India’s NoBroker raises $50M to help people buy and rent without real estate brokers

An Indian startup that is attempting to improve the way how people in the nation rent or buy an apartment by not paying any brokerage just raised a significant amount of capital to further expand its business. NoBroker said on Wednesday it has raised $50 million in a new financing round.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/01/india-nobroker-series-d/
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Johnson & Johnson Reaches Settlement in First Federal Opioids Trial

The drugmaker will pay $10 million in the case, plus additional contributions worth $10.4 million, to avoid going to trial in two Ohio counties for its role in the opioids crisis.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/health/opioids-settlement-johnson.html
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Alberto Salazar Has Always Lived on the Edge

He nearly died as a competitive runner because he ran so hard. Did his competitive fire lead him to step over the edge of antidoping rules? Years ago, while covering a track meet in Eugene, Ore.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/sports/alberto-salazar-track.html
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Republicans, You’re Not Helping Trump

G.O.P. leaders, confused and dazed by the Ukraine scandal, haven’t come up with a coherent defense. Maybe because there isn’t one? Ms. Cottle is a member of the editorial board.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/opinion/trump-republicans-ukraine.html
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Cheers in Beijing Can’t Drown Out the Protesters in Hong Kong

As President Xi celebrates 70 years of Communist rule, a democratic enclave resists. The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/opinion/hong-kong-china.html
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Sanders Posts Biggest Money Haul of Quarter. Will Warren Top Him?

In the last three months, Bernie Sanders raised $25.3 million. Pete Buttigieg raised $19.1 million and Kamala Harris $11.6 million, at a time when donations signal viability.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/us/politics/democrats-q3-fundraising-numbers.html
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Prosecutors Face Increased Pressure to Make Decision in McCabe Case

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has come under increasing pressure in its investigation of the former deputy F.B.I. director Andrew G.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/us/politics/andrew-mccabe-judge-prosecutors.html
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