by Beth Holmes | Sep 24, 2023 | Companies, News
Subway, the sandwich chain, is being sold to equity firm Roark Capital in a $9.6 billion deal expected to expand the chain. Subway made the announcement on Thursday, a bare-bones announcement that doesn’t reveal any details of the pending deal. Roark specializes...
by Beth Holmes | Sep 20, 2023 | Companies, News, Technology
The auto industry is facing a conflict between union labor, management, and the transition to electric vehicles. And President Biden is asking everyone to remember that livelihoods are on the line. On Monday, the president said in a press statement that the auto...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 16, 2023 | Companies, News
Yeezy shoe sales will go to support an anti-hate group, as Adidas kicks back against their former partner. In October of last year, Adidas ended their years-long partnership with rapper Kanye “Ye” West over his anti-Semitic statements, including threatening to go...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 14, 2023 | Companies, News, Technology
Disney Company will be raising their prices for ad-free Disney+ and Hulu, hoping to drive viewers back to ad-supported content. According to Disney’s reports of their fiscal third quarter, which ended July 1, Disney+ is losing subscribers and revenue. This is...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 11, 2023 | Companies, News, Social Media, Technology
Rebranding Twitter as X is never going to catch on, despite Elon Musk’s recent and half-hearted efforts. Elon Musk has some kind of obsession with the letter X. He owns SpaceX, and there’s a Tesla Model X. He even named his son X Æ A-12 (pronounced either...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 26, 2023 | News, Social Media, Technology
Chinese livestreamers are using TikTok as a sales platform, targeting American consumers for goods from cosmetics to alternative medicines. TikTok faces possible bans in the United States and Europe over privacy concerns, but that hasn’t slowed down the...
