BCRF is launching a $100 million venture fund to accelerate breakthroughs in the fight against breast cancer, from the lab to patients. The program starts with $23 million in seed donations and aims to raise and deploy $100 million over the next five years. Separately, VSCO launched 'The Fifty' campaign to celebrate 50 photographers across all 50 states; it has announced the first 25, the next batch is due in November, and it received more than 13,500 submissions. On the market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 556 points, or 1.1%, on Thursday, with Nike, Salesforce and The Home Depot performing best, as traders favored value amid hotter-than-expected inflation.
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