Confidence at Japanese manufacturers rose to its highest level in a decade in August led by materials producers, a Reuters poll showed, a further sign of broadening recovery in the economy. The Reuters’ monthly poll — which tracks the Bank of Japan’s closely watched quarterly tankan — found the service-sector mood fell but still remained […]
Read moreIt doesn’t make sense for Apple to make TV shows. Reverse-engineering content to fill up space on someone’s screen is not an inspired strategy. But that’s apparently what the company plans to do: It will deploy a $1 billion collection of original video content, outlets like The Wall Street Journal reported recently. There are tools […]
Read moreIn the history of sports fandom, dream matchups have been the topic of much discussion, debate and hype. While some, like the debate between the 1960s Celtics and 1980s Lakers, will never be settled, current-day dream matchups, like LeBron versus Steph and Brady versus Manning, can be settled between the lines. The latest incarnation of […]
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It goes without saying that retail is evolving. More shopping is occurring online, but the pace of change is uneven. “You can’t paint retail with broad brush strokes,” James Cook, JLL’s director of retail research, told CNBC in an interview. “You have to talk about the category changes … instead of saying retail is going […]
Read moreThousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday to protest against the jailing of three young democracy activists, with many questioning the independence of the Chinese-ruled city’s judiciary. On Thursday, Joshua Wong, 20, Nathan Law, 24 and Alex Chow, 27, were jailed for six to eight months for unlawful assembly, dealing […]
Read moreOnline lending startups looking to raise money now have to answer one important question that didn’t get asked much in the past: how do avoid the fate of early pioneers like Lending Club or On Deck, which have lost nearly 80 percent of their value since going public in 2014. At least that’s what Bluevine […]
Read moreFormer General Electric chairman Jeff Immelt has become the frontrunner candidate to become CEO of Uber, according to numerous sources with knowledge of the situation. While the tension on the board of the car-hailing company remains high — due of late to an ugly lawsuit that one of its major investors, Benchmark, is waging against […]
Read moreDecades after Volkswagen captured the spirit of the late ’60s and early ’70s with the iconic Microbus, the German automaker is hoping an updated, all-electric van will do the same thing. VW has announced it will build and sell the I.D. Buzz with the new electric van scheduled to hit showrooms in 2022. The announcement […]
Read moreThere’s no better place to watch Monday’s eclipse than the great outdoors. Literally. Families all over the country have been rushing to secure a viewing spot along the eclipse’s path of totality, where the full eclipse can be seen. But for those who didn’t plan far enough in advance, Airbnbs, hotels and public campgrounds are […]
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First, every Mazda press car I get comes with the ability to relay my text messages to me. The way it works, from my experience, is that I get a text from my mom. The Mazda, entirely on its own, then picks a random contact and tells me I have a text from them. When […]
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