An excerpt from a 1999 Empire Magazine interview with George Lucas is currently making the rounds, in which Lucas recounts how 20th Century Fox executives were less-than enthusiastic about the director deciding to center the first film of the Prequel Trilogy around a 10-year-old Anakin Skywalker.The piece, which came out a few weeks after The…Continue Reading
Tomo Networks, a Connecticut-based digital mortgage startup, just picked up $40 million in a seed round as it mobilizes to build a compelling product in an increasingly crowded market. Founded by ex-Zillow executives Carey Armstrong and Greg Schwartz, Tomo says it will offer a platform to streamline home buying for both the consumer and their…Continue Reading
Navigation for News Categories The boss of mining giant Rio Tinto will resign from the company “by mutual agreement” following the destruction of some of Australia’s oldest heritage sites by the company this year. Remote-controlled stackers and reclaimers moving iron ore to rail cars at Rio Tinto’s Port Dampier operations in Western Australia’s Pilbara region…Continue Reading
2019 was a good year for Elon. Image: Yasin Ozturk / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images By Sasha Lekach2020-07-10 16:09:50 UTC Elon Musk is number one. He tops Bloomberg’s list of the highest paid CEOs of 2019, along with plenty of other tech execs, while Wall Street barely cracked the top 10. The first woman…Continue Reading
