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Why Consultative Selling Fails
Forbes - 27 Mar 2019 18:36
When the sales ecosystem is organized around internal sales targets, you create a transactional sales team. Said another way, if you treat your customers like a number, they'll return the favor. We identified eight core ...
Wolfenstein: Youngblood turns killing Nazis into co-op fun on PC and consoles on July 26
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2019 18:35
Wolfenstein: Youngblood will let two players kill Nazis at the same time, and it ships on July 26 on the PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
Insomniac's Stormland is looking better as an open world VR game
Venture Beat - 27 Mar 2019 17:01
Insomniac's Stormland is coming along as an open world sci-fi game in virtual reality. It is coming soon for the Oculus Rift and Oculus Rift S.
Futures edge lower as growth worries linger
Reuters - 27 Mar 2019 13:54
U.S. stock index futures edged lower on Wednesday, as investors continued to be gripped by global growth fears and an inverted yield curve that weighed on appetite for risk.
Ford to exit Russian passenger car market, cede control in JV
Reuters - 27 Mar 2019 13:45
Ford Motor Co's Russian joint venture Ford Sollers will close two assembly plants and an engine factory in Russia, exiting the country's passenger vehicle market, it said on Wednesday.
Great Wall, Ford hitch up to burgeoning Chinese demand for pickup trucks
Reuters - 27 Mar 2019 07:43
Grey Liu bought his third vehicle four months ago - a Foton pickup truck, lured by its $7,000 price tag and its ability to transport his sports motorcycle to the grasslands of northern China where he likes to ride.
China's industrial profits shrink most since late 2011 as economy cools
Reuters - 27 Mar 2019 06:11
China's industrial firms posted their worst slump in profits since late 2011 in the first two months of this year, data showed on Wednesday, as increasing strains on the economy in the face of slowing demand at home and ...
US tech giants targeted in European Parliament online copyright bill
USA Today - 27 Mar 2019 03:56
European Union lawmakers approved a copyright directive Tuesday intended to give writers and artists more protection of creative rights and incomes.
The Latest: EPA assessing Superfund sites in flooded areas
Miami Herald - 27 Mar 2019 02:31
The Latest on flooding throughout the Midwest (all times local): 7:25 p.m. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it is assessing two Superfund sites located in areas that have seen …
Man Convicted In Deadly Charlottesville Car Attack Changes Plea To Guilty
TPM - 27 Mar 2019 22:15
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- A man convicted on state murder charges in a deadly car attack at a white nationalist...
Graham: Barr Hopes To Release Mueller Report To Congress In April
TPM - 27 Mar 2019 21:29
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General William Barr has told the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee that he’s combing through...
With Apple TV+ added to the list, have we hit subscription fatigue?
NBC News - 27 Mar 2019 20:37
The average person subscribes to three streaming services -- and finds that number frustrating.
Dems And GOPers Call Pompeo Out Over Steep Diplomacy Cut Proposal
TPM - 27 Mar 2019 18:16
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Top lawmakers are blasting the Trump administration’s proposal to slash funding for the State Department and the...
Dreamer Recreates His Journey to America, and Completes the Athenaeum Portrait in the Process
AdWeek - 27 Mar 2019 13:00
A multimedia artist and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, recipient beautifully documented his journey to America using bits and pieces of Mexican road maps, and in the process, perfectly completed the ico...
10 Things to Know for Today
Miami Herald - 27 Mar 2019 11:55
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. TRUMP'S 2020 MACHINE A FAR CRY FROM FLY-BY-NIGHT 2016 EFFORT The president …
China ratchets up pressure on Canada amid Huawei dispute
Miami Herald - 27 Mar 2019 11:23
China says its suspension of the license of a second major Canadian canola exporter is justified by safety concerns, as the sides continue to feud over Ottawa's detention of a …
The CMO Knowledge Gap
Forbes - 27 Mar 2019 10:19
At a recent Forbes event, I talked with a fellow Procter & Gamble alum, Edgar Baum, brand economist and Founder, CEO of Avasta Inc. Baum shared insight on what he calls a CMO knowledge gap and its role in the decline of ...
Credit card debt, bills keeping you up at night? You're not alone. Here's what you need to do
USA Today - 27 Mar 2019 07:00
Anxiety can keep people from sleeping at night, and a lot of Americans have some level of concern over money.
Barclays Center quietly stops accepting cash at most concession stands
New York Post - 27 Mar 2019 04:13
The Barclays Center is the latest in a growing list of sports venues to phase out cash purchases despite backlash from consumers and opposition from lawmakers. Home to the Brooklyn Nets and the Islanders, Barclays has qu...
Apple, Qualcomm gird for next phase of patent battle after mixed U.S. rulings
Reuters - 27 Mar 2019 01:34
Split decisions on Tuesday by a U.S. government panel in acrimonious patent disputes between iPhone-maker Apple and chip supplier Qualcomm left their battle lines largely unchanged ahead of a U.S Federal Trade Commission...
Ceramic manufacturing company fined $250K after worker dies
Miami Herald - 27 Mar 2019 00:55
The state has issued more than $250,000 in fines to a ceramic manufacturing company in Southern California following the death of an 18-year-old employee. The Orange County Register reported Tuesday …
Tesla's Elon Musk, SEC to face off in U.S. court on April 4
Reuters - 27 Mar 2019 00:38
Lawyers for Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will square off in a Manhattan courtroom next week over whether the Tesla Inc chief executive should be held in contempt over one of his tweets.