by Admin | Dec 20, 2017 | Companies, News
United Parcel Service is planning to add 125 Tesla electric semi-trucks to its fleet. The company said on December 19 that it is going to buy the trucks in an effort to expand its fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles “These groundbreaking electric tractors are poised to...
by Admin | Dec 18, 2017 | News
The holidays are stressful for just about everyone, what with shopping lists, travel plans and countless other responsibilities every December. But perhaps no one is under more pressure than the shipping industry. UPS, FedEx and other delivery companies are concerned...
by Admin | Dec 15, 2017 | Advice, News
Professors and other high-profile connections continue to write letters of recommendation for students, former employees, and acquaintances applying to jobs and internships in fields from education to engineering. Some letters are still sent via email or even snail...
by Admin | Dec 13, 2017 | News, Technology, Women of Business
CES is a huge tech trade show held in Las Vegas every January. And like most of the tech industry, this year’s conference is being criticized by many in the tech and marketing industries for its lack of female keynote speakers. All six CES keynoters are men, and five...
by Admin | Dec 11, 2017 | Companies, News
Regal Entertainment Group, which has long been one of the most successful movie theater chains in the United States, will no longer be a U.S.-owned company from this point forward. The British corporation Cineworld announced Tuesday that it’s agreed to purchase Regal...
by Admin | Dec 8, 2017 | Companies, News
Amassing a net worth of $5.2 billion is no easy feat, and yet, that’s precisely what American businessman Henry Kravis managed to do. The 73-year-old is the co-founder, co-chairman, and co-CEO of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company (KKR), one of the largest...
by Admin | Dec 6, 2017 | News, Social Media, Technology
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced in a December 4 blog post that the platform is going to bring aboard about 10,000 reviewers in 2018. Their job will be to screen YouTube videos and assist the company’s machine learning algorithms to more accurately find troubling...
by Admin | Dec 4, 2017 | News, Technology
Last week I wrote about how bitcoin had shot up over $10,000. As of December 1, its value was even higher: halfway to the $11,000 mark. What’s going on with the cryptocurrency? Some critics, including a Nobel laureate, think it’s a bubble, and it may be primed to...
by Admin | Dec 1, 2017 | News, Technology
The digital currency bitcoin has been rapidly gaining momentum throughout 2017, and on Monday it reached a major milestone, surpassing $10,000 for the first time. This represents an 875 percent increase over where the coin’s value stood at the start of this...
by Admin | Nov 29, 2017 | News
This year’s Cyber Monday became the largest online shopping day in U.S. history. According to Adobe Insights, online transactions that day reached a record $6.59 billion. That’s a 16.8 percent increase from 2016’s Cyber Monday sales. And it looks like people are...
