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Sources: US officials are considering the extraordinary step of protecting all uninsured SVB deposits if the FDIC is unable to find a buyer for the failed bank — Extraordinary step eyed if plan fails to sell the failed bank to another institution — Federal authorities …
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Sources: the FDIC kicked off an auction process late on March 11 for SVB, with final bids due by 2pm EST on March 12; it's possible that no deal will be reached — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. kicked off an auction process late Saturday night for Silicon Valley Bank …
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| CBS News: |
Q&A with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on SVB: we are trying to meet depositors' needs and are not looking to bail out large banks' investors and owners — The following is a transcript of an interview with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen that aired on “Face the Nation” on Sunday, March 12, 2023.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: the UK is seeking a buyer for SVB's British arm, which had nearly £7B in deposits on March 10, with an UAE-based company as the “lead white knight” — ‘Lead white knight’ eyeing British arm of tech lender that had billions in deposits| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the FDIC is racing to sell SVB's assets and make 30% to 50% or more of clients' uninsured deposits available via an initial payment as soon as March 13 — US regulators overseeing the emergency breakup of SVB Financial Group are racing to sell assets and make a portion …
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| Lauren Tara LaCapra / The Information: |
Sources: regional banks are the likeliest bidders to prevail in the sale process for Silicon Valley Bank, not “too big to fail” banks like JPM or BoA — Regional banks are the likeliest bidders to prevail in the sale process for Silicon Valley Bank, people familiar with the matter said …
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| Om Malik / On my Om: |
More than a bailout, SVB needs a white knight, someone who can come in and take over the bank that has been at the heart of the US innovation economy — After three decades of being part of the Silicon Valley ecosystem — as a reporter, writer, entrepreneur, and investor — I thought I had seen it all.
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| Bloomberg: |
SVB draws support from 500+ VCs, including General Catalyst and Sequoia, while 5,000+ founders and CEOs sign a Y Combinator petition asking US Congress to act — More than 100 venture capital and investing firms have signed a statement supporting Silicon Valley Bank, part of mounting industry calls …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Tim Cook has pressed ahead with an MR headset debut in 2023, overruling Apple designers who wanted to wait until the tech catches up with their vision — New launch will be first steered entirely by CEO and under direction of operations team — When Tim Cook unveils Apple's new …
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A look at the unprecedented level of executive turnover at Apple, which lost 11 key people, most just below Senior Vice President, since the second half of 2022 — Apple is facing an unprecedented wave of executive departures. Also: The company will shake up its sales operations with a focus on India … | John Sakellariadis / Politico: |
Worried that cloud giants offer concentrated hacking targets, the US plans to regulate the security practices of Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Oracle, and others — Governments and businesses have spent two decades rushing to the cloud — trusting some of their most sensitive data to tech giants …
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| Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Bring a Trailer, a classic car blog from 2007 that became a marketplace, facilitated $1.37B in 2022 sales, and held its 100,000th auction on March 7 — Bring a Trailer is where obsessives buy, sell and geek out over classic cars. The company pops open its hood after 100,000 auctions to explain why.
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| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Circle says $3.3B of its ~$40B USDC reserves remain at Silicon Valley Bank and that the crypto payments firm will follow state and federal regulators' guidance — - After being largely silent on Friday, Circle said it has $3.3 billion in exposure to Silicon Valley Bank …
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