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The sweetened beverage tax received this year for the city of Philadelphia was up to $5.7 million for just the first month. That’s more...
Along with the presidential election came the boycotting of all Trump brands from retail stores. The number of stores that have dropped merchandise that...
J.C. Penney can be added to the list of retailers closing some of its stores. Many consumers have shifted their focus to online shopping...
The French military is training eagles to destroy terrorist drones. Under the supervision of the French military, four eagle chicks were hatched atop drones. The...
A quarterly report on household debt and credit by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York revealed that student loan debt now totals over...
More than a few stores have shut their doors for good or announced mass closings which have resulted in the loss of quite a...
Los Vegas Sands Corps CEO and Chairman Sheldon Adelson announce on Friday that a casino resort project in Japan could cost up to $10...
Amazon isn’t the only company to experiment with the use of drones. On Tuesday, UPS tried out its very own drone experiment in Lithia,...
Yahoo says it is will to cut back $350 million of the price that Verizon will be to obtain the internet business. This decision...
Alibaba Group Holding has teamed up with Shanghai Bailian Group in executive chairman Jack Ma’s latest step toward shaking up old-fashioned retail with technology....
According to a new report, congestion caused by cheap gas and a surging economy has cost U.S. motorists almost $300 billion last year. Out...
Ivanka Trump’s perfume jumped to the top Amazon’s bestseller list in the “Perfumes & Fragrances” category last week, weeks after Nordstrom announced it was dropping...
Ford confirmed last week that two manufacturing plants in Mexico will see expansion, despite President Trump’s insistence on keeping manufacturing jobs in the U.S. Mark...
General Motors is getting a head start on its autonomous vehicle testing venture. GM told a source that, with the help of Lyft, it...
Nintendo says the Switch a NeoGAF user posted photos from earlier on Thursday was stolen. This accusation came not long after the user posted...
Stockholm-based startup Soundtrack Your Brand has raised $22 million in funding for global expansion and tech build-up. The company, started by an ex-Spotify executive...
Dolls have been used by children for centuries. They’re good companions and even pose as a good listener. However, this doll might be a...
Since the arrest of the Samsung vice president Lee Jae-yong earlier on Friday, reports say that this may not have any initial impact on...
Fannie Mae announced on Friday that it will pay the U.S Treasury $5.5 billion in dividends next month due to its double in profits...
Eminem, who is also known as Slim Shady and is a Grammy award winning rapper, recently invested in a startup sneaker company called StockX....
With Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint coming out with unlimited data plans to bring in more customers, it was only a matter of time before...
Verizon is close to a renegotiated deal to buy Yahoo! Inc.’s internet properties for $250 million to $350 million less than the original agreed-upon price...
Documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Committee on Thursday indicate Snap Inc, Snapchat’s parent company, is looking to price its initial public offering...
It’s estimated that Twitch users spent 292 billion minutes watching Twitch last year. That’s an estimated 4.86 billion hours or 555,555 years. There were...
McDonald’s recently said that it has better engineered a straw that will allow its customers to better enjoy the shamrock shake. McDonald’s sought the...
Warren Buffett’s conglomerate holding company Berkshire Hathaway bought stock aggressively in last year’s fourth quarter, almost quadrupling its stake in Apple and increasing its...
U.S. Treasury yields climbed on Wednesday as the economic outlook strengthen and commentary by Federal reserve officials increased expectations of a hike in interest rates...
Seattle Genetics and Immunomedics signed a development and licensing agreement on Friday that required Seattle Genetics to pay Immunomedics $250 million up front for...
This Wednesday brought the announcement from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) that they have successfully launched over 100 nano satellites into orbit on...
Social Media giant Facebook is always coming up with new ways to improve its usability for its consumers. In fact, the company is now...
Rumors of Amazon’s plan to begin selling its own brand of $10 bras was initially seen as a play against Victoria’s secret. However, a...
Verizon introduced an unlimited data plan for the first time since 2011. The nation’s largest wireless provider announced the move away from monthly data...
The owner of fast food chains Burger King and Tim Horton’s, Restaurant Brands International Inc., contemplates the acquisition of the Atlanta, Georgia-based Popeye’s Louisiana...
Public-transportation advocates say that they need more money than what was proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the New York City transit system. Advocates...
While big business, for the most part, has welcomed President Trump’s promised tax cuts and lax regulations, Amazon withholds its enthusiasm. The recent stock market...
Two major United States retailers added their names to the list of companies that refuse to carry Trump products. The boycott on Trump products...
The German central bank completed the transfer of $13 billion in gold reserves on Thursday. Germany’s gold had remained in New York for decades,...
Online retail giant Amazon disclosed in a filing Thursday that it “processed and delivered” a number of consumer products to unidentified individuals and groups linked...
Valentine’s Day is Tuesday, and many will take this opportunity to shower their loved ones and partners with gifts to show just how much...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, pediatrician Priscilla Chan, got their first group of applicants for their Chan Zuckerberg Biohub. The organization is...
In an attempt to boost subscribers, New York Times Co. is working with Spotify Ltd. to give new digital subscribers to the paper complimentary...
DJing is a major aspect of the entertainment industry, and we here are finding ourselves thinking more and more about who the DJ at...
Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi ended a conference call about the company’s fourth quarter earnings with an ominous message. “Just a big thank you to...
Boeing and Airbus Group SE competitor Bombardier Inc. is getting a little boost from the Canadian government for funding of its two jet programs....
Ford Motor Co. has decided to jump head first into the self-driving car craze that is sweeping through automakers who want to be the...
It’s hard to think that your information could be stolen by making a simple purchase at your favorite fast food restaurant. However, thousands of...
A post early Thursday morning on Medium from a Tesla employee alleges that he and his coworkers have endured poor working conditions. The employee,...
TV manufacturer Vizio settled a $2.2 million lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission. In the suit, the FTC alleged that Vizio secretly collected viewing...
Yelp’s fourth quarter results on Thursday revealed a solid pattern of growth, although a review and rating site’s light guidance caused shares to drop....
As Whole Foods reports in its sixth straight sales drop this Wednesday, it’s clear that the company will have to slow down its steady...
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, there are going to be a lot of upcoming proposals. There’s also wedding season that is inching...
Millions celebrate Valentine’s Day every year with jewelry, chocolate, flowers and other specials gifts given to that special someone. In fact, last year men...
The Japanese corporation, Toshiba, has been looking to raise around 300 billion yen from the sale of 19.9 percent stake toward its flash memory...
Some estimate that in the future Amazon could be the first to utilize the robotic technology that continues to develop over the years. Amazon’s...
Automakers in North America are reaping the benefits of their success through profit sharing. For some 52,000 General Motors employees in the United States,...
Toyota Motor Corp and Suzuki Motor Corp announced on Monday their plan to trade parts supply and R&D expertise. This agreement will help further...
After many consumers decided to boycott over thirty retailers that carry Ivanka Trump’s clothing line, Ivanka’s line suffered a bit during the week. In...
Before its Super Bowl ad could hit televisions around America, Tiffany & Co. replaced its Chief Executive Officer, Frederic Cumenal. It would seem the...
Amazon has been scouting London for prime central locations that could be used as Amazon Go convenience stores, according to the Sunday Times. The...
Recently the Federal Communications Commission told nine companies, who were all part of a program made to provide subsidized internet, that they are no...
Over the last few years, the price of an emergency medication commonly referred to as an “antidote” for opioid overdoses has skyrocketed. The device,...
The travel ban that President Trump executed banned seven Muslim countries, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Yemen, Sudan, and Iran. In those nations, as well...
Honda announced this Friday that its sales jumped by at least 36 percent. This was just for the October-December months. Dismissing damage done by...
Newly released documents show that President Donald Trump still has a direct connection to his business interests through a revocable trust. The trust is...
Amazon’s fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday beat analyst expectations, but its revenue fell short of estimates. Holiday season sales did not bring in expected revenue,...
Rakesh Kapoor, the CEO of the company Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc. hopes to turn around what could only be considered an unlucky streak. Kapoor...
The Chinese tourism industry saw a revenue increase of 15.9% to 423.3 billion yuan ($61.55 billion) during the recent Lunar New Year festival, according...
President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, a travel ban, has stirred much controversy, sadness, and even anger. Recently, however, a new travel ban has...
Tesla says it’s changing its name. The company announced that it will go from Tesla Motors to just Tesla. When the company was founded...
Despite the rumors surrounding Sony, the company announced on Thursday that it was not selling its picture business. The company struggled through a $1...
A proposal from House Republicans that would levy a tax on imported goods has businesses lobbying furiously to shape it. The objective, better known...
A jury in Dallas, Texas ruled in favor of ZeniMax media, awarding the media company $500 million in damages. The jury found Palmer Luckey,...
A slew of investors, including Samsung Catalyst Fund and Nvidia GPU Ventures, raised about $75 million for SoundHound. This brings the total amount raised...
President Trump’s message to pharmaceutical executives sounded quite the same as it was for automakers. The president met with companies like Merck & Co.,...
It wasn’t too long ago that Deutsche Bank settled with U.S. Department of Justice for $7.2 billion under certain allegations of selling faulty mortgage...
Once again, the Council of Aspiring American Fashion Designers (CAAFD) and iFashion Network will bring in a host of new talent from all over...
At least five Tesla customers who paid deposits on Models 3s told Buzzfeed on Monday that they have canceled their orders over CEO Elon...
Moon Express announced on Tuesday that it had raised another $20 million in private equity financing to fund its first lunar mission. The Silicon...
Wal-Mart is terminating its fee-based, two-day ShippingPass program designed to compete with Amazon’s Prime service. In its place, Wal-Mart is lowering its threshold spending...
After months of speculation, Sheldon Adelson confirmed he was backing out of the Raiders’ stadium deal in Los Vegas, Nevada. The casino billionaire announced...
One of the orders made by President Donald Trump on Monday was aimed toward regulations on businesses. The president’s new order stated that business...