by Admin | Nov 3, 2017 | News
All of President Trump’s declarations of the end to the “war on coal” can’t help the coal industry. It’s not regulation that’s killing these companies; it’s the fact that other forms of energy are much cheaper. Witness the fall of western Kentucky coal company...
by Admin | Nov 1, 2017 | Companies, News
Sneaker company Under Armour, which has been struggling for some time now, reported that quarterly sales fell nearly 5 percent from a year ago. It also lowered its outlook for the year again, which sent the company’s two classes of stocks tumbling. Both its voting and...
by Admin | Oct 30, 2017 | Companies, News
Take note, Uber riders: If it takes a driver longer than eight minutes to meet you, you will have to pay for it. As part of its “180 Days of Change,” Uber will now charge fees for longer distance pickups as a way to give drivers more flexibility and opportunities to...
by Admin | Oct 27, 2017 | Companies, News
It’s been named GeekWire’s 2017 “Startup of the Year,” and now it’s looking like Convoy may become the largest trucking logistics company in the world. Casually described as “Uber for trucking,” Convoy’s tech-based freight solutions are based off the same business...
by Admin | Oct 26, 2017 | Companies, News
The Craftsman tool brand, which has been a Sears icon for almost 100 years, is going to be sold at Lowe’s beginning in the second half of 2018. It’s the first time that the brand, which was created by Sears almost 100 years ago, will be sold at a big-box retailer. “We...
by Admin | Oct 25, 2017 | News, Social Media
A group of British Parliament members has asked Facebook to provide information on any ads bought by Russia-linked Facebook accounts around important votes. Damian Collins, chair of the House of Commons Select Committee for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport, has...
by Admin | Oct 23, 2017 | News, Technology
Shopping just keeps getting easier. Venmo users are now able to shop anywhere PayPal is accepted in the United States. The popular mobile payment app that is owned by PayPal, is available at more than two million retailers, including Lululemon, Forever 21, and Foot...
by Admin | Oct 20, 2017 | News
In 2008, Airbnb disrupted the vacation rental market with a then-new system of “peer to peer” home-sharing arrangements. But since then, a number of competitors have popped up, including Vacasa, which just secured $103 million in venture funding. In the...
by Admin | Oct 18, 2017 | News
People who run scams don’t just try to dupe ordinary people. British billionaire Sir Richard Branson is going public about almost being swindled out of $5 million in a scheme in which he was asked to pay a ransom on a diplomat who had allegedly been kidnapped. In...
by Admin | Oct 16, 2017 | News
Oenophiles are worried. Between bad harvests in Europe and the fires raging through California’s wine country—not to mention low production in the southern hemisphere—wine is expected to be in short supply. The wine shortage will almost certainly lead to higher...
