Business
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Felicita @Felicita - almost 3 years ago
PayPal acquires returns logistics business, Happy Returns
PayPal announced today it’s acquiring Happy Returns, a returns solution provider that offers online shoppers access to easier ways to send back unwanted merchandise to retailers without having to box it up and ship it themselves. The company today offers a ne…
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Ismael @Ismael - almost 5 years ago
Beth Chapman Dies: ‘Dog The Bounty Hunter’ Star Was 51
‘Dog The Bounty Hunter’ Star Was 51 – DeadlineBeth Chapman, who starred with her husband Duane Dog Chapman on the long-running fugitive-tracking TV series Dog The Bounty Hunter, died Wednesday, days after being placed in a medically-induced coma. She had battled throat ca...continued
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Maureen @Maureen - 27 days ago
9 AI hacks that Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and other business leaders use
Some of the world's most influential business leaders have been incorporating AI into their lives. Here's how CEOs from Meta and Google use the tech.
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Meggie @Meggie - over 2 years ago
Biden and business are midterm election pair trade - Reuters
If President Joe Biden’s stock falls in 2022, that of America’s corporate bosses is likely to rise. Midterm elections in November are likely to punish the governing Democratic Party, and will probably hand rival Republicans at least one chamber of Congress. W…
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Meggie @Meggie - 6 months ago
The 20 companies business students around the world most want to work for
Employer-branding company Universum ranked the companies business students would most like to work with one day. Apple ranked No. 1.
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Jerrold @Jerrold - almost 4 years ago
Uber cuts 25% of staff during pandemic
Uber informed staff on Monday that it is cutting another 3,000 employees as it continues to grapple with the pressure from the global pandemic on its core business.The news comes less than two weeks after Uber announced layoffs impacting 3,700 full-time roles. Taken toget...continued
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Eleanora @Eleanora - about 2 years ago
Business Updates: S&P Global Places Russia in ‘Selective Default’
Russia was unable to use dollars held in American banks to make a payment of about $650 million on its debt. It used rubles instead.
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Abbie @Abbie - almost 3 years ago
Box unwraps its answer to the $3.8B e-signature market: Box Sign
Box's new native e-signature product provides e-signature capability and unlimited signatures as part of Box’s business and enterprise plans at no additional cost.
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Sandrine @Sandrine - almost 4 years ago
Uber drivers and riders will be required to wear face coverings
Uber is planning to require drivers and riders to wear face masks as it prepares to ramp its ride-hailing business back up after being hobbled by the COVID-19 pandemic.CNN was first to report that executives approved a new policy that would require drivers and riders to w...continued
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Meggie @Meggie - almost 4 years ago
Uber Lays Off 14 Percent of Its Staff as Pandemic Pummels Ride-Share Business
Photo : GettyUber announced this week that it’s cutting 3,700 roles as the coronavirus crisis pummels its ride-share business and that of its competitor Lyft.AdvertisementAn Uber spokesperson confirmed to Gizmodo that the layoffs will affect roughly 14 percent of the comp...continued
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Ryleigh @Ryleigh - almost 5 years ago
Another major theater chain is reportedly working on a MoviePass competitor
Another major theater chain is reportedly working on a MoviePass competitor – TechCrunchMovie ticket subscription services have had a tough time of it. The two largest names in the business — MoviePass and Sinemia — have been waging what looks to have been a mostly losing...continued
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Clarissa @Clarissa - almost 5 years ago
This chart shows why everyone on Wall Street is so worried about the yield curve
Wall Street's top rated economist Ed Hyman just called the yield-curve inversion "the number one" market risk, and this chart shows why.Going back to 1986, when the yield curve turned flatter drastically and eventually inverted, the S&P 500 tends to go into a downwar...continued
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Giovanni @Giovanni - about 3 years ago
Self-driving truck startup TuSimple files to go public
TuSimple, the self-driving truck company that is backed by a diverse consortium of strategic investors, including Volkswagen AG’s heavy-truck business The Traton Group, Navistar, Goodyear, and freight company U.S. Xpress, filed Tuesday for an initial public o…
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Izaiah @Izaiah - over 2 years ago
How to Spot a COVID Testing Scam
This week, the Better Business Bureau issued a warning about the proliferation of COVID testing scams. According to the BBB, fake websites and janky in-person testing centers are using COVID testing as an excuse to steal people’s personal and insurance inform…
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Torey @Torey - over 4 years ago
Trump Suggests His Miami Resort as ‘Great Place’ for Next G7 Meeting
Trump Suggests His Miami Resort as ‘Great Place’ for Next G7 MeetingBIARRITZ, France — President Trump suggested on Monday that he plans to host next year’s Group of 7 summit meeting for world leaders at his Doral luxury golf resort near Miami, once again raising ethical ...continued
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Giles @Giles - almost 3 years ago
Amazon’s Appstore lowers its cut of developer revenue for small businesses, adds AWS credits
Amazon is following in the footsteps of app store giants, Apple and Google, with this week’s introduction of its Amazon Appstore Small Business Accelerator Program. The new program will reduce the commissions Amazon takes on app developer revenues for qualify…
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Maida @Maida - over 3 years ago
Gogo sells commercial in-flight internet business to bankrupt satellite provider
Gogo, the in-flight internet provider, has found a buyer for its commercial airline business. Intelsat, the world’s second largest satellite operator by revenue, has agreed to purchase Gogo’s Wi-Fi business for $400 million in cash, the companies announced Tuesday. It’s a...continued
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Abbie @Abbie - almost 4 years ago
India rejects Walmart-owned Flipkart’s proposed foray into food retail business
The Indian government has rejected Flipkart’s proposal to enter the food retail business in a setback for Walmart, which owns majority of the Indian e-commerce firm and which recently counted its business in Asia’s third-largest economy as one of the worst impacted by the...continued
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Alexander @Alexander - almost 5 years ago
An under-the-radar way to measure economic growth in China is painting a bleak picture
A female staff works at a gas station in Huaibei, Anhui province, China.Jie Zhao | Corbis | Getty ImagesChina's true pace of economic growth is always hard to decipher, but the country's lagging diesel demand could be a sign that the world's second-largest economy is in a...continued
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Nestor @Nestor - almost 2 years ago
UK house price slowdown ‘on way’; business confidence hit by inflation and Brexit – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsNationwide: Annual house price growth slowed to 11.2%But prices still up in MayIoD: Directors economic confidence hit amid inflation and BrexitFood inflation drives h…
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Anderson @Anderson - almost 5 years ago
Dow drops 400 points as rates slide on worries over the economy
Stocks fell on Wednesday as bond yields declined again, triggering concerns about the economic outlook. Increasing trade tensions in the China-U.S. trade fight also weighed on markets.The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 400 points while the S&P 500 slid 1.2%, wit...continued
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Oren @Oren - almost 4 years ago
Use insights to make better business decisions
Powerful data solutions built into Ad ManagerWith Ad Manager, we’ve made it easy for partners to centralize and analyze their ads data. The platform comes equipped with several tools that are designed to help deliver insights and grow revenue. Here are a few of the most i...continued
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Hulda @Hulda - over 2 years ago
Business updates: Return-to-office plans are being revised again.
Some businesses are changing their vaccination policies to require booster shots, while others are prioritizing coronavirus tests.
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Madalyn @Madalyn - 4 months ago
Charlie Munger revealed why he lived in the same house for decades instead of upgrading to keep u...
Charlie Munger, longtime business partner of Warren Buffet, said he lived in the same house for decades because he thought it'd be better for his kids.
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Jeffrey @Jeffrey - almost 5 years ago
McDonald's CEO says he needs to know adding a vegan burger will boost traffic to restaurants
As pressure mounts on McDonald's to add a vegan burger to its line-up, CEO Steve Easterbrook says consumers should "watch this space." He likened the decision to add a meat substitute to the menu to its decision to start offering breakfast all day. "The question is will ...continued
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