Policy Project series takes on a particularly topical subject: How to unblock a gridlocked Congress. How to rediscover the art of bipartisan deal making

The payments companies have banned the use of their cards on the pornography website, after The Times’s Nick Kristof reported that the platform hosted videos of child abuse and rape. Meanwhile, Britain’s ports are already clogged, and it could get worse if there’s no deal. Both Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain and European Union officials suggested that the two sides may not reach a trade agreement ahead of a Sunday deadline. Warnings about a no-deal Brexit are getting louder. The bank said it would extend and expand aid programs like its $2 trillion bond-buying initiative, as officials worry that a second wave of Covid-19 cases will roil the eurozone economy. The European Central Bank rolls out more stimulus. Aides to Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, signaled that Republicans aren’t on board with a $908 billion bipartisan compromise, days before Congress is scheduled to adjourn. Stimulus talks in Congress are in trouble, again. Ten years later, during a pandemic that’s ravaged the travel industry, it’s worth $100 billion, or more than Expedia and Marriott combined. Its Series A fund-raising round in 2010 valued it at $60 million, according to PitchBook. It’s … that’s a … that’s a very … that’s … um … that is … yeah … I’m very humbled by it.Īirbnb’s debut caps a meteoric rise in valuation for the home-rental company. Um, that is, that’s … I … you know, when we … in April, we raised money, it was a debt financing … uh … that price would have priced us around $30. That’s the first time I’ve heard that number. That may have been on his mind when Bloomberg’s Emily Chang told him where the stock price was headed. Chesky’s stake in Airbnb is now worth around $11 billion. (They eventually closed at $144.71.) He may as well have been speaking for Wall Street and Silicon Valley, which were left agog by a frenzy for tech I.P.O.s this week. Brian Chesky, Airbnb’s co-founder and C.E.O., was left momentarily speechless on live television yesterday after being told his company’s shares were set to begin trading at $139, after its I.P.O.

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