by Admin | Oct 13, 2017 | Companies, News, Social Media
It’s a match made in social app heaven. Snapchat users will now be able to use the popular social media app to book a ride through Uber or Lyft. Users will also be able to book restaurant reservations to establishments featured on the app. This is courtesy of a new...
by Admin | Oct 11, 2017 | Companies, News
In what has been called the most expensive proxy fight in U.S. history, Procter & Gamble has defeated billionaire activist Nelson Peltz in his fight for a seat on P&G’s board. The defeat was extremely narrow, though, as investors were nearly evenly split on...
by Admin | Oct 9, 2017 | News
Good news: In September 2017, the U.S. jobless rate dropped to 4.2 percent, the lowest it’s been since 2001. Bad news: The U.S. lost 33,000 jobs in the same month, despite the fact that economists had been expecting an increase of 90,000 jobs. How can both of these...
by Admin | Oct 6, 2017 | Companies, News
After long-time AXA Chief Executive Officer Henri de Castries resigned in September of 2016, the company’s board knew they had some big shoes to fill. De Castries moved to private equity firm General Atlantic, where he will be advising the company on European...
by Admin | Oct 4, 2017 | News
European producers of electric bikes (e-bikes) have filed a complaint with the European Commission regarding Chinese e-bike makers. They accuse the Chinese exporters of selling their products at excessively low prices and harming European manufacturers by doing so....
by Admin | Oct 2, 2017 | News, Social Media
Tech giants Facebook, Google, and Twitter have been called to testify before Congress about how their platforms may have been used to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. This has experts wondering: how much, if any, culpability do these companies have when...
by Admin | Sep 29, 2017 | News
President Trump has a new tax plan in the works, but the specifics are vague, to say the least. News outlets are already buzzing with what we do know, however, and which income level will most benefit from the changes, should they go through. The plan would reduce the...
by Admin | Sep 27, 2017 | Companies, News
On September 22, London’s transport authority rejected Uber’s application for a new license to operate. Transport for London (TfL) decided not to renew Uber’s operating license on the basis that the company is not a “fit and proper” private car hire operator. It cited...
by Admin | Sep 25, 2017 | Companies, News
For the past month or so, Irish discount airline Ryanair has been faced with a PR disaster. On September 18, it announced plans to cancel up to 50 flights a day until Halloween because of an error in how it schedules time off for pilots. “We have messed up in the...
by Admin | Sep 22, 2017 | Companies, News
Historically speaking, efforts to bring diversity and inclusion to companies have begun with a group of employees and worked their way up to the C suite. But that’s not always the case. Witness CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion. More than 150 CEOs of some of the...
