Every technology that eventually reshaped ordinary life spent its first years working as a salesman. Sewing machines toured county fairs. Televisions sat in appliance store windows so crowds could gather on the sidewalk. The personal Read more…
FIFA gave its 211 member organizations until mid-September to consider its proposal to “unleash the commercial potential and opportunity” of its flagship tournament by selling stakes in the World Cup to interested investors. But apparently, Read more…
A massive loss of satellite internet subscribers over the last six years has caught up with EchoStar’s Hughes Network Systems, forcing the company to restructure its huge debt obligations, which could lead the company to Read more…
Anyone who has shopped for a new phone, laptop, or VR headset this summer probably noticed something odd. The usual discount that comes with an aging model never showed up. Prices held steady, and in Read more…
Russian state hackers are using a maximum-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook’s Exchange Server to backdoor unpatched machines and steal credentials and other confidential information from them, security researchers said Thursday. The attacks are coming from Read more…
Coca-Cola’s glass bottle has become one of the most recognizable pieces of packaging in history. PepsiCo has spent decades trying to create a similar connection with consumers. “Every consumer goods company wants to find a Read more…
Ford Motor Company (F) has failed to attract many Wall Street players for most of the past year. Now one firm has decided to reconsider its stance on it. Jefferies upgraded Ford to buy from Read more…
The S&P 500 has spent much of the year under scrutiny as elevated valuations and signs of overextension fueled expectations of a market correction. After the index broke through 7,000 for the first time and Read more…
For two years, BMW was the German automaker that seemed to have figured it out. While Volkswagen was announcing 35,000 job cuts and Mercedes-Benz was launching its own redundancy program, BMW kept its head down Read more…
Anyone who has ever hit a wall of hidden fees while trying to cancel a subscription knows the frustration, and Adobe built part of its reputation on that exact complaint. Federal regulators spent two years Read more…