Zinier is the developer of a cloud-based system that sends workflows, such as change orders and preventative maintenance recommendations, to field service technicians. Top investors include Qualcomm Ventures and Accel, as well as backing from the Founders Fund.

Every year, CNBC scans the globe looking for the 100 venture-backed start-ups that have the potential to transform industries and become tomorrow’s household names. Our 2019 Upstart 100 list showcases young start-ups that are building and scaling businesses addressing the rapidly changing technological era we live in. And although the unicorns of 2019 have represented at times frothy, fadlike market trends, the Upstart 100 companies present a broader picture of where venture capitalists are plac

A shopper is seen in a Target store in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Target and Walmart are shaping up to be Wall Street’s front-runners to win the holiday shopping season. Cowen named Target and Walmart its top holiday picks, in what it calls an “inequitable” holiday season “where value matter most.” Bank of America Merrill Lynch said it sees upside to the retailers’ third and fourth quarter same-store sales numbers, on the heels of their quarterly earnings. “We believe WMT and TGT are bett

SunTrust initiated coverage on Biogen and Amgen on Tuesday, rating each stock as a buy based on solid drug pipelines and growth opportunities in China. SunTrust’s bullish thesis on Biogen is based on the company’s Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab. In October the company said it was once again seeking regulatory approval for the drug, which would be the first of its kind in the billion-dollar Alzheimer’s market. SunTrust also points to Biogen’s strength in biosimilars, which are generic versions of bi

Evercore said it sees another “strong, double-digit growth” year in 2020 for the events promoter and venue operator. “We think Live Nation Entertainment shares have pulled back needlessly post-3Q19 report. It seems that the 3Q19 revenue miss (due to light stadium activity, which was misunderstood due to its outsized revenue contributions) despite the AOI beat, led to the sell activity in LYV shares. We would take advantage of this pullback as we believe another strong, double-digit AOI growth ye

The court’s action will allow the family members of children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary school massacre to move forward with their lawsuit. The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in a divided opinion earlier this year that the family members could pursue their lawsuit, rejecting Remington’s argument. The court wrote that the family members are “entitled to have the opportunity to prove their wrongful marketing allegations.” The Supreme Court’s move will allow the lower court’s decisio

Dean Foods on Tuesday announced that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Dean Foods has secured commitments for $850 million in debtor-in-possession financing, a type of funding for companies in financial distress. Dean Foods also said that it is engaged in “advanced discussions” with Dairy Farmers of America about selling “substantially” all of its assets. Walmart’s decision sparked upheaval, leading Dean Foods to cancel more than 100 milk contracts with dairy farmers across eigh

Disney+ appears to have been hit by some technical errors just a few hours into its official launch on Tuesday. It seems that the Disney+ launch day woes aren’t limited to technical errors. Disney appears to have delayed the launch of Disney+ in Puerto Rico. When Disney first announced the service, Disney+ was slated to launch Nov. 19 in New Zealand and Australia, with “full availability in the U.S.” on Nov. 12. Leading up to the launch on Tuesday, Disney had been teasing its long-awaited stream

Both Conservative and Labour’s spending plans would put a lid on sterling, strategist saysAlan Miller, founding partner and chief investment officer at SCM Direct, discusses the British pound and U.K. poloitics.

Smart factories could add between $1.5 trillion to $2.2 trillion to the global economy per year by 2023, according to a new report released Tuesday. Called “Smart Factories @ Scale”, the report was produced by the Capgemini Research Institute. It surveyed one thousand executives from firms that have “smart factory initiatives.” Capgemini described smart factories as leveraging “digital platforms and technologies” in order to gain “significant improvements in productivity, quality, flexibility an

Abigail Disney, the heiress to the mass media and entertainment firm, has told fellow baby boomers offended by viral retort “OK, Boomer” to “sit … down and let the kids drive.” Disney, 59, weighed in on the debate over the trending put-down in a thread on Twitter. Disney, the granddaughter of Roy Oliver Disney who co-founded the entertainment empire with her great uncle Walt Disney, talked of “millennials’ understandable resentment” toward her generation. Disney, who says on Twitter she has been

The crowd listen to leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn as he delivers a speech at a campaign rally in Beaumont Park on May 16, 2017 in Huddersfield, England. Britain’s opposition Labour Party said on Tuesday it was subject to a large-scale cyber attack on its digital platforms but that it was confident no data breach occurred just weeks before a national election. A spokesman for the party said Labour had reported the attack to the National Cyber Security Centre and that while the attack h

U.S. private equity firm Cerberus is hoping to replace Deutsche Bank Chairman Paul Achleitner, two sources confirmed to CNBC on Tuesday. The private equity firm has a 3% stake in Deutsche Bank. However, two people familiar with the matter told CNBC on the condition of anonymity that Cerberus was indeed pushing for the 63-year-old chairman to be replaced. In the past, Deutsche Bank’s other big shareholders have raised concerns about the bank’s failing strategy and have called for a reshuffle of t

Wall Street points toward a higher open1 Hour AgoU.S. futures were higher Tuesday as investors await President Trump’s speech to the Economic Club of New York where he could give clues to the status of trade talks between the U.S. and China. CNBC’s Rahel Solomon reports.

“We say…easy part of rally over, tougher part of rally beginning…but rally it can as no ‘excess greed,’ there is ‘excess liquidity’ (and trade/fiscal easing), and corporate earnings set to accelerate.” “FOMO” or fear of missing out, is a commonly used term among traders to describe herding behavior by investors when the market starts to gain rapidly. That could unwind stubborn long positions in U.S. tech and growth stocks, Hartnett wrote. Hartnett added, however, that the marked drop in cash hol

After a successful launch of carne asada in September, Chipotle Mexican Grill said it is extending its run through the end of this year and into the first quarter of 2020. “We’re incredibly encouraged by the customer response to carne asada and are exploring options to add this as a permanent menu item in the future,” Brian Niccol, Chipotle CEO, said in a statement. Carne asada was the brand’s newest protein addition to the menu since chorizo in 2016. These customers were the first to learn of t

Bettmann | Bettmann | Getty Images”Ducktales,” “The Sound of Music,” “The Princess Diaries,” “Tron” — Disney has spent months teasing out all of the movies and TV shows that will appear on its streaming service Disney+ on launch day. Starting Tuesday, Disney+ will have hundreds of library titles available, ranging from animated classics and Disney Channel TV shows to superhero blockbusters and intergalactic sagas. Smith said he always asks his student to name their top five favorite Disney movie

Former President Jimmy Carter speaks to the congregation at Maranatha Baptist Church before teaching Sunday school in his hometown of Plains, Georgia on April 28, 2019. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was admitted to an Atlanta hospital on Monday for a procedure to relieve brain pressure from bleeding caused by recent falls, the Carter Center said in a statement. Carter, 95, the country’s oldest living president, was admitted to Emory University Hospital about three weeks after falling at his

Malaysia could see a ‘completely new government’: ProfJames Chin of the University of Tasmania discusses the tensions between Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his designated successor Anwar Ibrahim. He also weighs in on former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s trial and his reinvention as a social media star.

Singles Day was ‘amazing’ for Lazada, says CEOPierre Poignant of Lazada Group says there’s “very strong e-commerce” demand in Southeast Asia in many different consumer segments, including for babies and kids categories during the 11.11 shopping event.