Financial Times: Business Blog

• FT column: The pitfalls of the Microsoft and Apple ‘frenemy’ pact

  

  If you were surprised when a senior Microsoft executive took the stage at Apple’s latest product launch last week, you need to brace yourself for more of the same. The spread of digital platforms, the ease with which collaborative networks can form…
  - 14 Sep 15, 6:54pm -
• A note from the bloggers

  

  We’re no longer updating this blog, though contributors continue to write and comment throughout FT.com. For example, you can read John Gapper and Andrew Hill‘s work on their respective columnist pages. Past posts to this blog will stay archived…
  - 11 Sep 15, 12:03pm -
• FT column: Glencore has a mogul in denial

  

  Ivan Glasenberg, co-founder and chief executive of Glencore, delights in telling his rivals in the commodities industry that they are wrong, and in trying to prove it by running his business differently. So it takes quite an upheaval to persuade Mr G…
  - 9 Sep 15, 8:22pm -
• FT column: GE-Alstom deal could finally drive out Jack Welch’s ghost

  

  When General Electric bid for Honeywell in 2000, it was Jack Welch’s last “swing for the fences”. The GE chief executive handwrote the $43bn offer faxed to his Honeywell counterpart. He delayed his retirement to see through the takeover. He wen…
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• FT column: China should welcome its short sellers

  

  
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• FT column: Too many angry cooks spoil the business broth

  

  Leading a team is hard. Now try leading one in hot, humid, cramped conditions, with knives, fire and blunt instruments to hand, and a daily imperative to make a perfect product to order, again and again, for impatient customers waiting next door. Now…
  - 24 Aug 15, 8:27pm -
• FT column: Alphabet makes time a resource Google can ill afford to waste

  

  Explaining the unboxing of Alphabet, Google’s new parent, Larry Page, its chief executive, said appointing someone else to run the search company “frees up time for me to continue to scale our aspirations”.Read more
  - 17 Aug 15, 7:10pm -
• FT column: Alphabet can create a clever conglomerate

  

  After software engineering and financial engineering comes linguistic engineering. Google this week raised its market capitalisation by $25bn by shuffling around some executive jobs and changing its name to Alphabet. Who knew that swapping your tiles…
  - 12 Aug 15, 6:25pm -
• FT column: Netflix needs to devote time to nurturing its new baby

  

  Netflix’s new family leave policy — unlimited paid time off for parents in the first year after a child’s birth or adoption — is great. But it would be even better if the video streaming company could now ensure its founder and chief executiv…
  - 10 Aug 15, 6:38pm -
• FT column: Robots can kill but they do not understand us

  

  I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe,” the villain played by Rutger Hauer reminisces at the end of the film Blade Runner after hauling Harrison Ford’s character on to a roof top and sparing his life. “People” is the operative word…
  - 29 Jul 15, 7:01pm -

Forbes: Business

• new5 Signs Baron Corbin Will Get His WWE Money In The Bank Briefcase Back After Failed Cash-In

  

  Baron Corbin failed to capture the WWE Championship following a rare Money in the Bank cash-in loss. But is this really the last of Corbin as Mr. Money in the Bank?
  - 54 mins ago, 16 Aug 17, 12:35pm -
• newCasey Affleck Inadvertently Sparks New "Batfleck" Rumor

  

  ‘James Bond’ speculation ends, and ‘Batman’ rumors begin anew.
  - 55 mins ago, 16 Aug 17, 12:34pm -
• newWells Fargo's Attempt At Redemption: Scandal-Plagued Lender Names Former Fed Official As Chair

  

  Amid scandals, regulatory investigations and shareholder unrest, former Fed governor Elizabeth Duke will take one of the biggest jobs in banking as Wells Fargo's next chair. The nomination instantly makes Duke one of the most powerful woman in financ…
  - 1 hour ago, 16 Aug 17, 12:25pm -
• new'Bon Appetit' Magazine Names A Sandwich Shop As Its Best New Restaurant, And Revives An Old Debate

  

  Bon Appetit magazine picked a New Orleans sandwich shop as its best new restaurant for 2017. Does it really count as a restaurant?
  - 1 hour ago, 16 Aug 17, 12:15pm -
• newBox Office: 'Annabelle: Creation' Is Already Outpacing 'Annabelle'

  

  Leggy hits like 'Wonder Woman,' 'Jurassic World,' and 'Finding Dory' show the value of the summer movie season.
  - 1 hour ago, 16 Aug 17, 12:00pm -
• newWhatever Happened To Showrooming? How Big Retail Is Taking Back The Shopping Trip

  

  A few years ago, retail experts worried that showrooming would shut down the physical store. Instead, the practice of researching products in-store and then buying online may be making brick-and-mortar retail stronger —for five distinct reasons. He…
  - 1 hour ago, 16 Aug 17, 11:59am -
• newCapital OneVoice: Last-Minute Gear For Viewing Monday's Solar Eclipse

  

  Whether you’ve just now decided to check out the eclipse on a whim, or you’ve been planning for months, there’s likely something on this list you didn’t think to bring. And there isn’t much time to snag it.
  - 2 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 11:53am -
• newDesign Thinking: One Key To Digital Success Is Focusing On Humans
  Design thinking is about maintaining a relentless focus on the experience of the customer or end-user. It fosters an iterative approach in which collaboration with the customer or user leads to a superior brand experience.
  - 2 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 11:46am -
• newEight Surefire Ways To Fail At Sales

  

  We know the methods people in the sales field use to succeed. But what about the unsuccessful group? What are they doing wrong? Take a serious look at your sales team and see if any of these deal killers exist.
  - 2 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 11:45am -
• newBlockchain May Give Rise To Even Smarter B2B Marketplaces

  

  “A blockchain-enabled digital marketplace is the one area where organizations anticipate significant disruption.”
  - 2 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 11:40am -

Global Post: Business

• newAussie eclipse chaser heads to Idaho for 16th eclipse

  

  Roughly 200 million people live within a day’s drive of next Monday's eclipse.But eclipse chasers road-tripping to the path of totality will also be joined by those traveling much farther to stand in the shadow of the moon for just a few minutes.…
  - 2 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 11:00am -
• newBefore taking action against hate, white people should look inward

  

  In the aftermath of racist violence like what unfolded in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend, one visceral reaction is a call to action — a call by outraged activists, by politicians who want to provide moral leadership, and by ordinary p…
  - 4 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 9:30am -
• newHere’s what it’d look like to have a nuclear North Korea capable of bombing the US

  

  After years of the United States trying to deter the Kim regime from its nuclear weapons program, it’s fair to say that North Korea is a nuclear state that won’t abandon its plans anytime soon, experts say.Despite United Nations sanctions design…
  - 5 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 8:00am -
• newFour international documentaries to see before the summer ends

  

  The summer movie season is rapidly drawing to a close. But you've still got two weeks (maybe three, if your summer runs through Labor Day) to squeeze in a couple of new, foreign documentaries. Matt Holzman, the host of The Document, a podcast from KC…
  - 19 hours ago, 15 Aug 17, 6:45pm -
• newThe Red Delicious may have fallen out of favor in the US, but it’s huge in China

  

  For decades, Red Delicious represented the definition of an of apple. Kids across the nation got them in their lunch bags, and they were ubiquitous on store shelves. But with the explosion in more tasty apple varieties — like Gala, Fuji and Honey…
  - 23 hours ago, 15 Aug 17, 2:45pm -
• Indian court rules that men need protection from women making unsubstantiated domestic harassment claims

  

  Men’s rights activists scored a significant victory in India recently when the Supreme Court essentially identified them as the victims in domestic violence cases. The judges weren’t making the law gender neutral, however. They stated that Indian…
  - 1 day ago, 15 Aug 17, 11:45am -
• What it was like that day in Charlottesville

  

  I knew that things in Charlottesville were going to be intense, but I still was not prepared for what I saw when I drove into town early Saturday morning.We parked behind a McDonald's and then walked towards the park where the main protest and coun…
  - 2 days ago, 14 Aug 17, 7:45pm -
• This is why most of the counter-protesters in Charlottesville were white

  

  If you’ve been talking to people about hate crimes since the election, like I have, you’d know that Charlottesville didn’t come out of nowhere. People have been priming for a fight for months.The string of hate crimes across the country has pe…
  - 2 days ago, 14 Aug 17, 6:30pm -
• The US far-right is a fan of — Syria's Assad?

  

  President Bashar al-Assad of Syria has some unlikely fans in the US among far-right communities.In a video that was posted on Twitter, three men who took part in the Charlottesville protests talk about their support for Assad, the notorious Syr…
  - 2 days ago, 14 Aug 17, 5:45pm -
• A total solar eclipse was once all about fear, but it’s still an awe-inspiring event

  

  Throughout much of history, witnessing a total solar eclipse would mean one thing above all else. And that is fear.  For the ancient Greeks, an eclipse was a sign that the gods were angry. The Vikings saw eclipses as a potential apocalypse. And the…
  - 2 days ago, 14 Aug 17, 3:45pm -

Huffington Post: US Business News

• 10 Years After Financial Crisis, Our Elites Have Learned Nothing
  If mortgage debt had not been tied to an asset that was hugely over-valued, there would not have been a crisis shaking the financial system.
  - 2 days ago, 14 Aug 17, 8:33pm -
• GoDaddy Pulls The Plug On Neo-Nazi Website The Daily Stormer
  The white supremacist site has been publishing its hate-filled propaganda online for years.
  - 2 days ago, 14 Aug 17, 3:50am -
• So You Hired A Racist. Now What?
  The values they harbor have no place in society, let alone our payroll.
  - 3 days ago, 13 Aug 17, 4:50pm -
• Why Fur-Free Is The Future Of Fashion
  Companies are finding that faux fur can provide the right look and feel without the risk of being associated with animal cruelty.
  - 5 days ago, 11 Aug 17, 5:16pm -
• Are All Millennials Murderers?
  Millennials have been getting hammered by the media and their older counterparts for years and it really needs to STOP! I
  - 5 days ago, 11 Aug 17, 12:21pm -
• Early Uber Investor Suing Former CEO Travis Kalanick For Fraud
  "Kalanick intentionally concealed and failed to disclose his gross mismanagement and other misconduct at Uber," the suit claims.
  - 6 days ago, 10 Aug 17, 7:32pm -
• Why Your Unconscious Bias Training Isn’t Working
  Gender equality: A tale of two cities
  - 6 days ago, 10 Aug 17, 2:24pm -
• Beleaguered United Airlines Conducts 'Review' After Texas Family's Dog Dies During Flight
  The airline had the worst record for pet deaths on U.S. planes in 2016, Transportation Department data shows.
  - 6 days ago, 10 Aug 17, 5:11am -
• Asian Couple Buys Affluent San Francisco Street Once Restricted To Whites Only
  In 1906, Presidio Terrace was advertised as the city's only neighborhood where non-whites couldn't live.
  - 8 days ago, 8 Aug 17, 11:47pm -
• Accounting Gimmicks And Hard Realities At Etihad Airways
  One of the things we’ve learned in recent years from waves of financial scandals is that you can’t fool the accountants. And
  - 8 days ago, 8 Aug 17, 6:58am -

Inc.com

• newYou'll Be Surprised That These 18 'Facts' About the Brain and Learning are Actually Myths

  

  No, you're probably not a 'visual learner' and other persistent 'neuromyths' that most of us believe.
  - 44 mins ago, 16 Aug 17, 12:45pm -
• newHow 5 Entrepreneurs Made More Than $1 Million in Sales

  

  Learn these successful business owners' best tips for reaching the seven-figure revenue tier.
  - 1 hour ago, 16 Aug 17, 12:20pm -
• newThe 2 Keys Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Richard Branson Used to Build Rabid Followings

  

  Use these two story-telling techniques to sell your brand like a billionaire.
  - 1 hour ago, 16 Aug 17, 12:14pm -
• newUnicorn Startup MongoDB Just Filed for an IPO

  

  The database company could be the fifth 'unicorn' to go public this year.
  - 2 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 11:48am -
• newScience Says 120 Is Optimal IQ To Be Considered A Good Leader

  

  Research shows leaders perceived as most successful today are only slightly smarter than those they lead.
  - 2 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 11:41am -
• newWhy KISS Needs To Be Your New Design Mantra

  

  How 'keep it simple stupid' helps avoid the feature creep that interferes with your core design and business value.
  - 2 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 11:37am -
• newApple to Set Aside $1 Billion for Original Video Content in 2018, According to Reports

  

  The money could fund as many as 10 television shows.
  - 2 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 11:35am -
• new10 Time Tactics to Double Your Productivity

  

  PRODUCTIVITYLearn to say no to things that don't progress the company and create little value.
  - 2 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 11:30am -
• newAMC Theatres Wants to Block MoviePass's $10 a Month Subscription Before It Even Starts

  

  Yesterday, Netflix's co-founder, Mitch Lowe, announced his plan to disrupt the movie theater industry by lowering MoviePass's subscription to $10 a month.
  - 2 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 11:08am -
• newThinking of Marketing Automation Software? Think Again.

  

  marketing automation. marketing. marketo. hubspot. eloqua. pardot. salesforce. microsoft dynamics. oracle.
  - 2 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 11:04am -

L.A. Times: Business

• newProtests against Google are postponed as culture wars roil Silicon Valley

  

  Plans to protest outside Google’s offices this weekend have been postponed, but conservatives are taking America’s culture wars directly to Silicon Valley, a place that was long insulated from political rancor but is now one of the most important…
  - 3 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 10:05am -
• newUSC's massive campus addition features student housing — and Trader Joe's and Target open to the community

  

  USC Village, the largest development in the school’s history, officially opens Thursday as the university strives to house more students on campus — and broaden its connection to its South Los Angeles neighborhood. The $700-million project spans…
  - 7 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 6:00am -
• newObama tweeted a response to the Charlottesville violence. It's now the most 'liked' in Twitter history

  

  Barack Obama just made Twitter history. The former president tweeted a Nelson Mandela quote on the day of violent chaos in Charlottesville. He included a photo taken of him in 2011 on a visit to his daughter Sasha’s school in Bethesda, Md. With mor…
  - 13 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 12:40am -
• newWells Fargo chairman, two directors to step down amid continuing fallout from sham accounts scandal

  

  Stephen Sanger, the chairman of Wells Fargo & Co., will step down from the board of the embattled bank effective Jan. 1 and will be replaced by former Federal Reserve official Elizabeth A. “Betsy” Duke, the bank announced Tuesday.Two other long-s…
  - 16 hours ago, 15 Aug 17, 9:45pm -
• newWill a trade fight with Asia sabotage the U.S. solar industry? That may be up to Trump

  

  President Trump’s most useful ally in his push to restore the dominance of coal, oil and gas in America could ultimately turn out to be a pair of bankrupt solar firms seeking help from the federal government getting back on their feet. In an unorth…
  - 18 hours ago, 15 Aug 17, 7:50pm -
• newMost of the Queen Mary Island plans are complete. Here's how it'll look

  

  The latest renderings of the Queen Mary Island entertainment complex show a 65-acre site packed from the surrounding streets to the water’s edge with stores, restaurants, sports venues and entertainment facilities. Urban Commons, the real estate fi…
  - 18 hours ago, 15 Aug 17, 7:40pm -
• newRetailers stumble, but stock indexes barely move

  

  U.S. stock indexes finished Tuesday near where they started. Technology companies and household goods makers rose, but weak reports from sporting goods and auto parts retailers left a lot of smaller companies with steep losses.Dick's Sporting Goods a…
  - 18 hours ago, 15 Aug 17, 7:00pm -
• newWho pays for San Onofre nuclear plant's early closure? Negotiations fall apart

  

  The best efforts of a high-profile mediator and months of closed-door negotiations have failed to secure an agreement in the multibillion-dollar dispute over paying for the premature closure of the San Onofre nuclear plant.Lawyers representing all si…
  - 19 hours ago, 15 Aug 17, 6:30pm -
• newTrump rips CEOs ditching his manufacturing council as 'grandstanders' who make their products abroad

  

  President Trump on Tuesday ripped three top corporate chief executives who resigned from his manufacturing council in protest of his handling of the Charlottesville, Va., violence, calling them "grandstanders” and saying they were embarrassed becau…
  - 19 hours ago, 15 Aug 17, 6:15pm -
• newDeficit would jump, premiums would rise if Trump ends Obamacare subsidies, Congressional Budget Office says

  

  
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London Evening Standard: Business

• new£300,000 package available for Grenfell businesses

  

  Businesses affected by the Grenfell Tower tragedy were on Wednesday urged to come forward and make use of a new £300,000 relief package.
  - 5 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 8:24am -
• newRecovering Balfour Beatty shines as it rules out Carillion bid

  

  Recovering construction giant Balfour Beatty won't be turning the tables on its ailing rival Carillion with an opportunistic takeover bid, boss Leo Quinn said on Wednesday.
  - 6 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 7:45am -
• newWestfield London's extension to open early

  

  Westfield's £600 million expansion of its White City shopping centre will open six months ahead of schedule, the Australian malls giant said on Wednesday.
  - 6 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 7:10am -
• newITV plans London venue that could have Downton Abbey and Victoria attractions

  

  Next stop, Victoria theme park as ITV plans London fan attraction
  - 6 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 7:02am -
• newCarlsberg raises glass to teetotal beer drinkers

  

  Teetotal Brits have helped Special Brew and Tuborg maker Carlsberg lift revenues, the Danish brewer said on Wednesday.
  - 6 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 7:01am -
• newMarket report: Hochschild's silver lining ignored as City focuses on cloud of higher costs

  

  A surge in the silver price has served Hochschild Mining well over the past six weeks, but it had only itself to blame as its recent stock market rally unravelled today.
  - 7 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 6:48am -
• newPound will take Brexit beating, warns US bank

  

  Political turmoil could give the pound a fresh battering this autumn as difficult Brexit talks resume and the Conservative party conference underlines Cabinet splits over Europe, a leading investment bank warned on Wednesday.
  - 7 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 6:35am -
• newJim Armitage: Employers hold the cards on pay — and it hurts the UK

  

  We've all been there. A rival asks if you fancy working for them. You don't, but it's ages since your last pay rise.
  - 7 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 6:09am -
• newLookers shares in reverse as drivers put purchases on hold

  

  Lookers today insisted it would cruise through a slowing car market this autumn, as squeezed buyers put major purchases on hold.
  - 7 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 6:06am -
• newCan the clamour for luxury London student housing survive Brexit fallout?

  

  As hundreds of thousands of sixth formers rip open their all-important envelopes to discover their A-level results tomorrow, a smaller, less riotous group of onlookers will be rubbing their hands together. Student housing landlords will be celebratin…
  - 7 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 6:02am -

NASDAQ: Business

• The Squares And Stripes of Credit Card Processing Aren't For Everyone

  

  This content is made possible by our sponsor; the views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc. Walk into an independent coffee shop or craft show these days and yo…
  - 5 days ago, 11 Aug 17, 10:16am -
• These 4 Small Business Trends Are Defining 2017

  

  There’s something about the promise of the new year. In the aftermath of all the feasting and reveling and overindulging, that makes us do two things: we pledge and we predict Small Business Trends. We make impossible-to-keep  diet and exercise pl…
  - 6 days ago, 10 Aug 17, 9:57am -
• Business ownership -- everything is not always as it seems

  

  Whether you're dreaming of being a business owner, or are actually working that dream right now, one thing is the same: You don't want your dream to become a nightmare. And one of the best ways to accomplish this is to learn as much as you can about…
  - 7 days ago, 9 Aug 17, 10:54am -
• 6 Invoicing Hacks You Aren't Using As A Small Business Owner

  

  Invoicing properly is crucial when you’re a freelancer because it’s how you get paid. While you might look forward to  invoicing  because often it means that payday is near, I personally just want to get it over with so I can continue  meeting…
  - 7 days ago, 9 Aug 17, 9:45am -
• 5 Expenses Small Business Owners Often Overlook

  

  Every business owner knows that in order to make money, you have to spend it. Typically you’ll have to spend more than you plan. However, small business owners often forget to plan for certain expenses that end up hurting their cash flow down the…
  - 8 days ago, 8 Aug 17, 9:52am -
• Why Business Loans Are Often Rejected—And What You Can Do About It

  

  This content is made possible by our sponsor; the views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc. You’ve been approved for virtually every loan, card, or other cred…
  - 15 days ago, 1 Aug 17, 6:32am -
• Don't Fund Your Small Business Dreams With Credit Cards

  

  This content is made possible by our sponsor; the views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc. Small businesses face staggering odds. About a third go under in the…
  - 20 days ago, 27 Jul 17, 2:27pm -
• 3 Must-Haves When Choosing Your Business Bank

  

  This content is made possible by our sponsor; the views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc. Small business banking is a topic that sometimes gets short shrift.…
  - 20 days ago, 27 Jul 17, 9:26am -
• Social Media Marketing In The Blockchain Era

  

  What is the Blockchain ? The Blockchain Era is the time of technology used to build crypto currencies, meaning this technology has a distributed network on the Internet that allows payments from buyer to vendor. It’s like a huge PayPal that is dist…
  - 21 days ago, 26 Jul 17, 9:50am -
• 5 Accounting Tips For Every Small Business

  

  Starting a new venture requires diligence. Whether it’s ensuring your customers are happy or it’s perfecting your products and services you’ll need to keep pushing on. With that said, there’s one area that’s often overlooked by small busine…
  - 22 days ago, 25 Jul 17, 9:48am -

npr: Business

• newAt NAFTA Kickoff, U.S., Mexico, And Canada Already Show Signs Of Disagreement

  

  While ministers from Canada and Mexico praised NAFTA, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer emphasized the negative and said the deal "needs major improvement."
  - 1 hour ago, 16 Aug 17, 12:23pm -
• newWhat They're Saying: Newspapers Weigh In On Trump's 'Both Sides' Stance

  

  Saying that a mob is intent on destroying President Trump, The Washington Times editorial board states, "the president himself keeps assisting the project."
  - 1 hour ago, 16 Aug 17, 12:19pm -
• newNegotiations Begin On Trump's Campaign Promise To Rework NAFTA

  

  Ailsa Chang talks to Leo Gerard, president of the United Steelworkers Union, about President Trump's promise to fix NAFTA. The 23-year-old deal is being reworked with Canada and Mexico.
  - 6 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 7:39am -
• newShh! These Quiet Food Videos Will Get Your Senses Tingling

  

  A growing number of food videos aim to trigger ASMR — Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, or pleasing sensations in the brains of some viewers — by focusing on sounds like chopping and stirring.
  - 6 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 7:00am -
• newMorning News Brief: Trump Blames 'Both Sides,' NAFTA, Sierra Leone Mudslide

  

  President Trump on Tuesday again refused to single out white supremacists for violence in Charlottesville. Also, Robbie Whelan of The Wall Street Journal discusses plans to renegotiate NAFTA.
  - 8 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 5:04am -
• newCharlottesville Businesses Worry Violent Rally Will Scare Tourists Away

  

  Businesses in Charlottesville, Va., suffered an economic blow after a white nationalist rally turned deadly over the weekend. The violence prompted some to rethink who to welcome through their doors.
  - 8 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 5:04am -
• newThey Got Hurt At Work — Then They Got Deported

  

  A joint investigation by NPR and ProPublica shows how a loophole in Florida law has led to the arrest and even deportation of undocumented immigrants after they suffer legitimate injuries on the job.
  - 8 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 5:00am -
• newDOJ Demands Files On Anti-Trump Activists, And A Web Hosting Company Resists

  

  Legal experts called the government's demand for information unusually broad. DreamHost says the warrant would require it to hand over logs of 1.3 million visits to its customer's website.
  - 16 hours ago, 15 Aug 17, 9:10pm -
• newCEOs' Dilemma: Supporting Trump's Agenda, Opposing His Behavior

  

  Several prominent chief executives are leaving President Trump's manufacturing advisory board in response to his views on the violence in Charlottesville. They find themselves in a tough position.
  - 19 hours ago, 15 Aug 17, 6:44pm -
• newApplebee's Gives Up On Millennials After Failed Rebranding Efforts

  

  The restaurant chain will close more than 130 locations this year. That's due to a drop in sales at franchises and a rebranding that left core customers feeling alienated and confused.
  - 21 hours ago, 15 Aug 17, 4:33pm -

NYMag: Business and Money

• The Trans-Everything CEO

  

  Futurist, pharma tycoon, satellite entrepreneur, philosopher. Martine Rothblatt, the highest-paid female executive in America, was born male. But that is far from the thing that defines her. Just ask her wife. Then ask the robot version of her wife.
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• The Taming of the Trading Monster

  

  After his firm’s indictment, Steven A. Cohen is richer than ever—but almost everything has changed.
  - 6 Jun 14, 5:31pm -
• Our Congenial Web Overlords

  

  Ken and Ben Lerer fund 185 tech companies—and counting.
  - 12 Jan 14, 7:58pm -
• Saw

  

  Who Etsy found on Etsy.
  - 29 Sep 13, 9:57pm -
• Quirky

  

  His big idea: using yours.
  - 29 Sep 13, 9:55pm -
• Amanda Palmer

  

  “I could write a book about that. Funny enough, I am.”
  - 29 Sep 13, 9:52pm -
• Sofar Sounds

  

  The private gig.
  - 29 Sep 13, 9:50pm -
• Grumpy Cat

  

  … And his Sue Mengers. Ben Lashes is manager of the Internet’s meme-iest sensations, some of them feline. It’s a growth business.
  - 29 Sep 13, 9:43pm -
• Flint and Tinder

  

  Seventh time’s a charm.
  - 29 Sep 13, 9:36pm -
• Bitly

  

  What Libya and Twitter have in common.
  - 29 Sep 13, 9:35pm -

PBS: Business Desk

• newAsk the Headhunter: Why does my co-worker get paid more?

  

  When it comes to pay, value isn’t as obvious as you might think. While you may be getting treated unfairly, you just as well may not have all the facts to make that judgment. Photo by Milton Brown/Getty ImagesNick Corcodilos started headhunting i…
  - 22 hours ago, 15 Aug 17, 3:24pm -
• Column: Brexit, the U.K.’s version of ‘repeal and replace’

  

  Britain’s Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis and European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier hold a joint news conference after the round of Brexit talks in Brussels, Belgium on July 20, 2017. Photo by Franc…
  - 1 day ago, 15 Aug 17, 12:33pm -
• Column: Why Americans are right to rethink free trade

  

  An employee works at a JD.com logistic centre in Langfang, Hebei province on Nov. 10, 2015. China is now buying up U.S. firms at an unprecedented rate, writes Ralph Gomory. Photo by Jason Lee/ReutersEditor’s note: Economists are often belittled fo…
  - 2 days ago, 14 Aug 17, 2:33pm -
• Social Security says I owe money for Medicare coverage I didn’t get. How do I appeal?

  

  A reader shares a cautionary tale about how even the most straightforward Medicare applications can turn into nightmares. Photo by Allen Rowley.Editor’s Note: Journalist Philip Moeller is here to provide the answers you need on aging and retiremen…
  - 7 days ago, 9 Aug 17, 4:05pm -
• Column: What we can learn from a Google employee’s epic failure to understand gender differences

  

  A male software engineer’s 10-page manifesto argues that women are underrepresented in tech because inherent psychological sex differences render women unsuitable for tech-oriented jobs. Research psychologist Denise Cummins breaks down what he gets…
  - 7 days ago, 9 Aug 17, 12:31pm -
• Column: Why, as an immigrant, I am not outraged by Trump’s immigration proposal

  

  President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement on immigration reform. Entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa says the RAISE Act could be good for the country. Photo by Carlos Barria/ReutersEditor’s note: Silicon Valley entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa has appe…
  - 8 days ago, 8 Aug 17, 9:27am -
• Column: How can the stock market rally possibly continue?

  

  Photo by Brendan McDermid/ReutersEditor’s note: Vikram Mansharamani, for years a professor at Yale and who now teaches at Harvard, is an investment consultant, public speaker on economic trends and author of the book “Boombustology” about how…
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• July jobs report closes the near decade-long jobs gap

  

  Growth in the service industry and food and beverages, “suggests the demand is for a lot of the low-income workers who are now getting jobs,” Mathur said. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/ReutersEmployers added 209,000 jobs in July, continuing a long…
  - 12 days ago, 4 Aug 17, 4:33pm -
• How Uber drivers game the app and force surge pricing

  

  A new economics paper says Uber’s drivers are in revolt. Photo by Tyrone Siu/ReutersUber is the company everyone loves to hate, but still seems to use. But word has it that in New York at least, customers are so fed up they’re switching to other…
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• Why so many companies have stopped trying to create new antibiotics

  

  On the right plate, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae is able to grow even in the presence of antibiotics. Photo by CDC.Editor’s note: Last night on the PBS NewsHour, science correspondent Miles O’Brien kicked off NewsHour’s special, an…
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Reuters: Business

• newU.S. judge in Takata bankruptcy halts lawsuits vs automakers

  

  (Reuters) - A U.S. judge overseeing the bankruptcy of Japanese auto supplier Takata Corp's U.S. business has halted for 90 days the lawsuits brought by victims of its faulty air bag inflators against automakers, a ruling that temporarily smooths its…
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• newIreland rejects EU's demand that it collect 13 billion euros from Apple

  

  BERLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's finance minister rejected the European Commission's demand that it retroactively collect 13 billion euros in taxes from Apple , saying this was not Dublin's job in an interview with Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine (FAZ)…
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• newWall Street rises as consumer stocks gain; Fed minutes eyed

  

  (Reuters) - The S&P and the Dow rose higher in late morning trading on Wednesday on gains from consumer discretionary stocks, with investors awaiting the minutes on the latest Federal Reserve meeting.
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• newU.S. regulators charge bank employee, six others with insider trading

  

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators on Wednesday accused an employee of a large multinational bank and six other people of taking part in an insider trading scheme that reaped more than $5 million in profits.
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• newSale of Air Berlin slots offers rare German entry ticket

  

  BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Air Berlin's administrators will focus on selling its attractive take-off and landing slots in Germany, a source familiar with the process said, potentially opening up the market to new players.
  - 2 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 11:28am -
• newU.S. talks tough as NAFTA negotiations get under way

  

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday laid down a tough line for modernizing the North American Free Trade Agreement, demanding major changes to the pact that would reduce U.S. trade deficits with Mexico and Canada and increase U.S. c…
  - 2 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 11:09am -
• newReckitt bets on 'smart' products to renew innovation mojo

  

  SLOUGH, England (Reuters) - Reckitt Benckiser is betting on connected consumer products as part of a push to show investors its innovative approach can still drive growth.
  - 3 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 10:14am -
• newMaersk upbeat on shipping outlook, faces hefty cyber attack bill

  

  COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's A.P. Moller Maersk gave an upbeat outlook for container shipping on Wednesday, lifting its shares by as much as 4.5 percent as investors looked beyond one-off second-quarter charges and a costly cyber attack on its o…
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• newTrump, in tweet, hits Amazon over taxes, jobs

  

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized Amazon.com on Twitter over taxes and jobs and accused the global retailer, without offering evidence, of hurting U.S. localities and causing job losses.
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• newExclusive: China's Belt and Road acquisitions surge despite outbound capital crackdown

  

  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Mergers and acquisitions by Chinese companies in countries that are part of the Belt and Road initiative are soaring, even as Beijing cracks down on China's acquisitive conglomerates to restrict capital outflows.
  - 10 hours ago, 16 Aug 17, 3:44am -

San Francisco Chronicle: Biz & Tech

• newAnti-Google protest planned for Saturday in Mountain View postponed
  The organizer of a wave protests Saturday at Google offices nationwide said the event would no longer take place because of threats his group received. The March on Google, organized by Jack Posobiec, an online personality with a large far-right fol…
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• new20% health insurance spike likely if subsidies end
  Insurance premiums for health plans in the individual market would jump 20 percent in 2018 if the federal government stops funding billions of dollars in payments to insurance companies that help lower health care costs for poor Americans, according…
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• newGoogle snaps up startup, Netflix spends big, Amazon speeds up
  Google snaps up startup, Netflix spends big, Amazon speeds upGoogle reportedly has bought Senosis Health, a Seattle startup that has created smartphone apps that help people monitor such things as their pulmonary function and hemoglobin counts.Ge…
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• newBusiness News Roundup, Aug. 16
  Sanger took over as independent chairman late last year after John Stumpf, Wells Fargo’s then CEO and chairman, abruptly resigned in the aftermath of the bank’s sales practices scandal.While Sanger was applauded for the sales-scandal investigat…
  - 19 hours ago, 15 Aug 17, 6:47pm -
• newRetail sales see big jump in July
  Consumer spending accounts for around 70 percent of economic activity, so the latest result is a good sign for overall economic growth.Michael Pearce, U.S. economist at Capital Economics, said the strong gain in July sales showed that consumer spen…
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• newFacebook’s new data center a boost to Ohio technology sector
  Facebook will spend $750 million on a new data center in central Ohio, the company announced Tuesday — marking another boost for the state’s growing technology sector.The world’s biggest social media company joined Republican Gov. John Kasich…
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• newbiosimilar drugs can be a hard sell
  Part of the problem: a web of relationships between drug companies and insurers that shields incumbent drugs and often sidelines upstarts until the market becomes crowded.Pfizer said this month that Inflectra, its version of the blockbuster Johnson…
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• newUber agrees to protect rider data to settle FTC complaint
  The Federal Trade Commission, in a complaint settled on Tuesday, alleged that Uber failed to secure data about rider trips and neglected to monitor employee access to the information.Uber misrepresented how well it monitored employee access to pers…
  - 20 hours ago, 15 Aug 17, 5:28pm -
• newHiQ wins court round against LinkedIn
  In granting HiQ Labs Inc.’s request for a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge Edward Chen said the company presented convincing arguments that LinkedIn’s primary motivation was to shut down a competitor rather than protect user privacy as…
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• newShip traffic, August 16
  Ship traffic, August 16Ship trafficAegean LeaderSFOHorizon PacificItal UsodimareMol MissionPapeete, TahitiSFOAegean LeaderCSL FrontierPort UnknownKetchikan, AlaskaSFOPort UnknownHorizon PacificPort UnknownSouth Korea…
  - 22 hours ago, 15 Aug 17, 3:34pm -

The Economist: Business

• An Israeli pharma champion sickens

  

  National pride and joyTHE headlong plunge of shares in Teva, a pharmaceutical giant—down by over 40% since August 2nd—is causing consternation beyond the firm’s shareholders and employees. The company was founded in Jerusalem in 1901, is th…
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• Mistrust in America could sink the economy

  

  AMERICA is a grumpy and confused place. For an overarching explanation of what has gone wrong, a decline in trust is a good place to start. Trust can be defined as the expectation that other people, or organisations, will act in ways that are fair…
  - 6 days ago, 10 Aug 17, 10:41am -
• A Google employee inflames a debate about sexism and free speech

  

  SILICON VALLEY’S leading firms celebrate disruption, but not disruptive employees. Google has found itself at the centre of controversy after an anonymous software engineer, later revealed to be a young Harvard graduate called James Damore, publ…
  - 6 days ago, 10 Aug 17, 10:41am -
• Rupert Murdoch’s bid for Sky hits more obstacles

  

  RUPERT MURDOCH’S penchant for mass-market media has made him billions of dollars. It also gets in the way of empire-building. In 2011 News Corp’s bid to take full ownership of Sky, a European pay-TV giant, fell apart amid public rancour over p…
  - 6 days ago, 10 Aug 17, 10:41am -
• Airport profits: ready to depart

  

  WHEN Heathrow airport opened, in 1946, the only retail facilities were a bar with chintz armchairs and a small newsagent’s. The first terminal was a tent, a far cry from the four halls, resembling vast shopping malls, at the London airport today…
  - 6 days ago, 10 Aug 17, 10:41am -
• Helen Alexander, former CEO of The Economist Group, died on August 5th

  

  Circulation wizardROLE models for women in business are still too rare, not least in Britain. Last November an independent review backed by the government urged FTSE 100 companies to raise the share of women on their boards from 27% to 33% by 202…
  - 10 days ago, 6 Aug 17, 12:39pm -
• Europe’s no business as usual summer

  

  “DON’T you know about our summer?” asks a spokesperson of a Swedish multinational, himself presumably on holiday as kids chirp in the background. Almost everyone is gone until September, he says. At a German multinational, “the whole board…
  - 13 days ago, 3 Aug 17, 10:49am -
• Is Emmanuel Macron serious about privatisation?

  

  ONE reason for Italian anger over the decision on July 27th by Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, to stop Fincantieri, a shipbuilder from Trieste, winning control of a French shipyard at Saint-Nazaire, was that recent cross-border deals have m…
  - 13 days ago, 3 Aug 17, 10:49am -
• Hong Kong, the global capital of hustle, is gripped by self doubt

  

  OF THE world’s three great commercial centres—New York, London and Hong Kong—two are on the defensive. London faces a rupture with the European Union, which wants to seize the City’s euro-related activities and shift them inside the curren…
  - 13 days ago, 3 Aug 17, 10:49am -
• Shark Week meets Worst Cooks in America

  

  Another fat bundleFORGET your subscription to Netflix. Would you pay $5 a month for a collection of TV channels that gave you programmes such as “90 Day Fiancé”, “Pit Bulls and Parolees”, “My Cat from Hell”, “Worst Cooks in America…
  - 13 days ago, 3 Aug 17, 10:49am -

The Fiscal Times: Business Buzz

• Ackman Feels a $500 Million Pinch from J.C. Penney
  
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• JPMorgan’s Commodities Exit: A Win for Regulators?
  
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• 2 JPMorgan Directors Step Down as Bank Takes a Step Forward
  
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• Munis Are Suffering Their Worst Month Since 2008
  
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• Why Increased Buybacks May Not Be a ‘Buy’ Signal
  
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• Game Over for Zynga Investors? Not Yet
  
  - 6 Jun 13, 2:01pm -
• After Snafu, Lululemon Beating the Pants Off S&P 500
  
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• Yet Another Pension Fund Drops Gun Stocks
  
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• Another Union Drops Gun Stocks in Protest
  
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• Last-Minute Holiday Shopping: Why We Wait
  
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The Independent: Business

• Lord Leach and Open Europe: Only 'big picture' reform will keep Britain in the EU
  When Rodney Leach was a young classics tutor at Oxford, he started the Oxford-Hungarian relief fund, helping refugees oppressed by the Russian invasion of 1956.
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• Ex-Autonomy chiefs say HP was warned over revenue growth
  The bitter feud between Hewlett-Packard and former executives of Autonomy took another twist yesterday after two ex-directors of the British tech company claimed HP knew recorded revenue growth would be warped after the takeover.
  - 25 Sep 15, 7:59pm -
• Chancellor's Northern Powerhouse could do with some foreign money
  Stand by, Rotherham. Watch out, Walsall. By venturing as far afield as the north-west city of Urumqi on his trip to China this week, George Osborne hopes that Chinese dignitaries jetting into London next month will follow his lead and venture off the…
  - 25 Sep 15, 7:57pm -
• HSS Hire chief Chris Davies quits after string of profit warnings since float
  The chief executive of HSS, the UK’s largest tool-hire company, quit yesterday after a torrid six months marked  by a string of profit warnings and 70 per cent collapse in the share price.
  - 25 Sep 15, 7:54pm -
• Global markets take heart from a show of strength in America
  Encouraging growth figures from the world’s biggest economy cheered global stock markets yesterday as the Federal Reserve’s chair Janet Yellen said the US was strong enough to fend off the recent turmoil.
  - 25 Sep 15, 7:53pm -
• UK ministers urged to 'come clean' on when they were informed about VW emissions scandal
  UK ministers have been told to “come clean” on when they were first informed about the Volkswagen scandal.
  - 25 Sep 15, 3:25pm -
• New Volkswagen boss Matthias Muller vows to emerge from crisis 'stronger than before'
  The former Porsche chief executive Matthias Müller who was named as the new Volkswagen boss has said that the company has an opportunity to emerge from the crisis “stronger than before”.
  - 25 Sep 15, 3:22pm -
• RBS former CEO Fred Goodwin kisses goodbye to his Executive Suite - as it opens up to house innovative start ups
  If the children depicted by William McTaggart in his oil painting “The Atlantic Surf” could see and hear the world outside, they would undoubtedly have some stories to tell. Why? The 1899 work by the celebrated Scottish artist has hung for years…
  - 25 Sep 15, 1:49pm -
• Volkswagen emissions scandal: Crisis is bigger than just VW - and the impact will be seismic
  There is no better time to take the helm of a corporation than in the heat of a crisis. Matthias Müller, who might have ascended to the top of Volkswagen during a feud between shareholders earlier this year, now has a golden opportunity to prove him…
  - 25 Sep 15, 1:47pm -
• Volkswagen appoints Matthias Mueller as chief executive
  Volkswagen as appointed Matthias Mueller as its new chief executive two days after former chief executive Martin Winterkorn resigned, despite insisting that he was not involved in rigging emissions tests for diesel cars in the US.
  - 25 Sep 15, 12:50pm -

Wired: Business