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How To Create A Customer-Obsessed Company Like Netflix
Forbes - 12 Dec 2017 18:12
What can aspiring customer-centric companies learn from Netflix's achievements? Can startups compete with the industry goliaths who can afford to put their customer obsessions front and center?
Google Earth's time-lapse tool shows you 28 years of change in a few seconds
Business Insider - 12 Dec 2017 23:53
Google's Earth Engine lets you view two decades of environmental and population changes on Earth. Following is a transcript of the video. Watch 28 years of change with Google’s coolest mapping technology yet. Google’...
HoneyBaked Ham Made Its First TV Ad in a Decade, and It Was Worth the Wait
AdWeek - 12 Dec 2017 16:56
You can try to make your own ham this Christmas, says a new ad. But you might end up needing a chainsaw to cut it. Instead, try a ham--pre-glazed and ready-to-serve--from The HoneyBaked Ham Company, argues the ad, from B...
Aston Martin's Electric car doesn't consider Tesla competition
USA Today - 12 Dec 2017 16:48
Don't tell Elon Musk, but Aston Martin's new RapidE electric car doesn't consider Tesla to be competition! TC Newman (@PurpleTCNewman) has the details.
Hyundai's Innocean to Acquire Independent Agency David & Goliath
AdWeek - 12 Dec 2017 21:00
Innocean Worldwide, the Hyundai Motor Company's global advertising division, will soon announce a deal to acquire American independent creative agency David & Goliath, according to multiple parties who have spoken to Adw...
Morgan Stanley buys stake in Overstock cryptocurrency
New York Post - 12 Dec 2017 05:53
Morgan Stanley went shopping at Overstock.com -- and it had nothing to do with the discounted leather sofas. The Wall Street bank has purchased an 11.4 percent stake in the Web retailer just days before the Salt Lake Cit...
Nurse claiming she was fired after abuse report awarded $5M
Miami Herald - 12 Dec 2017 04:06
A central Illinois jury has awarded $5.2 million to a nurse who claims she was fired from a nursing home after reporting alleged abuse. The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reports Katrina Wesemann …
How to Create Brand Loyalty Through Customer Experience
inc - 12 Dec 2017 04:01
How to Create Brand Loyalty Through Customer Experience
SEC Chairman Statement On Crypto And ICOs Offers No Bright Line Tests
Forbes - 12 Dec 2017 03:06
SEC Chairman Jay Clayton furthered the agency's stance that whether or not a particular offering constitutes a security depends on the facts and circumstances of the case, plus gave the first indication of its stance on ...
Stocks tick up, bringing S&P 500 and Dow to new highs
L.A. Times - 12 Dec 2017 02:25Bitcoin futures trading kick-off could signal digital currency's move to mainstream
USA Today - 12 Dec 2017 01:13How Warren Buffett's favorite stock-market gauge can help investors make smarter decisions
Business Insider - 12 Dec 2017 01:00
Paul Morigi/Getty Images The Buffett Indicator isthe ratio of a country’s stock market capitalization to the overall GDP of the country. If the stock market is below 50% of the GDP, it is too low. Between 75% and 90%, ...
Facebook fires back at former exec who says it's 'ripping apart' society
New York Post - 12 Dec 2017 22:08
Facebook is hitting back at a former executive who blasted the company for "ripping apart the social fabric." Chamath Palihapitiya, Facebook's former vice president of user growth, told CNBC this week he feels "tremendou...
Toshiba and Western Digital Should Gain From Burying the Hatchet
Wall Street Journal - 12 Dec 2017 16:53
Settling a dispute over the planned sale of Toshiba's memory-chip business will give both companies more firepower to invest as industry competition intensifies.
Dow opens higher; Fed's rate hike in focus
Reuters - 12 Dec 2017 16:47
(Reuters) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened higher as energy stocks gained and shares of Boeing touched a record high, while the S&P and the Nasdaq opened flat ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting.
Why Are You In Business? A Year-End Reflection
Forbes - 12 Dec 2017 16:43Markets Right Now: Banks, health care lead stocks higher
ABC News - 12 Dec 2017 16:40
Banks and health care companies were leading stock indexes slightly higher in morning trading on Wall Street, leading major indexes above the record highs they reached a day earlier.
Female Entrepreneurs: Here's Why You Need To Hit That Off Button This Holiday Season
Forbes - 12 Dec 2017 16:36
It is why you should make taking a break this December a top priority. Not only will stepping back from your business mean wonders for your self-care and stress levels but it can actually help your business grow.
Builders reuse timber from dismantled Fairbanks Coal Bunkers
Miami Herald - 12 Dec 2017 16:28
Alaska builders found a new use for the timber from a disassembled Fairbanks landmark. Timber from the old Fairbanks Coal Bunkers has been used for mantles, porches and structural beams …
How to throttle down on car costs and save thousands
USA Today - 12 Dec 2017 16:27
In 2017, cars cost their owners an average of $8,469 a year. Here's how to save on fuel, insurance and maintenance.
PepsiCo orders 100 of Tesla's all-electric Semi trucks
New York Post - 12 Dec 2017 16:25
PepsiCo has reserved 100 of Tesla's new electric Semi trucks, the largest-known order of the big rig, as the maker of Mountain Dew soda and Doritos chips seeks to reduce fuel costs and fleet emissions, a company executiv...
European property giant makes $16 billion bet on U.S. shopping malls
Reuters - 12 Dec 2017 16:22
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