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Prime Day ends tonight, but you can still snag some of the best laptop deals if you act fast. Top 3 Prime Day laptop dealsThe best Prime Day Windows laptop dealsWindows laptops from Dell, HP, and more are on sale. $1,499.99 from Best Buy Originally $2,049.99 Save 27%The best Prime Day Apple MacBook dealsThere are stellar deals on several MacBook models. Deal MSI Katana 15 Gaming Laptop MSI is a top-tier PC gaming brand, and this Katana 15 laptop is more than $200 off on Prime Day. As we note in our best gaming laptops guide, a refresh rate of 165Hz is the industry standard for a high-quality gaming monitor.

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To help you score all the best Prime Day discounts, we're rounding up all of the best Prime Day PC gaming deals. Top 7 Prime Day PC gaming dealsThe best Prime Day gaming laptop dealsGaming laptops are down to low prices for Prime Day. $1,999.99 from Amazon Originally $3,199.99 Save 38%The best Prime Day gaming desktop dealsYou can snag great gaming desktops with powerful hardware at a discount on Prime Day. $1,259.99 from Amazon Originally $1,399.99 Save 10%The best Prime Day gaming monitor dealsAmazon's Prime Day sale includes big deals on gaming monitors from HP, LG, and more. $169.99 from Amazon Originally $249.99 Save 32%The best Prime Day gaming headset dealsGaming headsets are seeing great Prime Day discounts right now.

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Unlike Prime Day, where you must be an Amazon Prime member, anyone can take advantage of Walmart Plus Week. To compare the Walmart Plus Week deals to Amazon, visit our best Prime Day deals live blog. Walmart is holding a competing Prime Day sale called Walmart Plus Week. Do I need a Walmart Plus subscription to get Walmart Plus Week deals? Walmart Plus Week started with early access deals for Walmart Plus members on July 10.

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Amazon Prime Day is here, and we're rounding up all the best Prime Day deals, including discounts on monitors for gaming and home offices. Popular brands like Samsung, LG, and Dell have discounted monitors by 20% or more, and we've sorted through the selection to find the best Prime Day monitor deals. Top 3 monitor dealsBest Prime Day monitor deals LG's UltraFine 4K monitor is being discounted right now for Prime Day. For more details on how to find a great monitor, check out our guides to the best computer monitor and best gaming monitor. You can also check out our best gaming PC and best gaming laptop guides for more computer hardware recommendations.

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We're also in the middle of Walmart+ Week, a big sales event taking place both on Walmart's website and in stores. Here are some of the best Walmart+ Week deals we've found so far from our favorite brands. The best Walmart+ Week deals you can buy right nowDeal icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. $198.00 from Walmart Originally $499.00 Save 60%Is Walmart holding a sale during Amazon Prime Day 2023? Do I need a Walmart+ subscription to get Walmart+ Week deals?

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Amazon Prime Day is here, and that means exclusive Prime Day discounts on thousands of products, including gaming PCs, headsets, and monitors. To help you score all the best Prime Day discounts, we're rounding up all of the best Prime Day PC gaming deals. Top 4 Prime Day PC gaming dealsThe best Prime Day gaming laptop dealsGaming laptops are down to low prices for Prime Day. $1,259.99 from Amazon Originally $1,399.99 Save 10%The best Prime Day gaming monitor dealsAmazon's Prime Day sale includes big deals on gaming monitors from HP, LG, and more. $169.99 from Amazon Originally $249.99 Save 32%The best Prime Day gaming headset dealsGaming headsets are seeing great Prime Day discounts right now.

And unlike Amazon Prime Day, Walmart+ Week sales are open to all customers, even if you don't have a Walmart+ subscription. Here are some of the best Walmart+ Week deals we've found so far from our favorite brands. And to see how Walmart+ Week compares to Amazon Prime Day, make sure to check out our best Prime Day deals live blog. During Walmart+ Week 2023, it's down to $599 for the king size, which is $30 less than Amazon's deal price. What deals should I expect from Walmart during Walmart+ Week 2023?

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☆ Why there's a white plastic ball in Guinness beer cans
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Julia Calderone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Guinness widget is a tiny, plastic ball inside beer cans. Once opened, the widget's nitrogenated beer squirts into the rest of the beer giving it a velvety texture. How the Guinness widget worksA widget is a hollow, spherical piece of food-grade plastic with a tiny hole in it, Guinness representatives told Insider over email. Nitrogen bubbles are smaller than CO2 bubbles, so the resulting head and taste is smoother and more delicate. That's where Guinness' widget comes into play, because of how it's able to slowly release nitrogen into the beer upon opening.

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☆ We Tested Cold-Brew Coffee Makers—Here Are Our 3 Favorites
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Nick Guy | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +11 min

And many, including our top pick, the Oxo Brew Cold Brew Coffee Maker, make a brew that easily rivals a barista’s best. Best overallBest for saving spaceBest for coffee on tapOthers you should know aboutHow we pickedBest overallbuy side top pick OXO Brew Cold Brew Coffee Maker $41 at Amazon $ 52 Save $ 11 $52 at OXO Making delicious cold brew does not get much easier than with this OXO coffee maker. Best for saving spaceOXO Brew Compact Cold Brew Coffee Maker $27 at Amazon $ 34 Save $ 7 $35 at Bloomingdales This is the best cold brew maker if space is at a premium and you don’t drink tons of coffee. GrowlerWerks’ uKeg Nitro Cold Brew Coffee Maker is a different kind of cold brew maker, pumping out a brew that has the consistency of a Guinness. Cold Brew Championships–winning baristas to better understand what it takes to make great cold brew coffee.

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☆ Factbox: Global firms with exposure to collapsed SVB
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

March 13 (Reuters) - Startup-focused lender SVB Financial Group (SIVB.O) became the largest bank to fail since the 2008 financial crisis last week, sending shockwaves across global markets as billions of dollars belonging to companies and investors were left stranded. The collapse raised concerns that the end of decades-long era of cheap money would reveal cracks in the global financial system as climbing interest rates expose vulnerabilities in the economy. HSBC (HSBA.L) said on Monday it is acquiring the UK subsidiary of SVB for 1 pound, rescuing a key lender for technology start-ups in Britain. Below is a list of companies across the globe that have revealed their exposure to SVB:EUROPEAround 16 tech and life sciences companies in Europe have disclosed about $190 million in exposure to SVB in the UK and the United States. Moonpig adds that SVB UK is one of ten lenders that provide senior debt facilities to the group as part of a strong banking syndicateASIA-PACIFICNITRO SOFTWARE (NTO.AX)Australia's productivity software maker Nitro Software Ltd (NTO.AX) said it had about $12.18 million of its global cash reserves held on deposit at SVB.

☆ Australian tech firms say they don't have material exposure to SVB
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY, March 13 (Reuters) - Several Australian and New Zealand tech firms said on Monday they did not have material exposure to Silicon Valley Bank following the failure of the U.S. startup-focused lender SVB Financial Group (SIVB.O) last week. Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government was aware some Australian firms have been impacted but added the country's "institutions are solid (and) our banking sector is well-capitalised." Australian design technology firm Canva said the majority of its cash was outside SVB and that it had "safety nets in place" to ensure its operations were not compromised. Friday's failure of SVB Financial Group, which focuses on technology startups, was the biggest bank collapse in the United States since the 2008 financial crisis. On Sunday, state regulators closed New York-based Signature Bank (SBNY.O), the second bank failure in two days, as the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve unveiled a range of measures to stabilise the banking system.

☆ Factbox: Which companies are affected by SVB collapse?
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

ROKU (ROKU.O)Streaming devices maker says it has about $487 million, or 26% of its cash and cash equivalents, held in deposits with SVB. CIRCLEUS cryptocurrency firm Circle says $3.3 billion of its $40 billion of USD Coin reserves are at SVB. BLOCKFIBankrupt crypto lender BlockFi Inc has roughly $227 million in unprotected funds at SVB, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. VIR BIOTECHNOLOGY (VIR.O)Biotech firm says it maintains operating accounts at SVB with about $220 million as of Friday. EUROPEAround 16 tech and life sciences companies in Europe have disclosed about $190 million in exposure to SVB in the UK and the United States.

☆ Australia's Nitro Software recommends $360 mln Potentia offer
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

March 2 (Reuters) - Australia's Nitro Software Ltd (NTO.AX) on Thursday recommended its shareholders accept private equity firm Potentia Capital's sweetened takeover offer of A$532.3 million ($359.78 million), weeks after they rejected a A$526.9 million offer from Alludo. Nitro shareholders early last month rejected Alludo's A$2.15 per-share bid, after which Potentia hinted at hiking its offer, securing access to the software company's books and making a A$2.17 apiece offer last week. Nitro said it now considers Potentia's latest offer to be "superior" to Alludo's, and unanimously recommends shareholders accept it in the absence of any other better offer. Potentia, which has a 19.31% stake in Nitro, also said its offer could go as high as A$2.25 per share if it obtained a 75% stake in Nitro by March-end and if at least 25% of total Nitro shareholders accepted a scrip offer, Nitro added. Shares of Nitro rose as much as 0.5% to A$2.190, while the broader market was slightly down.

☆ Potentia hikes bid for Australia's Nitro Software to $364 mln, trumping Alludo
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Feb 23 (Reuters) - Australia's Nitro Software Ltd (NTO.AX) said on Thursday that private equity firm Potentia Capital raised its takeover offer for the software maker to A$532.3 million (about $364 million), trumping a rival offer by KKR Inc (KKR.N)-backed Alludo. In the latest salvo, Potentia, which has a 19.31% stake in Nitro, offered A$2.17-per-share, trumping Alludo's offer of A$2.15, which Nitro shareholders rejected a few weeks back. Potentia's latest offer was superior to Alludo's, Nitro's board said, despite it being at the lower end of the A$2.20- to A$2.30-per-share bid that had been signaled earlier. Potentia's offer is conditional on Nitro's board unanimously recommending its shareholders accept the latest offer, in the absence of a superior proposal. If the offer is declared unconditional, Nitro shareholders that accept the current bid will receive any subsequent increase in the offer price to A$2.20 or A$2.25, Potentia said.

☆ 5 things wildly successful real-estate brokers do to get the most out of their days
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Zoe Rosenberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Fellow New York-based Douglas Elliman agent Lisa Simonsen also had a former career in fitness. As such, the agent who sold more than $100 million in 2022 makes sure she works out in her building's gym, usually on a spin bike, every morning. McKenzie RyanFormer Junior Olympian and real-estate wunderkind McKenzie Ryan used to compete on the national level in rhythmic gymnastics. Serhant gets a new SUV every year "just to update it," though he said he makes sure his car and clothes are never nicer than his clients'. The Douglas Elliman agent knows what she has to do to succeed: She was the top-selling agent in Miami in 2021 with $750 million in transactions.

☆ Nitro rejects Potentia's alternative offer, seeks nod for KKR-backed firm's bid
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 28 (Reuters) - Australia's Nitro Software (NTO.AX) rejected an alternative takeover offer from private-equity (PE) firm Potentia Capital, which gave Nitro shareholders the choice of an all-cash, stock, or a combination of both, at the same offer price. The company also said on Wednesday it would recommend shareholders to vote for KKR Inc-backed (KKR.N) Alludo's all-cash, sweetened takeover offer of A$526.9 million ($354.55 million) and an off-market takeover. read moreAlludo's proposal of A$2.15 per share outbids top shareholder Potentia's A$2 per share for the PDF and e-signature software signing company. Alludo's offer is alongside a simultaneous off-market takeover offer for the software company. Alludo's offer requires 75% support from Nitro shareholders, while the off-market takeover offer needs a nod from 50.1% investors.

☆ Welcome to Elon Musk's Fan Club
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | Diamond Naga Siu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

We didn't think refreshing Elon Musk's Twitter feed was how we'd spend it. Today, we're taking you inside the latest club in Silicon Valley: Elon Musk's fan club. Welcome to the Elon Musk fan club. Cue Musk's Twitter takeover: slashing headcount, revoking benefits, and cranking up productivity. Elon Musk is being forced to choose a company.

☆ Elon Musk's Crackdown at Twitter Offers Hope to Fellow Tech Founders
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

But there's one group, almost unnoticed in the midst of the online firestorm, that has been cheering Musk on from the sidelines: other tech executives. To some founders, Musk is simply a monstrous version of the executive they wish they could be. Musk is getting rid of perks like free meals in the Twitter cafeteria — and other tech executives are taking note. Musk's slash-and-burn approach gives tech executives cover for making unpopular decisions. But now, as tech companies cut back to prepare for a recession, the "rough waters out there" have forced his staff to "reevaluate" their demands.

☆ Nitro Software gets sweetened bid from top shareholder Potentia
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Dec 9 (Reuters) - Australia's Nitro Software Ltd (NTO.AX) said on Friday it got a higher A$2 per share offer with a scrip alternative from private equity firm Potentia Capital, matching a rival bid from KKR Inc's (KKR.N) Alludo. Nitro said it would consider the offer from Potentia, its biggest shareholder with a 19.8% stake, without providing additional details. Nitro, a PDF and e-signature software signing company, backed a near A$500 million offer from Alludo in October. Alludo did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. ($1 = 1.4771 Australian dollars)Reporting by Savyata Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak DasguptaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Potentia seeks access to Nitro's books to counter Alludo's bid
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 18 (Reuters) - Australia's Nitro Software Ltd (NTO.AX) said on Friday that suitor Potentia Capital has sought access to its books in a bid to potentially increase its proposal to outmatch a rival offer made by KKR Inc's (KKR.N) Alludo. The software provider earlier this week determined that the near A$500 million ($335 million) offer from Alludo, of A$2.00 per share, to be superior to the takeover offer made by Potentia. Major shareholder Potentia is now seeking access to Nitro's due diligence information to "meet or exceed" Alludo's offer, stating that the tech-focused private equity firm may also consider offering stocks to Nitro shareholders as part of the deal. "The current Potentia takeover offer of A$1.80 cash per share is not affected by the revised Potentia proposal and remains open for acceptance by Nitro shareholders," Nitro said. The company said its board continues to recommend shareholders reject the current Potentia offer in place.

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