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  Amazon vs Alibaba. US fintech could slow. Meat meets lab. View this email in your browser Subscribe to our newsletter Future of Fintech deadline today Hi there, If you didn't read the great writeup on the fake follower economy in the NY Times from this past weekend, you should. Another gem from some time ago was a writeup about the Freakin' Awesome Karaoke Express (FAKE) in which the author created this fake karaoke truck business and bought it an amazing online reputation. (Both articles are in the Blurb.) We've got the best customers With the launch of CBI's market map maker  (and then smart image positioning ), we saw this funny tweet by Matt Turck, partner at FirstMark Capital (investor in Pin...

  And the bartender gets healthcare. The Hustle Wed, Jan 31 Brought to you by Launchpeer … step one for startups. Commence disruption: Bezos, Buffett, and Dimon are getting into healthcare It was only a matter of time until Amazon tried their hand at one of, if not the most, complicated industries on the planet. And now it's happening : Jeff Bezos is teaming up with a real nerd herd of corporate kings in Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan to launch an independent healthcare company, aimed at providing cheaper coverage to their nearly 1m collective US employees. The move is already a major headache for traditional US healthcare providers (within the first 2 hours of the announcement, the market value of 10 large health insurance and pharmacy stocks dropped by a combined $30B ). Just beggin' to be disrupted With ...