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Usability Testing: Only Half of Ecommerce Companies Do It
The usability of your ecommerce website makes or breaks a customer’s experience. Low usability is a major hurdle to conversion—if not an outright blocker. High usability helps consumers move effortlessly through the purchase funnel,... More of this article »
Professional Gambling in the Financial Sector
It is often said that the Financial Sector has a lot in common with gambling at the most professional levels and that’s more than just a myth. Investments, especially in the private sector have a lot of similarities with gambling... More of this article »
How to Trade Gold, Oil and Stocks from your Home?
As surprising as it may be, anyone can invest in oil. The advent of the online trading platform has made it possible for anyone to speculate on the price of oil with their savings. You can begin trading oil online by merely selecting... More of this article »
How Not to Waste Your Budget on Employee Recognition Progams
Human Resource professionals and business leaders are challenged to define and measure employee engagement and company culture. One important component of each that can be measured is employee recognition. Reward, recognition and performance... More of this article »
Sinclair Broadcast Group Announces Deal For Tribune Media
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (NASDAQ:SBGI) announced Monday that it will acquire Tribune Media Co. (NYSE:TRCO) in a multi-billion dollar deal. Sinclair is buying Tribune for $3.9 billion plus the assumption of about $2.7 billion in... More of this article »
Starbucks Has A Hit With Its Unicorn Frappuccino
Starbucks’ (NASDAQ:SBUX) Unicorn Frappuccino was only available for a few days in April. Now, the company is saying that the short-lived product had a big impact. The colorful frappuccino that changed colors and flavors with... More of this article »
Will Toshiba Be Next To Go Under?
Toshiba (TOSBF) announced bigger than previously estimated losses for the nine months through December. Toshiba also reported a net loss of 648 billion yen ($5.9 billion) for the quarter ended in December. The Japanese conglomerate... More of this article »
McDonald’s Announces Major Change To Menu
McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) has announced that beginning next year, its Quarter Pounder will contain fresh beef patties, making the switch after several decades of using frozen meat. The switch applies only to the Quarter Pounder and the... More of this article »
AIG Leader Steps Down, No Successor Named
American International Group Inc. (NYSE:AIG) CEO Peter Hancock officially announced his departure from the company this week after just two-and-a-half years at the helm. In a statement, Hancock stated that he couldn’t continue... More of this article »
Ford Ends Plans To Build New Plant In Mexico
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) chief executive Mark Fields has announced that the company has canceled its plans to open a factory in Mexico, preferring to add that work to a plant in Flat Rock, Mich. Ford previously said it would move... More of this article »
Regulators Intensify Scrutiny Of Cabela’s – Bass Pro Deal
Cabela’s (NYSE:CAB) has received notice that its planned tie up with Bass Pro Group is set to face additional scrutiny from federal regulators. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has sent a second request for information to the company... More of this article »
Apple And Nokia Take Patent Fight To Next Level
Nokia (NYSE:NOK) has filed numerous complaints against Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) in recent days accusing Apple of infringing on Nokia patents. The patent infringement complaints claim Apple has not established licensing deals for Nokia technology... More of this article »
Twenty-First Century Fox To Acquire Sky Broadcasting For $14.8B
Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ:FOX) has finalized its $14.8-billion cash bid to acquire pay-TV giant Sky broadcasting. Fox reached a preliminary accord last week to buy the nearly 61 percent of Sky that it does not own. Fox announced... More of this article »
Viacom, CBS Form Independent Committees To Consider Merger
Viacom (NASDAQ:VIA) has formed an independent board committee to review a proposed merger with CBS. National Amusements formally urged the companies to explore an all-stock recombination in a letter last week. National Amusements is... More of this article »
Wells Fargo Scandal Shines Harsh Spotlight On Bank Practices
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE:WFC) is finding its policies under a harsh spotlight after the bank found itself entangled in a scandal over the opening of fraudulent accounts by its employees. A federal regulator and the Los Angeles... More of this article »
7,000 Wal-Mart Employees To Lose Jobs
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) has announced plans to eliminate nearly 7,000 employment positions across its companies over the next several months. The job cuts will affect thousands of back-office positions around the country, including... More of this article »
Dunkin’ Brands Sees Income And Revenue Rise In Second Quarter
Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc. (NASDAQ:DNKN) reported increases in both income and revenue for the second quarter of its fiscal year. The company reported that net income was up 17.2 percent, rising to $49.6 million, or 57 cents per share,... More of this article »
Chipotle Launches Long Awaited Rewards Program
Chipotle (NYSE:CMG) will officially launch its first-ever rewards program on July 1. The new program is named Chiptopia Summer Rewards and will last for three months, July through September. You can get a rewards card at a restaurant,... More of this article »
Mixed Results For Lululemon For First Quarter
Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) reported mixed results on its earnings call for the first quarter of its fiscal year. Lululemon’s total revenue increased 17 percent to $495.5 million, beating analysts’ estimates of $487.72... More of this article »
Starbucks Announces Tea Partnership With Anheuser-Busch
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ:SBUX), one of the largest coffee companies in the United States, is teaming up with Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (NYSE:BUD), one of the nation’s biggest beer brewers, to create a bottled version of its Teavana... More of this article »
HP Enterprise Sheds Business Services Division In Streamlining
HP Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) has announced that it is selling off its technology-services division to competitor Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE:CSC) The transaction will consist of a tax-free spinoff of the HP Enterprise unit and merger... More of this article »
Dr. Reddy Stock Drops by 14% Following Warning by FDA
Dr. Reddy the drug maker based in India received new warnings from regulators in the U.S. on its processes used in manufacturing at two factories in the southern part of India, said company officials on Friday. The announcement sent... More of this article »
Germany Pressures Volkswagen as Scandal Enters Another Dimension
On Wednesday, officials in Germany stepped up their pressure on automaker Volkswagen to clean its act up after it said it understated the consumption of fuel of some of its vehicles, which opened another front in the crisis at the... More of this article »
Amazon Debuts Online Deals Store for Black Friday
Expanding on its success of the sales holiday known as Prime Day earlier this year, Amazon has announced that it is now going to launch a store that is dedicated only to deals for Black Friday, where members of Amazon Prime can have... More of this article »
Target and Walmart Unveil Plans for Holidays
Target and Walmart, two of the largest retailers in the U.S. rolled out on Thursday their plans to lure in shoppers to their stores during the upcoming holiday shopping season, which includes increased marketing, better looking stores... More of this article »
Heineken Profits From Strong Sales in Americas and Europe
The third largest brewer in the world Heineken NV said on Wednesday that its revenues and volumes of beer grew more than had been expected during its third quarter, driven by stronger than expected sales in the Americas as well as... More of this article »
Bridgestone Buying Retail Chain Pep Boys
Bridgestone Corp announced that it has agreed to purchase the retail chain Pep Boys for $835 million, which pushes it deeper into the industry of auto-parts that has been the benefactor of Americans keeping their vehicles longer on... More of this article »
Western Digital Buying SanDisk the Maker of Memory Chips
Western Digital Corporation announced Wednesday that it has agreed to purchase SanDisk Corporation the maker of memory chips in a deal that includes stock and cash of $19 billion. Under the deal’s terms, investors of SanDisk would... More of this article »
Halliburton Reports Drop in Sales of 36% as Fracking is Reduced
Halliburton Co’s saw its revenue fall by 36%, which helped to push the largest provider in the world of fracking services to a loss during the third quarter as the worst downturn in the crude market in decades is reshaping the industry. The... More of this article »
AT&T and Uber Testing Streaming of College Football
On Friday AT&T announced that it partnered with Uber and will roll out connect car rides across four cities for a limited period to let passengers see live college football games from their tablets while riding in the back of the... More of this article »
Ford Investing $1.8 Billion for Research in China
Ford Motor Co will invest $1.8 billion to develop new technologies that are aimed at attracting car buyers in China, underlining the importance of China to automakers despite the slowing growth of sales. The automaker based in Detroit... More of this article »
Shipments of PCs Continue to Drop
Personal computer shipments worldwide dropped during the quarter ending in September, as makers of PCs did not received a significant boost from the Microsoft launch of its new operating system Windows 10, shows data from two data... More of this article »
Constellation Brands Beats on Profit as Sales of Beer Jump
Constellation Brands profit for the quarter easily beat estimates by analysts and the company increased its full year forecast for adjust profit again, driven by sales increases of beers under its Modelo and Corona brands. Shares of... More of this article »
Business Growth in Euro Zone at Low of Four Months During September
Business activity in the euro zone grew at its slowest pace in the past four months last Monday. However, one sign of encouragement for the European Central Bank, service companies increased prices for just the first time in the past... More of this article »
Sprint Likely to Have Layoffs with New Plan of Cost Reduction
Sprint is likely to be cutting some of its 31,000 strong workforce as part of the new cost reductions of $2.5 billion over the upcoming six months, a spokesperson with the company said on Friday. It is likely certain jobs are to... More of this article »
ADP Says Employers Added 200,000 Jobs in September
In September, companies increased their hiring, indicating the job market in the U.S. was remaining firm even though there is weaker demand globally according to a new payroll report from ADP. An increase of 200,000 in jobs for September... More of this article »
Shell Pulls Out of Exploration in Arctic
Royal Dutch Shell has abandoned its search in the Arctic for oil after it failed to find sufficient crude. The move appears to appease environmental campaigners along with shareholders who said the project was too risky and too expensive. This... More of this article »
Finish Line Profit Declines, Misses Forecasts for Revenue
Finish Line announced that its profit had slipped during its most recent quarter as overhead expenses that were higher offset a slight increase in its revenue. Sales at its stores opened for a minimum of one year were higher by 1.5%... More of this article »