals that the number of venture-backed tech companies seeking to go public is dwindling to a trickle. If the initial public offering (IPO) window closes, Silicon Valley could face a Dot-com Crash Version 2.0.

Rep. Sanchez (D-CA) claims her Republican colleagues are using the Benghazi Select Committee to feed conspiracy theories about the attacks.