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Food delivery startup Deliveroo's stratospheric growth slowed last year amid reports it is in talks to sell to Uber. According to preliminary earnings released on Monday, Deliveroo reported revenue of £277 million ($361 million) for the 12 months to 31 December 2017, up 116% on the previous year. While the company's growth is strong, it…

Stepping onto the Hudson Yards site, it's impossible not to gravitate toward Vessel, a 150-foot-high, honeycomb-shaped art installation located in the center of the complex. With its reflective copper cladding and $150 million price tag, the structure is emblematic of the development itself: expensive, partially enclosed, and intentionally breathtaking. While the complex is a stunning…

Eric Lefkofsky, chief executive officer of biotechnology company Tempus, arrives for a morning session of the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference. Drew Angerer/Getty Images In 2015, the world was just starting to get outraged about drug pricing, Jimmy Carter announced a cancer diagnosis, and the latest venture from Groupon co-founder Eric Lefkofksy was…

For two years, Cupertino residents have warred over a possible solution to the Bay Area housing crisis. In 2014, developers began working on a plan to transform a now-vacant mall into a $4 billion mixed-used development, located just a blocks away from Apple's new headquarters in the Silicon Valley. As the never-ending arrival of tech…

It's been a few years since developers began constructing an $8 billion neighborhood on the site of the former San Francisco Shipyard, and residents are still complaining about possible exposure to hazardous material. On September 11th, officials uncovered a radioactive object less than a foot below the site's condos, which cost up to $1.5 million.…