Hedge-fund legend and best-selling author Ray Dalio, who predicted the financial crisis, is coming to IGNITION 2018. The founder and cochief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, will share his candid outlook on the economy as global tensions rise and the wealth gap widens. In a discussion earlier this year with... Read More →

Sweetgreen has raised $200 million in a new round of funding led by Fidelity Investments, the chain announced Tuesday. The company is now valued at over $1 billion. This round of funding will bring its total equity raised to approximately $365 million. The fast-casual salad chain has grown rapidly since it launched in 2007, opening stores around... Read More →

Microsoft announced that the Xbox One console would support mouse and keyboards on November 14, and that it was partnering with Razer to create a special line of keyboard and mouse products. Microsoft also said it planed to acquire game development studios Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment.   Microsoft’s Xbox One console will officially get... Read More →

Internships are increasingly important for college and graduate students. In a survey of 13,000 former and current interns, Google, Apple, and Facebook were ranked as the most prestigious internships. Some of those internships pay up to $8,000 per month.    If you’re looking for a prestigious internship, you’ll want to consider working at Google, Apple, or... Read More →

Samanage, a cloud-based customer service platform, has raised $30 million. Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital led the investment round. Customer service and IT company Samanage wants to dethrone it competitors Zendesk and ServiceNow, and now it has another $30 million to work with. On Thursday, Samanage announced its series D funding led by Morgan Stanley Expansion... Read More →

Match Group, the owner of Tinder, beat on both the top and bottom lines. The dating-service provider delivered fourth-quarter revenue guidance that fell short of Wall Street estimates. The company said it will deliver a special cash dividend of $2.00 per share for all common stock. Watch Match Group trade live. Match Group, the owner... Read More →

Marla Beck, the cofounder and CEO of beauty-store chain Bluemercury, has a jam-packed morning routine. Beck said in a column at The Cut that she wakes up naturally at 6 a.m. every day, walks four miles or runs up to five miles, reads four newspapers, and tests beauty products in the office in her master bathroom —... Read More →

The Minneapolis Star Tribune published a long account describing a student’s rape allegation against Liu Qiangdong, the billionaire founder of Chinese tech firm JD.com. Liu was arrested in connection with the claim in August, and prosecutors are deciding whether to charge him. The article, which cites police interviews and text messages, offers details of the... Read More →

US consumer debt is climbing to pre-recession levels. Competition driven by consumer card appetite in the US is hurting issuer returns. Business Insider Intelligence obtained proprietary survey data to understand which credit card features consumers value most, and what issuers should focus on to earn top-of-wallet status. Two-thirds of respondents cited rewards-related offerings as the... Read More →

This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about Business Insider Intelligence, click here. Digital disruption is rocking the payments industry. But merchants, consumers, and the companies that help move money between them are all feeling its effects differently. For banks, card networks, and processors, the digital... Read More →