- Lockheed, Northrop clinch massive missile defense deals as Boeing is passed over (Washington Post) – The Defense Department on Tuesday finalized deals worth up to $7.5 billion with two teams of defense contractors for a new interceptor that can shoot incoming missiles out of the sky.
- Bitcoin Surges As Elon Musk Says It Can Be Used To Buy Teslas (Forbes) – Musk said the Bitcoin paid to Tesla “will be retained as Bitcoin” and not be converted to fiat currency.
- Prince Harry Takes A Job As ‘Chief Impact Officer’ For Silicon Valley Mental Health Startup As His Family Battle Continues Through The Press (Forbes) – The company, Better Up, is already offering services to large American corporations. Backing shareholders are reported to include Shaun “The Flying Tomato” White and the Dubai investment arm Mubadala Capital.
- Futures rise ahead of March business surveys; Intel shines (Reuters) – The chipmaker’s shares jumped about 5.7% as it announced plans to spend as much as $20 billion to build two factories in Arizona and open its factories to outside customers.
- Amazon’s cloud business has a new CEO (CNN) – Amazon has appointed Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky as the new head of its biggest moneymaker, Amazon Web Services.
- So many people needed to stash things during the pandemic that self-storage startup Neighbor raised $53 million in Series B round (Business Insider) – Utah-based Neighbor had a huge year, with revenue growing five times over 2019 figures.
