My father's great-grandfather was the last of the Unicorns.
Onward 《1/2》 Dragons, unicorns and other fairytale creatures are usually consigned to a mythical past resembling Ancient Greece or Medieval Britain, but the big idea behind Pixar's latest animation, Onward, is that they are all still alive and kicking in the US today.
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Chinese social media-based e-commerce firm Pinduoduo has filed for a US$1-billion initial public offering in the United States, joining the IPO rush of a number of Chinese unicorns such as Xiaomi and on-demand local services firm Meituan Dianping.
"Harry Potter - A Journey Through A History of Magic" will touch on mystical things such as alchemy, unicorns and ancient witchcraft.
Besides the age advantage, others enjoyed by China over the US include high growth in users and online consumption, much faster penetration of various emerging applications, notably mobile payments, and greater vitality in internet economy that significantly shortens the time required for local businesses to become unicorns, the report said.
In 2016, China was home to 35 companies out of 173 unicorns, or start-ups valued at more than 1 billion dollars, with most having their headquarters based in these cities, said a report released by Fortune.
China had 131 "unicorns" by the end of 2016, nearly doubling the figure of the year before, said Zhang Zhihong, director of the Torch High Technology Industry Development Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Other Indian "unicorns" — unlisted companies with a value of more than $1bn — include Flipkart, a rival to Amazon in India, and Ola, a local competitor to Uber.
As the cycle has turned down, some of the much-vaunted unicorns (private tech companies with valuations of $1bn or more) are turning into unicorpses.
The Microsoft co-founder said he would bet on valuations of so-called "unicorns" — the 150 or so private companies that have been valued at more than $1bn — falling over the next two years, but that venture capital remains an attractive long-term asset class in an era of ultra-low interest rates.
Their embroidered silk robes in the spring sun are gleaming -- With a mass of golden peacocks and silver unicorns.
