Silicon Valley is on a knife-edge after the collapse of SVB

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Hi, I'm Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider. Welcome back to Insider Today's Sunday edition. With the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, we're witnessing the biggest bank collapse since the 2008 financial crisis. We're diving into that and much more today.

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Some Silicon Valley Bank customers are selling their deposits at big discounts to raise cash quickly, reports say

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A worker (C) tells people that the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters is closed on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. Silicon Valley Bank was shut down on Friday morning by California regulators and was put in control of the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Regulators shut down Silicon Valley Bank on Friday.

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The CDC’s response to COVID was a disaster. Can Silicon Valley get it right?

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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman says feds 'screwed up' handling of Silicon Valley Bank collapse, warns they have '48 hours to fix a soon-to-be-irreversible mistake'

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Bill Ackman, who criticized the federal government's handling of Silicon Valley Bank's collapse this week.

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Mark Cuban called on the Federal Reserve to step in and buy Silicon Valley Bank's debt 'to end the run'

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Mark Cuban called for Fed action on SVB.

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'PayPal Mafia' member says Google and Meta intentionally overhired engineers to prevent them from working at other companies.

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Beware of Bevi machines, buds. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I'm an avid water drinker. But I don't like bubbly drinks (they hurt my mouth) or flavored water (just drink juice).

The tech meltdown comes for Gen Z

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The class of 2023 can't find work in Silicon Valley — and that could cost Big Tech in the long run.

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A bank exec set to be sentenced for securities fraud faked a letter from his ex-fiancee calling him 'greatest man I will ever know' to get a lighter sentence

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Google is facing its first real competition in search

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Why thinking of your work as a family can be so toxic and what you can do instead

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Quiet layoffs are underway.
Layoffs across the tech sector have shown that viewing work as your family can have serious downsides.

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