Feb 6, 2018 - Economy & Business

Slack names first-ever CFO

Dan Primack, author of Pro Rata

Stewart Butterfield, Co-Founder and CEO, Slack. Photo by Horacio Villalobos/Getty Images.

Slack today will announce its first-ever chief financial officer: Allen Shim, who had been serving as the company's senior VP of finance and operations. Shim has been with Slack almost since its founding (employee #20), and has former Wall Street experience as an equity research analyst with both Sanford C. Bernstein and Citigroup.

Why it matters: This comes on top of Slack's addition of Sarah Friar last year as its first independent board member, and reads like the sort of internal professionalization that can set up an IPO.

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Orion Rummler
22 mins ago - Technology

Twitter launches warnings on election misinformation and delays

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Twitter will start pinning notices to the top of all U.S. Twitter users’ timelines warning that results in next week’s election may be delayed and that they may encounter misinformation on mail-in voting.

Why it matters: Delayed election results are expected across many states that are handling unprecedented amounts of absentee and mailed ballots, which President Trump has baselessly called "very dangerous" and "corrupt."

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Miriam Kramer, author of Space
30 mins ago - Science

NASA confirms water exists on sunny parts of the Moon

Photo: NASA/JPL/USGS

Water on the Moon might be more easily accessible than previously thought, opening up new possible avenues for future human exploration, according to a new study.

Why it matters: NASA is aiming to send people back to the Moon as part of its Artemis program by 2024, with plans to eventually create a sustainable presence on the lunar surface. That sustainability relies on mining the moon for its resources, like water.

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Axios
Updated 59 mins ago - Politics & Policy

Pence no longer expected at Amy Coney Barrett's final confirmation vote

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Vice President Mike Pence no longer plans to attend the Senate's final confirmation vote for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a Pence aide confirmed to CNN and Politico on Monday. On Sunday, Senate Democrats claimed that his presence after possible exposure to the coronavirus would be a "violation of common decency."

Driving the news: Five of Pence's aides were recently diagnosed with COVID-19, including his chief of staff, who is currently quarantining. Pence has continued his campaign travel despite his possible exposure, which goes against CDC guidelines.

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