A Bain Capital Ventures partner says construction tech is hot but short-term-rental startups are overhyped

Alex Nicoll | She also flagged smart homes and the institutionalization of single-family rentals as real estate trends to watch in 2020.

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Ray Dalio says that everybody is missing the key metric for saving America's economy from inequality — productivity

Richard Feloni | Ray Dalio said that the US must boost productivity through investments in things like education, and through bipartisan action.

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Credit Karma, known for free credit scores, has exploded into a $4 billion fintech. Here's why it's leaning on influencers and new products to woo Gen Z users.

Shannen Balogh | There's been buzz about a 2020 IPO, though Credit Karma's CEO has said he sees listing as a means, not an end, and is more focused on new products.

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Cars will start paying for their own gas and parking as soon as this year. Here's why Visa is betting on a world of invisible payments.

Shannen Balogh | As the internet-of-things continues to mature, industry leaders are exploring applications through something we all do every day—buy stuff.

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How private equity can write paychecks to public-company CEOs and not have to disclose it

Casey Sullivan | Gannett's CEO is about to make cuts at America's newspapers. His compensation is a secret, thanks to an arrangement with a private-equity firm.

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Business Insider | Help us create a better BI Prime by participating in a brief online survey. 50 participants will win a year of free access.

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Microsoft explains how a new walkie-talkie mode in its Teams chat app is part of a strategy to help companies modernize and get ahead in the cloud wars

Paayal Zaveri | Microsoft announced a walkie talkie feature in Microsoft Teams, to make it easier for retail workers to communicate with each other.

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Financial advisers are worrying their profession will shrink — and they're blaming robo-advisers and waning interest in the career

Dan DeFrancesco,Rebecca Ungarino | Meanwhile, the technology is actually helping human advisers' business, according to their customers.

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Buzzy sleep startup Casper just filed to go public — and spent nearly half a billion in marketing to get there

Tanya Dua | Casper spent $113.9 million from January 2019 to September on the road to its IPO, a 23% increase year over year.

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