Business News
Crate & Barrel CEO Janet Hayes buys Glencoe home for $2.95 million
Chicago Tribune - 10 Mar 2021 13:00
The six-bedroom, brick-and-limestone mansion sits on a 0.53-acre lot, which is unusually large for Glencoe.
PepsiCo Wants to Calm a Stressed Nation With Driftwell
AdWeek - 10 Mar 2021 16:30
Last fall, PepsiCo, the maker of beverages ranging from Tropicana orange juice to Mountain Dew soft drinks, announced the addition of a new product: Driftwell, a drink designed to help people relax and fall asleep. Today...
Doritos appoints Kartik Aaryan as first brand ambassador in India
livemint.com - 10 Mar 2021 12:39
Aiming to tap smaller town markets, PepsiCo India has launched Rs10 entry-level price point Doritos packets to drive consumption in tier II - III markets. The brand is available across neighborhood stores, modern retail ...
Entercom Buys Podcorn Podcasting Ad-Tech Platform For Up To $22.5 Million
Forbes - 10 Mar 2021 03:36Trader gets painted stones instead of $36m of copper
BBC - 10 Mar 2021 03:31
The company says it took delivery of six thousand tonnes of spray-painted rocks instead of the metal.
Transit Startup Via Makes $100 Million Bet on Mapping Company
Wall Street Journal - 10 Mar 2021 02:30JPMorgan Jumps Into Greensill Fray, Hindering Apollo Talks
Wall Street Journal - 10 Mar 2021 02:14
The bank is teaming up with Taulia, a technology platform that was a main source of customers to Greensill. JPMorgan would provide $3.8 billion to fund deals to the former Greensill clients on Taulia's platform
Money launderers 'prey on generation Covid'
BBC - 10 Mar 2021 02:00
Promises via social media to make "quick cash" are attracting those struggling for work, banks say.
10 Truths About Marketing After the Pandemic
Harvard Business Review - 10 Mar 2021 15:15
There’s no going back to the old normal.
Stimulus check updates: US House expected to send $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill to Biden
Chicago Tribune - 10 Mar 2021 13:36Report: The U.S. Is Falling Short On Infrastructure Investment [Infographic]
Forbes - 10 Mar 2021 13:16Alaska becomes first state to open COVID vaccines to almost all
CBSNews - 10 Mar 2021 13:07
Anyone 16 or older who lives or works in Alaska can now get inoculated there. It comes with the summer tourist season looming.
Lifting mask mandates in Texas has caused conflicts for small businesses | Gene Marks
The Guardian - 10 Mar 2021 13:00
Owners want to create a safe environment, instead they encounter animosity and clashes with customers who don't comply I spent a few weeks in Florida this past January, right in the middle of the pandemic. Florida has no...
The number of Bitcoin ATMs in the US rose 177% over the past year
Coin Telegraph - 10 Mar 2021 12:47
Worldwide, close to 10,000 new Bitcoin ATMs have been installed since March 1, 2020.
Flood of New Debt Tests Weakening Bond Market
Wall Street Journal - 10 Mar 2021 12:30
Supply is seen as one factor driving Treasury yields higher as investors anticipate an economic resurgence fueled by vaccinations and government stimulus.
States Expected Covid-19 to Bring Widespread Tax Shortfalls. It Didn't Happen.
Wall Street Journal - 10 Mar 2021 12:30
Despite the pandemic's crushing toll on the economy, total state-tax revenues were roughly flat in 2020 from the year before, aided by stimulus checks and the stock-market recovery.
JPMorgan to Offer 'Crypto Exposure Basket', but Criticized as Not 'Crypto'
Crypto News - 10 Mar 2021 12:22
The news is out that major investment bank JPMorgan Chase is looking to offer its clients access to the crypto market - but not everybody see the offering in good light, or particularly crypto-related. Dated March 9, the...
Volatility Hits the Sizzling SPAC Market
Wall Street Journal - 10 Mar 2021 00:12
Shares of technology firms and special-purpose acquisition companies surged, rebounding after a weekslong streak of declines that pushed some popular SPACs down 20% or more in a month.
Soaring DraftKings Stock Makes CEO Jason Robins A Billionaire
Forbes - 10 Mar 2021 23:58Labor Department Stays Enforcement of ESG Rule for 401(k)s
Wall Street Journal - 10 Mar 2021 23:50
Wall Street has been lobbying against the Trump-era measure that makes it tougher for the plans to invest in environmental, social and governance-focused funds.