Business

The controversy surrounding NFL players peacefully protesting is affecting not only the football league but the pizza business, well according to Papa John’s CEO, John Schnatter. In a conference call with investors on Wednesday, Schnatter said that the NFL protests “hurt” Papa John’s shareholders. While he did not call...

Under Armour In Deep Waters – Find Out Why Under Armour stepped into the world of athletic gear and apparel with promising prospects becoming one of the best recent up-and-comers. However, as of late, the company seems to have met with some unknown and perplexing circumstances. On October 30th, UA...

A number of people across the globe suffered a setback from the tech giant, Google. There have been reports of users getting locked out of their Google Docs with a message stating that those users have been violating the terms of service of Google. Google users went to Twitter to...

Russian-Linked Facebook Accounts Encouraging Violence Against Minorities Since last fall, multiple Facebook accounts with Russian links have encouraged violence against various political as well as social groups in America such as Black Lives Matter, police officers, and undocumented immigrants toying with political, religious, and racial agendas. According to CNN reports, three...

On Sunday, Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rosselló called for the cancellation of Whitefish Energy’s contract to rebuild the country’s power grid after Hurricane Maria. Hours later, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) followed through and canceled the agreement. This news comes after a small Montana company with only...

Instagram is a popular social media. The social network has a massive number of active users totaling to 88 million users, networked together, as of September 2017. In the upcoming years, arguably, it can give serious competition to the likes of Facebook and Google. One of the reasons people love Instagram is...

The parent company of Google (GOOGL), Alphabet has claimed to generate a sales revenue of $27.77 billion, in a brief period of the third quarter of a year. Google saw a gain of 24%. Thanks to advertisements on YouTube and mobile platform, the company’s earnings earned a new milestone. The section...

Amazon has just established its position in the world of global business by possibly overturning another industry without even launching a product. According to sources, CVS Health (CVS) is in talks to purchase Aetna (AET) for $66 billion in a hit merger that could restructure the health insurance industry....

Amazon is all set to expand into different markets. According to reports, Amazon has gained pharmacy licenses in several states signaling its intentions to set foot into the world of drugstore and healthcare business. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a dozen states have issued licenses to Amazon. These 12 states...

According to a study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, people who smoke weed regularly have sex 20 percent more times than non-smokers. Researchers at Stanford University’s School of Medicine examined the Center for Disease Control’s National Survey of Family Growth study. One of the questions in the...

This Halloween, New Jersey’s Gloucester County is warning kids and parents to be on the lookout for marijuana candy edibles. Officers issued a warning to parents on Thursday to beware of marijuana “gummy” candy this Halloween. According to the New Jersey Department of Health, there is an influx of...

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is super-rich. Not just kind of rich but, exorbitantly rich. Forbes has updated their rankings after a significant overnight development, and Bezos tops Gates as the richest man in the world. Bezos’ net worth now sits at an incredible $92 billion while Gates trails behind...

Apple is planning to spend $1 billion to create original content, according to a report by Bloomberg. But, the type of content Apple is seeking to produce is more family-friendly than you would expect. The report claims Apple wants every show it produces suitable enough for an Apple Store, instead of content...

Facebook has released a new set of guidelines for publishers on how the social network ranks content. On Monday, Facebook’s head of the News Feed, Adam Mosseri, said during an announcement at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism that the new guidelines were created to allow publishers understand “what works...

PayPal CEO Dan Schulman’s decision to expand the payments platform beyond just websites and into stores has panned out to be a great business decision. The company is expected to bring home revenue between $3.57 billion and $3.63 billion this quarter. PayPal is becoming a platform of choice for shoppers...

Facebook announced a few months ago a plan to start testing subscriptions and paywalls for their Instant Articles. Now, Facebook has begun testing subscription support for instant articles. Facebook will begin with two different paywall options. The first choice is a model where everyone gets to read ten free stories...

Blue Apron is approaching their next earnings report in the next few weeks; the company said Wednesday they plan on laying off 6% of their staff as part of “a company-wide realignment of personnel to support its strategic priorities.” Blue Apron was one of the most highly anticipated IPOs of...

Here’s some scary news just in time for Halloween. Studies suggest that our brains still function after we die. That means, when we die, we know that we are dead. The research was first published in 2014 and says our consciousness may still function for a period after our...

A Missouri appeals court has tossed out a $72 million award in a woman’s lawsuit that claimed talcum powder and other Johnson & Johnson products added to her cancer, according to CBS news. On Tuesday, the Missouri Eastern District court ruled that Missouri was not the correct jurisdiction for the...

Within the next few months, China’s 8.5-ton space laboratory will crash into Earth. But, no one knows where it will hit. According to reports, Tiangong 1, in Chinese translates to “Heavenly Palace,” is China’s first space lab. China launched Tiangong1 in 2011, and the laboratory worked as a prototype for...