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This Could Push Stocks Below March 2009 Levels
Barron's - 18 Jun 2016 08:26
Russell Napier sees government stimulus replacing central-bank stimulus to ignite economic growth.
E3 2016: The year of the grappling hook
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2016 02:01
Four years ago, the Electronic Entertainment Expo tradeshow in Los Angeles gave us the year of the bow, and now it’s time for another seismic shift. 2016 is the year of the grappling hook. As companies like Microsoft, ...
Henry Schein Sparkles Under Stanley Bergman
Barron's - 18 Jun 2016 06:23
Bergman built a multinational distributor of dental, veterinary, and medical products with investment returns twice those of Berkshire Hathaway.
Brexit would be a 'complete disaster' for UK tech, says digital industries minister
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2016 12:22
Leaving the European Union would be a "complete disaster for our country", according to Ed Vaizey, HM Minister of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries. Speaking at an event yesterday at tech members ...
What Britain And America Can Teach Each Other About Entrepreneurship
Forbes - 18 Jun 2016 19:34
Entrepreneur and author Michael Hayman explains what the New and Old World can teach each other about entrepreneurship.
Medical REIT Yields 6.3%, Enjoys 62.87%Profit Margin, Trades At A Discount To Peers
Forbes - 18 Jun 2016 19:30
REITs have always been popular investments for dividend hunters. That’s especially the case in a low interest rate environment, which makes these yields more appealing to alternatives like money market funds and CDs.
6 Reasons To Start Live Video Streaming Your Brand
Forbes - 18 Jun 2016 18:11
Recently a friend told me about Facebook Live and shook his head: Writing content is going to die, he said. We’ll all be communicating via video. I don’t know about all that. But I do know that livestream and live vi...
Guerrilla Games explains the story behind the PlayStation 4's Horizon: Zero Dawn
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2016 17:00
Horizon: Zero Dawn is one of Sony’s biggest exclusives coming for the PlayStation 4 in 2017. At the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), we received a briefing on the single-player story behind the title. John Gonzalez,...
India is primed for the chatbot revolution
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2016 16:15
GUEST: On my way to work in Bangalore last week (I’m an intern at a chatbot company), I was listening to Radio One, an Indian radio station, when I heard an ad for a competition. At first I didn't think much of it. Pho...
Customer Service Is Much More Than Rules And Policies -- It's A Philosophy
Forbes - 18 Jun 2016 15:25
Customer service is not a department. It's a philosophy to be embraced by every member of an organization, from the CEO to the most recently hired employee.
The most popular games of E3 2016, based on this week's search results
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2016 14:00
We’ve been debating who won the attention war for the week of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big trade show in Los Angeles this week. But ListenFirst figured out that Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Brea...
6 Essential Considerations For Your SEO Link Building Campaign
Forbes - 18 Jun 2016 14:00
What is the biggest priority in link building? In this article, I've listed and ranked them in terms of importance.
Gold perks up on firm global cues, jewellers buying
livemint.com - 18 Jun 2016 12:25
Gold of 99.9% and 99.5% purity recovered `150 each to `29,800 and `29,650 per 10 grams, respectively
The 10 biggest European tech stories this week
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2016 09:17
This week, Tech.eu tracked 9 technology M&A transactions and 68 funding deals (totalling €296 million, about $334 million) in Europe, Turkey and Israel. Here's an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news items for...
Square Stock Likely to Set New Lows
Barron's - 18 Jun 2016 08:22
A once sought-after unicorn, the payment processor is growing fast but faces a tough path to profitability.
Apple wages appeal after Beijing panel backs Chinese firm in iPhone design spat
Washington Post - 18 Jun 2016 07:08
No disruption in smartphone sales, the company said.
IEX finally gets SEC OK to be new stock exchange
New York Post - 18 Jun 2016 06:37
Wall Street's most controversial startup is now a part of the establishment. IEX, the upstart stock trading platform aimed at slowing down Wall Street's fastest traders, won divided approval from the government on Friday...
LG Electronics sells mosquito-repelling TV in India to help fight malaria and Zika
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2016 06:12
(Reuters) – The Indian arm of South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc has begun selling a TV with a feature that it says repels mosquitoes, which can spread diseases such as malaria, Zika and dengue. The TV’s “Mosquito ...
Flexjet Takes On NetJets
Barron's - 18 Jun 2016 05:59
Flexjet's aggressive strategy to dethrone industry leader NetJets.
Domino's can't handle stress of free pizza promotion
New York Post - 18 Jun 2016 04:25
This T-Mobile sales gimmick cost way too much dough -- pizza dough, that is. Domino's Pizza backed out of a "T-Mobile Tuesdays" sales promotion this week after a nationwide deluge of demand for free pizza caused chaos at...
Google's DeepMind AI has learned to play a game called ant soccer
Venture Beat - 18 Jun 2016 03:02
Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence (AI) technology has proven to be very smart. DeepMind’s AlphaGo system got worldwide attention for beating top-ranked Go player Lee Sedol earlier this year. Previously it has...
Missouri judge fines Walgreens $309,000 in pricing case
Miami Herald - 18 Jun 2016 01:39
A judge on Friday ordered Walgreens to pay $309,000 for violating an agreement between the drugstore chain and the state of Missouri over allegedly deceptive pricing, the state's attorney general said. …