by Admin | Sep 20, 2017 | Companies, News
On September 18, toy retail giant Toys R Us filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. and Canada. The bankruptcy filing is just the latest in a string of bankruptcies that are shaking up the retail world. According to CNBC, Toys R Us has $4.9...
by Admin | Sep 18, 2017 | Companies, News
Amazon’s recent acquisition of Whole Foods has analysts buzzing about what changes are likely to occur in both companies. Some are saying that Amazon’s biggest contribution, interestingly, isn’t its tech; it’s Amazon Prime. At the moment, about 80 percent (or 38...
by Admin | Sep 15, 2017 | News
It, the horror movie based on the novel by Stephen King, made box-office history over the September 8-11 weekend. The movie grossed $123.1 million in North America and $185 million globally. That’s the highest-grossing launch ever for a horror movie. The previous...
by Admin | Sep 13, 2017 | Companies, News, Technology
Social media and news outlets exploded last week when Equifax announced that it had discovered a cybersecurity breach affecting 143 million Americans. Names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and even driver’s license information were accessed, as well...
by Admin | Sep 11, 2017 | News, Social Media
Last week, Facebook found itself under scrutiny for potentially inflating the size of its ad reach to advertisers. According to Brien Wieser, an analyst with Pivotal Research Group, Facebook claimed that its ads can reach millions more young adults in the U.S. than...
by Admin | Sep 8, 2017 | Companies, News
It’s no secret that Snap Inc., the founder of social sharing app Snapchat, hasn’t exactly had a great time since their March 2017 IPO. As Facebook and Instagram copied some of the app’s most unique features, its user growth has been less than expected. But...
by Admin | Sep 6, 2017 | Companies, News
Wells Fargo is in hotter water than ever with its recent estimate of even more bogus customer accounts. An additional 1.4 million unauthorized accounts were recently discovered, bringing the total to about 3.5 million. This revised estimate covers January 2009 through...
by Admin | Sep 4, 2017 | News, Women of Business
Secession Art & Design is a retail store and art gallery located in the Bernal Heights neighborhood, on Mission Street in San Francisco. The owner and founder is Eden Stein. The inception and the concept Secession Art & Design opened in 2007 with optimistic...
by Admin | Sep 1, 2017 | Companies, News
Tesla’s new line of self-driving cars may have hit some snags. Back in October of 2016, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the latest version of Tesla’s Model S and Model X, which use the company’s Hardware 2 suite of cameras and radar, were on their way...
by Admin | Aug 30, 2017 | Companies, News
Texas residents are feeling the effects of Hurricane Harvey–and they will for months to come–but thankfully quite a few corporate giants are stepping in to help. Anheuser-Busch is donating more than 100,000 cans of water to Texas, even halting beer...
