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Foursquare Is Now Twosquare: Latest Tech Bubble Casualty Has Valuation Slashed By 60%

First it was Dropbox.

In late October ago we reported that one of the numerous "unicorns" prancing around Silicon Valley was about to have a very rude wake up call when Dropbox was warned by its investment bankers that it would be unable to go public at a valuation anywhere near close to what its last private round (which had most recently risen to $10 billion from $4 billion a year ago) valued it at.

Than it was Jack Dorsey's "other" company, Square (which soon may have a higher valuation than Twitter).

Commerce Department Releases Consumer Spending Data Early - Worst YoY Growth Since May 2013

Commerce Department Releases Consumer Spending Data Early - Worst YoY Growth Since May 2013

In yet another government SNAFU, the US commerce department has released spending data prematurely. Instead of tomorrow morning, its website released the data at 1923ET.. and it is not good. Despite a 0.3% rise in November, thanks to downward revisions, the YoY growth in Spending was just 2.9%. May 2013 was the last time YoY growth was weaker than this and corresponds with spending weakness seen in each of the last 3 recessions.

 

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