Netflix Continues to Expand
Netflix has made a number of moves in order to set itself up for more growth. Be it content deals with Disney (NYSE:DIS), integration with Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) announced in early July, or the company’s expansion […]
September 2016
China’s investment in foreign markets soars
Companies in China are accelerating their investment in offshore markets this year, according to the Ministry of Commerce. For the first eight months of this year, nonfinancial outbound direct investment posted a 53.5% year-on-year increase, […]
MasterCard to use biometrics to curb card-not-present fraud
MasterCard will soon use biometrics to verify card-not-present transactions at merchants and banks, which have seen an increase in online fraud since the advent of EMV cards. The software uses fingerprint and facial recognition to […]
Fintech Firm Ripple Gets $55 Million In Funding
Ripple, the San Francisco-based startup building a bitcoin-like payments platform aimed at banks, announced a $55 million Series B funding round on Tuesday, bringing its total capital to about $93 million. Ripple’s distributed financial technology […]
Twitter reveals live-streaming app
Twitter has created a free app that lets consumers access its live video content via their Xbox Ones, Apple TVs and Amazon Fire TVs. The live content includes Thursday night football games, NBA videos and […]
HBR – Reinventing Performance Management (Video)
Like many other companies, Deloitte realized that its system for evaluating the work of employees – and then training them, promoting them, and paying them accordingly – was increasingly out of step with its objectives. […]
Scientists create life without fertilising an egg
Scientists have produced healthy offspring without fertilising an egg in a breakthrough that overturns the fundamental principles of embryology. Bath University biologists bred baby mice by injecting sperm into a non-viable type of embryo called a […]
The BOJ plans to make negative interest rates the centerpiece of future monetary easing
The BOJ plans to make negative interest rates the centerpiece of future monetary easing, promising to weigh further cuts as expansions to its already massive asset buying near their limits, the Nikkei reports. The central […]
Global ad spend to hit $548B
Global ad investment is estimated to exceed expectations this year due to online growth and major events such as the Rio Olympics, Carat reports. Worldwide ad spend will increase 4.4% year-on-year to hit $548.2 billion, […]