Business News
Samsung Gear 360 review: A VR camera you won't love -- or hate
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2016 19:02
REVIEW: We’re in peak 360-degree media territory with a marketplace teeming with enabling devices. From the Ricoh Theta to the 360fly, I-mmersive’s Veye, Kodak’s SP360, and others, there’s no shortage of options....
IBM Needs to Come Clean About Its Cloud Business
Barron's - 13 Aug 2016 08:02
Big Blue is up 18% this year as investors chase its 3.5% dividend yield. But it will need to prove itself in the cloud to keep the shares levitated.
Clinton and Trump Both Embrace Keynesianism
Barron's - 13 Aug 2016 08:01
Calls for expensive projects to boost infrastructure recall Nixon's famous speech. The focus on fiscal stimulus favors value stocks, commodities.
Verifone's Unfair Punishment
Barron's - 13 Aug 2016 08:01
Why Verifone looks like a Buy.
E.W. Scripps: A Deeply Undervalued Broadcaster
Barron's - 13 Aug 2016 08:00
A disappointing outlook for this year's political advertising revenue masks the company's strong longer-term prospects.
Pokémon Go is a small business's dream
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2016 16:25
GUEST: If you've ever been to Nashua, New Hampshire, you have surely been down Main Street. Main Street is like any other main strip in most small towns in New England. It is full of small shops, boutiques, restaurants, ...
Pricing your startup to perfection will hurt you
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2016 18:15
GUEST: I've always believed in the old adage "Perfect is the enemy of the good." Most successful startup founders believe this to their core. They launch alpha or beta versions of their products and instead of calling th...
By The Time Wal-Mart Catches Up With Amazon, There Will Be No Neighborhood Stores
Forbes - 13 Aug 2016 19:16
Wal-Mart is getting serious about catching up with Amazon. Very serious, forging the right partnerships and amassing the right talent and resources to compete effectively against the e-commerce leader. That would mean th...
Black Lives Matter Targets The Tax Code
Forbes - 13 Aug 2016 17:43
Black Lives Matter is calling for radical tax reform, adding its voice to the election season calls for changes to our tax system.
Will NYC or the Bay Area be capital of emerging insurance tech industry?
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2016 18:15
GUEST: Hollywood is the capital of movies, the Bay Area the capital of technology, Boston the capital of education and biotech, and New York the capital of the world. So, where is the capital of #insurtech? Over the last...
How Some Bosses Can Sabotage Progress
Forbes - 13 Aug 2016 18:10
“How was your day?” he says. “The usual, nothing extraordinary” she answers.
Serial entrepreneur Bill Moore on why he left retirement to join secretive audio startup Human
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2016 17:00
FEATURE: Even after two decades of entrepreneurship, taking the plunge with a new startup still feels a little crazy for Bill Moore. Back in the 1990s, Moore turned friends’ and colleagues’ heads when he abruptly end...
What Business Leaders Can Learn From "The Final Five"
Forbes - 13 Aug 2016 17:00
When the Olympic fire is extinguished and we go back to our day jobs, take these lessons. Your teams will thrive as a result.
Lyft Declines General Motors' Acquisition Bid
Tech Times - 13 Aug 2016 10:33
General Motors has expressed interest in buying Lyft, but the ridehailing company reportedly declined the proposal. GM's acquisition bid suggests the carmaker is hoping to foray deeper into the ridehailing sector.
Hands-On Approach Put This Entrepreneur in the Luxury Market
Forbes - 13 Aug 2016 17:59
Deborah Lippmann shares how she turned her passion for healthy nail care into a successful luxury nail polish company.
David Tepper's hedge fund exits Facebook, Delta and others
New York Post - 13 Aug 2016 09:14
David Tepper's Appaloosa hedge fund is so over Facebook. The fund completely exited its position in the tech darling during the second quarter, it disclosed in a regulatory filing on Friday -- after being in the stock fo...
IMF Deal Bolsters Egypt's Prospects, Markets
Barron's - 13 Aug 2016 08:01
The supranational lender's $12 billion loan will demand economic reforms, and improve the outlook for the country's stocks and bonds.
The UK's new prime minister has a golden opportunity post-Brexit
Business Insider - 13 Aug 2016 07:47
AP/ Daniel Leal-Olivas Since Theresa May took office as prime minister of the UK in July there has been a great deal of speculation about how – if at all – powers over tax rates and local spending will be devolved ...
Lyft reportedly rejected acquisition interest from GM
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2016 06:54
(Reuters) – Ride hailing company Lyft rebuffed acquisition interest from General Motors Co and will raise a new funding round instead, technology website The Information reported on Friday, citing two people familiar w...
Steam Link update enables Xbox One S controller Bluetooth compatibility
Venture Beat - 13 Aug 2016 05:15
Microsoft’s revised Xbox controller now works with the Steam Link. Valve has updated its Steam Link in-home game-streaming device, and it has added compatibility with the Xbox One S controller. You can now use this exc...
The markets did something this week that hasn't been seen since 1999
Washington Post - 13 Aug 2016 05:08
Things have been looking up.
China's Thirst For Oil Spells Troubling News For Beijing
Forbes - 13 Aug 2016 04:57
The U.S., once the poster child of foreign oil dependence, has largely changed its energy future due to its shale oil and gas boom. Now, this four decade old quandary will be one that China has to deal with as the Middle...