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The New York Times
September 20, 2019
The Internal Revenue Service has offered a small group of taxpayers a deal it hopes they won't refuse: Pay all their back taxes, plus interest,Ãâà...
The Verge
September 20, 2019
It's getting easier and easier to use AI to generate convincing-looking, yet entirely fake, pictures of people. Now, one company wants to find aÃâà...
Vox
September 20, 2019
Slack is still king at startups. Nearly 60 percent of startups pay for Slack's workplace communications software, according to new data fromÃâà...
NPR
September 20, 2019
There's a tech boom in Tijuana, Mexico, as American companies look for skilled labor to fill technology jobs at a lower cost than it would be inÃâà...
CNN
September 20, 2019
New Delhi (CNN Business) India is slashing taxes on companies and ... Profits made by Indian companies will now be taxed at a rate of 22%,Ãâà...
CNN
September 20, 2019
London (CNN Business) Happy Friday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business' Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber?
CNN
September 20, 2019
The companies' involvement ranges from closing stores and operations to ... "Already American businesses are being hurt by climate-relatedÃâà...
The New York Times
September 20, 2019
The F.B.I. has used secret subpoenas to obtain personal data from far more companies than previously disclosed, newly released documentsÃâà...
NPR
September 20, 2019
You have $1, and you're thinking about investing it in the stock market. All you know about the company you're going to invest in is that it's aÃâà...
CNN
December 19, 2018
For the first time since the Great Recession, investors want companies to prioritize paying down debt rather than investing in the future or shareÃâà...
New York Times
December 19, 2018
WASHINGTON — A mystery witness fighting a secret fight over a sealed subpoena with a prosecutor who may be Robert S. Mueller III, theÃâà...
Tampa Bay Times
December 19, 2018
The VA's private care program gave companies billions and vets .... researchers from the Rand Corporation concluded that the role of theÃâà...
New York Magazine
December 19, 2018
This is a very bad way for a major corporation to oversee executive pay. ... multiple layers of shell companies registered in offshore locations.
CNN
December 19, 2018
San Francisco (CNN Business) Tinder this week fired multiple employees who were part of a $2 billion lawsuit against the dating app's parentÃâà...
CNN
December 19, 2018
Hong Kong (CNN Business) GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer are combining their consumer healthcare businesses in a multibillion-dollar merger.
Harvard Business Review
December 19, 2018
In November, Prince William joined a discussion on working in high-pressure environments at “This Can Happen,” the UK's largest annualÃâà...
GreenBiz
December 19, 2018
One needn't look far to see the risks companies run by failing to fully attend to ... Organizations such as the Interfaith Center for CorporateÃâà...
Variety
December 19, 2018
Overall, deals were struck with more than 150 companies, mostly online retailers, entertainment companies, or other tech businesses.
Quartz
April 20, 2018
It's a bit like November 2016 all over again for Indian digital payment companies. With ATMs in several parts of the country running dry, their platforms are seeing a spike in transactions. On April 19, Bengaluru-based PhonePe said it has seen a 20% increase in the value of peer-to-peer transactions on itsÃâà...
TechCrunch
April 20, 2018
“Restaurants turn to Caviar to reach more diners and grow their businesses,” Square Caviar Lead Gokul Rajaram said in a press release. “Expanding our corporate catering product with Zesty enables us to offer our restaurant partners another way to boost sales through higher-margin, large-format cateringÃâà...
CNNMoney
April 20, 2018
Big tech companies such as Amazon and Microsoft are getting more H-1B visas for foreign workers, and outsourcing firms are getting fewer. Amazon was the second largest recipient of new H-1B visas in 2017, according to an analysis released on Thursday by the National Foundation for American Policy.
Gizmodo
April 20, 2018
The FTC's privacy audits are widely viewed as one of the strongest enforcement mechanisms for keeping tech companies in line with the privacy promises they make to their .... The most drastic, she says, would be for the FTC to stop relying on corporate attestations of privacy protection altogether. HoweverÃâà...
CNBC
April 20, 2018
American businesses are investing record amounts in solar, with the top corporate users adding 325 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity last year, ... "To leading companies across America, deploying solar is a common-sense business decision," Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the SEIA, saidÃâà...
MarketWatch
April 20, 2018
Could investors make the case that somehow it is different this time and that the largest companies, most of which happen to be technology corporations have learned to keep profit margins high? The S&P 500 Technology sector's net profit margins have been rising since 2008. Net margin for the S&P 500'sÃâà...
Fortune
April 20, 2018
Ads from more than 300 companies and organizations have been running on YouTube channels that promote extreme content, including white nationalist and Nazi ideas, pedophilia, conspiracy theories and North Korean propaganda. The new revelations come from a CNN investigation, which found thatÃâà...
Adweek
April 17, 2018
Here are five mistakes brands are making and how to fix them: Stop focusing on major markets. There are more than 320 million people in the U.S., and about 5 percent of them have access to experiential marketing projects. This a lot to leave on the table when experiential has proved to be the mostÃâà...
Cointelegraph
April 17, 2018
A UK startup is building so-called middleware that could allow many traditional enterprise IT systems such as ERP, WMS and CMS to quickly adopt Blockchain-based systems. Most enterprise systems cannot be swiftly integrated with Blockchain, and many businesses cannot afford to invest millions ofÃâà...
CNET
April 17, 2018
In 2017, non-tech companies that ponied up for renewable energy include Starbucks, Target, Partners HealthCare, General Motors, paper manufacturer Kimberly Clark, cereal maker General Mills and brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev. "The corporate renewables market is now seeing deals from all industryÃâà...
FactCheck.org
April 17, 2018
House Speaker Paul Ryan misleadingly claimed that corporate tax revenues are “still rising,” even though the 2017 tax law cut tax rates. In the first six ... Also, CBO projects tax revenues will be less than what the government otherwise would have collected from corporations if the tax laws did not change.
Marketplace.org
April 17, 2018
That is why foreign companies are worried about China's even more ambitious policy called Made in China 2025. It aims to upgrade the country's manufacturing in 10 sectors, including robotics, artificial intelligence, aviation, bio medicine and green energy. China aims to make 40 percent of so-called “coreÃâà...
CNBC
April 17, 2018
Though pay structures vary across industries and can be deeply affected by a business' culture, the gender pay gap impacts almost every industry and at some companies, men are paid more than 50 percent more than women. According to the Office of National Statistics, the gap for median earnings inÃâà...
Vox
April 17, 2018
For those interested in the power corporations have in Washington these days, last week's Facebook hearing offered a particularly revealing moment. After a little light grilling of ... Congress now spends less money on its staffing resources than businesses spend on registered lobbyists in Washington.
TechCrunch
April 17, 2018
The penalty is steep, given that U.S. companies are believed to provide more than a quarter of the components used in ZTE telecom equipment and mobile devices. The list includes names like San Diego-based Qualcomm, which provides Snapdragon processors for the company's flagship devices.
The Register-Guard
April 16, 2018
COBURG — Don DeZarn has been a business mentor to Derek Schloss for a while, so it made sense for the men who both own cap-making companies to join forces. In January, Schloss moved Cowbucker, his five-employee firm, from Eugene to the headquarters of DeZarn's Pacific Headwear in Coburg.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 16, 2018
Q: I've been moving into progressively higher roles at my company, with more exposure to the business model and motivations that drive decisions. I've been seriously questioning the corporate world and the sheer greed that drives the majority of the challenges I face. What should I do? LeAnn, 47, SVPÃâà...
STLtoday.com
April 16, 2018
The competing companies, LimeBike of California and China-based Ofo, each use the so-called dockless business model. ... Unlike some traditional bike rental businesses such as one that has operated in Forest Park for years, it's impractical for the dockless firms to provide bike helmets. While St. LouisÃâà...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
April 16, 2018
In just a matter of a few months, hundreds of dockless bicycles and scooters have appeared on the streets and sidewalks of San Diego. Some have praised them as effective ways to get around town and reduce traffic congestion. Others have complained they clutter sidewalks and that too many riders don'tÃâà...
HuffPost
April 14, 2018
It adds up to a concerted effort by alcohol companies to make sure customers keep buying and drinking their products ― or even to increase people's alcohol intake ― by tying alcohol to better health outcomes. And if industry-funded trials can't convince Americans that their products are good for them,Ãâà...
Detroit Metro Times
April 14, 2018
MI Republicans pushing day to celebrate corporations get gobs of money from — you guessed it ... His seven Republican colleagues who co-sponsored the resolution get a fair share of money from corporations or corporate-connected donors, too; metro Detroit senators Mike Kowall and Jack BrandenburgÃâà...
TheStreet.com
April 14, 2018
This could be bad news for retailers and consumer companies, sources say, as shoppers are projected to cut back on discretionary spending to make up for higher costs at the pump. ... These are the companies that see their profits hit thanks to rising gas prices, and the stocks that could letdown investors.
Barron's
April 14, 2018
Tariffs are also starting to show up as risk factors in corporate filings from businesses with no direct impact from the current or proposed levies. This past week, the discount retailer Dollar Tree (ticker: DLTR) warned investors in a debt offering that it could be hurt by “future actions or escalations” on trade withÃâà...
CCN
April 14, 2018
Supply management has always been one of the most important logistical hurdles for product-based businesses. Companies and end users alike have long speculated on the helpfulness of maintaining records that indicate the full life-cycle of individual products. Data such as where parts and materialsÃâà...
CleanTechnica
April 14, 2018
For outside observers, the absence of big international battery companies such as Panasonic, LG Chem, Samsung, AESC, etc. can be explained by the government policy of only subsidising batteries manufactured in China, which creates a protected market. For business observers of China, the results areÃâà...
Motley Fool
April 14, 2018
Let's take a closer look at the relationships between these three companies. ... Spotify struck similar deals with other record companies, but Sony Music gained a much larger equity stake than any of its rivals. Sony Music is a ... The popularity of Spotify should complement the growth of those businesses.
New York Times
April 13, 2018
The Communist Party's rise in the Chinese offices and factories of foreign companies is yet another challenge for multinationals doing business in the country, ... The insurance giant China Pacific Insurance, for example, recently amended its articles of association to say that in key corporate decisions, “theÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
April 13, 2018
The report, released Wednesday by executive compensation and governance research firm Equilar, examines pay of the 100 largest public companies by revenue, and comes in advance of broader CEO pay rankings that typically arrive later in the spring and analyze the companies of the entire StandardÃâà...
Salt Lake Tribune
April 4, 2018
But under an arrangement between the two businesses, Big-D did virtually all of the work to prepare a bid for a project and put Creative Times' name on the paperwork, the suit said. And when Creative Times was awarded a contract, Big-D allegedly did the work and the smaller company turned funds overÃâà...
Variety
April 4, 2018
SAG-AFTRA is investigating several companies that may have been scamming members by falsely representing themselves as real employers in the advertising industry. The union, which represents about 160,000 performers, posted a message Tuesday on its official web site: “In an effort to protect ourÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
April 4, 2018
Private companies in the UK have hours left to report their gender pay gaps as part of a new regulation aimed at showing women exactly how much more their male colleagues are getting paid. The Wednesday midnight (GMT) deadline for private sector companies marks the first time UK businesses thatÃâà...
NBCNews.com
April 4, 2018
Muller adds that her local school system uses the ALICE training, a program that businesses may also employ. “ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate) can also work with businesses and government, houses of worship and so on.” While such training may be scary for staff at first, it “doesÃâà...
