Posts by Liam Redmond
Becerra backers with business in Sacramento spend tens of millions boosting his gubernatorial bid
Companies and special interest groups with some of the diciest issues expected to land on California’s next governor’s desk are among the top financial backers of Democrat Xavier Becerra, the gubernatorial front-runner. Money from Big Tech, the healthcare industry, labor unions and tribes helped propel Becerra’s bid for governor, which languished at the outset then…
Read MoreBlizzard video game workers ratify union contracts
Workers at “World of Warcraft” video game developer Blizzard Entertainment have ratified union contracts after two years of bargaining. The ratification vote means all union-represented Blizzard employees — nearly 1,900 people across all units in the company’s games teams and shared services — will have the same contract language in their respective departments, the union…
Read MoreInjured Trent Grisham could miss rest of regular season as Spencer Jones makes his Yankees case
SAN DIEGO — Trent Grisham has the same level hamstring strain as he had in June, when he missed three weeks. With three weeks left in the regular season, that means the Yankees center fielder “could be” out for the rest of it, Aaron Boone acknowledged Sunday. “We’ll see,” Boone said before the series finale…
Read MoreLululemon billionaire founder Chip Wilson files for divorce after 20 years of marriage — with no prenup in place: report
Lululemon’s billionaire founder Chip Wilson is divorcing his wife of 20 years — without a prenuptial agreement in place, according to a report. Wilson, whose net worth is valued at $6.1 billion, and his wife Shannon “Summer” Wilson are calling it quits, Bloomberg reported, citing two people familiar with their conversations who shared that the…
Read MoreUSC nails the ending during its impressive shutout of Fresno State
Another huge halftime lead. More crazy efficiency from quarterback Jayden Maiava. Further fodder for Trent Mosley’s case as the top freshman receiver in the country. The only significant difference between No. 14 USC’s 39-0 blowout of Fresno State on Friday at the Coliseum and its season opener six days earlier? Southern California quarterback Jayden Maiava…
Read MoreLTL Freight: 5 Ways Merchants Cut Heavy Shipping Costs
ShipStation has pulled less-than-truckload shipping into its main platform, so small and mid-sized sellers can quote, book and track LTL freight in the same place they already handle boxes. If you sell anything heavy, that single change removes a tab you have been switching to for years. I used to tell founders that heavy products…
Read MoreWhy Startups Fail: Record Funding, Record Shutdowns
SimpleClosure, a firm that handles company wind downs, has published its shutdown data for the first half of 2026, and the picture is more useful than the headline suggests. Anyone asking why startups fail will find the answer sitting in a bank balance rather than in a market thesis. The data covers US companies the…
Read MoreMerchant of Record Push Opens Emerging Markets Faster
Payments company dLocal has launched dMoRe, a merchant of record service aimed at companies that want to sell into fast-growing consumer markets without opening an office there. The announcement landed on August 26, 2026, and it targets a bottleneck founders know intimately. Here is the growth angle. Most teams do not stall in a new…
Read MoreBuild vs Buy Flips as AI Lets Companies Ship In House
Roughly a third of organizations have turned down at least one software purchase and written the thing themselves with agentic coding tools, according to McKinsey’s latest global survey of business leaders. The build vs buy question, settled for most of the past decade in favor of buying, is open again. That matters to anyone selling…
Read MoreYouTube Affiliate Marketing Now Includes Amazon Tags
YouTube has brought Amazon into its Shopping affiliate program for creators in the United States, and the change lands right in the middle of every small brand’s influencer budget. For anyone treating YouTube affiliate marketing as a revenue line, the effect is concrete, because creators can now attach Amazon product tags inside long videos, Shorts…
Read MoreThis L.A. shop was cute before cute was cool. It launched on TikTok, and things got ugly
The little L.A. shop was a destination for Hello Kitty fans for decades when it decided to dive into a massive new wave of e-commerce — peddling its products live on TikTok. The first floor of the JapanLA store in Fairfax is full of stuffed toys. It houses shelf after shelf of cute Japanese characters…
Read MoreTrump reacts to ‘true warrior’ Maria Bartiromo leaving Fox News
President Trump praised Maria Bartiromo as a “true warrior” and predicted that fans of the longtime Fox News host “will not be happy” after she was abruptly axed from the cable giant. Bartiromo’s sudden exit after a 12-year run at the network with no explanation left the president shocked Thursday night. “I can’t believe Maria Bartiromo…
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